Paranormal Terminology
20 entries in the Paranormal Terminology compendium.
BilocationAlleged psychic ability to be in two places at once.BrainwashingThe concept of coercive persuasion to change beliefs against one's will.DactylomancyDivination using rings suspended as pendulums or rolled on tables.Locution (paranormal)A supernatural speaking from a religious icon or statue.Mind over matterThe mind controls physical conditions, problems, or matter.Near-birth experienceAlleged recollection of events before or during one's own birth.OomancyDivination by interpreting eggs in various forms.PapyromancyDivination through the folding and creasing of paper.Plane (esotericism)A subtle state or level of reality in esoteric cosmology.PsychicA person claiming paranormal abilities such as ESP or psychokinesis.Psychic readingAttempt to discern information via claimed heightened perceptive abilities.Psychometry (paranormal)Claimed ability to read an object's history through touch.Pyramid powerBelief that pyramid shapes confer supernatural benefits.PyramidologyPseudoscientific and religious speculations about pyramids and their meanings.RetrocognitionKnowledge of a past event beyond normal means.Sensory leakageConventional information transfer mistaken for paranormal perception.Spoon bendingAlleged psychic bending of metal objects, often replicated by trickery.TulpaA thought-form created through concentration, considered sapient by practitioners.XenoglossyParanormal ability to speak an unlearned foreign language.Zener cardsCards used in early ESP experiments, later discredited.
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