The Age of Aquarius is a time period in astrology.

A record of carefully recorded Memories of all and everyone’s, good and bad deeds and events and experiences collated since the beginning of time, believed by some mystical doctrines to be stored permanently in a spiritual substance (Akasha) A bit like a Library of everything! Some believe these records can be read and accessed by psychic individuals.

Alectryomancy is a form of divination in which the diviner observes a bird or several birds pecking at grain that the diviner has scattered on the ground. The observer may place grain in the shape of letters and thus discern a divinatory revelation by noting which letters the birds peck at, or the diviner may just interpret the pattern left by the birds' pecking in randomly scattered grain.

All Hallows Eve (Halloween or Hallowe'en) is a holiday on the night of October 31 that is celebrated in much of the Western world, nowhere more enthusiastically than in the US, although most Western countries recognise it as an official date. The eve is that before All Saints' Day, November 1— hence its alternative name: All Saints' Eve or All Hallows' Eve. In Catholic tradition All Saints' Day is a time of holy obligation. If this day, originally simply honoring all the departed faithful, now also helps the faithful to recall to mind the reality of Hell, it is only through its association with Hallowe'en.

Alomancy also called Adromancy, ydromancie, idromancie, and halomancy, is an ancient form of divination. Similar to many other forms of divination, the diviner casts salt crystals into the air and interprets the patterns as it falls to the ground or travels through the air. The diviner can also interpret patterns formed from the residue of a salt solution as it evaporates in the bowl. The exact interpretations are unknown, but it probably follows a similar method to aleuromancy.

A term used to refer to any state of consciousness that is different from 'normal' states of waking or sleeping. ASCs include hypnosis, trance, and meditative experience. This state does not necessarily have paranormal connotations however, many psychics, psychometrist and mediums have been shown to reach this state as they perform psychic services for others.

Anemoscopy (divination by wind)

Benevolent spiritual beings that help people in need. Many cultures firmly believe in Angels and Guardian Angles. They are thought to be spiritswhom have chosen never to incarnate (be born in to the world and experience it) But have devoted themselves to helping those of us who have. Apparition A visual appearance (hallucination, in some cases), often of a person or scene, generally experienced in a waking or hypnagogic lucid state. It is difficult to put all of the reports down to Hallucinations, particularly when many people are present and all 'see' the same thing!

Anthropomancy (from Greek anthropos, 'man', and manteia, 'divination'<WBR>) is a method of divination by the entrails of dead or dying men orwomen, through sacrifice. This practice was sometimes also called Splanchomancy (divination by examining the entrails of sacrificial victims).

Apantomancy (divination by seeing animals)

Astragalomancy (divination by dice)

A term used by occultists, spiritualists and many cultures to refer to an etheric copy or "double" of the person's physical body. The astral body is believed to be separable (detachable) from the physical body during astral projection (out of body experience) and at the time of death. As far back and beyond such cultures as the Ancient Egyptian believed in the double or astral body.

The astral plane, also called the astral world and astral universe, is a plane of existence according to various philosophies and belief systems.

Astrology (from Greek) is any of several traditions or systems that believe knowledge of the apparent positions of celestial bodies is useful inunderstanding, interpreting and organizing knowledge about reality and human existence on earth. All are based on the relative positions and movement of various real and construed celestial bodies, chiefly the Sun, Moon, planets, and lunar nodes as seen at the time and place of the birth or other event being studied.

A field of energy known and even viewable now thanks to Kirlean Photography surrounding all living creatures. Some clairvoyants and psychics claim to be able to see the aura (generally as a luminous, colored halo). It is also thought that health, disease, and emotional states may be determined from the various colors. Psychics who can view the aura are proported to be responsible for such well known sayings as “Green with envy", "Red with rage" etc. Channeling Receiving messages and inspiration from discarnate entities, either the psychics own guide or perhaps from loved ones of the person seeking the reading, information and communication.

Automatic writing (also known as free writing) is the process of writing without thinking, usually with the intent of removing conscious barriers and inhibitions in the writer. Its use began in the Spiritualism movement, but it was later adopted both as a creative and a psychotheraputic tool.

Axiomancy (divination by axes)

The banshee in Irish mythology is derived from the Gaelic bean-sidhe (Mod. Ir. "bean sí"), meaning "spirit woman". They are remnants of the Tuatha de Danaan. Traditionally some Irish families had a banshee associated with them, and the banshee might make an appearance before a death in the family. The banshee is particularly well known for a mournful cry or wail by which this death is heralded. She is invariably dressed in white, with long fair hair which she brushes with a silver comb.

Belomancy (divination by arrows)

In Christian tradition Black Mass is the name given to a ceremony supposedly celebrated during the Sabbath, which was a parody of the Christian Mass. Its main objective was the profanation of the host, although there is no agreement among authors on how were hosts obtained of profaned; the most common idea is that they were profaned by means of some ritual related to sexual practices. Authors also disagree on which rites were performed during the ceremony.

