“THE SMALL ROOMS CONCENTRATE THE SPIRIT, THE BIG ONES DISPERSE IT”
LEONARDO DE VINCI
UNDERSTANDING PARANORMAL TERMINOLOGY
WHEN I WAS A PRACTICING INTERNAL MEDICINE SPECIALIST I WITNESSED MANY HOSPITAL PATIENTS DYING, ALSO I HEARD THEN ABOUT A RELIGION, CALLED “ESPIRITISMO”, AND ABOUT MEDIUMS THAT COMMUNICATE WITH THE DEAD. BUT MY MEDICAL PROFESSION, TIME WISE, DID NOT ALLOW ME TO STUDY AND LEARN ABOUT THE PARANORMAL. I AM COMPILLING IN THE MOST SIMPLE WAY I CAN THE ACTUAL TERMINOLOGY.
THE WORD PSYCHIC (ADJECTIVE) IS SYNONYM OF MEDIUM, THAT IS A PERSON WHO CLAIMS TO BE ABLE TO COMMUNICATE WITH THE SPIRITS OF THE DEAD. PSYCHICS HAVE BEEN ACCUSED OF FRAUD ALTHOUGH MANY PSYCHICS BELIEVE THAT THEY HAVE TRUE POWERS AND PSYCHIC ABILITIES. A PSYCHIC IS A PERSON THAT HAS PARANORMAL POWERS. THESE PARANORMAL POWERS ARE EMPIRIC EVENTS OR PERCEPTIONS THAT INVOLVE FORCES THAT ARE BEYOND SCIENTIFIC EXPLANATIONS. THE PARAPSYCHOLOGISTS ARE THOSE THAT STUDY THE PARANORMAL OR ARE INVOLVED IN PARANORMAL STUDIES TO PROVE THAT THESE SUBJECT MATTERS EXISTS. THEY TRY TO OBSERVE UNEXPLAINABLE PHENOMENAE. INITIALLY ALL STARTED WITH SPIRITUALISM AND MEDIUMS. IN THE PAST PARAPSYCHOLOGISTS STUDY MEDIUMS AND THEIR ACTIVITIES, AUTOMATIC WRITINGS, AND LEVITATIONS BUT AT PRESENT THEY CONCENTRATE PRINCIPALLY ON ASTRAL PROJECTIONS, ESP, PSYCHOKINESIS, AND REMOTE WIEWING.
HEREIN A SUMMARY OF SOME OF THE PARANORMAL PSYCHIC POWERS:
MEDIUM
IN SPIRITUALISM, A MEDIUM IS A PERSON WITH WHOM SPIRITS COMMUNICATE DIRECTLY. A GOOD MEDIUM PRODUCES VOICES OR APPORTS, RING BELLS, FLOAT OR MOVE THINGS ACROSS A DARKENED ROOM. A MEDIUM PRODUCES AUTOMATIC WRITING OR ECTOPLASM AND WILL PROVIDE GOOD ENTERTAINMENT. SOME MEDIUMS CAN WRITE INSPIRATIONL BOOKS, CLAIM TO HEAR MESSAGES FROM THE DEATH AND PASS THESE TO THE CLIENTS.
PSYCHIC HEALERS
PERSONS THAT CLAIM TO HAVE PSYCHIC ABILITIES ARE SOMETIMES CALLED “SENSITIVES”. THEY USE INSIGHT TO DIAGNOSE ILLNESS AND SOMETIMES ARE CALLED “MEDICAL INTUITIVES” OR “PSYCHIC HEALERS”. THEY CLAIM THAT THEIR ABILITIES ALLOW THEM TO MAKE ACCURATE DIAGNOSES OVER THE TELEPHONE, THE RADIO OR INTERNET. SOME CLAIM THAT CAN DO “ASTRAL HEALING”. SOME CLAIM THAT THEY CAN DIAGNOSE MENTAL ILLNESS AT A DISTANCE.
PSYCHIC SURGERY
IT IS A TYPE OF FAKE SURGERY PERFORMED BY A NON-MEDICAL HEALER. THE FAKE SURGEON PERFORMS A FAKE INCISION BY RUNNING A FINGER ALONG THE PATIENT´S BODY GIVING THE APPEAREANCE THAT GOES THROUGH THE SKIN WITHOUT USING ANY SURGICAL INSTRUMENT. THE HEALER PRETENDS TO DIG HIS HANDS INTO THE PATIENT´S BODY AND TO PULL OUT A TUMOR. TRICKING THE WITNESSES THE HEALER SQUIRTS ANIMAL BLOOD CHICKEN LIVER AND HEARTS. IF THE PATIENT HAD NOTHING SERIOUSLY WRONG LIVES OR IF WAS REALLY DYING GOES HOME TO DIE. IT IS A BIG BUSINESS AROUND THE WORLD SPECIALLY IN THE PHILLIPINES AND BRAZIL. SIMILARLY OCCURS WITH PSYCHIC DENTISTRY. MANY PATIENTS ARE AFRAID TO ADMIT THAT THEY HAVE BEEN DEFRAUDED BECAUSE THAT WOULD IMPLY THAT THEY LACK TRUE FAITH. THESE FAKE HEALERS CAN NOT PRODUCE A SHRED OF PROOF OF THEIR ALLEGED POWERS. IF YOU HAVE FAITH PROOF IS NOT NEEDED AND IF YOU DO NOT, PROOF IS NOT POSSIBLE.
