Para/PSI Word/Phrase of the Day: Phenomenon   – an observable event, especially something special. The paranormal is literally anything beyond what is considered to be normal. Any experience you are having that may defy explanation by normal means would be considered paranormal unless proven otherwise. Para/PSI Resources from NurseHealer: TOPIC on NurseHealer.com Pinterest Board Blog category…

Para/PSI Word/Phrase of the Day: Synchronicity  – a term coined by psychologist C.G. Jung to describe coincidental events that are not causally related, but are rather deeply meaningful and profound in nature. The paranormal is literally anything beyond what is considered to be normal. Any experience you are having that may defy explanation by normal means…

Para/PSI Word/Phrase of the Day: Channeling   – the ability to allow an etheric world intelligence to impress the mind and convey messages. The paranormal is literally anything beyond what is considered to be normal. Any experience you are having that may defy explanation by normal means would be considered paranormal unless proven otherwise. Para/PSI Resources…

Para/PSI Word/Phrase of the Day:  Afrit  – the spirit of a murder victim which rises to avenge the crime in Arabian traditions. Traditions hold that the spirit rises from the slain person’s body in the form of smoke rising from a fire. The spirit form is malevolent and their activities are regarded as quite terrifying…

Para/PSI Word/Phrase of the Day:  Nailing Down the Ghost – the practice of driving a nail into the ground associated with spirit activity in many folklore traditions worldwide. This is said to bring about a resolution of paranormal phenomenon by symbolically ‘nailing down the ghost.’ Folklorists and students of paranormal lore have drawn a close parallel…

Para/PSI Word/Phrase of the Day:  Invisible Assailants Invisible Assailants – a spirit classification characterized by inflicting painful and mysterious physical attacks upon the living. The paranormal is literally anything beyond what is considered to be normal. Any experience you are having that may defy explanation by normal means would be considered paranormal unless proven otherwise. Para/PSI…

Para/PSI Word/Phrase of the Day: Ghost Investigation   – a carefully controlled research project, set up to record paranormal activity, usually at a location known or presumed to be haunted. The paranormal is literally anything beyond what is considered to be normal. Any experience you are having that may defy explanation by normal means would be…

Para/PSI Word/Phrase of the Day: Ghost Hunt   – an informal attempt to simply sight or record a ghost in a location similar to others known to be haunted. The paranormal is literally anything beyond what is considered to be normal. Any experience you are having that may defy explanation by normal means would be considered…

Para/PSI Word/Phrase of the Day: Ghost   – a form of apparition, usually the visual appearance of a deceased human’s spirit soul. The paranormal is literally anything beyond what is considered to be normal. Any experience you are having that may defy explanation by normal means would be considered paranormal unless proven otherwise. Para/PSI Resources from…

Para/PSI Word/Phrase of the Day: Mesmerism   – an early form of hypnotism, named after Franz Anton Mesmer. Mesmer used hand passes, thought to convey a vital essence or fluid, to dominate the patient’s will. The paranormal is literally anything beyond what is considered to be normal. Any experience you are having that may defy explanation…

Para/PSI Word/Phrase of the Day: Psychic   – an individual who is sensitive to phenomena beyond the five senses know events that are going to happen in the future. The paranormal is literally anything beyond what is considered to be normal. Any experience you are having that may defy explanation by normal means would be considered…

Para/PSI Word/Phrase of the Day: Supernatural   – something that exists or occurs through some means other than any known force in nature. The paranormal is literally anything beyond what is considered to be normal. Any experience you are having that may defy explanation by normal means would be considered paranormal unless proven otherwise. Para/PSI Resources…

Para/PSI Word/Phrase of the Day: Table-Tipping   – communication with the spirit world in which people sit around a table with all 5 fingers lightly touching the table. The table may quiver, lift on one side, lift off the floor or rock back for yes or no responses. The paranormal is literally anything beyond what is…

Para/PSI Word/Phrase of the Day: Up Through Technique   – a test employed in clinical experiments exploring clairvoyance in which the subject guesses the order of a stacked series of target symbols (such as cards) from bottom to top. The paranormal is literally anything beyond what is considered to be normal. Any experience you are having…

Para/PSI Word/Phrase of the Day: Down Through Technique   – an experimental psi test for clairvoyance in which the test subject is required to guess the order of a stacked series of target symbols, such as playing cards or Zener cards, in sequence from top to bottom. The paranormal is literally anything beyond what is considered…

Para/PSI Word/Phrase of the Day:  Focal Person  – a person or “agent” who is at the center of poltergeist activity. The paranormal is literally anything beyond what is considered to be normal. Any experience you are having that may defy explanation by normal means would be considered paranormal unless proven otherwise. Para/PSI Resources from NurseHealer:…

Para/PSI Word/Phrase of the Day: Death Bed Apparition   – the apparition of a person in the last moments of life which appears to friends or family members to announce the death or to present a final message before passing from this life. The paranormal is literally anything beyond what is considered to be normal. Any…

