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Glossary of terms related to the study of the paranormal

These terms are often encountered in the study of paranormal (non-physical) subjects. Theyare based on glossaries maintained by:<ref name="PA">FAQ: Technical Note: Terms, Parapsychological Association, 2011, http://www.parapsych.org/articles/36/72/technical_note_terms.aspx. Reviewed 1/16/2014</ref>, <ref name="SPR">Glossary, Society for Psychical Research, http://www.spr.ac.uk/main/page/glossary-paranormal. Reviewed 1/16/2014</ref> and <ref name="ATransC">Glossary of Terms Related to Phenomena, Association TransCommunication, http://atransc.org/theory/terms.htm. Review3ed 1/16/2014</ref>.

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'''Clairvoyance:''' Sometimes called remote viewing; obtaining information about events at remote locations, beyond the reach of the normal senses.

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'''Extra-sensory perception''' (ESP): Anomalous perception of information; information acquired by a person by using other than the five physical senses. See: telepathy, clairvoyance, precognition and presentiment.

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'''First sight:''' the hypothesis that people are able to sense information from a hypothetical subtle energy field, and that this is a natural form of human sensing.

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'''Haunting:''' Recurrent phenomena reported to occur in particular locations that include apparitions, sounds, movement of objects, and other effects.

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'''mental medium:''' A person who practices mediumship in behalf of other people. In this concept, a medium is a person who has learned to sense information from the hypothetical subtle energy-space and convey that information to others. If the person is operating in a mediumistic mode, then the information is assumed to be coming from a discarnate personality. If the person is operating in a psychic mode, then the information is assumed to be coming from the subtle-energy environment.
Mediumship: A form of psi functioning that is thought to involve anomalous acquisition of  information from discarnate personalities.

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'''Near-death experience (NDE):''' The process of physically dying, being revived and being aware of experiences acquired while clinically dead. Commonly reported experiences include: feelings of peace, being out of the body, seeing lights, visitation by loved ones and a light at the end of a tunnel which is thought to represent the beginning of transition out of this lifetime.

'''Mind-matter interaction:''' Also known as psychokinesis (PK); direct mental interaction with physical objects, animate or inanimate. More traditionally known as levitation.

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'''Out-of-body experience (OBE):''' The sense of feeling being out of the body so that the person sees his or her physical body.

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'''Place memory:''' Sometimes referred to as "echoes of the past," this is the apparent retention by places and objects of information about past.

'''Poltergeist:''' Large-scale PK phenomena often attributed to spirits. Current research suggests that phenomena may be caused by a living person or group of people; most frequently a child.

'''Precognition:''' Also called premonition. Obtaining information about future events, where the information could not be inferred through normal means. Many people report dreams that appear to be precognitive.

'''Presentiment:''' Changes in a person's physiological parameters are instrumentally noted prior to the application of a stimulus. This is thought to suggest that a person is aware of the environment on an unconscious level. See: First sight

'''Psi energy:''' A term that is frequently used to describe a hypothetical ubiquitous, nonlocal subtle energy field.

'''Psi phenomena:''' Phenomena that is thought to involve psi energy.

'''Psi functioning:''' Human (mind) interaction with psi energy to cause psi phenomena. Psi, psychic and psychical are synonyms.

'''Psychic:''' A person who is able to influence psi or is sensitive to information in psi energy. See: Medium

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'''Reincarnation:''' The concept that a person's present lifetime is but one of many past and future lifetimes: being reborn into a lifetime.

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'''Telepathy:''' Mind-to-mind communication. In psi functioning, this is a psychic behavior.

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