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Table-Tilting: Mysterious movements of a table, usually occurring in a séance when a group of people place their hands on the surface of the table. Often the movements are interpreted as spirit communications. Also known as table-turning or table-tipping. Talisman: Objects of various shapes and sizes which are believed to have specific purposes of good luck. Tarot: A special deck of cards (usually 78) used in fortune telling. Telekinesis: Paranormal movement of objects. The ability to move something by thinking about it without the application of physical force. Telepathy: The direct passing of information from one mind to another. The sympathetic affection of one mind by the thoughts, feelings, or emotions of another at a distance, without communication through the ordinary channels of sensation. Teleportation: A hypothetical method of transportation in which matter or information is dematerialized, usually instantaneously, at one point and recreated at another. A kind of paranormal transportation in which an object is moved from one distinct location to another, often through a solid object such as a wall. Thanatology: Thanatology is the academic, and often scientific, study of death among human beings. It investigates the circumstances surrounding a person's death, the grief experienced by the deceased's loved ones, and larger social attitudes towards death such as ritual and memorialization. Therianthropy: The supposed ability to change from human to animal form and back. Thermometer/Thermo scanner: An instrument that takes instant temperature changes. Used in ghost research to detect cold or warm spots and temperature fluctuations in an area. Thought Form: An apparition produced by the power of the human mind. Thoughtography: Paranormal ability to produce images on photographic film (Example: by concentrating on a mental image). Thought Transference: telepathic transmitting of images and messages from the mind of one person to that of another Thunderbird: Prevalent among the Amer-Indian peoples, particularly the Algonquin and Cheyenne, are legends telling of immense birds, and raging storms that would come in their wake. Interestingly, reported sightings of birds of truly monstrous proportions persist, most frequently through the vicinity of the Sierra Madre mountain range in Mexico. In the Miocene era, approximately eight to ten million years ago, a species of bird, discovered in only 1979 and dubbed "Argentaevis Magnificens," (which means 'Magnificent Bird of Argentina') soared through South American skies, with a wing-span of 25 feet and weighing perhaps 200 lbs! Time-displacement: The experience of a time span separate from the native time span of the observer. The phenomenon is sometimes merely viewed and not participated in; sometimes a person seems to actually time-travel to another era. Trance: A dissociated state of consciousness, generally involving reduced awareness of surroundings and external events. Trance Medium: A person who enters a state of trance in order to produce mediumistic phenomena. Transcendental Meditation: A technique of meditation taught by Maharishi Mahesh Yogi, involving the repetition of a sound (mantra). Transpersonal Psychology: The study of experiences, beliefs and practices that suggest that the sense of self can extend beyond our personal or individual reality. The subject matter of transpersonal psychology overlaps to some extent with parapsychology, but the two disciplines tend to have different approaches and emphases. Parapsychology is primarily concerned to investigate evidence for and against the reality of paranormal phenomena. Transpersonal psychology, on the other hand, is more interested in investigating the transpersonal significance of such phenomena. Traveling Clairvoyance: An early term for the out of body experience. Troll: A nature spirit that inhabits the mountains and has charge of their functions, shows itself as a dwarf or a giant, capable of shape shifting, can helpful or capricious and hostile. Trumpet: A conical tube used in séances to produce direct voice communication. |