Paranormal Terminology

ANGEL: a spirit to help and watch over people
APPARITIONS: a ghost or spirit
AURA: an energy that is believed, by some, to surround living
creatures
BATTLEFIELD GHOSTS: ghosts that are found and
battlefield locations
CALLING GHOSTS: ghosts that call out the names of the living
CRISIS APPARITIONS: ghosts that appear to family or
friends just before or soon after their death
DEMON: fallen angels that are evil
DIRECT VOICE PHENOMENA(DVP): voice of a ghost or spirit
spoken near the medium during a seance
DIRECT WRITING: the handwriting of a ghost or spirit on an
unmarked surface
ECTOPLASM: a solid, liquid substance produced by a ghost or
spirit
ELECTRONIC VOICE PHENOMENA(EVP): capturing a ghost or
spirit's voice on tape
EXORCISM: to cast out a ghost or spirit from a living person's
body
EXORCIST: a religious man who conducts the exorcism
GHOST(APPARITIONS): spirit of a dead person
GUARDIAN ANGEL: an angel that protects an individual
HAUNTINGS: paranormal activity in one place
LEY LINES: lines that run between sacred objects or locations
MEDIUM: a person that can communicate with a ghost or spirit
for the living
OMEN: being able to tell of a future event
ORBS: representation of a spirit
OUIJA: a board(with numbers and letters) that is used to
attempt communication with ghosts or spirits
PHOTOGRAPHIC APPARITIONS: ghosts or spirits that can be seen
in photos
POLTERGEIST: ghosts that make noises such as closing doors,
footsteps, throwing objects
POSSESSION: when a person is taken over by a ghost, spirit or a
demon
RECURRING APPARITIONS: ghosts or spirits that appear once a
year
SEANCE: a group of people in efforts to make contact with the
spirits of the dead
SOUL: carrying an individual's personality and consciousness of
all actions
TELEPORTATION: transportation of an object from one location
to another
WRAITH: ghost that comes back to avenge it's own death