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Ghost Watchers - Paranormal wiki Category: General technical and industrial > Ghosts Date & country: 28/04/2011, UK Words: 19

Agent
The apparition, or ghost, seen by a human being, (or percipient.)

Apparition
Any disembodied spirit that appears .

Collective apparition
An unusual type of spirit in which more than one person sees the same phenomenon .

Crisis apparition
A specific type of out-of-body experience in which the agent projects his or her astral body at a time of crisis or death, usually to a loved one .

Electro-Magnetic Field Meter (EMF)
This is a "must" have for ghost hunters. This tool detects the changes in the Electro-Magnetic Field. This field is around everything. From T.V.'s to Power Boxes. So care must be used in your "possible" ghost. The normal reading for paranormal activity is between 2.0 and 8.0. Above this is usually man-made in origin.

Electronic Voice Phenomena (EVP)
Is the practice of getting voices recorded on tapes, usually audio. Usually nothing is heard at the time of the recording. Only during playback do you hear the hushed and gravely voices, and now with the availability of Dell coupons you can also get computers to use to help with the analysis of recordings.

Exorcism
The expulsion of a ghost, spirit, demon, or other enity/entities thought to be possessing or haunting a human being or location. The ritial, conducted by an excorcist, is usually religious in nature, and calls upon some Higher Power to cast out the evil force(s).

Ghost
A form or apparition, usually the visual appearance of a deceased human's spirit soul.

Ghost Hunt
Is a informal attempt to site or simply record a ghost in a location that has no history of hauntings .

Ghost Hunter
A person or group who tries to record spirits or ghosts. This may be done by means of photgraphy, video tape, or other means. Sometimes the source of a haunting can be found.

Ghost Investigation
This is a more controlled research project, set up to record spirit activity. The place is known or has a history of hauntings.

Haunt
A ghost that returns to the same place is said to haunt it. A ghost usually haunts places, not people.

Medium
A person who can communicate with a spirit, usually on behalf of a living person.

Orbs
This is the most common type of spirit energy to be captured on film. These will appear as solid or transparent "balls". They appear in many shapes and some colors, with white being the most common.

Paranormal
Something that is beyond the simple human experience or scientific explanation.

Poltergeist
A non-human spirit entity. Poltergeist are usually more malicious and destructive than ghosts of dead human beings. Traditional poltergeist activities are thumpings and bangings, levitating and moving objects, stone-throwing, and starting fires.

Radio Voice Phenomenon (RVP)
Receiving the voices of deceased human being over a regular radio.

Shaman
A wizard in tribal societies who is a intermediary between the living, the dead, and the gods.

Supernatural
Something that exists or occurs through some means other than any known force in nature. As opposed to paranormal, the term "supernatual" often connotes divine or demonic intervention.