Paranormal Dictionary

By Michelle Caduff

November 2008

Acheri;

Acheri is in Indian lore, ghost of a little girl who brings disease, especially to young children.

Afrit;

An afrit is a terrible and dangerous demon, according to Arabian mythology.

Afterlife;

Afterlife in every society has some belief system of the after death. After death ancestor worship the worship of deceased relatives and ancestors, as if they were deities. The Chinese culture perform ancestor worship by leaving food, drinks and money for the deceased in the belief that the offerings will encourage the dead to bring luck to the village and ward off evil.

Angel;

Angel comes from the Greek angelos, which means messenger. An angel is a supernatural being who mediates between God and man. A group of angels that fell from God’s graces are known as demons.

Angels of Mons;

Angels who saved the French and British soldiers from death during the battle of the Mon, Belgium in World War I.

Astral Body:

         During an out of body experience, the energy body that a person occaples.

Astrology:

     The belief that celestial bodies have an influence on the course of natural earthly occurrences and human affairs.

Ankou;

A Celtic folklore meaning a death omen. The ankou or the King of the dead is the last person to die in the certain parish at the end of the year.

Apparition;

The paranormal appearance of the dead person or animal.

Apport Objec;

Apport Objec that appears to medium that appears to from thin air and passes though a solid. The word apport comes from the French meaning ‘to bring’. The paranormal transportation of mist to pass though solid matters is also known as teleportation.

Arrival Cases;

Arrival Cases a phantom appearance of a person that appears before the actual person appears.

Asport;

An object that disappears through solid matter.

Aumakua;

According to Hawaiian mythology, a family guardian or spirit god linked to the nature gods

Aura:

      An invisible light that surrounds a person or animal revealing their true inner self.

Automatism;

Automatism is the physical activity or unconscious muscular movements that attributed to supernatural guidance. Automatism is also known as drawing, painting, play a instrument, composing, singing, dancing and speaking.

Bakechochin;

A bakechchin is a lantern carried by a ghost. This phenol is found in the Japanese folklore.

Banshee;

According to Irish and Scottish folklore, a banshee is a female that attaches itself to a family that death is near.

Battlefield Ghosts;

Battlefields are places of great trauma and emotion; hence, battlefields are in most cases very haunted. The type of hauntings that occur on battlefields are usually residual

Bilocation;

This is a phenomenon in which a person seems to be in two places at the same time. Bilocation is thought to happen when a person’s double is project to another location and is visible to others. Often the double seems to be an apparition.

Birds;

In folklore, birds are messengers to the gods. Birds are believed to carry the soul.

Blackshuck:

         A blackshuck is a death omen in the form of a black dog.

Boggart;

A boggart is spirit with poltergeist habits.       

Bridges of the souls;

In mythology, the Milky Way is called, the road of the gods or the bridges of souls. The heavenly path of souls traveling to their afterlife is believed to be a river of spirit light.

Brownie;

A brownie is the most recognized types of fairy. According to folklore, brownies are servants to mankind.

Buruburu;

In the Japanese culture, the buruburu is known as ‘the ghost of fear’.

Cabinet;

A cabinet is a confined space that serves as a mediums’ working space. The purpose of the cabinet is to attract and conserve spiritual forces. The cabinet is a spiritual storage battery releasing psychic energy throughout the séance. This practice helps the medium to produce manifestations.

Cairn;

Heaps of stones that are used as grave makers or memorials.

Calling Ghosts;

Calling ghosts are spirits of the dead who call out the names of living souls to attract their attention and lure to death. Never answer a calling ghost. A stranger who knows your name could be a calling ghost in disguise.

Candles;

Since ancient times, candles have been used in rites and rituals of passage to the dead. Every heritage has uses for the candle. In Ireland, 12 burning candles in a circle are used until the deceased is buried. In American folklore, a candle left burning in unoccupied room will cause death in the family.

