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After Life
A continued life or existence believed to follow death. Some religions don’t accept this belief, some people are praying there is something beyond this life.

Age Of Aquarius
Usually refers to the end of an era and the beginning of another, 'the end of times' or the dawning of a 'new world order'.

Alien Abduction
Claims of kidnapping and taken to a spaceship by Beings not from this Earth. Time and memory loss frequently occur and some people recall surgical investigations.

Aliens                                                                                                               Beings from another world, also known as extraterrestrial beings.

Astral Plane
A place where all thoughts, memories, fantasies and dreams of everyone in the world exist. The astral plane is said to have many levels, and is said to operate at a higher frequency than the physical plane.

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Banshees 
Most often associated with Ireland and Scotland, the Banshee is an omen spirit that forewarns people of an impending tragedy.

Bermuda Triangle (The 'Devils Triangle') 
A geographical area located off the south eastern Atlantic coast of the United States this area has been subject to a number of unexplainable losses of ships, boats and aircraft, including an entire squadron of TBM Avengers.

Black Dogs (Hell Hounds)
There have been countless reports over the world of these phantom 'canine' like creatures, including Norfolk's own Black Shuck.

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Channelling 
Describes the method in which mediums allow themselves to be used in order to manifest something which comes from outside themselves.

Crop Circles 
Consists of a circle within which all corn stems are flattened but not broken, usually the outer ring of the circle has the corn flattened in the opposite direction to that of the centre. Sometimes the circle may be surrounded by a series of smaller circles that maybe linked by channels.

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Death Bed Visions
A dying person has an awareness of the presence of dead relatives or friends, these visitors are said to come and assist the dying with the transition from life to death.

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Electrokinesis
The generation of electricity from the mind that can be used to charge watches and batteries.

Electro-Magnetic Field (E.M.F.)
A field of force associated with electric charge in motion. There is a theory that a high amount of electromagnetic energy can cause poltergeist activity, but also a theory that these same high energy levels attract spirit and that it is indeed spirit that cause the strange phenomena.

Ectoplasm
Ectoplasm is said to be made up of a viscous substance which comes from a mediums solar plexus, a combination of certain chemicals used by spirit to project solid images to its audience. It is very dangerous to disturb a medium whilst in this condition, some mediums have died from being disturbed whilst in this state.

E.V.P.
Electronic Voice Projection (recording of spirit voices).

Exorcism
The expulsion of a spirit, ghost or demon that has possess a person or place.

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Fallen Host
These are said to be angels that have fallen from Gods grace, they have been mentioned in biblical scriptures to serve as a warning of what the wrath of God can bring.

False Arrival Apparition
This is when a person hears and sometimes sees another person arrive, this can happen from half and hour to an hour before the person actually arrives.

False Awakening
A phenomenon whereby a person believes they have woken up but they are still dreaming.

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Geomancy
An ancient form of divination which involves the scattering of soil, earth or other materials upon the ground or, markings in earth or sand which make up a configuration that can be read by a seer.

Ghosts
Disembodied spirit or image of a dead person. Ghosts have the ability to move through solid objects.

Gnome
A name given to fairies or 'little people', supposedly lost souls or pre-Christian people, or fallen angels doomed to walk the earth. It has been suggested that they are elemental nature spirits that inhabit a different dimension to our own.

Grigori (Watchers)
A collective term for fallen angels. It was said that Grigori were sent to guide and assist man during the beginning of civilisation.

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Hallucination
Perception of an eternal object that is not present, a mental state of being mistaken or deluded.

Healing
Types of healing are Hands on, Absent, Prayer, Colour, Sound. Healing is considered medicine for the soul. Healing of any kind means laying oneself open to the Divine Source of Love either by receiving or giving. This universal source is the very life we breathe, it is the energy that permeates every living thing. The practice of these types of healing has been used for centuries, even the ancient Egyptians recognised the importance of sound, some of the great pyramids are known to have amazing acoustics and it has been suggested that they may have been used for healing through the use of incantations.

Hope Diamond
A cursed jewel supposedly torn from the brow of a temple God. The diamond has brought tragedy to those who have owned it.

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Intuition
The process of coming to a direct knowledge or certainty without using the rational thought process. Handy for us ghost hunters who are not blessed with the gifts of the sensitive.

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Karma
A law in Hinduism maintaining that every act no matter how insignificant will eventually return to the doer, good with good and evil with evil, if not in this life then in the next.

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Levitation
There are records of monks and nuns rising up whilst in prayer, it has been suggested that levitation is possible due to molecules becoming refined to the point of the body changing onto a lighter plane. Energy level increases have been suggested to raise the level in the atoms of our bodies and make levitation possible.

Ley Lines
Alignments of ancient sites, these are considered to be earth's natural energy lines and also that spirit may use these lines as a way of travelling quickly from one place to another. It has also been suggested that where two Ley Lines cross there is a possible chance of a portal opening to other dimensions. 

