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Para PsychologyA branch of psychology

concerned with the study of

alleged psychic phenomena, such asclairvoyance, extrasensoryperception, and telepathy.


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Para Psychological Phenomena

Para psychological phenomena cangenerally be broken down into three

general categories: telepathy, clairvoyanceor precognition, and telekinesis.


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C ontinuation

Telepathy is the ability to communicateinformation across space by the power of the mind alone.

Telekinesis is the ability to move objectsby the power of the mind alone.

Clairvoyance or precognition is the abilityto learn about future events which havenot yet actually occurred.


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TELE PA THY


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O rigin Of C oncepts

According to Roger Luckhurst the origin of the concept of telepathy (not telepathy itself) in the Western civilization can

be tracked to the late 19th century.

It entails the belief that in the early psychological experienceof the child (during earliest infancy), the child is unable to tellthe difference between his or her own mind, on one hand, andhis or her experience of the mother/parent, on the other hand.This state of mind is called psychological symbiosis; withdevelopment, it ends, but, purportedly, aspects of it can still bedetected in the psychological functioning of the adult


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T ypes :L atent Telepathy , formerly known as " deferred telepathy ",is described as

being the transfer of information, through Psi, with an observable time-lag between transmission and receipt

R etrocognitive, Precognitive, and Intuitive Telepathy is described as being the transfer of information, through Psi, about the past, future or present state of an individual's mind to another individual

Emotive Telepathy , also known as remote influence ] or emotionaltransfer, is the process of transferring kinesthetic sensations through alteredstates.

Superconscious Telepathy , involves tapping into the superconscious toaccess the collective wisdom of the human species for knowledge.


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T elepathy

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T elekinesis

"Many skeptical individuals and organizations, such as the James RandiEducational Foundation and the Italian Committee for the Investigation of Claims on the Paranormal(CICAP) express strong skepticism regarding the truthof these claims. It is noted that the long preparation times and uncontrolledenvironments (such as hotel rooms) in which the experiments took place leftmuch potential for trickery.

Skeptics have argued that many of Kulagina's feats could easily be performed byone practiced in sleight of hand, through means such as cleverly concealed or disguised threads, small pieces of magnetic metal, or mirrors.


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T elekinesis H istory

The term "Telekinesis" was coined in 1890 byRussian psychical researcher Alexander N.

Aksakof (also spelled Aksakov). The term"Psychokinesis" was coined in 1914 by

American author-publisher Henry Holt in hisbook On the Cosmic Relations and adopted byhis friend, American parapsychologist J. B.Rhine in 1934 in connection with experiments todetermine if a person could influence theoutcome of falling dice. [


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N otable claimants o f psychokinetic ability

Martin Caidin (19271997), the author whose 1972 novel Cyborg was used as the basis for the television series The Six Million Dollar Man and The Bionic Woman , claimed to be able to cause movementby means of telekinesis in one or multiple small tabletop "energywheels," also known as psi wheels beginning in the mid 1980s. [

Parapsychologist Loyd Auerbach , a friend of Caidin's whosometimes accompanied him in demonstrations and workshops,reiterated a strong endorsement of him in his June 2004 Fatemagazine column: "Martin Caidin was capable of moving things withhis mind." [56] James Randi offered to test Caidin's claimed abilitiesin 1994. [57] In September 2004, Randi wrote: "He franticallyavoided accepting my challenge by refusing even the simplest of proposed control protocols, but he never tired of running on abouthow I would not test him.


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Scientific View

The late Carl Sagan included telekinesis in along list of "offerings of pseudoscience andsuperstition" which "it would be foolish to accept(...) without solid scientific data" though evenhighly improbable claims may possibly beeventually verified. He placed the burden of proof on the proponents, but cautioned readersto "awaitor, much better, to seeksupportingor disconfirming evidence" for claims that havenot been resolved either way


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C lairvoyance Clairvoyance has often been considered

miraculous. Over five hundred years ago, SaintClaire, a disciple of Saint Francis, had a vision inwhich she witnessed Saint Francis's death,despite the fact that she was miles away at thetime.

Interestingly, the Catholic Church made SaintClaire the patron saint of television. 'Television'literally means 'seeing over a distance.'


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HIST OR Y

There have been anecdotal reports of clairvoyance and 'clear'abilities throughout history in most cultures. Often clairvoyance hasbeen associated with religious or shamanic figures, offices andpractices.

For example, ancient Hindu religious texts list clairvoyance amongstother forms of 'clear' experiencing, as siddhis , or 'perfections', skillsthat are yielded through appropriate meditation and personaldiscipline. But a large number of anecdotal accounts of clairvoyanceare of the spontaneous variety among the general populace. For example, many people report seeing a loved one who has recentlydied before they have learned by other means that their loved one isdeceased. While anecdotal accounts do not provide scientific proof of clairvoyance, such common experiences continue to motivateresearch into such phenomena.