Caul;

Caul is a thin membrane of amniotic fluid, which sometimes remains covering a newborn head. Since Roman times,. A baby born with caul is said to be blessed and protected from super natural powers.

Chalcedony;

Chalcedony is a type of quartz used to drive away ghosts.

Channeling;

Channeling is a form of mediumship, in which a person allows himself to receive messages from another person while in a dissociated state of consciousness. Channeling has ancient roots. There are different types of channeling. They are intentional, spontaneous, classic, open, sleep.

Types of charms against ghosts;

To ward of ghosts, charms are used. Crossing one’s self is one charm. Various gems are worn to protect the person. Salt is carried in a pocket to warn off evil. An iron horseshoe hung over a doorway is a type of charm. Silver amulets keep away evil too.     

Clairvoyance;

Clairvoyance or paranormal vision is an extrasensory perception that overlaps precognition or telepathy. The word clairvoyance is French for seeing clear.

Clairvoyant:

           A person who sees the paranormal without their seeing eyes.  A clairvoyant uses their third eye to see images that a not available to natural eye sight.

Cold reading:

      A cold reading is the ability for a medium to attain information about a client by asking a series of questions or statements. Body language is also used by a cold reader.

Collective Appariation:

     A sighting in which more than one person see the same phenomena.

Corpse Candles;

Corpse candles are mysterious lights which bob over the ground and stop at houses where death is imminent.

Cross Correspondences;

Information received by one person and received by a different medium. The information that is received through automatic writing or though a trance.

Crossroads;

Crossroad are prevail though Greece, India, Japan, Europe, Native Americans and Mongols. Crossroads are haunted by entities who like leading travelers astray. These entities are witches or

Trolls.

Dejavu:

    The feeling or the thought that the person has experienced the same action before.

Deathbed Visions;

Deathbed visions are experiences of the dying. These experiences are apparitions of deceased love ones’ or visions of the afterlife. Deathbed visions occur to people who die gradually, as appose to individuals who die suddenly.

Death Omens;

Every culture has its own death omens. Death omens can be ravens or crows.

Demon;

A demon is an entity that never lived in our world. A demon fell from the graces of God. Demons are very dangerous and they should never be called on during a scence, ritual or an Ouija broad session.

Dolphin;

In Christianity, the dolphin represents salvation, resurrection and the church being guided by Christ.

Doors;

There are many superstitions, charms and spells involving doors that are intended to ward off ghosts from entering a dwelling.

Doppelganger;

Doppelganger or double is an apparition of a living person that is an exact duplicate. Doppelgangers fall into two types, a death omen or biolocation. Doppelganger is German word.

Dreams;

Sleep has been called the ‘little death’. Dreams have a strong connection to the realm of the dead. Since ancient times, the ability of the dead to visit the living in dreams has been accepted.

Drop in Communicator;

An entity that appears uninvited during a séance.

Ectoplasm;

A solid or vaporous substance that can materialized in to an apparition.

Electronic Voice Phenomenon;

EVP is the receiving of a voice on audiotape for which there is known physical being.

Elementals:

       Elementals are spirits who are mean or evil.

Exorcism;

The forcing out of a living beings believed to be possessed by a spirit, entities or a demon. The word ‘exorcise does mean to cast out, but to putting the entity on oath. The word exorcism is Greek meaning to oath.

Extra Sensory Perception;

ESP is the paranormal sensing of sound, sight, taste, touch and smell. ESP is divided into three categories. They are telepathy, clairvoyance and precognition, which deliver information of the past, present and future that cannot be known through normal senses

Feasts and Festivals of the Dead

The belief that the soul has a huge road to travel to the Land of the Dead. A few days after death, the soul beings it’s journey to the afterlife. The journey may take up to a year to complete. The feasts are to celebrate this journey, but to help the soul along. The soul requires nourishment on the journey; therefore, the soul depends on surviving members of the family for the food.

