Ghostly Terms
Apparition: ghostly figure; a specter.
Cold Spot: area or place that is much colder than surrounding area. Thermometers are used to measure temperature changes.
Electro Magnetic Field Meter (EMF): Ghosts disturb the electro magnetic energy in an area so this helps gauge their presence. Note that other things can affect an EMF, such as electronic devices.
Electronic Voice Phenomenon (EVP): This is used to record supernatural audio. If you ask questions, such as “Is there a ghost here among us?” Be sure to pause after you ask so that you can hear a ghostly response when you playback the recording. Note: A hand held tape or digital recorder will also work well with an external microphone.
Extra Sensory Perception (ESP): Ability to see or sense something before it happens, commonly believed to be psychic.
Exorcism: A religious rite to get rid of evil spirits.
Orb: anomalous or unexplained energy caught on film usually in association with a haunting, high EMF readings, and cold spots. They range in size and color, although typically white and spherical. Some paranormal experts say they are nothing more than human errors while photographing or processing images.
Out-of-body-experience: a feeling of transcending one's own body to experience the world from a different perspective.
Paranormal: any event or object that defies scientific explanation or knowledge
Poltergeist: a haunting that involves noisy spirits but with no visible manifestations.
Psychokenesis: to move objects using one's mind without physical contact
Reincarnation: the belief that when a person dies the spirit is reborn in another body.
Psycho Kinetic Activity: movement of objects by spirits and the movement of objected caused by living persons with extreme emotions.
Spirits: a former living person who has returned to their original home location and appear as orbs, mist, vortexes, or shadows.
Vortex: energy that takes the shape of a tube in a photograph. The size and color vary greatly.
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