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Para psychological research

Para psychological research studies of remote viewingand clairvoyance have produced favorable resultssignificantly above chance, and meta-analysis of thesestudies increases the significance. For instance, at theStanford Research Institute , in 1972, Harold Puthoff andRussell Targ initiated a series of human subject studiesto determine whether participants (the v iewers or

percipients ) could reliably identify and accuratelydescribe salient features of remote locations or targets .

In the early studies, a human sender was typicallypresent at the remote location, as part of the experimentprotocol.


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C lairvoyance


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H istorical Perspective on

Demons and ParanormalE ncounters The modern obsession with demons continues to be a source

of entertainment and speculation.

Movies such as Ami tyvi lle Horror and The Exorc is t are bonafide cult favorites, and a large part of their popularity is

due to the fact that these films are said to be based on trueevents.


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A mityville Horror

An account o f the tragic murders o f theDeFeo f amily be f ore 112 O cean Avenuein Amityville became the most f amoushaunted house in history.

Movie Images :


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The Exorcist

The Exorcist (1973) is the sensational, shocking horror storyabout devil possession and the subsequent exorcism of thedemonic spirits from a young, innocent girl (of a divorcedfamily). The Exorc is t was notable for being one of the biggest

box-office successes (and one of the first 'blockbusters' in filmhistory).


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W hat Are Demons?

Demons are described in many ways and in many forms, butthe one recurring theme through all cultures is that these

beings are, in essence, negative forces.


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Psychological Archetype

Psychologist Wilhelm Wundt remarks that"among the activities attributed by myths all over the world to demons, the harmful predominate,so that in popular belief bad demons are clearlyolder than good ones." [5] Sigmund Freuddevelops on this idea and claims that theconcept of demons was derived from theimportant relation of the living to the dead: "Thefact that demons are always regarded as thespirits of those who have died recently showsbetter than anything the influence of mourningon the origin of the belief in demons."


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Ancient N ear E ast DemonsPicture


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Demonic Possession

People supposedly possessed by an evil spirit would sometimesexhibit unnatural strength as well as other phenomena.

Reports include speaking in strange tongues, having knowledgethe person couldn't have possibly acquired by conventionalmeans, levitating and changes in physical voice and appearance.


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Medicine and psychology

D emonic possession is not recognized as a psychiatric or medical diagnosis by either the D SM-IV or the ICD -10 .There are many psychological ailments commonlymisunderstood as demonic possession, particularly

dissociative identity disorder . In cases of dissociativeidentity disorder in which the alter personality isquestioned as to its identity, 29% are reported to identifythemselves as demons, [8] but doctors see this as amental disease called demonomania or demonopathy, a

monomania in which the patient believes that he or sheis possessed by one or more demons


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Paranormal E ncounters

Typical reports of the phenomenon include experiencing a heavy, ominousatmosphere and a sense of foreboding. Many investigators detect asulfurous, unpleasant odor in the air.

Sometimes this is accompanied by an non-human apparition, other timesreports of physical attacks are reported. These range from body scratchesthat appear without apparent cause to hurled objects to body slams that canleave the victim flat on the floor.


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C on f ronting Demons

Whether or not you believe in the reality of demons, most people agree that provoking any form of negative energy is a foolhardy venture.

Paranormal investigators wisely warn people who find themselves involvedin what may be a demonic encounter to do all that they can to removethemselves from the location. Prolonged encounters, especially ones thatinvolve a confrontation with the entity can lead to a case of attachmentwhere the demon pursues and continues to torment its victim.


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Ex orcism

Exorcism is mainly thought of as the rite of driving out the D evil and his demons frompossessed persons. Exorcism is mainlyperformed in incidences of demonicpossession that is generally distinguishedfrom spiritual possession.


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N otable e x amples

Salvador Dal is reputed to have received an exorcism from Italian friar ,Gabriele Maria Berardi, while he was in France in 1947. Dali created asculpture of Christ on the cross that he gave the friar in thanks.

Anneliese Michel was a Catholic woman from Germany who was said to be possessed by six or more demons and subsequently underwent anexorcism in 1975. Two motion pictures, The Exorc ism of E mi ly Ro se and

Requ iem are loosely based on Anneliese's story.

There is also a documentary movie Exorc ism of Ann el ie se M ichel [6] (inPolish, but the English subtitles are also available) featuring the originalaudio tapes from the proceedings of exorcism.


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S cienti f ic view

D emonic possession is not a valid psychiatric or medical diagnosisrecognized by either the D SM-IV .

Those who profess a belief in demonic possession have sometimesascribed the symptoms associated with mental illnesses, such as

hysteria , mania , psychosis , Tourette's syndrome , epilepsy ,schizophrenia or dissociative identity disorder , to possession. [

In cases of dissociative identity disorder in which the alter personality is questioned as to its identity, 29% are reported toidentify themselves as demons.