Flying Dutchman;

Flying Dutchman is a phantom ship known for punishing sailors for sins or evil. In a German version of the story, a captain known as von Falkenberg played a game of dice with the devil. If the captain lost, the devil wins his soul. The captain lost the game and his soul became one of the condemned phantoms of the sea.

Ghost;

A ghost is a dead soul that has no idea that he or she is dead. See the article on the ‘Difference between Ghosts and Spirits.’

Ghost Dance;

The Ghost Dance was a Native American dance that was preformed to the opposition of the white civilization. The dance was preformed in a circle. During the dance, the dances had visions of the dead and a new world to come. The visions were a new world that was a paradise and the Indian would have eternal life free of suffering and the white civilization.

Ghost Investigations;

Ghost Investigation is the scientific techniques employed to study a haunting. Ghost investigators use technical equipment and sensitives to explore the paranormal realm. An investigation can take days to complete. Some of the equipment used is the following: electromagnetic field meters, night vision scopes, cameras, video recorders, voice recorders. Senitives like psychic clairvoyant and mediums. The groups of investigators use the two elements to detect if there is a haunting at the location or if the phenomenon is occurring or if the haunting is psycho kinesis. Many times, the haunting can be explained by naturally conditions such as geological or electromagnetic conditions.

Ghost Lights;

Ghost lights are luminous balls or irregular patches of light that have been reported around the world. The reports have been studied and defy a natural explanation. Ghost lights appear randomly at particular sites. Ghost lights can be white, yellow, red orange or blue. The light can change color and appear active for years. The characteristics of a ghost light are, thee light appear in remote areas, the lights are elusive and can be viewed by certain angles or distances, the lights react to noise and light, the lights are accompanied by humming, buzzing or out break  of gaseous materials, the lights are a haunting due to a tragedy or terrible accident.

Ghost Lantern;

The ghost lantern is a light that a spirit carries while looking for something that the dead person lost at time of death. Example, if in an accident a person loses his or her head, the spirit returns to the site that death took place looking for the head with a beam of light or ghost lantern.

Ghost Seers;

It is believed that a person who is born at a certain time of day possess the clairvoyant power to see the dead. In England, children born at twilight are believed to be able to predict their acquaintances death.

Ghost Sickness;

This is the belief that the ghost of the dead can bring sickness to the living.

Ghoul;

Ghouls are said to be creatures that inhabit graveyards, ruins and other lonely places. Ghouls are thought to eat the flesh of children or they dig up graves and eat the corpse. In Islamic folklore, the ghoul that is feared the most is a woman that has the ability to appear as a flesh and blood female. These ghouls marry men who become their prey. In classic mythology, ghouls or lamia can be compared to terror demons. Lamia feed off the flesh of the young.

Goblin;

A goblin is a small and hideous and evil spirit.

Grey Ladies;

Grey ladies are women who have died a violent death for the sake of love or loss of love. The famous picture of the Brown lady is also known as the Grey Lady because the lady can be dressed in white, black or brown. The gray lady haunts for the intense desire to be reunited with a love one.

Gremlin;

A gremlin first appeared during World War I by the Royal Force pilots. Gremlins have great knowledge of technology. Gremlin like voices have been recorded a documented speaking to pilots delivering instructions to turn, land, or change course.

The first public knowledge occurred in 1922.

Guardian Spirit;

This spirit is a personal protective spirit. The guardian spirit role is keep its’ protector safe.

Haunting;

A haunting is as sensory phenomena. The haunting is smelled or heard. Most hauntings involve noise or smells. Noises can be footsteps, rustlings, thumps, tapping or a breeze or cold spots. The smells can be perfume, cigar smoke, howling burning wood or flesh. Some hauntings are poltergeist activity such as smashing glasses, moving objects, and rearranging future. Some haunting feature a cat, horse, dog or other animal.

Home Circle;

A home circle is also known as home sitting. A home circle is a séance held in a home, which out the help of a professional medium. The purpose of the home circle is to contract the dead.