DIVINATION
DIVINATION IS FORTUNE TELLING. IT IS AN ATTEMPT TO FORETELL THE FUTURE BY USING PARANORMAL OR SUPERNATURAL POWERS. MANY ITEMS ARE USED IN DIVINATION AND MANY END IN “MANCY” AS CARTOMMANCY BUT THERE IS ALSO ASTROLOGY, PALMISTRY, DOWSING, ETC…
ECTOPLASM
IS THE STUFF OOZING FROM THE GHOSTS OR SPIRITS. IT IS NOT VISIBLE TO THE NAKED EYE BUT APPEARS ONLY IN PHOTOGRAPHS DUE TO A NUMBER OF PHYSICAL FACTORS HAVING TO DO WITH REFLECTION, REFRACTION, FILM PROCESSING OR OTHER PHENOMENAE. ECTOPLASM IS PRODUCED BY THE MEDIUM BUT THE TRUE SKEPTICS DO NOT BELIEVE THIS.
LEVITATION
IS THE ACT OF ASCENDING INTO THE AIR AND FLOATING IN DEFFIANCE OF THE FORCE OF GRAVITY AS THE “FAKIRS”. IT IS THOUGHT TO BE A SIGN OF BLESSEDNESS BUT IN REALITY NO ONE LEVITATES. THEY JUST APPEAR DO SO. THE INDIAN ROPE TRICK INVOLVES A FAKIR WHO THROW A ROPE INTO THE SKY, BUT THE ROPE DOES NOT FALL TO THE GROUND BUT MISTERIOUSLY RISES UNTIL THE TOP OF THE ROPE DISSAPPEARS, THEN A YOUNG BOY CLIMBS THE UNSUPPORTED ROPE. MANY EXPLANATIONS ABOUT HOW THE HOAX TRICK IS DONE BUT THE BEST IS HUMAN GULLIBILITY.
AUTOMATIC WRITING
IS A WRITING ALLEGEDEDLY DIRECTED BY A SPIRIT OR BY THE UNCONSCIOUS MIND. SOMETIMES IT IS CALLED “TRANCE” WRITING SINCE IT IS DONE QUICKLY AND WITHOUT JUDGEMENT. THE WRITING COMES TO MIND WITHOUT CONSCIOUSNESS AS IF IN A TRANCE. IT IS USED BY SOME PSYCHOTHERAPISTS AS A QUICK WAY TO RELEASE REPRESSED MEMORIES, TO ACCESS TO OTHER INTELLIGENCIES AND ENTITIES FOR INFORMATION AND GUIDANCE. THERE IS NO SCIENTIFIC EVIDENCE THAT TRANCE WRITING HAS ANY THERAPEUTIC VALUE. THE SKEPTICS CONSIDER THE AUTOMATIC WRITING LIKE A GAME AND SOME PEOPLE HAVE HAD BAD EXPERIENDCES DOING AUTOMATIC WRITINGS CONVINCED THAT SATAN IS BEHIND IT.
ESP
THE ACRONYM ESP STANDS FOR EXTRASENSORY PERCEPTION. IT IS A PERCEPTION THAT OCCURS INDEPENDENTLY OF SIGHT, HEARING, OR ANY OTHER SENSORY PROCESS. ANY PERSON THAT HAS EXTRASENSORY PERCEPTION IS IS A PSYCHIC. IT USUALLY REFERS TO CLAIRAUDIENCE, CLAIRVOYANCE, PRECOGNITION, TELEPATHY AND REMOTE VIEWING. THESE PARANORMAL POWERS ARE KNOWN AS PSI.
CLAIRAUDIENCE
IS THE ALLEGED PSYCCHIC ABILITY TO HEAR THINGS THAT ARE BEYOND THE RANGE OF THE ORDINARY POWER OF HEARING, SUCH AS VOICES OR MESSAGES FROM THE DEAD.
