In spiritualism, ectoplasm, also known as simply ecto, is a substance or spiritual energy "exteriorized" by physical mediums. It was coined in 1894 by...
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Parapsychology is a field of research that studies a number of ostensible paranormal phenomena, including telepathy, precognition, clairvoyance, psychokinesis...
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Parapsychology is the study of alleged psychic phenomena (extrasensory perception, telepathy, precognition, clairvoyance, psychokinesis (also called telekinesis)...
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Clairvoyance (category Parapsychology)
such as clairvoyance have not been supported by scientific evidence. Parapsychology explores this possibility, but the existence of the paranormal is not...
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Psionics (redirect from Mentalism (parapsychology))
introduced the term "psi" (from ψ psi, 23rd letter of the Greek alphabet) to parapsychology in an article published in the British Journal of Psychology. (This...
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Russell Targ (section Parapsychology research)
Martin Gardner, Targ and Puthoff "imagined they could do research in parapsychology but instead dealt with 'psychics' who were cleverer than they were"...
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Empath (category Parapsychology)
but is used to describe sensory processing sensitivity as well. In parapsychology, the mechanism for being an empath is said to be psychic channeling;...
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Telepathy (category Parapsychology)
Need for Responsibility in Parapsychology: My Sixty Years in Psychical Research. In A Skeptic's Handbook of Parapsychology. Prometheus Books. pp. 161–174...
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Remote viewing (category Parapsychology)
separated at some distance. Physicists Russell Targ and Harold Puthoff, parapsychology researchers at Stanford Research Institute (SRI), are generally credited...
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A psychic is a person who claims to use powers rooted in parapsychology, such as extrasensory perception (ESP), to identify information hidden from the...
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Extrasensory perception (category Parapsychology)
sight, but rather "two sights". Parapsychology is the study of paranormal psychic phenomena, including ESP. Parapsychology has been criticized for continuing...
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Crystal gazing Conjuration Cryptozoology Demonic possession Demonology Ectoplasm Electronic voice phenomenon Exorcism Extrasensory perception Forteana...
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Helen Duncan (section Ectoplasm sample)
(9 Geo. 2. c. 5) for fraudulent claims. She was famous for producing ectoplasm which was proved to be made from cheesecloth. Victoria Helen MacFarlane...
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26 January 2022. Spence, Lewis (2007). Encyclopedia of Occultism & Parapsychology (3rd ed.). [Whitefish, Mont.]: Kessinger Publishing. p. 750. ISBN 978-0-7661-2817-0...
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Apparitional experience (category Parapsychology)
In parapsychology, an apparitional experience is an anomalous experience characterized by the apparent perception of either a living being or an inanimate...
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Mind over matter (section Parapsychology)
used in several contexts, such as mind-centric spiritual doctrines, parapsychology, and philosophy. Merriam Webster Dictionary defines mind as "the element...
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Materialization (paranormal) (redirect from Materialization (parapsychology))
Carrière and claimed her ectoplasm "materializations" were the result of "ideoplasty" in which the medium could form images onto ectoplasm from her mind. Schrenck-Notzing...
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Psychomanteum (category Parapsychology)
In parapsychology and Spiritualism, a psychomanteum is a small, enclosed area set up with a comfortable chair, dim lighting, and a mirror angled so as...
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materialization medium in the early 20th century known for making fake ectoplasm from chewed paper and cut-out faces from magazines and newspapers. Béraud...
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Retrocognition (category Parapsychology)
the literature of psychical research and parapsychology. In B. B. Wolman (Ed.), Handbook of Parapsychology (pp. 921–936). New York, NY, US: Van Nostrand...
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Thoughtography (category Parapsychology)
Carrière and claimed her ectoplasm "materializations" were the result of "ideoplasty" in which the medium could form images onto ectoplasm from her mind. Schrenck-Notzing...
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Mediumship (category Parapsychology)
other effects such as knocking, rapping, bell-ringing, etc. by using "ectoplasm" created from the cells of their bodies and those of séance attendees...
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Psychometry (paranormal) (category Parapsychology)
In parapsychology, psychometry (from Greek: ψυχή, psukhē, "spirit, soul" and μέτρον, metron, "measure"), also known as token-object reading, or psychoscopy...
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Stanisława P. was a Polish spiritual medium who was alleged to have produced ectoplasm and the psychokinetic movement of objects. In 1913, Stanisława was investigated...
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Electronic voice phenomenon (category Parapsychology)
Within ghost hunting and parapsychology, electronic voice phenomena (EVP) are sounds found on electronic recordings that are interpreted as spirit voices...
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Stevenson contributed several articles and book reviews to Harper's about parapsychology, including psychosomatic illness and extrasensory perception, and in...
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Crystal gazing Conjuration Cryptozoology Demonic possession Demonology Ectoplasm Electronic voice phenomenon Exorcism Extrasensory perception Forteana...
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Precognition (category Parapsychology)
reported and remains a topic of research and discussion within the parapsychology community. Precognition is sometimes treated as an example of the wider...
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Man" phenomenon. Apparitional experience – an anomalous experience in parapsychology Brocken spectre – an atmospheric optical phenomenon Domovoy – household...
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