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  The Llewellyn Encyclopedia: Paranormal Phenomena
Paranormal investigators use EMF detectors to discover paranormal “hot spots.” Sudden changes can also indicate that some sort of unusual activity is about to begin.
Indirect Voice During a séance, it is called an indirect voice phenomena when the voice of the spirit comes from the throat of the medium.
Paranormal A term used to describe anything that is beyond (para-) our normal experience.
www.llewellynencyclopedia.com /subjects.php?gen_sbj=Paranormal+Phenomena   (3909 words)

  
 Paranormal phenomena   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Paranormal phenomenaPhenomena that lie outside the usually-accepted field of scientific enquiry, such as ghosts, ESP and PSYCHOKINESIS.
The implications of the paranormal for Psychology are particularly clear in cases in which such phenomena appear to contradict in some way our accepted view of the interaction of mind and environment.
This is a clear implication that such phenomena may be the result of unconscious events in the life of the human beings involved.
www.psybox.com /web_dictionary/paranormal.htm   (568 words)

  
 Paranormal Studies Department
The course is designed for students wishing to conduct paranormal investigations and research apparition and ghost sightings, the nature of the soul, poltergeist activity, and voice, electronic, and photographic evidence of paranormal activity.
The "paranormal" (literally "beyond the normal") refers to exceptional human experiences that do not seem to be explainable in terms of our everyday understanding or known scientific principles.
Paranormal experiences often seem weird, uncanny, or unnatural, but are really part of a hidden part of nature of which we are not aware.
www.flamelcollege.org /paranormal.htm   (1514 words)

  
 Welcome to PARANORMAL PHENOMENA RESEARCH  FOUNDATION INC.
The term “paranormal phenomena” refers to phenomena that can be shown to exist by accepted orthodox scientific methodology, but for which currently no scientific explanations can be offered.
Further, since paranormal abilities are often exhibited by people when in Altered States of Consciousness, such states were also investigated, mostly via bioelectric variables, including attempts to enhance paranormal abilities through biofeedback.
Also, spontaneous psychokinetic phenomena in the presence of some psychics were observed at times in the laboratory.
www.paranormalphenomena.org   (1619 words)

  
 Anomalous phenomenon -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
For instance, while the idea of stones falling from the sky was long ridiculed, (Stony or metallic object that is the remains of a meteoroid that has reached the earth's surface) meteorites are now acknowledged and well understood.
Often used as a synonym, but actually a subclass are the paranormal phenomena, studied by (Phenomena that appear to contradict physical laws and suggest the possibility of causation by mental processes) parapsychology.
Mental phenomena, unusual mental states or abilities, such as (Apparent communication from one mind to another without using sensory perceptions) telepathy, (Apparent power to perceive things that are not present to the senses) clairvoyance and (Knowledge of an event before it occurs) precognition
www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/a/an/anomalous_phenomenon.htm   (1195 words)

  
 Introduction to Parapsychology
Parapsychology is the scientific study of paranormal phenomena.
The "paranormal" (beside or beyond the normal) refers to unusual experiences that do not seem to be explainable in terms of our everyday understanding or known scientific principles.
Typically they are quite rare but there are a few exceptional "stars" who have regular paranormal experiences and may show seemingly consistent paranormal ability.
www.mdani.demon.co.uk /para/parintro.htm   (245 words)

  
 Paranormal Phenomena, Paranormal, Paranormal Phenomena Unexplained Phenomena
What today is considered paranormal phenomena is in fact not paranormal phenomena at all.
It certainly is not paranormal for those individuals for whom it is an everyday experience and lifestyle.
As the consciousness of humanity awakens, what heretofore was thought of in terms of unexplained paranormal phenomena is rapidly becoming scientifically substantiated and recognized as being within the normal range of human behavior.
www.amazingabilities.com   (358 words)

  
 PRIMBON™ - Gerbang Dunia Mistik & Alam Gaib   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Paranormal Phenomena THE starting place for exploring paranormal phenomena and the unexplained, including ghosts, ghost stories, ghost photos, monsters, ESP, psychic phenomena...
Paranormal, Supernatural and Mystical topics dedicated to the search and study of Vortexes, Parallel Universes, UFOs, Ghosts, the Spiritual and Mystical, and...
World-wide organization that encourages the critical investigation of paranormal and fringe-science claims from a responsible, scientific point of view.
www.primbon.com /link/paranormal.htm   (390 words)

  
 Paranormal Phenomena FAQ
This section of the ASD Website explores all kinds of phenomena that exist outside of the presently accepted mainstream cultural and scientific worldview, from well controlled parapsychological research, to anecdotal reports from credible experiencers of the strange, the supernatural, and the just plain weird.
Often unusual, sometimes uncanny, these experiences happen to us when our physical bodies sleep, or have become ‘unconscious’, and do not seem easily or neatly explained by the conventional theories of ‘reality’ promoted by mainstream scientists.
If you want to explore paranormal phenomena in depth, you may want to check out the other sections of this Forum, especially the Contacts, Research, Resources, and Dream Explorers Group sections.
www.asdreams.org /telepathy/faq_paranormal.htm   (2417 words)