CLAIRVOYANCE
IS AN ALLEGED PSYCHIC ABILITY TO SEE THINGS BEYOND THE RANGE OF THE POWER OF VISION. ASOCIATED WITH THIS PSYCHIC ABILITY IS:
1-PRECOGNITION-A PSYCHIC KNOWLEDGE OF SOMETHING IN ADVANCE OF ITS OCURRENCE.
2-RETROCOGNITION-A TYPE OF CLAIRVOYANCE INVOLVING THE PSYCHIC KNOWLEDGE OF SOMETHING AFTER ITS OCURRENCE.
TELEPATHY
IS SIMPLY MIND READING , DISCERNING THE THOUGHTS OF SOMEBODY THROUGH ESP.
THE PARAPSYCHOLOGISTS HAVE ATTEMPTED TO VERIFY IF ESP CAN OCCURR UNDER CONTROL CONDITIONS BUT PSYCHOLOGISTS THAT HAVE THOROUGHLY INVESTIGATED THE PARANORMAL AND PARAPSYCHOLOGICAL STUDIES HAVE CONCLUDED THAT POSITIVE RESULTS HAVE BEEN A FRAUD, ERROR OR INCOMPETENCE AND/OR FAILURE TO TURN UP ANY PROOF.
PSYCHOKINESIS
IT IS THE PRODUCTION OF MOTION IN PHYSICAL OBJECTS BY THE EXERCISE OF PSYCHIC OR MENTAL POWERS. A VARIETY OF TRICKS USED TO DEMONSTRATE PSYCHOKINETIC POWERS HAVE NO END.
PSYCHOMETRY
IT IS AN ALLEGED PSYCHIC POWER THAT ENABLES A PERSON DIVINE OR GUESS FACTS BY HANDLING JEWELRY OR CLOTHING OR BELONGINGS OF A PERSON. PSYCHIC DETECTIVES CLAIM TO HAVE PSYCHOMETRIC POWERS.
ASTRAL BODY
IT IS BEEN SAID THAT IT IS ONE OF THE SEVEN BODIES. THE ASTRAL BODY IS THE SEAT OF FEELING AND DESIRE AND HAS AN AURA. IT IS UNKNOWN HOW THE ASTRAL BODY AND THE OTHER BODIES INTERACT, PERHAPS BY OCCULT FORCES. IT IS CAPABLE OFLEAVING THE OTHER BODIES FOR AN OUT OF BODY EXPERIENCE KNOWN AS ASTRAL PROJECTION.
AURA
IT IS A COLORED OUTLINE, OR A SET OF CONTIGUOUS OUTLINES, ALLEGEDLY EMANATING FROM THE SURFACE OF AN OBJECT. THE AURAS SHOULD NOT BE CONFUSED WITH THE AUREOLES OR HALOS OF SAINTS SINCE THESE ARE DEVICES OF CHRISTIAN ICONOGRAPHY. THE PROTOZOOS AS THE AMOEBA, THE INSECTS AND THE EXCREMENTS OF A GOAT HAVE AURA. THEY REFLECT AN OCCULT ENERGY FIELD OR LIFE FORCE THAT PERMEATES ALL THINGS. AURAS ARE ONLY VISIBLE TO CERTAIN PEOPLE WITH SPECIAL PSYCHIC POWER. KIRLIAN PHOTOGRAPHY CAPTURES AURA IN FILMS. TRUE BELIEVERS THINK THAT AURAS REFLECT HEALTH. AURA READERS HAVE BEEN UNDER CONTROLLED CONDITIONS AND HAVE FAILED TO DEMONSTRATE THAT THEY CAN PERCEIVE AN AURA, MUCH LESS TO INTERPRET IT.
ASTRAL PROJECTION
ASTRAL PROJECTION IS A TYPE OF OUT-OF-BODY EXPERIENCE (OBE). THE ASTRAL BODY LEAVES ITS OTHER BODIES AND TRAVEL´S FAR TO ANYWHERE IN THE UNIVERSE. THERE IS A SEPARATION OF THE PERSON´S CONSCIOUSNESS FROM THE BODY. IN THE ASTRAL PROJECTION THE ASTRAL BODY, THE SEAT OF FEELING AND DESIRE, LEAVES THE BODY BUT IS DESCRIBED AS BEING CONNECTED TO THE PHYSICAL BODY DURING THE ASTRAL PROJECTION BY AN INFINITELY ELASTIC AND VERY FINE SILVER COSMIC UMBILICAL CORD OR THREAD.
