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Paranormal Terms - C |
Cartomancy: The art of telling fortunes with cards. Case Study: An in-depth investigation of an individual subject. Channeling: When a medium apparently allows a spirit to communicate through them. Cherub: A member of the second order of Etheric world angels, known for their knowledge and help in carrying out the Devine plan. Chupacabra: Spanish for Goat sucker. In Puerto Rico, for twenty some years, numerous livestock and stray pets have been found with throats torn out, drained of blood and bearing mysterious puncture wounds. On the scene sightings of the creature supposed responsible are exceedingly rare, and descriptions always include "glowing red eyes." Circle: To make or form a circle around; enclose a group of people who hold séances. Circumambulism: Ceremonial walking around an object or person to secure protection. Clairaudience: Perception of messages in thought forms from an entity that exists in another realm. You 'hear' what they are saying in thought form messages. This is a form of channeling. You may actually hear spirits talking or singing in your head yet there is no auditory sounds. Clairgustance: Awareness of an entity on the other side by the sense of taste. A sense experienced in the mouth. It could by a favorite food associated with a deceased entity, or in many instances the way a deceased person prepared the food to taste. Clairsentience: Experiencing other realities or entities through one or more of the five senses. Examples: A tickling sensation on the hand or face during meditation or relaxing. A pressure on the top of the head when talking or connecting with a Spirit. Hairs on the back of the neck standing on end when a spirit is near. A sensation in the left side of the face when talking with spirit. A floral smell...like gardenias. Funny how smokers - especially cigar smokers - can be experienced as spirits by the smell of a "good cigar"! A movement as a flick of white, purple, or blue light. Seeing shadows in the periphery of your field of vision. Clairvoyance: Clairvoyance is the art of 'seeing' with senses beyond the five we normally use. Clairvoyance is often called the 'sixth sense'. It is related to the images that are always present in your mind but you do not connect to. You will experience images, colors, and often animated scenes. In clairvoyance we 'see' with what is commonly called the 'third eye'. Cleansing (Psychic): A less ritualized form of exorcism, where-in a dwelling or site is purified and malevolent influences are banished through prayers, spoken as the petitioner moves through the area. Coincidence: A sequence of events that although accidental seems to have been planned or arranged, an occurrence, within a short space of time, of two or more meaningfully related events and without any apparent causal connection between them. Coincidences are sometimes bizarre and extraordinarily improbable. Cold Spot: An area or place that for an unknown reason seems to be cooler than the surrounding areas. Paranormal investigators usually use thermometers to detect the fluctuations of temperature in a location. Collective Apparition: This is when more then one person sees a phenomenon at the same time & location. Collective apparitions are good in proving that what was seen was really there, and wasn't just the person's mind playing tricks on them, since more then one person saw it. Collective Unconscious: Concept put forward by C.G. Jung to refer to a level of unconscious thought and experience shared collectively by humans. Contact Mind Reading: A technique simulating telepathy, in which the "mind reader" (who generally holds a hand or arm) responds to slight muscle movements produced unconsciously by the person whose mind is apparently being read, also known as muscle reading, Cumberlandism or Hellstromism. Continuance: Commonly referred to as life-after-death, survival of the psyche post cessation of the biological organism which had generated it. Control: To verify or regulate (a scientific experiment) by conducting a parallel experiment or by comparing with another standard, to verify (an account, for example) by using a duplicate register for comparison. Control Group: A group of people whose performance is compared with that of experimental subjects. Corporeal: Having material or physical form or substance. Correlation: The simultaneous change in value of two numerically valued random variables, an association between two or more events or variables. Cosmic Consciousness: A blissful experience in which the person becomes aware of the whole universe as a living being. Crisis Apparition: An apparition that's usually seen by a person when he/she is at the point of death or is the victim of a serious illness or injury. Also apparitions that are seen in places of traumatic events (Like battlefields) are known to be called Crisis Apparitions. Cross-Correspondences: Interrelated bits of information received from 'the spirit world' by different mediums at different times and locations. The communications must be joined together to form a complete message from Spirit. Crossroads: Like when talking about city crossroads, this is where 2 or more things meet/intersect. But when mentioned in paranormal research, we're usually not talking about streets (unless we get lost on the way to an investigation). Crossroads usually mean where two or more lines of earth energy intersect. There is thought to be a good deal of paranormal activity in these locations. Crossing Over/ Spirit Rescue: Attempting contact with entities, intended to alleviate the entities, distress and aid them in the resolution of their conflicts, and in crossing over to a higher spiritual plane. Cryptomnesia: Knowledge (acquired in normal ways) that may be revealed without the person remembering its source. Such memories may falsely appear to be paranormal revelations. Crystal Gazing: Staring into a reflecting surface (e.g., mirror, glass, crystal and liquid) in order to obtain paranormal information; Also known as scrying. Crypto-zoology: The branch of paranormal research which deals with the exploration of legendary creatures such as Bigfoot, lake and sea monsters, thunderbirds, etc. It should be noted that the Giant Squid (the "Kraken"), orangutans (the "Red Men of the Forest"), Komodo Dragons and gigantic Nepalese elephants all were formerly included in the roster of fabled creatures! Curse: To invoke preternatural forces to cause harm or injury to a person, place or object. |