  
 Paranormal Research Group   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
We are paranormal research organizations and are or have dedicated field investigators to report their sightings and to investigate them in their respective world regions.
We are a team of freelance paranormal investigators active in the Delaware, Pennsylvania, and New Jersey areas.
We research paranormal phenomena here and in St Augustine FL and in the state of Florida.
w.webring.com /hub?ring=eprf1   (971 words)

  
 San Gabriel Valley Paranormal Researchers   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
All paranormal evidence, including photos, videos, audio recordings of paranormal events or investigations are kept in the strictest confidence and we will only release or publish information on cases where permission has been granted to do so by authorized parties.
It is the mission of the San Gabriel Valley Paranormal Researchers (SGVPR) to research and investigate paranormal phenomena throughout Southern California.
We are always in search of irrefutable evidence of ghosts and the paranormal, and during this venture also hope to obtain a better understanding through further study and expand our findings of the paranormal and it's nature.
www.sgvpr.org   (705 words)

  
 The Seattle Times: Local News: Nighttime Roslyn cemetery watch by paranormal group rejected
The town council voted 5 to 2 Tuesday to reject a request by Washington State Paranormal Investigations and Research for permission to check for eerie, odd and unexplained phenomena during the wee hours, when the graveyard is closed.
Commission chairman Jim Barich told council members the cemetery panel believed watching for paranormal phenomena would be disrespectful to the dead and could result in the dislodging of fragile gravestones.
Members who said they found evidence of paranormal activity near a mine shaft and a few electronic voice phenomena at the cemetery posted an audio sample on the Web at www.wspir.com/evps-and-videos.htm.
seattletimes.nwsource.com /html/localnews/2002587286_webparanormalgroup27.html   (381 words)

  
 Haunted Wisconsin - Paranormal
In-depth usage tips for equipment, diverse resource centers on paranormal fields; learn about global environment that may be effecting your investigations and up-to-date news on industry related events.
Madison Ghostseekers Society (formerly Madison Ghost Club) is a non-profit group dedicated to the investigation and recording of paranormal activity and folklore in the Madison, Wisconsin area.
The purpose of the Paranormal Research Center is to investigate and document paranormal events in a scientific manner without prejudice.
www.hauntedwisconsin.com /links?category=6   (516 words)

  
 Deadframe Paranormal Research Group   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
In 2003, Deadframe was granted a scientific research permit from the United States Department of the Interior, used to investigate claims of paranormal phenomena in the Cuyahoga Valley National Park System.
While some investigators are degreed or have many years experience, it is our belief that because of the arbitrary nature of psychic/spirit phenomena, neither time nor school makes someone any more or less likely to achieve positive results in their research.
Many research groups have expressed concern over certain paranormal television shows, explaining that the behavior demonstrated by some of these investigators does not and should not represent the behavior or protocol employed by others.
www.deadframe.com   (577 words)

  
 Godserver Alternative Health and Spiritual Directory: Paranormal Phenomena
To provide references for those who doubt that there is such a thing as the paranormal, so they may investigate for themselves, and perhaps debate the research findings in other appropriate newsgroups.
For persons uncertain about their beliefs in flying saucers, witches and other paranormal phenomenon, seeing such oddities on television may influence their decisions about the existence of such things, based on a survey by a Purdue communication." professor.
What we do: Our sole purpose in forming Paranormal Publications and Bureau of Investigation is to give people an opportunity to learn more about these unexplained phenomena in the "PARANORMAL".
www.godserver.com /paranormal.shtml   (1849 words)

  
 Strange Nation - Dedicated to strange phenomena in Australia
This book may be one of the most important books ever written on a paranormal subject by a scientist.
Electronic Voice Phenomena is believed to be a paranormal-type phenomena that involves the sampling/capturing of voices, from unknown areas, which appear on simple tape recordings and sophisticated technical equipment specifically developed for the purpose by people like MacRae.
Interestingly, some people believe that the recorded voices may in fact be the same type of phenomena that some schizophrenics claim to experience.
www.strangenation.com.au   (229 words)

  
 Holiday Insights : Halloween Paranormal Phenomena
The world of Paranormal phenomena is similar to, yet different than ghost sightings.
Paranormal activities can include a ghost or it could be an un-natural or super-natural event.
Paranormal activities is the subject of much scientific research and study.
holidayinsights.com /halloween/para.htm   (155 words)

  
 Delaware County Paranormal Research
The evidence for the existence of ghosts and the paranormal is vast and very well-documented.
If you wish to debate the possible existence of ghosts the paranormal, please look for a group that provides a forum for this type of discussion.
Our approach to the paranormal is a rational one, leaving belief and disbelief behind us in order to be objective and open to all possible solutions.
www.delcoghosts.com   (212 words)