OBE
AN OUT OF BODY EXPERIENCE IS A FEELING OF DEPARTING FROM ONE´S SELF AND THE WORLD FROM OUTSIDE ONE´S BODY. IT CAN COMMONLY HAPPEN DURING:
1-DAY DREAMS,
2-DREAMS,
3-MEMORIES
4-UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF AN ANESTHETIC
5-SEMICONCIOUSNESS DUE TO CRANEOENCEPHALIC TRAUMA AND WHEN THERE IS STIMULATION OF THE CEREBRAL LOBES
6- WHEN A PERSON IS NEAR DEATH (NEAR DEATH EXPERIENCE)
7- MARIJUANA AND OTHER DRUGS
8-DURING INSOMNIA OR SLEEP DEPRIVATION.
SOME PEOPLE EXPERIENCE GOING DOWN ON A TUNNEL OR THE SPACE AND SEE THEMSELVES FLOATING ON THE CEILING, OBSERVING THEIR BODY BELLOW, A SILVER CORD CONNECTS THE FLOATING ASTRAL BODY OUT OF THE ROOM OR BUILDING AND PERFORMING A VOYAGE SOMETIMES TO ANOTHER COUNTRY OR CONTINENTS… THEN THEY FLOAT BACK TO THEIR ROOM AND BECOME VERY SMALL AND REENTER THE PHYSICAL BODY.
THERE ARE MANY ANY EXPLANATIONS OF THE OBE, BUT THE MOST ACCEPTED IS THAT THE CONSCIENCE IS A SEPARATE ENTITY FROM THE BODY AND CAN EXIST WITHOUT THE BODY AND VICEVERSA. THE CONSCIENCE SEPARATED OUT OF THE BODY MAINTAIN THE SENSES OF VISION, AUDITION, TASTE, AND SMELL AND OPERATE OVER THE VAST DISTANCES OF THE VOYAGE.
REMOTE VIEWING
IT IS THE ABILITY TO PERCEIVE PLACES, PERSONS, AND ACTIONS, THAT ARE NOT WITHIN THE RANGE OF OUR SENSES. THIS PSYCHIC POWER IS USED TO VISUALIZE WHATEVER THE USER WANTS: A LOST PERSON, A BURIED BODY, A PERSON THOUSANDS OF MILES AWAY OR THE INSIDE OF BUILDINGS, OTHER TOWNS, RIVERS, MOUNTAINS, OTHER PLANETS, OTHER COUNTRIES. THE CIA AND THE US ARMY SPEND MILLIONS OF TAX PAYERS´ DOLLARS STUDYING REMOTE VIEWING. LOCATE GADAFFI, BIN LADEN,ETC. THE IDEA IS TO CREATE PSYCH WARRIORS ALL THROUGH OBE AND ASTRAL PROJECTION.
PSYCHIC DETECTIVES
IT IS AN ALLEGED PSYCHIC WHO HELPS LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCYS TO SOLVE CRIMES. SOME PDs ARE SIMPLY FRAUDS AND USE ACCOMPLICES TO ACCOMPLISH THEM.
OUIJA BOARD
THIS IS USED IN DIVINATION AND SPIRITUALISM. HAS THE LETTERS OF THE ALPHABET INSCRIBED AND WORDS AS “YES” OR “NO”, “GOODBY”, MAYBE”, “PERHAPS”. A SLIDABLE THREE LEGGED DEVICE OR POINTER MANIPULATED BY THOSE USING THE BOARD IS UTILIZED. THE USER ASK THE BOARD A QUESTION AND TOGETHER OR ONE SINGLY MOVE THE POINTER UNTIL A LETTER IS SELECTED BY THE POINTER. IT IS BELIVED BY SOME USERS THAT PARANORMAL FORCES ARE AT WORK IN SPELLING OUT OUIJA BOARD ANSWERS. THE MOVEMENT OF THE POINTER IS NOT DUE TO PARANORMAL FORCES BUT TO UNNOTICEABLE MOVEMENTE BY THOSE THAT CONTROL THE POINTER. THIS UNNOTICEABLE MOVEMENT IS AT WORK IN DOWSING. MANY PEOPLE SWEAR THAT THERE IS SOMETHING OCCULT ABOUT THE OUIJA. THE “COMMUNICATIONS” ARE SOMETIMES VERY VILE AND UNPLEASSANT, EXPRESS FEARS RATHER THAN WISHES, FEAR OF DEATH AND SIGNIFICANTLY AFFECT PEOPLE. SOMETIMES THE “COMMUNICATIONS” ARE TAKEN SERIOUSLY ENOUGH AND INTERFERE WITH THE ENJOYMENT OF LIFE, IS A GOOD REASON TO AVOID THE OUIJA BOARD.
I HOPE THAT THIS SYNTHESIS IS USEFUL.
END OF THE STORY
SEE “THE SKEPTIC´S DICTIONARY” BY ROBERT TOOD CARROL