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Ghost Glossary- Page 6

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
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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 the family. There are variations of the banshee
25 July 2017
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Levitation

Levitation is the lifting up into the air of objects, persons and animals without apparent natural

Acheri

An “Acheri” is a mythological creature from Indian folklore, particularly in the indigenous beliefs of various

Wells

In folklore, wells are believed to be passageways for Ghosts and spirits to enter the physical world. If a home or building is on top of a well, then it will be
25 July 2017

Astral Guardian

An astral guardian is an entity, ghost, or thought-form that guards a place, especially of a sacred nature. An astral guardian is usually invisible but may be perceived psychically. An astral guardian
25 July 2017

Saturday

Saturday The last day of the week, and thus the end of a cycle, is both lucky and unlucky in superstition and folklore; some unlucky beliefs pertain to the supernatural. It is
14 July 2017

Revenant

Revenants are the dead who return from the grave. “Revenant,” a term common in earlier times, once was a common synonym for Ghost. Nearly all civilizations have, at least at some time
14 July 2017

Retrocognition

Retrocognition is a displacement in time in which one apparently sees into the past, to either experience or review events of which one has no prior knowledge, or to obtain accurate information
14 July 2017

PSYCHOPOMP

A psychopomp is in mythology, a supernatural being who conducts the soul in safety to the afterworld. Psychopompoi are universal in myth and lore. In Greek mythology, the god Hermes is a
8 July 2017

PSYCHOMANTEUM

A special place where one consults with or contacts the dead. The term “psychomanteum” refers to oracles of the dead that were popular in the ancient Greek world. Modern interest in, and
8 July 2017

Psychical Research

Psychical research is a branch of science concerned with the study of Extrasensory Perception (ESP), Psychokinesis (PK) and evidence that consciousness survives bodily death. Modern psychical research is often called parapsychology, though
8 July 2017

Pseudopod

Pseudopod is an Ectoplasmic extrusion from a Medium that develops into a false hand or arm. The producing of Ectoplasm in a Séance can be accomplished by trickery, and various mediums have
8 July 2017
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Preta

A preta is in Buddhist and Hindu lore, a type of Ghost. In the Buddhist scheme of Reincarnation, the realm of the Hungry Ghosts (pretas) is a lower segment of the Wheel
8 July 2017
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