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Angels are the most powerful loving energies in the Universe, assigned by God to protect and guide humans and all forms of life.  They are unseen forces that have never had a physical lifetime.  Angels are the guardians of all life, and even guide us through and beyond our death.
 
Astral Plane is an unseen level of being or dimension that exists simultaneously with our physical plane.  Souls and spirits are said to reside here after death, and communicate with us from this state.  Also called the spirit plane.
 
Block is a negative thought, fear, or doubt that mentally stops us from getting what we want.  Blocks occur within our subconscious mind and may be known or unknown to our conscious mind.  It is important that we discover these blocks and release them in order to attract what we want.
 
Clairvoyance is a psychic skill where an individual receives an image in his mind's eye as he concentrates on the area on his forehead between his eyes known as the "third eye".  (seeing)
 
Clairsentience is the ability of a receiver to bring up feelings and a deep knowing about something just by thnking about it. (knowing)
 
Clairaudience is the ability to concentrate on one's inner ears and hear descriptions or sounds that will give you information about something.   (hearing)
 
An Altered State of Consciousness refers to any state of consciousness that is different from "normal" states of waking or sleeping.  ASCs include hypnosis, trance, psychadelic experiences and do not necessarily have paranormal features.
 
Astral Projection is when the astral body separates from the physical body.
 
Aura Energy is believed to be layers of energy that surround all living things.  There have been energy studies done that prove the existence of a field of energy (aura) around living creatures.
 
Channeling is a process where a medium receives messages and inspiration from those who have passed over.  A channel is a person who is able to sense unseen energies and discern messages from them.  What distinguishes a channel from a medium or psychic is the channel's ability to allow a positive entity or personality from the spirit plane to use their mind and body as an instrument to deliver psychic messages and literally speak through the channel.
 
The term "Deja Vu" describes a person's feeling that current events have been experienced before.
 
Near-Death Experience (NDE) describes what  people have reported to have experienced after they have been pronounced clinically dead, or have been very close to death.  Often they will report having seen dead relatives and friends, experiencing a loving or divine presence.  These experiences often have a profound effect on a person's later life.
 
Past-Life Memories are mental images that are believed to be memories of previous lives.
 
Parapsychology is a term coined by J.B. Rhine to refer to the experimental and quantitive study of paranormal phenonmena.  Now generally used instead of psychical research to refer to scientific investigations of the paranormal phenomena.
 
Presence is a subjective term which describes a feeling that a person, animal or other entity is present.
 
Haunting is a paranormal phenomena such as unexplained smells, sounds or other sensations that are associated over a lengthly period of time with a specific location.
 
A Guide is a spirit who is believed to assist a person's spiritual journey.
 
Recurrent Spontaneous Psychokinesia (RSPK) is a technical term for poltergeist activity.
 
Telepathy is a paranormal awareness of another person's experience (thoughts, feelings, etc.).
 
Stigmata is unexplained markings on a person's body that correspond to the wounds of Christ.
 
A Trance is a dissociated state of consciousness, generally involving reduced awareness of surroundings and external events.
 
A Soul is the spiritual element of a person, generally believed to be immortal.
 
Hypnagogic Imagery is imagery occurring while dropping off to sleep.
 
Hyperaesthesia is exceptionally acute sensory awareness. 
 
Lucid Dreaming is dreaming in which the person is aware that the experience is a dream.  Often associated with feelings of aliveness and freedom, and with the ability to control dream events.
 
Orbs are believed to be ghosts in the form of balls of light; life forms that travel in groups and also believed to be the human soul or life force of those that once inhabited a physical body on earth.
 
Extrasensory Perception (ESP) describes a means of getting information from other than the five senses (seeing, hearing, feeling, smelling and tasting) that everyone uses as their primary means. 
 
Retrocognition is paranormal knowledge of past events.
 
Intuition is a non-paranormal ability to grasp the elements of a situation or to draw conclusions about complex events in ways that go beyond a purely rational or intellectual analysis.
 
Imagery is the ability tp preceive images in the mind.  These may be visual, auditory, tactile, etc.
 
Psychokinesis (PK) is the paranormal influence of the mind on physical events and processes.
 
Psychometry is obtaing information using a physical object as a focus, also known as object reading.
 
Poltergeist is a German word meaning "noisy or troublesome spirit".  The activity may include unexplained nosies, movements of objects, outbreaks of fire, pricks or scratches to a person's body.  They typically focus on a person who is often a young child or adolescent. 
 
Premonition is an experience that is believed to fortell future events.
 
Out of Body Experience is a fully conscious experience in which the person's center of awareness appears to be outside of the physical body.
 
Phrenology is the reading of character and mental ability from the shape of a person's skull.
 
Pareidolia is a psycholgical tendency to interpret a random stimulus (especially a sound or visual pattern) as meaningful.
 
Ghosts are earthbound souls believed to be responsible for hauntings because they are not able to connect with the living.
 
Spirits are thought to be souls that have crossed over who serve to guide and assist the living.
 
A Medium is a person believed to act as an intermediary between those who have passed over and the living.
 
 
 

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