Additionally, there is a form of monomania called demonomania or demonopathy in which the patient believes that he or she ispossessed by one or more demons


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S tages o f Ex orcism

The Presence : The exorcist and his assistants become awareof an alien feeling or entity. Attempts or actions of the evilspirit appear to be the victim's. The exorcist's first job is to

break this Pretense and find out whom the demon really is.Gaining the entity's name is most important.

Breakpoint: The moment when the Devil's Pretense finallycollapses. This is usually a moment of complete

pandemonium. There evolves a scene of panic and confusion,accompanied by a crescendo of abuse, horrible sights, noises,and odors. The Devil then turns on the victim, speaking of the

person in the third person.


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The Voice: Also a sign the Breakpoint, the Voice (of the demon) becomes"inordinately disturbing and humanly distressing babble." The demon'svoices must be silenced for the exorcism to proceed.

The C lash : As the Voices die out there is both a spiritual and physical pressure. The demon has collided with the "will of the Kingdom." Theexorcist is now in direct battle with the demon, urging the entity to revealmore information about itself so it can be controlled. As previouslymentioned, there is a connection between the entity and the victim'sresident. The entity wants a place to be in, or it must return to Hell. Anexistence out of Hell is what the Devil or demon is fighting for.

Expulsion: In the supreme triumph of God's will, the demon or spiritleaves in the name of Jesus. All present feel the Presence dissipates,occasionally with receding noises and voices. The victim may remember the ordeal or may not recall anything that has happened.


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V OO DOO


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Mystery o f voodoo doll and

masksf ound in

New

York'shistoric S teinway Mansion

We broke the lock and inside we found fivevoodoo masks and a doll surrounded by rustynails in a little coffin. I don't know if the masksare made out of wax, pigskin or even real skin.


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H allucinations


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Hallucination

Hallucination , in the broadest sense of the word, is a perception in the absence of a stimulus . In a stricter sense,hallucinations are defined as perceptions in a conscious and

awake state in the absence of external stimuli which havequalities of real perception, in that they are vivid, substantial,and located in external objective space


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S tages o f a hallucination

Emergence of surprising or warded-off memory or fantasy images

Frequent reality checks Last vestige of insight as hallucinations become

"real" Fantasy and distortion elaborated upon and confused

with actual perception Internal-external boundaries destroyed and possible pantheistic experience


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TRUE GHOSTS PICTURES!!!!!!!!!


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G H O ST P ICTU R ES


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S cienti f ic S kepticism Some researchers, such as Michael Persinger of

Laurentian University , Canada , have speculated thatchanges in geomagnetic fields (created, e.g., by tectonicstresses in the Earth's crust or solar activity ) could

stimulate the brain's temporal lobes and produce manyof the experiences associated with haunting.

Sound is thought to be another cause of supposedsightings. Richard Lord and Richard Wiseman haveconcluded that infrasound can cause humans toexperience bizarre feelings in a room, such as anxiety,extreme sorrow, a feeling of being watched, or even thechills


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FA CTS !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Discovery C hannel is teaming with theV atican f or an unprecedented newseries hunting the deadliest catch o f

all: Demons.


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C ontinuation :

The Exorcist Files will recreate stories of real-lifehaunting and demonic possession, based on casesinvestigated by the Catholic Church. The project

includes access into the Vaticans case files, as wellas interviews with the organizations top exorcists religious experts who are rarely seen on television.


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THE PSYCHOLOGY O F EVIL

Evil is an actuality, whether or not we choose to denyit. In their 1971 anthology, S a n ct ions for Ev i l, social

psychologists Nevitt Sanford and Craig Comstock cogently justify resurrecting the religiously taintedterm "evil" :

In using the word evi l, we mean not that an act or pattern of fife is necessarily a sin or a crime

according to some law, but rather that it leads todamage or pain suffered by people, to socialdestructiveness of a degree so serious as to call for use of an ancient, heavily freighted term .


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When employed in this sense, evi l is synonymouswith "senseless violence." But, on a still subtler level,evil can be considered that te n den cy wh ich -- whether in on e self or other s -- would in hibi t per son al growthan d expa nsi on , de s troy or l imi t inn ate pote n t ial it ie s ,curta i l freedo m , frag m en t or d isin tegrate the

per son al i ty, a n d d iminis h the qual i ty of in terper son al

relat ions hi p s.


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W hy do People Believe in G host

According to the Skeptics D ictionary, a ghost isan alleged disembodied spirit of a dead person.Ghosts are often depicted as inhabiting hauntedhouses , especially houses where murders haveoccurred.

One explanation as to why people like to believein ghosts is; they like to think that there is anafterlife, so when they die it isnt the end, andthey arent just a body rotting in the ground.


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Also, they like to believe that it is possible to see or maybe even interact with loved ones they have lost.Those are both very powerful reasons to believe inghosts, and therefore it is quite difficult for skeptics torefute those professed beliefs and the arguments that go

along with them.

When someone knows that death isnt the end, they aregoing to defend that belief with everything they have,even if their argument doesnt make much sense


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SH O UL D W ATCH !!!!!!!!!!!!!


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