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Crossing Running Water

Crossing running water has long been regarded as a powerful remedy against supernatural entities. In widespread folklore, water is believed to be pure and holy — a living force that rejects what
26 September 2017

Bhut

Bhuts were originally ancestral spirits who, if propitiated and venerated, protect and provide for their descendents. However, if dead souls are not propitiated; if they lack descendents or living people to honour them; if they were not given proper funeral
25 July 2017

Spirit Attachment

A spirit attachment is a type of Possession in which a discarnate entity becomes attached to

PSYCHOPOMP

A psychopomp is in mythology, a supernatural being who conducts the soul in safety to the

Ghost-laying

Ghost-laying are techniques to prevent Ghosts from attacking the living, to appease and stop ghosts already attacking the living, and to draw ghosts away from places they haunt. Ghost-laying is not the
25 July 2017

Greenbrier Ghost

The Greenbrier Ghost Case was a  West Virginia murder exposed and solved by the Ghost of the victim. The case went to trial, during which testimony concerning the ghost’s appearances was entered
25 July 2017

Acheri

An “Acheri” is a mythological creature from Indian folklore, particularly in the indigenous beliefs of various tribes in the Himalayan region, such as the Khasi and Garo people. The Acheri is often
25 July 2017

All Hallow’s Eve (Halloween)

All Hallow’s Eve (Halloween) A pagan festival of the dead, which has survived to the present in popular culture as Halloween, a night of trick-or-treating by children and others dressed in costumes
25 July 2017

Haunting

A haunting is the repeated manifestations of inexplicable sensory and physical phenomena said to be caused by Ghosts, Poltergeists, or spirits attached to a certain locale. The term “haunt” comes from the

Instrumental Transcommunication

instrumental transcommunication High-technology communication with nonphysical beings and the dead. Instrumental transcommunication (ITC) evolved out of Electronic Voice Phenomena (EVP), and includes EVP. ITC is a partnership of worlds. Higher beings, called
25 July 2017

Banshee

A banshee is a female Death Omen spirit of Ireland and Scotland that attaches itself to families—especially those whose surnames begin with “Mac” and “O”—and manifests to herald an approaching death in

LUCKS

Lucks are objects, such as ornate dishes, cups or goblets, which are kept by families for generations as tokens of good luck and protection against evil. Lucks were once common throughout the British
25 July 2017

Reincarnation

The idea that the SOUL returns after death to a new body to live another life. Belief in Reincarnation is not limited to the higher religions of the East, but is found
25 July 2017

Screaming Skulls

Ghosts in skulls are said to haunt a number of places, particularly in England. While the skulls might not be physically attached to bodies, they seem to be emotionally attached to houses
25 July 2017

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