Incubus;

An Incubus is a demon masquerading as a flesh and blood man. An incubus molesting women or impregnate women has known to happen. In modern time, an incubus rapped a woman repeating. The movie’ “Enitiy” is the true and documented story of this woman’s nightmare.

Instrumental Transcommunication;

This form of communication is the use of electronic equipment to receive messages from the dead. E.V.P or electronic Voice Phenomenon is the most common. E.V.P is taken with a type recorder. A voice box is currently being used to contract the dead. A voice box uses radio waves to catch responses to questions that the researcher asks the spirit.

Knocker;

Knocker is a spirit that lives and works in mines. Knockers are friendly. Knockers received their name because of the knocking sounds they make in mineshafts. In American mines, Tommy knockers behavior is said to be malicious. In Colorado mines, the Tommy knockers are said to be friendly, protective and helpful. Miners regard their supernatural companions with fondness. At the end of the day, miners reserve spaces for the knocker at the bar.

Levitation;

The act of levitation is described by the uplifting up of objects, animals and humans that defiance gravity. Levitations happen during meduimship, shamanistic trances, witchcraft haunting and human possession.

Marian Apparitions;

Supernatural manifestations of the Blessed Virgin Mary. The phenomena is accompanied by heavenly music, singing, miraculous healing. The message given by the Virgin Mary is to pray more and live a devout life.

Materialization;

Materialization is the act forming solid spirit forms.

Mediumship;

Mediums are the connectors to the communication between the living and the dead. Medium have been known as oracle, soothsayer, wizard, fortune-teller, witch, sorcerer, shaman, mystic, prophet or channeler.

Mirrors;

Many superstitions of mirrors exist. In primitive cultures, mirrors reflect the soul; therefore, mirrors are guarded against because the soul could be lost in the mirror. Throughout Europe, mirrors must be covered in the house after death.  The belief is that the covering of the mirrors protect the living from the soul that just died from taking the living soul to the afterlife. Also, mirrors are covered for the reason that one will see a corpse looking over one’s shoulder and will be frightened. Mirrors are covered for respect of the dead. Mirrors should be removed from a sick room, because it is believed that the soul is very vulnerable in times of illness. Also, the concept of a sick person seeing his or her reflection in the mirror put the person in risk of dying. Breaking a mirror is seven years of bad luck and a death in the family will occur,. If a child breaks a mirror death will occur in the household a year to the date.

Moving Coffins;

The mysterious movement of coffins inside sealed crypts have been recorded in cases a round the world. Heavy coffins are found tossed around by a great force .No natural explanation  have ever been made for their movement. Researchers think that the movement is do to restless spirit, especially if the corpse was a suicide victim.

Near-Death Experience;

Dr. Raymond Moody is an American doctor who listened to his patients talk about the phenomena. The near death experience is described by one feeling of a out of body experience. The person having the experience is floating above his or her body watching the doctor and nurses below working on the person. Some people have reported that they are traveling down a tunnel toward a light and a feeling of Utopia. Some individuals have a high realm of conscience. Other people see dead relatives waiting for them in a shining light. Few people admit the experience as being unpleasant. Some people have told the experience that he or she visited hell.

Necromacy:

The act of conjuring up the dead for magical purposes or the telling of the future. Necromacy is very dangerous. The practice has been universal and ancient. It is thought that the conjuring will fore tell the future, cast spells to bind others and find treasure. Some necromantic rituals are intended to command the dead to attack the living.

If a corpse has recently died, the necromancer may try to force the soul back to the body to reanimate it to talk. If the corpse has been dead a long period of time, the necromancer will try to summon an apparition of the soul. When the act is over the corpse will be burned or buried in quicklime to prevent trouble from disturbing a spirit.

There is a famous story of the ritual is the Witch of Endor. This story comes from the Bible. The witch was hired by King Saul to bring back a dead prophet named Samuel. The spirit of Samuel foretold the doom of King Saul. The Catholic Church condemns the practice as evil.

Very elaborate rituals can last for days. Necromantic rites involve the corpse or pieces of the corpse and the necromantic eat upon the flesh associated with death.

