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Little Known Terms of the Paranormal

© Dina Ely

The following is a collection of lesser-known paranormal & parapsychological / parascientific terms and concepts.

Animal Psi (or "Anpsi")

Anpsi is the apparent ability of animals to experience various clairvoyant phenomena, such as telepathy, precognition, and sixth sense. Though the studies into anpsi hardly present conclusive evidence for or against the existence of anpsi, many pet owners are firm in their belief in the clairvoyant abilities of their pets.

It is worth noting that owing to the fact that humans are also animals, if animal psi truly does exist then it would exist in all species, including humans.

Manifestation of anpsi includes, but is not limited to:

• The ability to see ghosts and spiritual beings
• The ability to sense events in the very near future (such as the return of a loved one to the pet's home, before the loved one's car can be heard, etc.)
• The ability to sense impending danger or death of a loved one
• The ability to find the way home, oft against seemingly impossible odds (homing instinct)
• The ability to "psi trail" (to find its owner if separated, returning even across tremendous distances)

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Apport

An apport is an object created by mediums and poltergeists, which materialises out of thin air and takes solid form. Most are small objects like coins and jewelry, but larger objects like books and newspapers have been reported. The Scole Experiment Group has had tremendous success with apportation, as the “spiritual scientists” (deceased humans working from the afterlife to achieve contact with the living) wove energy into matter to produce extremely rare artifacts during their sessions.

Most apports are considered gifts from spirits, but some mediums claim to pull objects from other dimensions, or that objects existing in other places are disintegrated, transported by the medium into the medium’s location, and then reassembled--all by the power of the medium’s psyche.

The Sufis of Islam and Hindu swamis are well known for their delicate and precious apports.

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Automatisms

Motor automatisms are unconscious muscular movements which are apparently guided by spirits or the psyche of another person. Automatic writing is a type of motor automatism. In automatic writing the medium clears his or her mind of all thought and invites the spirits of the dead to "possess" his or her hand, and write whatever they will. Automatic painting is a similar phenomenon, only with painting instead of writing. People with little or no artistic ability or experience can suddenly produce tremendous masterpieces, claiming to be guided by spirits.