Table-Tilting Psychic Dictionary Index
Mysterious
movements of a table, usually occurring in a seance when a group of people place their hands on the surface
of the table. Often the movements are interpreted as spirit communications. Also known as table-turning or table-tipping.
Table-Turning Psychic Dictionary Index
See table-tilting.
Target Psychic Dictionary Index
The object
or event which the subject attempts to perceive (ESP tests) or influence (PK tests).
Tarot Psychic Dictionary Index
A special
deck of cards (usually 78) used in fortune telling.
Telekinesis Psychic Dictionary Index
Paranormal
movement of objects.
Telepathy Psychic Dictionary Index
Paranormal
awareness of another person's experience (thoughts, feelings, etc.). In practice it is difficult to distinguish between telepathy
and clairvoyance. See also ESP.
Teleportation Psychic Dictionary Index
Paranormal
transportation of objects to a distant place. See also apport, deport.
Temporal
Lobe Activity Psychic Dictionary Index
Electrical
activity in the temporal lobes of the brain. Often associated with strange sensations, time distortions and hallucinations.
Sometimes used as an explanation for seemingly paranormal experiences such as apparitions and alien abduction experiences.
Theosophy Psychic Dictionary Index
Quasi-religious
and philosophical system of the Theosophical Society, founded in 1875 by Madame Blavatsky. Its paranormal claims were controversially
and damningly reported upon by the Society for Psychical Research in 1885.
Therianthropy Psychic Dictionary Index
The supposed
ability to change from human to animal form and back. See also lycanthropy, shape-shifting, werewolf.
Theurgy Psychic Dictionary Index
Magical practices which aim to contact and communicate with the gods.
Thoughtography Psychic Dictionary Index
Paranormal
ability to produce images on photographic film (e.g., by concentrating on a mental image). Most famously demonstrated by Ted
Serios. See also psychic photography.
Thought Transference Psychic Dictionary Index
See telepathy
Trance Psychic Dictionary Index
A dissociated state of consciousness, generally involving reduced awareness of surroundings
and external events.
Trance
Medium Psychic Dictionary Index
A person who
enters a state of trance in order to produce mediumistic phenomena.
Transcendental
Meditation Psychic Dictionary Index
A technique
of meditation taught by Maharishi Mahesh Yogi, involving the repetition
of a sound (mantra).
Transmigration of Souls Psychic Dictionary Index
See reincarnation.
Transpersonal
Psychology Psychic Dictionary Index
The study
of experiences, beliefs and practices that suggest that the sense of self can extend beyond our personal or individual reality.
The subject matter of transpersonal psychology overlaps to some extent with parapsychology, but the two disciplines tend to have different approaches
and emphases. Parapsychology is primarily concerned to investigate evidence for and against the reality of paranormal phenomena. Transpersonal psychology, on the other
hand, is more interested in investigating the transpersonal significance of such phenomena (i.e., the ways in which they may
give people a sense of connectedness with a larger, more universal or spiritual reality). See also mysticism.
Travelling Clairvoyance Psychic Dictionary Index
(a) An early
term for the out of body experience.
(b) Clairvoyance exhibited when a subject travels in imagination to another location.
Trial Psychic Dictionary Index
In psi tests, a single attempt to demonstrate paranormal
ability (e.g., one attempt to guess a card or one attempt to influence the fall of the dice).
Trumpet Psychic Dictionary Index
A conical
tube (often luminous) used in seances to produce direct voice communication.
U
Ufology Psychic Dictionary Index
The study
of UFOs.
Umbanda Psychic Dictionary Index
A Brazilian
spiritist religion. See also Candomble, Voodoo.
Unidentified
Flying Object (UFO) Psychic Dictionary Index
Unexplained
sightings of lights or objects in the sky, often taken to be evidence of extraterrestrial visitations.
Up Through
Technique Psychic Dictionary Index
An experimental test for clairvoyance in which the subject guesses the order of a stacked series of target symbols (e.g., cards) from bottom to top. Cf. down through technique.
V
Veridical Psychic Dictionary Index
Information
or experience that is confirmed by facts and events.
Veridical
Dream Psychic Dictionary Index
A dream that
corresponds to real events (past, present or future) that are unknown to the dreamer.
Vision
Psychic Dictionary Index
A religious
apparition.
Voodoo Psychic Dictionary Index
A spiritist and ancestor religion, originating in Africa, and now
found predominantly in Haiti, Jamaica and Cuba. Magical rites, trance states and possession all play a major role in Voodoo. See also Candomble, Pocomania, Santeria, Umbanda, zombie.
W
Werewolf Psychic Dictionary Index
A person who
has been magically transformed into a wolf or other dangerous beast.
See also lycanthropy, therianthropy, shape-shifting.
White
Magic Psychic Dictionary Index
Magical spells or rituals to produce beneficial effects. Cf. black magic.
White
Noise Psychic Dictionary Index
A hiss-like
sound, formed by combining all audible frequencies. See also ganzfeld.
Wicca Psychic Dictionary Index
System of
witchcraft, especially as practiced today in western countries.
Witch Psychic Dictionary Index
Someone who
practices witchcraft.
Witchcraft Psychic Dictionary Index
Folk magic. See also wicca.
Witchdoctor Psychic Dictionary Index
A medicine
wo(man) or shaman.
X
Xenoglossy Psychic Dictionary Index
The ability
to speak or write in a language that has not been learned. See also glossolalia.
Y
Yoga Psychic Dictionary Index
Religious
philosophy originating in India. It advocates the use of physical and psycho-spiritual techniques to lead the person
to higher consciousness. See also meditation, siddhis.
Z
Zener
Cards Psychic Dictionary Index
Set of 25 cards (5 each of circle, square, Greek cross, five-pointed
star, three wavy lines) designed by the perceptual psychologist Karl Zener for use in card-guessing tests of ESP. Also known as ESP cards.
Zombie Psychic Dictionary Index
A corpse that
has been partly brought back to (soul-less) life by magic. See also Voodoo.