Orbs:

        Orbs have been debated for years if they are proof of paranormal activity. Orbs are believed to be energy anomalies in the form of a round circle. Orbs are caught though the lens of the camera.

Ouija Board:

      The official birth of the Ouija board occurred in 1892. The board was said to be invented by an American name Elija J. Bond. The Ouija Board is a board that answers questions by the individuals. The answers are given by the dead.

         Ouija or talking board is a device used for talking with the dead. The board can be bought or made by an individual. The board has to have a planchette as the moving part that the fingertips are placed on the pointer or planchette. The pointer moves to various locations on the board to answer the question of the player. Ouija board is very dangerous. Many stories of users have been terrifying. Spirits that respond are often demons waiting to let them in your life to control you.

      Our group believes that the Ouija Board is very dangerous. Many spirits that come though the board are demons. Please, do not use an Ouija Board for any reason.

Out of body experiences:

         Out of body experiences or astral projection is a phenomenon in which the person feels apart of one’s self leaves the body and travel to distant locations.

Phantom hitchhiker:

         Phantom hitchhiker or vanishing hitchhiker is usual a girl sometimes in distress. This ghost legend is worldwide. Sometimes the girl is dressed in a white dress and she is soaking wet. She is always hitchhiking on a lonely or out of the way road. A man picks up the girl and they discover that they are going in the same direction. When the driver receives a paper from the girl, she informs him that her home address is on the papers. As the man reviews the paper, he turns and looks and the girl has vanished. The man is confused. He decides to drive to the location on the paper. The man rings the doorbell and a woman asks the door. The man explains the situation. The woman retrieves a picture and the girl is the some image that the man saw. It is believed that the phantom was killed in an accident. The day the girl appears this the date of when the accident occurred. Also, the girl leaves some clothing behind in the car. The most famous case of a phantom hitchhiker is that of ‘Resurrection Mary’.  The cemetery that she is buried at is located in Chicago.

Phantom Monks:

        Ghosts of Monks that haunt a religious site. In Akron, Ohio, Hoban Catholic High School is haunted by this phenomenon.

Phantom Ships

         Ghostly ships that appear at the scene of a disaster. The legend is universal.

Phantom Travelers:

         Ghosts of human or animals that haunt a route in search of someone or something.

Phantom Vehicles:

         Ghostly vehicles which suddenly appear on a road traveling at a very high speed. Phantom trains are reported world wide.

Phone Calls from the Dead:

          Most communication that is made dead occurs if during living the receiver and the caller had very close ties. The phone call can be a farewell or message of warning.

Planchette:

          A planchette is a device that is heart-shaped wooden or plastic platform with three legs. The device is intended to be used as a communication tool between the living and the dead.

Poltergeist:

        Poltergeist is German for ‘noisy ghost’. Poltergeist activity has been reported and documented around the world. Reports of poltergeist activity dated back to ancient Roman times. Documented cases have been found in medieval records in German. A poltergeist causes disturbances by throwing objects, terrible smells, raps, screams and sexual assaults.

Possession:

       Possession is the theory that a person’s mind and soul can be alternated by a departed spirit, demon, or god.

Pseudopod:

        Pseeudopod is ectoplasmic extrusion from a medium produced during a séance. The extrusion can develop into a false hand or arm. Marthe Beraud was witnessed by German physician to excrete tentacles of ectoplasm from her mouth, eyes, ears, nose. The tentacles often assumed faces or shapes.

Psychical Research:

       Psychical research is also known as parapsychology. The research is a part of science dealing with ESP, phychokinesis and the evidence that the consciousness survives death.

Psychokinesis:

       The mind’s ability to affect the present external world. PK can occur spontaneously or though an apparent projection of will. Since ancient times, the phenomenon has been recorded.

Radiant Boy;

      The ghost of a boy who has been murdered by his mother. The appearance of the glowing boy portends a violent death or ill luck. It is believed that radiant boy has originating in German folklore. The Kindermordrinn children were murdered by their mother.