  
 Globetechnology: Cyber ghosts and e-mail from the dead
He is a founding member of the Committee for the Scientific Investigation of Claims of the Paranormal, a group that has investigated and exposed psychics, spoon benders, alien abductees and poltergeists since it was formed in the mid-1970s.
What's remarkable is that Grandma is dead, said Amy Allen, Ontario director for Paranormal Phenomena Research & Investigation, an organization that includes about 75 paranormal investigators in Canada, and another 60 or so in the United States and around the world.
There are also reports of mysterious e-mails, like the one posted on a paranormal website by the man, who identified himself as Tom, who believed his wife had attempted to contact him on two important anniversaries in their relationship.
www.theglobeandmail.com /servlet/story/RTGAM.20051031.gtspooky31/BNStory/Technology   (912 words)

  
 Children of Artemis Links Pages - Paranormal
Paranormal X Everything paranormal, with frequently changing content Written and presented by Diane (kitty-d)...
The ghosts, hauntings, ufos, earthlights and other paranormal phenomena and strange encounters of Longdendale in Derbyshire, known as The Haunted Valley and one of the UK's most active window areas f...
THE starting place for exploring paranormal phenomena and the unexplained, including ghosts, monsters, ESP, psychic phenomena, human and Earth mysteries, time travel and strange sceince, from your Abo...
www.witchcraft.org /links/paranormal.html   (1296 words)

  
 Great Lakes Paranormal Research Organization   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
If you are looking for some great pictures, audio and video of paranormal phenomena, you'll find them all in our photo gallery, audio gallery and video gallery.
To learn more about how to go about performing your own paranormal investigation and to learn about the equipment we use in our investigations, be sure to visit our procedures page.
No paranormal research group would be complete without providing a means for the public to discuss their own experiences with each other and with members of our team.
www.glpr.org   (625 words)

  
 Internet Public Library: Paranormal Phenomena
Phenomena beyond the range of normal experience or scientific explanation.
The National Investigations Committee on Aerial Phenomena (NICAP) is "the leading UFO investigation group".
A large collection of over 1000 hypertext documents relating to various paranormal phenomena, most of which are in Swedish with some translated into English.
www.ipl.org /div/subject/browse/ent70.00.00   (661 words)

  
 Paranormal Activity, Photos, Paranormal Phenomena & Paranormal Resources
TAPS is the de-facto standard in paranormal investigation and research.
TAPS is a non-profit organization, based in New England, that is dedicated to helping and educating those interested or troubled by the paranormal.
Rutgers Rarities and Unexplained Phenomena is a site that documents and investigates strange and unusual occurrences in the Rutgers University area in New Jersey, predominantly New Brunswick and Piscataway.
www.whispy.com /paranormal-resources.html   (876 words)

  
 PPRI.net, Paranormal Phenomena Research & Investigation
The purpose of this event is to help educate the uninformed and misinformed public in topics that still have many misconceptions, frauds and abusers who misrepresent the paranormal.
Paranormal Phenomena Research and Investigation is a non-profit and scientific organization that continually works to educate the general public in all areas of parapsychology and the unexplained.
PPRI is always available to assist the public in regards to professional research and investigations and to help educate the uninformed and misinformed public in a subject that still has many misconceptions, frauds and abusers who misrepresent the field of parapsychology.
www.ppri.net   (778 words)

  
 Glossary of Terms in Parapsychology
Natural phenomena that cannot be explained in terms of current scientific knowledge.
The paranormal fading or disappearance of a physical object.
The deliberate faking of paranormal phenomenena, generally for the purpose of financial gain, psychological manipulation, or notoriety.
www.mdani.demon.co.uk /para/paraglos.htm   (3033 words)

  
 ISPR - International Society for Paranormal Research
Dismissing the mindset and practices of those in scientific and academic circles and associations of the early 1970s, founding Parapsychologist, Dr. Larry Montz, was the first field Parapsychologist to take studies of Psi abilities (psychic abilities) out of a controlled environment (lab) and create varying levels of clairvoyant testing in the field.
In the early 1990's, a six-year ISPR Research Study of paranormal activities in the city of New Orleans and surrounding areas extending throughout the state of Louisiana, was Undertaken.
For the general public worldwide, Ghost Expeditions provided the first ever paranormal event in which a person could choose to participate by allowing participants to garner first hand experience in actual and documented paranormal field research pertaining to ghosts and hauntings inside actual haunted properties.
www.ispr.net   (1599 words)

  
 Washington State Ghost Society. Paranormal Research Investigative Team   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Washington State Ghost Society was organized in 1998, and was the first ghost investigation group in the state to assist those troubled by their experiences with hauntings.
Located in the Seattle area, we are a non-profit organization dedicated to the scientific investigation of ghosts, classic hauntings, poltergeists and other paranormal phenomena.
We enhance this process with the inclusion of staff members who are more sensitive to the paranormal.
www.washingtonstateghostsociety.org   (362 words)

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