Words Often Used

*Spiritualism -- A philosophy, a science and a religion

Spiritualists' National Union: Spiritualism is a religion that gives an understanding of God and encourages us to act with a high sense of duty towards others. Spiritualism stimulates spiritual ...

Akashic Records -- "The Book of Life"

From the Edgar Cayce's Association for Research and Enlightenment, Inc. (A.R.E.®): The Akashic Records or "The Book of Life" can be equated to the universe's super computer system. It is this ...

Apport -- Paranormal tansportation

The Mystica.com: Materialized objects produced by mediums during Spiritualistic seances. These objects can range from flowers, jewelry, and even live animals. The production of the apports was and is ...

Ascension Process -- Increase of vibrational levels

From the site of Anne Reith, Ph.D.: Ascension is the process of increasing your cells' vibrational levels. If looked at under an electron microscope, you can see that the cells of all living ...

Attunement -- Harmony

Attunement.org: Attunement is both a way of life and a spiritual healing art, with specific techniques to enhance essential health and well-being. It is a state of consciousness in which the spirits ...

Aura -- An energy field

Reiki For Holistic Health.com: The electromagnetic field that surrounds the human body (Human Energy Field-HEF) and every organism and object in the Universe.The Human Energy Field as a collection of ...

Aura Imaging Photography -- Kirlian photography

From Angela Tarry, the aura expert: Normally, we are unaware of the subtle energies of our aura as they are not visible with the naked eye, except to some gifted clairvoyants and healers. Now. with ...

Aura Reading -- Identification of blocked energy

From the web site of the Reno Psychic Institute: - Your aura is the energy field that surrounds your body. - An aura reader uses her clairvoyant ability to see the conditions in your energy body. - ...

Automatic writing -- A form of channeling

At Healing From Within, Susan Eller offers in 5 steps "a simple way to develop intuition, access inner guidance, and unblock creativity" where she advises "Do not judge, analyze or evaluate what you ...

Chakra -- An energy center

Sacred Centers.com: The word chakra is Sanskrit for wheel or disk and signifies one of seven basic energy centers in the body that correspond to nerve ganglia branching out from the spinal column, as ...

Circle -- Also called development circle

Mystical Empowerment.com: Have you ever wanted to find out whether you have psychic and spiritual abilities, or how to develop them? If you have, then a development circle is a good place to start. ...

Clairaudience -- Perceiving sounds not normally audible

From The Spirit Artist - Rev. Rita Berkowitz: Mediums do not always recognize when they are awakening the facility of hearing. They are expecting to hear an audible loud voice. Sometimes this will ...

Clairsentience -- An inner knowing

leylijnen.com: Clairsentience is used both for paranormal feeling and paranormal knowing. With paranormal knowing, the person gets through an answer. With this answer he got the feeling / knowing to ...

Clairvoyance -- Perceiving images not normally visible

From The Spirit Artist - Rev. Rita Berkowitz: Some mediums see spirits as physical forms, but it is necessary to know that it is not the physical eye that is the center of psychic vision. It is ...

Creation Spirituality -- Ancient tradition

From Creation Spirituality Communities: Honoring all of creation as Original Blessing, Creation Spirituality integrates the wisdom of Eastern and Western spirituality and global indigenous cultures, ...

Difference between mediumistic and psychic abilities -- One can be a psychic and/or a medium

Difference between a "mediumistic reading" and a "psychic reading" by Joanne Gerber, LLC - Psychic Medium and Spiritual Teacher: If you are looking for guidance about your life, such as career, ...

Direct Voice -- A physical phenomenon where spirit voices are heard

From the site of the Spiritualist Church of Canada: Direct Voice is accomplished with the aid of a horn or trumpet, usually of aluminum, which is used to intensify the spirit voices. It is also used ...

Distant Healing / Remote Healing / Absent Healing -- Remote channelling of energy

From the Harry Edwards Healing Sanctuary: Spiritual Healing can be given in person through contact healing or alternatively, when the individual is not present, known as distant healing. Distant ...

Dowsing -- To search with hand held tools

From the website of the British Society of Dowsers: To dowse is to search, with the aid of simple hand held tools or instruments, for that which is otherwise hidden from view or knowledge. It can be ...