Rapping:

The form of spirit communication include knocking, thumping, bumping or tapping associated with message.

Reincarnation:

   The belief that the soul returns to a new body after death.

Residual Haunting:

         A residual haunting is a term used to describe spirit energy that is trapped in a loop. The ghost of the person completes an action over and over while in life, the energy performs the same act in death. The residual haunting is not intelligent. An example of a residual haunting is if a person went to bed at 9 o’clock every night, the imprint of the repeated action occurs after death.

Retrocognition:

     To see into the past, to either experience or review events that happened, and the person has no prior knowledge or to know information that is not part of memory. Retrocognition can be in the form of a dream, reading a client, or a vision.

Revenant:

     Revenant is the belief that the dead come back from the grave. All civilizations have some history of the belief.

Saturday:

     Saturday is the last day of the week or an end of the cycle. Some believe that being born on a Saturday is unlucky. This belief is world wide. It was believe that a person born on a Saturday can see ghosts. In Greek folklore, it was believed that a vampire could only be killed on a Saturday. It was believe that Saturday was the only day a vampire slept in his or her grave.

Shaman:

       A shaman is an individual who is very spiritual. The shaman acts a medium between the visible world and the unseen world.

Simulcra:

      Simulcra is the natural imprint on objects, such as rocks, doors and even potato chips, in which faces and figures appear on the object.

Stigmata:

        Stigmata is the phenomena that marks appear on the body that are the same wounds that Jesus displayed on the cross. The wounds can not be explained by injury or other means.

Screaming skulls:

       Many of the so-called skulls once belonged to victims of religious persecution. The victims of persecution all share the same deathbed wish. The wish is to be buried within the walls of the house which they want to continue to live in spirit. Their spirit will not rest in peace unless their wish is completed. When their wish is not honored and the victim is placed in a grave of vault, they protest by making noises.

Séance:

    A séance is an organized sitting for the purpose of retrieving spirit communication or manifestations. References to séance date back as far as the writings of Porphyry in the third century. During the rise of ‘Spiritualism, séances were very common.

Silver:

    In folklore, silver is a very powerful and magical. Silver’s power may have to do with its associations with the moon. The silvery glow of silver and the moon is believed to have powers of the Otherworld. In Chinese folklore, the moon is called the silver candle.

    Silver items such as jewelry bullets, nails believed to have protection properties against evil.

Sitter Group:

     A group of individuals who meet in order to produce paranormal or physical phenomena such as table- tilting is known as a sitter group. Kenneth Batcheldor, an English psychologist, developed the concept of a sitter group in 1960’s.

Soul:

    The soul is believed to be the life-force of an individual. A soul is known as the individual’s core identity.

Spirit:

     A spirit is the image of a decease individual. The spirit resides in an invisible realm that can not be seen under regular circumstances. The invisible realm is thought to be a theory called the ‘String Theory’.

Spirit Attachment:

      A type of possession in which an entity becomes attached to a living person. The attachment is believed to occur after a person dies. The spirit became earthbound due to emotional ties, unfinished business or lack of awareness of death. The earthbound spirit is attracted to a human host who fills their needs. Symptoms of attachment are a sudden change in behavior, dress, mood and speech. Sometimes victims are become depressed, suicidal or exhibit multiple personality disorder. There is no formal training or certification for recognizing spirit attachment.

Spirit Photography:

      Spirit photography is the catching of an image or images of the dead. Spirit photography is very controversial. Many of the images can be explained by flaws on the film, flaws developing the film, trick of light, and some pictures are hoaxes. During the Spiritualism Movement, many fraudulent pictures were accepted as real. Many people just wanted to have a photograph of themselves with images of dead individuals. Many time, the images found on the photos, were people every much alive. The photography was concerned a hoax. Because of the false photos, spirit photography lost popularity for a period of time. With advance technology, spirit photograph is being practiced by many investigators.

