Apparition:

A fully manifested ghostly figure reported to be complete in form, sometimes to the point where it is virtually indistinguishable from a living person. See also "crisis apparition", "haunting apparition", "experimental apparition", and "thought form apparition".

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Collective Apparition:

An apparition seen simultaneously by more than one person.

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Apparition

• Take unusual care of all depending upon you. Calamity awaits you and yours. Both property and life are in danger. Young people should be decidedly upright in their communications with the opposite sex. Character is likely to be rated at a discount.

Source: 10 000 Dream Interpretations, by Gustavus Hindman Miller

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Crisis Apparition:

An apparition in which a person is seen within a few hours of an important crisis such as death, accident or sudden illness.

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Apparition. See GHOST; MAYAVI-RUPA

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A Christian theological definition of Apparition according to CARM - The Christian Apologetics & Research Ministry:

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Sprite:

A soul, spirit or apparition.

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Spectra:

A ghost or apparition.

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Phantasm:

An apparition.

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Imago (Latin) Image, similitude, simulacrum, apparition, ghost; sometimes used for the linga-sarira.

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Vision:

A religious apparition.

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Hallucination:

A sensory experience that does not correspond to physical reality.

See also Apparition .

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Yowahous (African) The name given by some tribes to specters or apparitions.

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Spook. A ghost, a hobgoblin. Used of the various apparitions in the seance-rooms of the Spiritualists.

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Specter [from Latin spectrum an appearance, apparition, image]

Any apparition, although most commonly associated with the dead; rarely used in connection with living persons, as when the adept's mayavi-rupa is seen, or the linga-sarira (model-body). Apparitions appearing in the proximity of cemeteries, etc., are the decaying remnants of kama-rupas, which the ancients commonly called shades (Latin umbrae), in English called ghosts and spirits.

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Ghost:

Popular term for an experience believed to indicate the presence of the spirit of a deceased person.

See also Apparition, Haunting, Poltergeist.

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Haunting:

Paranormal phenomena such as apparitions, unexplained sounds, smells or other sensations that are associated over a lengthy period of time with a specific location.

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Spook [cf German spuk; Dutch spook etc.]

A ghost, apparition, or hobgoblin, in theosophical writing applied to elementals elementaries, kama-rupic shells, and astral images.

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FETCH:

1) The spiritual or ghostly double of an animal or person.

2) An apparition.

3) semi-tangible human or animal shape formulated by the Witch's power sent to do the bidding of the Witch.

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Temporal Lobe Activity:

Electrical 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.

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