Botanomancy, divination by burning plants

Cartomancy is a form of fortune telling -- divination -- using a deck of cards. This has been practised since playing cards came into use (firstin Italy in the 14th century), but some practitioners claim ancient Egyptian origins derived from wisdom originating from the Egyptian scribe-god Thoth. A deck of regular playing cards (i.e. hearts, diamonds, clubs, spades) may be used for this purpose. However this usage is frowned upon by many people who believe that one should not use divination cards for playing. As a result there are many decks designed specifically for use by cartomancers -- the best known are Tarot decks which are specifically designed for cartomancy. Whichever cards are used, there are specific layouts designed to tell different things -- from one card to about thirty.

A theory proposing that human body cells, as well as the brain, contain keys to our personalities, tastes and histories. This means that at the physical level of a single cell, the body records all our life experiences, and thus lays the groundwork for the future. Illness, blindness and other physical problems as well as psychological conditions may result, but that isn't all that can happen. Cellular memory affects just about everything we might do in life, often in a very dysfunctional way. Therapists use Cellular Memory Release (CMR), a specialized form of kinesiology, to access the healing energy contained in all of us and thus start the healing process that will set everything right. Scientist have noted that in cases of neglected children, whom did nor receive love and care but still physically survived their ordeals, had missing and dead parts in their brains. As the cells had quite literally decided to die off. Sadly the brain cells often most affected are to be found in the parts of the brain that affect communication and empathy. One can only suppose that their cells decided that those parts of the brains were not needed sadly. This cellular memory however, may also explain why "Psychic" ability appears to run in families.

Ceraunoscopy, divination by the interpretation of thunder and lightning.

In the New Age movement, channeling is the claimed receipt of information or commands by a person functioning as a medium or channel for an unknown or divine source, much as a radio receives a signal from a transmitter. Although the term was coined in the 20th century, the concept is quite old and widespread.

Chiromancy or cheiromancy, also known as palmistry or palm-reading consists of the practice (or pseudoscience) of evaluating a person's character or future life by "reading" the palm of that person's hand. (The Greek components of the word "cheiromancy" carry implications of "hand-divination"<WBR>.) Various "lines" ("life line", "heart line", etc) and "mounts" (bumps) purportedly suggest interpretations by their relative sizes and intersections.

Clairaudience (divination by psychic hearing)

When mediums see and or receive communication from spirit or Guides in a paranormal manner. CLAIRAUDIENCE When mediums hear the voices and acquire information direct from spirit CLAIRSENTIENCE When a medium may sense the presence and the thoughts of the spirit and perhaps an intermediate smoothes communication also, such as the psychics own guide.

 

Clairvoyance generally is often used as a general term encompassing phenomena such as telepathy, second sight, prophetic visions, and dreams. Crisis Apparition An apparition in which a person is seen within a few hours of an important crisis such as death, accident or sudden illness. This is widely reported by many confirmed skeptics to have happened to them!

Clidomancy (or Cleidomancy) divination by keys.

Coscinomancy (divination by hanging sieves)

Cromniomancy (divination by onion sprouts)

Crystallomancy (divination by crystals or other reflecting objects)

Cyclomancy (divination by wheels)

The Dead Sea scrolls are a collection of about 850 documents, including texts from the Hebrew Bible, which have been discovered between 1947 and1956 at eleven caves near Qumran, a fortress northwest of the Dead Sea in Israel (in historical times part of Judea). They were written in Hebrew, Aramaic, and Greek, sometime between the 2nd century BC and the 1st century AD. The texts are important as being practically the only Jewish Biblical documents from that period, and because of what they can tell about the political and religious context .

The term déjà vu (French: "already seen", also called promnesia) describes the experience of feeling that one has witnessed or experienced a newsituation previously. The term was created by a French psychic researcher, Emile Boirac (1851-1917) in his book L' Avenir des Sciences Psychiques. The experience of déjà vu is usually accompanied by a compelling sense of familiarity, and also a sense of "eerieness" or "strangeness"<WBR>. The "previous" experience is most frequently attributed to a dream, although in some cases there is a firm sense that the experience "genuinely happened" in the past.

Demonology is the systematic study of demons.

The Devil is the name given to a supernatural entity who, in most Western religions, is the central embodiment of evil. This entity is commonly referred to by a variety of other names, including Satan, Lucifer, Mephistopheles and Beelzebub. In classic demonology, however, each of these alternate names refers to a specific supernatural entity, and there is significant disagreement as to whether any of these specific entities is actually evil. The word devil is derived from the Greek word diabolos ("to slander"), and the term devil can refer to a greater demon in the hierarchy of Hell. At the same time, the term devil is also derived from the same Indo-European root word for deva, which roughly translates as "angel."

A dybbuk, in European Jewish folklore, is a malicious possessing spirit, believed to be the dislocated soul of a dead person. The word "dybbuk" is derived from Hebrew<WBR>, meaning "attatchment"<WBR>; the dyybuk attatches itself to the body of a living person and inhabits it, and must be exorcised by a prescribed religious rite. According to belief, a soul which has not been able to fulfill its function in its lifetime is given another opportunity to do so in the form of a dybbuk.

Electronic Voice Phenomena, or EVP, refers to the purported occurrence of alleged "spirit voices" that are said to manifest themselves on audio recordings.

Empyromancy (divination by burning)

The word esoteric generally relates to that which is known only by a restricted number of people.