     Today, ghost photography is very high-technology equipment. There is no explanation for how apparitions show up on film. One explanation is the spirit photography may be created unwittingly by psychokinesis on the part of the photographer. About 90% of all spirit photographs can be explained naturally. The 10% of spirit photographs can not be explained. The photographs of spirits are not scientific proof of ghost.

     The most famous spirit photography that has been scientifically declared unique is the ‘Brown Lady’ of Raynham Hall.

Spiritualism:

      Spiritualism is the religious and social movement that derived from spirit communication to support the survival after death. The official birth of Spiritualism is considered to be 1848. The movement came to light when the Fox sisters of Hydesville, New York, become known for their rapping communications with spirits.

     Spiritualist held the belief that the soul was a duplicated of the physical body. Spiritualism rejected the belief of reincarnation. Spiritualism was not comfortable with Christianity. Many Spiritualists believed in breaking away from Christianity. Others sought the endorsement of the Christian Church by following beliefs in Christian contributions. Mediums were shunned by friends and even family members. Spiritualism gave women, who were mediums, the means to take on new roles in society.

Succubus:

     A succubus is a demon masquerading as a beautiful woman molesting man.

Survival after death:

      Survival after death occurs in every religion but, classical Buddhism. Buddhism denies the existence of a soul. Survival after death is a belief that a spiritual part of a human being survives the physical destruction of death.

Tarot Cards:

         A set of 72 cards that are used by some mediums to help predict future events.

Tree Ghost:

     Trees are believed to be favorite dwelling places of the dead. In Gilbertown Alabama, more than 5,000 people from all over the nation gathered to witness a haunted and crying pecan tree. This event occurred in 1981. The tree was in the yard of Mrs. Linnie. Mrs. Linnie reported to relatives that the tree was making strange noises. Her relatives heard the strange sounds and soon a media frenzy developed. No explanation could be formally concluded about the noises coming from the tree.

     One explanation was that the tree stood on ancient Indian burial site. Another explanation was that seals in subterranean sea were making the crying noises.

Trumpet:

      Once used in Spiritualist séance, the cardboard and aluminum trumpets help amplify the voices of the spirit.

Urban legend:

        Urban legends are basically folklore. Some elements of the urban legend are truth. There are many urban legends. Example of an urban legend is that alligators live in sewers.

Vampire:

      Vampire or the undead. A vampire is a living corpse that has resurrected and feeds off the blood of living humans. Every culture has story of vampires.

Vortex:

      An anomaly that appears to be a funnel or a rope-like image. These images are thought to be representing spirits or a gateway.

Wells:

     In folklore, wells are believed to be passageways for the dead to enter into our world. If there is a well beneath a house or a building, the property is believed to be haunted.

     Water and water underground have supernatural beliefs. Water is believed to have spiritually purifying values. Evil can not cross running water. Wells and springs are visited every year by people for medicinal properties. Holy shrines are surrounding by water.

Whirlwinds:

     In Native American beliefs, whirlwinds are associated with spirits and evil.  

White noise:

        An electronic noise, of which, the intensity is the same frequency with the band.

Windigo (or Wendigo):

     In North American Indians, a windigo is a dangerous cannibalistic being. The windigo search the forest for loss or helpless human beings to devour.

Witching Hour:

The time of night when spirits and other supernatural beings are most likely to be encountered by man. The phenomena is thought to be at midnight, but the correct time is three o’clock in the morning. This is the hour which spirits and evil roam the earth. Christ was crucified at three o’clock in the afternoon. Satan’s mockery of Jesus’ death is at three. It is also believed to be the hour when the “veil between world’s is the thinnest.

Zombie:

     In Vodoun (Voodoo), a zombie is a dead person restored to life by a sorcerer. The zombie is a slave to it’s master.

      The word zombie comes from the word ‘nzambi’ which means the spirit of the dead.

   Reference: The Encyclopedia of Ghosts and Spirits – second edition by Rosemary Ellen Guiley.