Earthbound spirit -- Lost soul

From ectoweb.com: A term referring to a ghost or spirit that was unable to cross over to the other side at the time of death and is therefore stuck on earth. _________

Ectoplasm -- Emanation from a medium

From Studies Of The Paranormal.com: A strange, mystical material that flows out of any orifice and opening of a mediums body during a seance. This paranormal substance would sometimes take the shapes ...

Electronic Voice Phenomena (EVP) -- Voices captured on audio equipment

From ectoweb.com: EVP is the use of audio equipment to capture voices. Typically, voices appear on tape or video that should not be there. For instance, when there was no one in the room or the ...

Esoteric -- Hidden

From The Metaphysical Center of New Jersey: Esoteric means "hidden" or "inner," for these ancient teachings have been hidden or secret for many ages, taught only to selected initiates who have proven ...

Grounding -- A centering exercise (like before a meditation or a performance)

From the web site of the Reno Psychic Institute: Grounding is the base of the spiritual pyramid Grounding locates you in time and space. Then you, the Being can know Where you, the body is Grounding ...

Highly Sensitive People -- HSP

Jim Hallowes's HighlySensitivePeople.com: We've learned highly sensitive persons or "HSPs" make up 15% to 20% of the population. HSP's nervous systems are different and are more sensitive ...

Hypnotherapy -- Therapeutic change from outside suggestions

From Ian Lawton's Hypnotherapy page: What is hypnosis? Hypnosis happens naturally whenever a person is inclined to accept outside suggestions. Hypnosis makes memories more real and ideas clearer. ...

Law of Thought and Attraction -- We are what we think

From Albertson Memorial Church of Spiritualism: The Law of Thought and Attraction: The tool of the Spirit is Mind, and like any tool, Mind can be used to build and unify, or to destroy and fragment. ...

Lyceum -- Spiritualist Sunday School

From the website of the The Spiritualist Society of Barrie, Ontario: Andrew Jackson Davis, who foretold the coming of Modern Spiritualism, developed the Lyceum, which is the Spiritualist equivalent ...

Medical intuition -- Intuitive health reading

From the web site of Winter and Michael Robinson: Medical intuition is probably the most misunderstood (and misused) term in the spiritual field today. A health scan or intuitive health reading ...

Medium - Watch a Medium Give Messages (short video) -- Bridging between two worlds

"A medium is a bridge between two energy fields, which are the World of Light and the world is which we are at the moment, the Earth World." Stephen Wakeling (below) is an international Spiritual ...

Mediumship -- A link between 2 worlds

SpiritLincs.com: When people think of Mediums they usually visualise people wearing long flowing gowns in a séance, sat round a table holding hands with the people they are doing a reading for. ...

Mental travel -- Also called mental projection

AstralVoyage.com: Mental projection "can be induced by daydreaming, remote viewing, listening to music, and hypnosis just to name a few. Mindless behavior, in my opinion, is really mindful behavior ...

Metaphysics -- "Which lies beyond the physical"

From The Metaphysical Center of New Jersey: Metaphysics is the study of esoteric teachings concerning cosmic laws, the nature of reality, the purpose and meaning of life, our relationship to the ...

Namaste -- Greeting

From the website of Reverend Diane Jensen: "Namaste" is the Sanskrit word that means "I bow to the divine in you." What a lovely expression! _________ From Aadil Palkhivala: We bring the hands ...

Natural Law -- The way the universe works

From the web site of the the Spiritualist Society of Barrie: As Spiritualists, we believe in Natural Law. This is understood, not as a prescriptive resource from which we can discern a set of moral, ...

Orbs -- Balls of light

From The Orb Zone, a site entirely dedicated to scientific evidence and accessible explanation about orbs: Orbs on stills cameras and camcorders were not identified and called 'orbs' until ...

Ouija Boards -- Floating planchette on a board

From the website of International Medium Sandrea Mosses: Ouija boards are not new and have been around since the 1890’s. How do they work? The idea is that two or more people place a finger onto the ...

Out of Body Experience -- Being outside our body

From Aspects: Out Of Body experiences are where people have the experience of being outside of their physical bodies. If a person is permanently outside of their physical body then they are often ...

Past Life Regression -- Recalling experiences in previous lives

From the website of the Miami Hypnotic Center: Do you believe that your soul travels through time and space to reincarnate into another body and into another live? Past Life Regression (PLR) is a ...

Physical Mediumship -- A phonomenon that everybody can witness

Steven and Stella Upton's web site: "For any kind of phenomena to be categorised as physical it must impinge upon one or more of the five physical senses, ie. you must be able to see it, hear it ...

