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PalmistryThe art of foretelling a person's future by reading the lines and features on their hand.
ParanormalOccurrences that take place outside the natural order of things. This would include ghosts, UFO's, ESP and other things difficult to explain by nature but in the realm of the natural.
Paranormal DreamDreams in which the dream imagery provides paranormal knowledge.
ParapsychologyDerived from the Latin word ‘Para’ which means beyond parapsychology literally means beyond psychology. It is generally defined as the scientific study of paranormal phenomena. The study of psychic or psi phenomena. These can be described as an exchange of information between living things (mostly people), or between living things and the surrounding environment. They can also be described as the possible influences of living things on the environment, which occur without the use of what we usually call normal senses, and don't seem to be explicable by the known physical laws of nature.
Past-Life MemoriesMental images that are believed to be memories of previous lives.
Past-Life RegressionA technique of hypnosis involving regressing people to supposed previous lives.
PendulumAn object suspended by a thread. Movements of a pendulum are often used by dowsers to locate objects or answer questions.
PercipientPerson who receives impressions in an ESP test.
PhantomAn apparition or specter existing only as an energy form.
PhenomenologyAn approach to research that aims to describe and clarify a person's own experience and understanding of an event or phenomenon.
PhoenixIn ancient Greek and Egyptian mythology, the phoenix is a mythical bird and associated with the Egyptian sun-god Re and the Greek Phoibos (Apollo). According to the Greeks the bird lives in Arabia, nearby a cool well. Each morning at dawn, it would bathe in the water and sing such a beautiful song, that the sun-god stops his chariot to listen. There exists only one phoenix at the time.
When it felt its death approaching (every 500 or 1461 years), it would build a nest of aromatic wood and set it on fire, and was consumed by the flames. When it was burned, a new phoenix sprang forth from the pyre. It then embalmed the ashes of its predecessor in an egg of myrrh and flew with it to Heliopolis ("city of the sun"). There it would deposit the egg on the altar of the sun god.
In Egypt is was usually depicted as a heron, but in the classic literature as a peacock, or an eagle. The phoenix symbolizes immortality, resurrection, and life after death. In that aspect it was often placed on sarcophagi. It is associated with the Egyptian Benu, the Garuda of the Hindus, and the Chinese Feng-huang.
PhonologyThe science of speech sounds, including phonetics and phonemics.
PhrenologyThe reading of character and mental ability from the shape of a person's skull.
Physical MediumshipThe production of paranormal physical phenomena lights, sounds, materialization, elongation, levitation, etc. by a medium. Physical medium ship often but not always involves a state of trance.
PKPsycho kinesis or PK is referred to as expressive psi, or mind over matter.
PlaceboAn inactive treatment often given to a control group.
Placement TestA test for PK in which the subject attempts to influence the place in which dice or other objects land.
PlanchetteA small platform on casters generally used with a Ouija board. Sometimes used with an attached pencil to produce automatic writing.
Plant PsiESP exhibited by plants.
PocomaniaA Jamaican spiritist religion
PoltergeistA German term which means ‘noisy ghost’. Most parapsychologists link this phenomena with living persons, or to a stress related situation. In this type of phenomena, objects are reported to move under their own power, objects breaking by themselves, and even sounds have been heard. Most of these events take place when a certain person is around. This has also been referred to as RSPK, or recurrent spontaneous psycho kinesis.
PossessionRefers to cases in which a person's body is apparently taken over by another personality or entity.
PrayerA sincere attempt to communicate with a spiritual being or power.
Pre-existenceBelief that the personality or soul exists prior to birth.
PrecognitionThe ability to receive information about objects or events that exist in a future time.
Precognitive dreamsTo have dreams of events incidents before they happen.
PredictionA statement that claims to foretell future events.
PremonitionAn experience believed to foretell future events.
PresenceA subjective feeling that a person, animal or discarnate entity is present.
Process researchResearch that aims to investigate factors affecting psi.
Proof researchResearch that aims to demonstrate the existence of psi.
Prophecy1. A prediction, usually resulting from a sense of spiritual revelation.
2. The ability to receive prophetic revelations.
Proxy SittingA séance in which another person sits in on behalf of the person receiving a communication.
PsiA term used to encompass all paranormal abilities. Includes both ESP and PK abilities.
Psi-Mediated Instrumental ResponseTheory put forward by Rex Stanford that psi activity is used to serve an organism's needs.
PsycheGenerally refers to the mind.
PsychedelicLiterally "revealing mind". A class of plants and drugs that can produce florid ASC’s.
PsychicA person who exhibits psi ability.
Psychic ColdThis is a situation where one feels unnaturally cold. There are two types of psychic cold. The first a spirit is materializing and draws energy from the environment. This results in a lowering of ambient temperature. The second type the materializing spirit will draw energy from people that are present. The people will feel cold but the thermometer will not register a lowering of ambient temperature.
Psychic HealingForms of healing using psychic powers.
Psychic ImprintAn energy field which assumes the appearance of a person. This usually occurs because of the residue or severe emotional energy, which is imprinted into the environment because of a tragic event.
Psychic PhotographyGeneral term used to refer to paranormal photographic images.
Psychic ResearchThe general study of paranormal phenomena including ESP, hauntings, ghosts, etc.
Psychic SurgeryActual or simulated surgical procedures carried out by healers.
Psycho kinesisThe paranormal influence of the mind on physical events and processes.
PsychometryThis is the ability to read the history of an object or location. It can also be used to gain information about people that may be associated with an object or location.
Pyramid PowerBelief that pyramid shapes can produce paranormal effects.
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