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  2. Ectoplasm (paranormal) - Wikipedia

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    Danish medium Einer Nielsen was investigated by a committee from the Kristiania University in Norway in 1922 and it was discovered in a séance that his ectoplasm was fake. [37] He was also caught hiding ectoplasm in his rectum. [38] Mina Crandon was a famous medium known for producing ectoplasm during her séance sittings. She produced a small ...

  3. Mediumship - Wikipedia

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    The medium mentally "hears" (clairaudience), "sees" (clairvoyance), and/or feels (clairsentience) messages from spirits. Directly or with the help of a spirit guide, the medium passes the information on to the message's recipient(s). When a medium is doing a "reading" for a particular person, that person is known as the "sitter".

  4. Fraudulent Mediums Act 1951 - Wikipedia

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    The Fraudulent Mediums Act 1951 (14 & 15 Geo. 6. c. c. 33) was a law in England and Wales which prohibited a person from claiming to be a psychic , medium , or other spiritualist while attempting to deceive and to make money from the deception (other than solely for the purpose of entertainment).

  5. List of psychic abilities - Wikipedia

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    Clairvoyance – The ability to see things and events that are happening far away and locate objects, places, and people using a sixth sense. Dowsing – The ability to locate water, sometimes using a tool called a dowsing rod. [10] Dermo-optical perception – The ability to perceive unusual sensory stimuli through the skin.

  6. Obsession (Spiritism) - Wikipedia

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    The medium knows that they are being obsessed and, therefore, can resist it. This type of obsession disturbs both the medium and those for whom they are carrying messages, especially because the medium may let slip random sentences due to influence of the obsessor(s), much to the surprise of those present.

  7. Study: All humans have innate fear of things moving closer to ...

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    A new study from the University of Chicago finds that all humans have an innate sense built in that makes us fear things that are moving closer towards, rather than moving away. In evolutionary ...

  8. Psychic - Wikipedia

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    A psychic is a person [a] who claims to use powers rooted in parapsychology, such as extrasensory perception (ESP), to identify information hidden from the normal senses, particularly involving telepathy or clairvoyance; or who performs acts that are apparently inexplicable by natural laws, such as psychokinesis or teleportation.

  9. Levitation (paranormal) - Wikipedia

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    Levitation or transvection, in the paranormal or religious context, is the claimed ability to raise a human body or other object into the air by mystical means.. While believed in some religious and New Age communities to occur due to supernatural, miraculous, psychic, or "energetic" phenomena, there is no scientific evidence of levitation occurring.