Poltergeist -- Noisy mischievous emotional or spirit activity

MysticalBlaze.com: Research has revealed that many suspected Poltergeist agents are females under the age of 25, who are completely unaware that they are the causing this type of activity. Emotional ...

Pre-Birth Planning -- We, ourselves, pre-planned our own challenges before our birth

Watch Robert Schwartz, author of Your Soul's Plan, explain the meaning of pre-birth planning, which is that we planned our greatest challenges before we were born for purposes of spiritual ...

Psychic Surgery -- Surgery Done by Spirit Through Increased Vibration

Source: Andy Porter, Psychic Surgeon: Psychic surgery is similar to congenial medical surgery that you would receive in hospital, except with psychic surgery you are operated on by a "spiritual team" ...

Psychometry -- Picking up impressions from an object

From Powerful Psychic Reading: Have you ever touched someone or something and gotten some kind of message — such as ideas, pictures, or words? While shopping in an antique store, do you pick up ...

Raps -- Sounds made by a spirit entity

From the site of the Spiritualist Church of Canada: Used from a spirit entity, taps were formed into a method of communication - one tap for yes, two for no. The Modern Spiritualism Movement was ...

Reiki -- Universal life force energy

From ReikiZone: The word Reiki means free passage of Universal Life Force energy. When you are attuned to Reiki energy, the channels are opened to Universal Life Energy. Reiki attunements are much ...

Reincarnation -- The return to the earth

From Albertson Memorial Church of Spiritualism: The Law of Reincarnation: Every soul is given the opportunity to return to the earth (or elsewhere) as often as he or she feels necessary, and enter a ...

Spirit Art (a kind of mediumship) -- Portraiture of people who have passed into the spirit world

I am Jeff Horrocks, a psychic artist and medium, who draws portraits of people who have passed into the spirit world. It is, as yet, an unusual form of mediumship in which the psychic artist is able ...

Spirit Attachment -- Lost souls in the energy field of a person

From Spirit Release: Spirit Attachment is very common and unfortunately nearly always goes unnoticed. Many of the spirits that have attached to people don’t do much harm, but some can be very ...

Spirit Release -- Spirit Rescue

From the Spirit Release Foundation: Spirit release involves freeing earthbound spirits from their condition of attachment. This is done in a compassionate, non-confrontational way, by contacting the ...

Spiritual Healing -- Channelling healing energy

From the Harry Edwards Healing Sanctuary: Spiritual Healing is the simple process of channelling divine healing energy through a healer to an individual. Healing can be given in person through ...

Synchronicity -- Coincidental occurences of related events

From the Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary: The coincidental occurrence of events and especially psychic events (as similar thoughts in widely separated persons or a mental image of an unexpected ...

Table Tilting -- A form of physical mediumship using ectoplasmic rods from the medium

From the site of the Spiritualist Church of Canada: Table tilting is done by spirit employing the use of ectoplasmic rods from a physical medium. The ectoplasm is built up in the body of the physical ...

The Seven (or Nine) Principles of Spiritualism -- Philosophy

A - The Nine Principles of the National Spiritualist Association of Churches, USA: 1- We believe in Infinite Intelligence. 2- We believe that the phenomena of Nature, both physical and spiritual, are ...

Trance Healing -- Spiritual healing done during a state of deep attunement

From Bob and Maggie, Trance Healing Mediums: Trance is just one of the many levels of consciousness and these can be measured scientifically using EG machines and are measured in units of Hertz. ...

Trance mediumship -- Also called "deep attunement"

First Spiritual Temple: When spirit links with a medium, the spirit communicator exerts various degrees of control, or overshadows the consciousness of the medium to a greater or lesser degree. This ...

Transfiguration -- Temporary change in appearance

From The Spirit Artist - Rev. Rita Berkowitz: You will feel the strong impression of your face taking on the features or expression of another being. You may feel as if cobwebs are flowing around you ...

Truth -- What we know inside

From Healing Through Spirit: Truth is what we know inside. When the knowledge that we have and information we are taught is brought into the heart and Spirit's Light shines upon it, this ...

Zero Point Field -- An energy field suspected by Albert Einstein and Evin Laszlo

From the website of Winter Robinson, Medical Intuitive: Beyond space and time (modes in which we think, not conditions in which we live) there is a "place" we call the "space between the notes." This ...