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  2. 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".

  3. Spirit possession - Wikipedia

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    They envy humans for their physical body, and try to gain control of it. When they assault a human, they would intrude their mind, trying to displace the human spirit. The human's mind would adapt to the passions of anger, violence, irrationality and greed, the intruding demon is composed of.

  4. 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.

  5. 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 ...

  6. Hysterical strength - Wikipedia

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    The most common anecdotal examples based on hearsay are of parents lifting vehicles to rescue their children, and when people are in life-and-death situations. Periods of increased strength are short-lived, usually no longer than a few minutes, and might lead to muscle injuries and exhaustion later.

  7. 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).

  8. Electronic voice phenomenon - Wikipedia

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    Paranormal claims for the origin of EVP include living humans imprinting thoughts directly on an electronic medium through psychokinesis [33] and communication by discarnate entities such as spirits, [34] [35] nature energies, beings from other dimensions, or extraterrestrials. [36]

  9. Itako - Wikipedia

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    Itako typically carry several artifacts. These include a kind of box called a gehōbako (外法箱, literally "non-Buddhist box", in reference to practices outside of Buddhism), which contains secret items that may be representative of a protective spirit, or kami.