Mission of this Department: To investigate, inform, and present information that is received
as it relates to the Science, Philosophy, and Religion of continuous life.
Glossary
Apport
The appearance of an object as if moved from one location to another location by psychic means. It is believed to involve the dematerialization and then rematerialization of the object.
Apport
The appearance of an object as if moved from one location to another location by psychic means. It is believed to involve the dematerialization and then rematerialization of the object.
Automatic Painting or Art
The ability for someone to create art, such as a painting, without conscious control or knowledge or what is being created.
The ability for someone to create art, such as a painting, without conscious control or knowledge or what is being created.
Automatic Writing
The ability to write intelligible messages without conscious control or knowledge of what is being written.
The ability to write intelligible messages without conscious control or knowledge of what is being written.
Electronic Voice Phenomena (EVP)
Sounds found on electronic recordings that resemble speech, but are reportedly not the result of intentional recording or rendering. EVP are commonly found in recordings with static, stray radio transmissions, and background noise. Recordings of EVP are often produced by increasing the gain (i.e., sensitivity) of the recording equipment.
Sounds found on electronic recordings that resemble speech, but are reportedly not the result of intentional recording or rendering. EVP are commonly found in recordings with static, stray radio transmissions, and background noise. Recordings of EVP are often produced by increasing the gain (i.e., sensitivity) of the recording equipment.
Independent Voice
Mediumistic phenomena in which the discarnate entity appears to speak using the vocal apparatus ("voice box") of the medium. Often the voice will sound very different from the medium's normal voice.
Mediumistic phenomena in which the discarnate entity appears to speak using the vocal apparatus ("voice box") of the medium. Often the voice will sound very different from the medium's normal voice.
Laying on of Hands
A healing practice in which the healer's hands are place on or near the body of the sick person.
A healing practice in which the healer's hands are place on or near the body of the sick person.
Levitation
Nonsupported elevation of physical objects and persons.
Nonsupported elevation of physical objects and persons.
Lithograph showing Daniel Dunglas Home levitating at the home of Ward Cheney, from Louis Figuier, Les Mystères de la Science, 1887.
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Materialization
The action of materializing of becoming materialized: something that has been materialized.
The action of materializing of becoming materialized: something that has been materialized.
Phenomenal and Spiritual Healing
Healing by one who, either through one's inherent powers or through mediumship, is able to impart vital, curative force to a pathologic condition.
Healing by one who, either through one's inherent powers or through mediumship, is able to impart vital, curative force to a pathologic condition.
Precipitated Art
"A work of art, usually a portrait, which appears on canvas without the use of human hands during a Spiritualist séance."---Ron Nagy
"A work of art, usually a portrait, which appears on canvas without the use of human hands during a Spiritualist séance."---Ron Nagy
A pictured produced by the mediumship of the Bangs sister, 1911; now at the Golden Gate Spiritualist Church, San Francisco.
Prophecy
A statement that something will happen in the future; the power or ability to know what will happen in the future.
A statement that something will happen in the future; the power or ability to know what will happen in the future.
Raps
The name given to knocking sounds produced a Spirit entity during physical mediumship.
The name given to knocking sounds produced a Spirit entity during physical mediumship.
Spirit Photography
Photographs of figures or faces believed to be those of deceased persons or spiritual entities. Some believe that orbs represent the energies of Spirits or Spirit Guides.
Photographs of figures or faces believed to be those of deceased persons or spiritual entities. Some believe that orbs represent the energies of Spirits or Spirit Guides.
Table Tipping
A group procedure that employs a small table to communicate with those and in Spirit and to access knowledge. The partial of complete lifting of the table, most in response to yes/no questions.
A group procedure that employs a small table to communicate with those and in Spirit and to access knowledge. The partial of complete lifting of the table, most in response to yes/no questions.
Trance
A state of consciousness for a medium in which awareness in concentrated, focused, and turned inward, during which a Spirit Communicator exerts various degrees of control, or overshadows the consciousness of the medium.
A state of consciousness for a medium in which awareness in concentrated, focused, and turned inward, during which a Spirit Communicator exerts various degrees of control, or overshadows the consciousness of the medium.
Trumpet Phenomena
Physical phenomena where a conical tube (often with a luminous band) is used for direct voice Spirit communication. The trumpet may be observed to levitate and move about the séance room, witnessed by those present.
Physical phenomena where a conical tube (often with a luminous band) is used for direct voice Spirit communication. The trumpet may be observed to levitate and move about the séance room, witnessed by those present.