A dictionary of Parapsycology. Please note that words in grey are hyperlinked to a corresponding archive with articles related to that particular topic.

A dictionary of parapsychology. Please note that words in grey are hyperlinked to a corresponding archive with articles related to that particular topic.

A dictionary of parapsychology. Please note that words in grey are hyperlinked to a corresponding archive with articles related to that particular topic.

A dictionary of Parapsychology. Please note that words in grey are hyperlinked to a corresponding archive with articles related to that particular topic.

A dictionary of parapsychology. Please note that words in grey are hyperlinked to a corresponding archive with articles related to that particular topic.

CONTROL - discarnate spirit that seems to take physical control of a medium. Some celebrated psychic control and the mediums through whom they communicate. (NAD)

(See also: CONTROL , Wiccan Pagan, Paganism, Pagan Dictionary)

channeling (mediumship): transmission of information or energy from a nonphysical source through humans. These persons - called channels, channelers, or mediums - are sometimes in an apparent trance during the communication.

Sources include angels, discarnate former humans, extraterrestrials, and other levels of consciousness.

(See also: Channelling - Mediumship , Body Mind and Soul, Alternative Health, Alternative Health Dictionary)

Mystic:

1. A person who has mystical experiences.
2. Used loosely to refer to psychics, mediums or romantics.

(See also: Mystic , Psychic, Psychic Dictionary, Parapsychology, Parapsychology Dictionary)

Control

The Spirit that hat seems to take physical control of a medium. The psychic mediums through whom they communicate.

(See also: Control , New Age Spirituality, Body Mind and Soul)

Channel, Channeler

A 'sensitive' who allows spiritual entities to use his/her body and mind as a link between this plane and other planes of consciousness for the purpose of receiving psychic information or healing energy. Formerly called mediums.

(See also: Channel , New Age Spirituality, Body Mind and Soul)

Angakok:

Traditional Eskimo mediums, or shamans, who reportedly have the power to communicate with spirits or to raise the spirits of the dead. Native Eskimo beliefs hold that any misfortune at sea is caused by the ghosts of their ancestors and an angakok is often brought in to appease the spirits by communications and frequent offerings.

(See also: Angakok , Psychic, Psychic Dictionary, Parapsychology, Parapsychology Dictionary)

A dictionary of Parapsycology. Please note that words in grey are hyperlinked to a corresponding archive with articles related to that particular topic.

Possession

1)    A ritual trance state, learned through extensive training and achieved in religious ceremonies, during which individuals are said to experience the indwelling presence of powerful spirits. Possession may be an involuntary condition or one deliberately sought. It may be a peripheral experience, judged negatively by the culture, for which an expert in curing (exorcism) is required. It may be the central experience of a religious group, highly valued and desired, for which an expert guide sometimes serves as an enabler. Possession is a relatively widespread phenomenon found in religions ranging from Shinto to Santeria, but the experience of or belief in possession occurs only under specific conditions. Possession trance cannot occur unless the religious community acknowledges both the independent existence of spirits and the reality of possession. Other factors supportive of possession include a high degree of rigidity and differentiation in social roles outside the religion, the acceptance of psychological vulnerability for the sake of wisdom, and a religious worldview including multiple spirit worlds.

2)    The traditional Christian and popular Western view of possession limits it to the unwanted presence of demons and evil spirits who maltreat the human host, although glossolalia, or speaking in tongues, and the experience of being "moved by the Spirit" are related phenomena. Other religions, with more flexible understanding of the varieties of spiritual experience, encourage the direct communication with them that possession rituals allow; possession is thus an important element in many indigenous religions of Africa, Asia, and the Americas, as well as in the African-influenced new religions of Umbanda, Santeria, and Voodoo. In those communities, greater and lesser spirits are worshiped directly when they descend into the bodies of devotees or specially trained mediums; once among their followers, the spirits transform the behavior and appearance of the one possessed and offer transcendent advice for the spiritual and material problems of their congregations.

(See also: Possession , New Age Spirituality, Body Mind and Soul)

Everyone has psychic abilities; in fact, we all have psychic experiences daily. Being psychic is not about having some "woo-woo" abilities that one can only be born with. Many of us simply do not have the words or labels to identify what we are experiencing as "psychic experiences."

Read more here: » Psychic Abilities: Psychic Abilities Unveiled

Famous Psychic People

History is full of people with psychic gifts. Some have later proved to be fraudulent, but others have confounded investigators and continue to be a source of mystery. Here you can read brief accounts of famous psychic people, from as far back as the 1800's to modern times.

Read more here: » Psychic Mediums: Famous Psychic People

 If we accept that dying is not the end of our existence but simply the end of the body that carried our consciousness, and that our soul survives and exists somewhere else, then we can accept that it might be possible to make contact with the consciousness and all the emotions and memories that continue on.

Spirit contact is thought-generated by both the medium and contacting spirit. When a medium sits with a client, the medium is in effect filled with thoughts about that client; these thoughts are then transmitted by the medium into the world of spirit.

Read more here: » Mediumship: How Psychic Mediums Contact the Spirit World and Communicate with our Loved Ones

Intuition and Psychic Energy: Where Do They Come From?

It is easier to train your senses to notice your intuitive impulses if you have an understanding of where those intuitive flashes originate. In every psychic development class I teach, I ask the students where they think psychic or intuitive feelings and impulses begin. Some answer, "from my subconscious mind." Others say, "from my Higher Self." Some believe, "it's dead people talking to you," or "your guides."

Read more here: » Intuition: Intuition and Psychic Energy - Where Do They Come From?

Many different schools of thought exist on the usage of channeling boards, aka "Ouija boards." Some believe them to be a tool of the devil, while others believe them to be a sham. Still, the notion persists that they are useful tools for contacting beings from another realm. Exactly what are these "Ouija boards," where did they come from, and how do they work?

Read more here: » Channeling Board: Modern Use of the Channeling Board or Ouija boards

Psychic Reading

The Concise Oxford Dictionary defines a psychic as "a person susceptible to psychic influence," and a clairvoyant as having a "faculty of perceiving, as if by seeing what's happening or exists out of sight; exceptional insight." These terms define the new type of clairvoyant emerging in almost every city, town or area around the world. No longer does the word "psychic" bring forth an image of an old woman in a long dress or robe, ribbons streaming from her hair, shaking a tambourine and saying, "Cross my palm with silver and I'll tell your fortune," or the guru sitting with legs crossed on a snow-capped mountain contemplating the meaning of life.

From Expanding the Psychic You by Keith Atkinson.

Read more here: » Psychic Reading: Confessions Of A Psychic

Channelling or medium ship is quickly taking root more in the western world than in the eastern; though it has been silently practiced in the Orient too for hundreds of years. Channelling is a process of opening our consciousness to a higher reality! The aim of Channelling is to attract a high-level teacher guide whose highest purpose is your spiritual growth and well-being. Learn more about channelling with examples from different cultures.

Read more here: » Channelling: Understanding Channelling