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Table TurningMovements that come from the table used during a séance, these are suggested as being a form of communication from the spirit world.
Table-TiltingMysterious movements of a table, usually occurring in a seance when a group of people place their hands on the surface of the table. Often the movements are interpreted as spirit communications. Also known as table-turning or table-tipping.
TarotA special deck of cards, usually 78, used in fortune telling.
TelekinesisThe ability to move objects from a distance. This is also called the psychokinetic effect.
TelemetryThe science and technology of automatic measurement and transmission of data by wire, radio, or other means from remote sources, as from space vehicles, to a receiving station for recording and analysis.
TelepathyThis is commonly known as an awareness of information or emotions that exist in the mind of another person. A more simple explanation is ‘mind-to-mind’ communication.
TeleportationThe materialization or dematerialization of an object. Ostensible teleportation is what would appear to be the movement of an object from one place to another without it actually traveling the distance between the locations.
Temporal Lobe ActivityElectrical activity in the temporal lobes of the brain. Often associated with strange sensations, time distortions and hallucinations. Sometimes used as an explanation for seemingly paranormal experiences such as apparitions and alien abduction experiences.
TheosophyQuasi-religious and philosophical system of the Theosophical Society, founded in 1875 by Madame Blavatsky. Its paranormal claims were controversially and damningly reported upon by the Society for Psychical Research in 1885.
TherianthropyThe supposed ability to change from human to animal form and back.
TheurgyMagical practices which aim to contact and communicate with the gods.
ThixotropyThis is a property that is exhibited by certain gels. A thrixopic gel maintains its shape and appears solid, but if it is subjected to certain forms of disturbance, such as shaking, it will start to flow like liquid. Possible explanation for bleeding statues etc.
ThoughtographyParanormal ability to produce images on photographic film by concentrating on a mental image. Most famously demonstrated by Ted Serios.
TranceA dissociated state of consciousness, generally involving reduced awareness of surroundings and external events.
Transcendental MeditationA technique of meditation taught by Maharishi Mahesh Yogi, involving the repetition of a sound or mantra.
Transpersonal PsychologyThe study of experiences, beliefs and practices that suggest that the sense of self can extend beyond our personal or individual reality. The subject matter of transpersonal psychology overlaps to some extent with parapsychology, but the two disciplines tend to have different approaches and emphases. Parapsychology is primarily concerned to investigate evidence for and against the reality of paranormal phenomena. Transpersonal psychology, on the other hand, is more interested in investigating the transpersonal significance of such phenomena the ways in which they may give people a sense of connectedness with a larger, more universal or spiritual reality.
Traveling Clairvoyance1. An early term for the out of body experience.
2. Clairvoyance exhibited when a subject travels in imagination to another location.
TrumpetA conical tube, often luminous, used in séances to produce direct voice communication.
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