Para/PSI Word/Phrase of the Day: Celestial   – pertaining to the spiritual or invisible heavens. The paranormal is literally anything beyond what is considered to be normal. Any experience you are having that may defy explanation by normal means would be considered paranormal unless proven otherwise. Para/PSI Resources from NurseHealer: TOPIC on NurseHealer.com Pinterest Board Blog…

Para/PSI Word/Phrase of the Day:  Anomalous Perturbation  – a general term describing physical changes to a person or object through currently unknown means. It fits descriptions of telekinesis, pyrokinesis and other manipulative paranormal abilities, as well as other phenomena such as poltergeist events. The paranormal is literally anything beyond what is considered to be normal.…

Para/PSI Word/Phrase of the Day: Residual Haunting   – an event that replays over and over, like seeing a ghost re-living important moments of their life or death. This may occur as an imprint rather than a spirit haunting. The paranormal is literally anything beyond what is considered to be normal. Any experience you are having…

Para/PSI Word/Phrase of the Day: Hauntings   – paranormal activities observed in buildings or in areas such as cemeteries. The paranormal is literally anything beyond what is considered to be normal. Any experience you are having that may defy explanation by normal means would be considered paranormal unless proven otherwise. Para/PSI Resources from NurseHealer: TOPIC on…

Para/PSI Word/Phrase of the Day: Invocation   – the summoning or inviting of benevolent beings. The paranormal is literally anything beyond what is considered to be normal. Any experience you are having that may defy explanation by normal means would be considered paranormal unless proven otherwise. Para/PSI Resources from NurseHealer: TOPIC on NurseHealer.com Pinterest Board Blog…

Para/PSI Word/Phrase of the Day: Astral   – derived from the Latin term for star, the fabric of time and space, a realm of existence beyond physical experience. The paranormal is literally anything beyond what is considered to be normal. Any experience you are having that may defy explanation by normal means would be considered paranormal…

Para/PSI Word/Phrase of the Day:  Phantom Traveler  – the ghost of a human or animal that haunts a specific roadway, route, or vehicle. The phantom hitchhiker, who requests a ride, then suddenly disappears from inside the vehicle, is the best-known type of phantom traveler legend. The paranormal is literally anything beyond what is considered to…

Para/PSI Word/Phrase of the Day: Phantom   – an apparition or specter existing only as an energy form. The paranormal is literally anything beyond what is considered to be normal. Any experience you are having that may defy explanation by normal means would be considered paranormal unless proven otherwise. Para/PSI Resources from NurseHealer: TOPIC on NurseHealer.com…

Para/PSI Word/Phrase of the Day: Nature Spirits   – beings said to exist in nature within trees, rivers, etc. but who are invisible to all those without the use of clairvoyance. The paranormal is literally anything beyond what is considered to be normal. Any experience you are having that may defy explanation by normal means would…

Para/PSI Word/Phrase of the Day: Globule   – a tiny sphere of electromagnetic energy. Spirits often appear on film as globules; also known as orbs. The paranormal is literally anything beyond what is considered to be normal. Any experience you are having that may defy explanation by normal means would be considered paranormal unless proven otherwise.…

Para/PSI Word/Phrase of the Day:  Cryptozoology  – the study of rumored or mythological animals that are presumed by many to exist, but for which proof does not yet exist. The paranormal is literally anything beyond what is considered to be normal. Any experience you are having that may defy explanation by normal means would be…

Para/PSI Word/Phrase of the Day: Hot Spot   – a location particularly prone to high levels of paranormal activity; a site in which unexplained phenomena has been repeatedly experienced. The paranormal is literally anything beyond what is considered to be normal. Any experience you are having that may defy explanation by normal means would be considered…

Para/PSI Word/Phrase of the Day: Warm Spot   – pockets of air that show a remarkably higher temperature than the surrounding environment, which may sometimes be interpreted as being indicative of a paranormal phenomenon. The paranormal is literally anything beyond what is considered to be normal. Any experience you are having that may defy explanation by…

Para/PSI Word/Phrase of the Day: Cold Spot  – an area in a haunted location where the temperature drops by several degrees. The paranormal is literally anything beyond what is considered to be normal. Any experience you are having that may defy explanation by normal means would be considered paranormal unless proven otherwise. Para/PSI Resources from NurseHealer:…

Para/PSI Word/Phrase of the Day: Rapping  – sounds that occur at a location of a haunting, which may be influenced to tap in coded messages to facilitate communication. The paranormal is literally anything beyond what is considered to be normal. Any experience you are having that may defy explanation by normal means would be considered paranormal…

Para/PSI Word/Phrase of the Day: Absent Sitter   – a person for whom a psychic reading is given, but who is not present at the time of the reading. The paranormal is literally anything beyond what is considered to be normal. Any experience you are having that may defy explanation by normal means would be considered…

Para/PSI Word/Phrase of the Day: Paranormal   – something beyond the range of normal human experience or scientific explanation. The paranormal is literally anything beyond what is considered to be normal. Any experience you are having that may defy explanation by normal means would be considered paranormal unless proven otherwise. Para/PSI Resources from NurseHealer: TOPIC on…