Whilst investigating a location in Rural Buxton, it was suggested by a sensitive that a Ley Line ran along the country lane directly outside the building we were in, and during a vigil, spirit was entering from the Ley Line via the window behind us.  We have searched for details or mapping of Ley Lines in the Buxton area, but the information found is not conclusive and correct us if wrong, it would appear that the mapping of Ley Lines is more chaotic than the M6 passing Birmingham.  Opposite is the Buckingham Palace Ley Line.

Life After Death
A subject hugely debated, especially by differing religions, but amongst ghost hunters too.

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Malevolent
Malevolent spirit is a way to describe a malicious supernatural force that causes harmful acts to living beings.

Materialisation
Formation of an object or human figure that appears during a séance.

Medium
An individual who can communicate with spirits.                                                  

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NDE's
Near Death Experience, claimed to be a glimpse at life after death, the most common reports are those of a tunnel with a bright light at the end, a place of great beauty, meeting loved ones, or visiting another dimension and sometimes even that of hell.

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Occultism
A system of practice and belief, which assumes that there is the existence of supernatural, paranormal and mysterious forces.

Orbs
Orbs are allegedly the true spirit form and one theory is that these are seen at the beginning of a manifestation. Orbs can be often caught in photographs.

Out Of Body Experience (O.O.B.E.)
A form of astral projection when the consciousness leaves the physical body. Many reports of this come from people who have been involved in severe accidents or have been anaesthetised. An example of this is when a patient undergoing an operation can see and hear the operation in progress.

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Palmestry
The art of foretelling a person's future by reading the lines and features on their hand.

Paranormal
Something that is unexplainable scientifically.

Poltergeist
Activity connected with poltergeists is that of unexplainable rapping's and other noises, also movement of items which are often thrown or smashed and in some cased fires have been known to start. This phenomenon is generally connected to teenagers particularly teenage girls.

Psychometry
A medium can gain psychic information by holding a personal item such as a ring or watch once belonging to a deceased person.

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Quackery
Integrating metaphysics with sympathetic magic or spiritualism with healing. The term is generally used to describe frauds that dispense useless or harmful treatments to vulnerable people on their deathbeds.

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Radionics
Use of certain instruments to detect radiations or emitions from a living organism, such as dowsing.

Reincarnation
The belief that the Spirit or the Soul of a person can be reborn to a new life, some people are able to remember past life personalities and experiences. This is a non-Christian belief, but many Eastern cultures have always included reincarnation in their philosophy.

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Sensitive
Someone who can sense a paranormal presence.

Spirit/Soul
In the complete word finder Spirit is described as 'The vital animating essence of a person, or animal, The Intelligent Being without a material body'. Soul is described as 'The immaterial part of a human being, often regarded as immortal, vital, spirit or force, being, inner self.

Sprite
A soul, spirit or apparition.

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Table Turning
Movements that come from the table used during a séance, these are suggested as being a form of communication from the spirit world.

Telepathy
The ability to transfer one persons thoughts to another, this is not considered as supernatural phenomenon, many experiments into this area started enthusiastically around 1882 with the beginning of the Society for Psychical Research. In 1903 Zenner cards were developed by K.E. Zenner and American psychologist, these cards are widely used in E.S.P research with varying results.

Teleportation
Paranormal movement of an object from one place to another.

Thixotropy
This is a property that is exhibited by certain gels. A thrixopic gel maintains its shape and appears solid, but if it is subjected to certain forms of disturbance, such as shaking, it will start to flow like liquid. Possible explanation for bleeding statues etc.

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UFO
Unidentified Flying Objects, considered to be alien aircraft. It is interesting to note that a large majority of UFO's are sighted during or after an electrical storm.

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Vampires
Mythical creatures who rise up out of their graves at night and feed of the blood of others.

Veridical Dream
A dream that relates to actual events of either the past, present or future, that the dreamer is unaware of.

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Warlock
The masculine name for a witch, wizard or magician.

Werewolf
Mythical creatures that change from humans to wolves. These creatures can only be killed with a silver bullet and the plant wolfs bane is said to act as a deterrent.

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Xenoglossy
The alleged writing or speaking in a language that is unknown to the individual speaking or writing it.

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Yeren
A mythical man beast or red haired ape 5-6 feet in height. Sighting of the Yeren have been reported in Asia and the Shennongjia Mountains in Central China.

Yeti/Bigfoot
An ape like creature most often sighted in the U.S but also around the globe since the mid 19th C. it has been suggested that bigfoot exists in another dimension and travels to this one via either, astral projection or through portals, the latter has also been suggested for the loch ness monster.

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Zombie
Dead bodies with no souls, said to be created by black magic of voodoo sorcerers.