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Spiritual Terms P - Z

P

Paranormal Phenomena The events that people put down to the prescence of "ghosts" such as unusual sounds and sights for which there are no obvious explanations.

Parapsychologist A scientist who studies psychic phenomena.

Parapsychology An area of psychology that studies psychic experiences such as types of behavior that allows us to perceive information beyond the boundaries of time, space, and ordinary senses.

Past-life Regression Therapy The method of finding out what causes us to act like we do by looking at past lives.

Pendulum An object that is suspended from a fixed point that moves in response to a natural force and/or psychic energy.

Poltergeist In german the actual word poltergeist means a noisy ghost but now in the world of paranormal it is a form of psychokinesis in which spirits move objects and chairs levitate etc

Power Animal An animal spirit with special characteristics and attributes that represent traits or qualities you have or need.

Prana A form of energy that animates all physical matter, including the human body.

Prayer A humble and sombre intention to communicate, in speech or thought, with a divine force.

Precognition Awareness( in the psychic sense) of a future event before it happens.

Premonition A precognitive sense of danger or forewarning of a horrible future event.

Prophecy Knowledge that comes in the form of a vision or dream before it actually happens. Traditionally, its source is believed to be a divine revelation.

Prophetic Dreams Dreams that apply to sensing or predicting the future.

Psychic Attack An incident when someone purposely and conciously directs negative energy toward another person.

Psychoanalysis A methodical approach for examining the unconcious as a way of mental and emotional healing.

Psychokinesis (PK) The ability to use the mind to move objects without physically touching them.

Psychometry The ability to touch an object and to tap into the owner's residual energy. This can also be done by going to certain locations and sensing what happened there by touching things there such as walls.

Psychosomatic A physical condition that is caused or influenced by the person's emotional state.

R

Reflexology A type of hands on healing which is based on the assumption that every part of the body directly relates with reference points on the foot, hand and ear.

Reiki An ancient practice of hands-one energy healing.

Reincarnation The belief that after death the spirit is reborn into another physical body and physical existance.

Retrocognition A type of ESP where one has intuitive knowledge of past events without gaining information through the traditional five senses.

S

Scrying The practice of divination that provokes clairvoyance when a reader stares into a reflective surface while in deep state of concentration.

Seance A gathering or sitting in which a channeler attempts to communicate with spirits.

Spirit plane The level of existence at which there are no boundaries of tangibility, time or space.

Spiritualism A system of faith that is based on belief in the continuity of life beyond physical death.

Spiritual Regeneration A spiritual rebirth or religious conversion. The suggestion is that a person who experiences this is remade.

Spontaneous Drawing A form of creative expression such as drawing pictures, which occurs during an altered state of conciousness. The rational mind is shut off so the intuitive mind can take over.

T

Tarot A special deck of 78 cards that are used to help one to learn about the past, present and possible future.

Telepathy A method of thought transference in which one person receives information from one another without the use of the ordinary senses.

Theology The study of God and God's relationship with humankind within the context of a structured religion or faith system.

Thought Transference The process of being able to communicateone's thoughts without physical means.

Totem A symbol or emblem that has spiritual significance

Trance A state of altered conciousness that involves complete mental absorption.

Trance Medium A type of spirit communication in which the medium enters a state of altered consciousness that permits spirits to communicate through his or her body.

Transfiguration When a spirit's physical characteristics are superimposed over a medium's features, which presents an image of the spirit entity.

U

Universal Energy Field The energy of all existence, encompassing the physical and nonphysical worlds.

Z

Zener cards A deck of 25 cards, with 5 cards each of 5 symbols, that researchers use to measure telepathic ability.