Para/PSI Word/Phrase of the Day: Materialization  – the manifestation or production of some physical object or person from the spirit world. The paranormal is literally anything beyond what is considered to be normal. Any experience you are having that may defy explanation by normal means would be considered paranormal unless proven otherwise. Para/PSI Resources from…

Para/PSI Word/Phrase of the Day: Hypnagogic  – a hallucination or extrasensory experience as you are just falling asleep. The same type of experience as you are waking up is called “hypnopompic”. The paranormal is literally anything beyond what is considered to be normal. Any experience you are having that may defy explanation by normal means would…

Para/PSI Word/Phrase of the Day:   Force Field – an energy field that permeates all life. The paranormal is literally anything beyond what is considered to be normal. Any experience you are having that may defy explanation by normal means would be considered paranormal unless proven otherwise. Para/PSI Resources from NurseHealer: TOPIC on NurseHealer.com Pinterest Board…

Para/PSI Word/Phrase of the Day:   Family Apparition – a ghost that haunts one particular family. Some traditions hold that the ghost appears as an omen that someone in the family is going to die. The paranormal is literally anything beyond what is considered to be normal. Any experience you are having that may defy explanation…

Para/PSI Word/Phrase of the Day:   Anomalous Cognition – a general term describing a transfer of information to a subject through currently unknown means. It fits descriptions of telepathy, extra-sensory perception, clairvoyance, precognition and other “perceptive” paranormal abilities. The paranormal is literally anything beyond what is considered to be normal. Any experience you are having that…

Para/PSI Word/Phrase of the Day:   Metagnomy – knowledge acquired through cryptesthesia (acute intuitive insight or paranormal perception). The term is derived from the Greek words meta (after) and gnomon (knower). The paranormal is literally anything beyond what is considered to be normal. Any experience you are having that may defy explanation by normal means would…

Para/PSI Word/Phrase of the Day:   Odor of Sanctity – the scent of roses that permeates the air following an angelic visitation or the Virgin Mary as a testament to the sanctity of the encounter. The paranormal is literally anything beyond what is considered to be normal. Any experience you are having that may defy explanation…

Para/PSI Word/Phrase of the Day:   Marian Apparition – the appearance of the ghostlike figure of the Virgin Mary, mother of Jesus. The paranormal is literally anything beyond what is considered to be normal. Any experience you are having that may defy explanation by normal means would be considered paranormal unless proven otherwise. Para/PSI Resources from…

Para/PSI Word/Phrase of the Day:   Haunt – the presence of a ghost that returns to the same location. Ghosts generally haunt places, not people. The paranormal is literally anything beyond what is considered to be normal. Any experience you are having that may defy explanation by normal means would be considered paranormal unless proven otherwise.…

Para/PSI Word/Phrase of the Day:   White Lady – female apparition clothed in white. In England, believed spirits of noblewomen who were murdered or died under tragic circumstances. In France, strikingly beautiful and generally found near bridges. The paranormal is literally anything beyond what is considered to be normal. Any experience you are having that may…

Para/PSI Word/Phrase of the Day:   Déjà vu – an overwhelming sense that current events have been vividly experienced before. The paranormal is literally anything beyond what is considered to be normal. Any experience you are having that may defy explanation by normal means would be considered paranormal unless proven otherwise. Para/PSI Resources from NurseHealer: TOPIC…

Para/PSI Word/Phrase of the Day:   Correlation Coefficient – a mathematical index of the degree of association between two or more measures or variables in a given experiment. The paranormal is literally anything beyond what is considered to be normal. Any experience you are having that may defy explanation by normal means would be considered paranormal…

Para/PSI Word/Phrase of the Day:   Correlation – an association between two or more events or variables. The paranormal is literally anything beyond what is considered to be normal. Any experience you are having that may defy explanation by normal means would be considered paranormal unless proven otherwise. Para/PSI Resources from NurseHealer: TOPIC on NurseHealer.com Pinterest…

Para/PSI Word/Phrase of the Day:   Para/PSI Word/Phrase of the Day: Collective Apparition – an unusual type of spirit sighting in which more than one person sees the same phenomenon. The paranormal is literally anything beyond what is considered to be normal. Any experience you are having that may defy explanation by normal means would be…

Para/PSI Word/Phrase of the Day:   Malevolent Entities – evil, harmful or ill-intending spirits that harass human beings, causing all manner of discomfort and distress. Strong evidence seems to support the hypothesis that these entities are often seeking revenge for some past injury. The paranormal is literally anything beyond what is considered to be normal. Any…

Para/PSI Word/Phrase of the Day:   Benign Spirit – a spirit that is not malevolent or harmful to man. Angels and spirit guides fall into this category as would spirits of loved ones that come back to tell us something. The paranormal is literally anything beyond what is considered to be normal. Any experience you…

Para/PSI Word/Phrase of the Day:   Empirical Data – data collected purely through unbiased observation. The paranormal is literally anything beyond what is considered to be normal. Any experience you are having that may defy explanation by normal means would be considered paranormal unless proven otherwise. Para/PSI Resources from NurseHealer: TOPIC on NurseHealer.com Pinterest Board…