Poltergeists - Used to be thought of as a noisy and sometimes violent spirit. In fact, the name "Poltergeist" has Greek roots meaning "noisy ghost." Known actions of the poltergeist are banging, thumping, moving objects, leitating, and causing fires. These same actions can also be due to and unconscious outburst of psychokinesis. More researchers of today feel that a lot of poltergeist activity is related to pyschokinesis.
Possessions - A possession is when an evil entity takes overa human body and forces the soul out. This allows the spirit to use the host by alternating his own will. This may totally adjust the host's current personality. The people most commonly attacked by this force are women under twenty who show signs of emotional distress. The disincarnate spirit seeks out humans with their own emotions of anger, revenge, and resentment.
Precognition - Precognition is the foreknowing of future events.
Psychics - A psychic is a person who tunes into phenomena beyond their five senses. The talents of psychic include, but are not limited to, hearing voices, seeing spirits and knowing what might be happening in the future. Unfortunately, these gifts have been misinterpreted as a mental illness for some. Phychics have also been referred to as seers or sensitives.
Psychokinesis - Psychokinesis is the ability to move objects with the power of the mind only.
Purgatory - Purgatory is the place where the souls of the dead must go to be cleansed of all their sins before being allowed into heaven, according to Catholicism.
Reciprocal Apparitions - A reciprocal apparition is an experience where both the individual and ghost see and react to each other.
Reincarnation - Reincarnation is the belief that once a person dies, his soul returns to a new body where it will continue its lessons about life and how to reach enlightenment. Many reincarnations may be necessary for the soul to learn and become closer to the goal of perfection.
Retrocognition - Retrocognition is the foreknowing of past events.
Scrying - Scrying is a form of divination in which an individual stares deeply into an object in order to see an image that might appear. This object could be a mirror, crystal ball, or a flame. The images that appear can be symbolic and give answers to a question. A spirit usually generates these images.
