paranormal

Ghosts and telepathy

Paranormal describes phenomena outside the range of normal experience or scientific explanation—ghosts, telepathy, precognition, and the like.

The word implies events that seem to violate natural laws without claiming they actually do: paranormal activity, paranormal investigators.

It occupies territory between skepticism and belief, leaving room for either.

new

ghost

Apparition of the dead

apparition · specter · séance · medium · psychic · clairvoyant · telepathy · ESP · occult · otherworldly

psychic

telepathy

Direct mental communication

telekinesis · mediumship · channeling · aura · premonition · psychometry · remote viewing · sixth sense · mind reading · ESP

haunting

ghost

Apparition of the dead

phantom · wraith · revenant · banshee · spirit · possession · exorcism · seance · medium · haunted

atmosphere

eerie

Disturbingly strange

unsettling · chilling · ominous · otherworldly · inexplicable · mysterious · strange · weird · bizarre · ghostly

divination

tarot

Divination card set

prophecy · fortune telling · palm reading · scrying · crystal ball · Ouija board · pendulum · runes · tea leaves · premonition

metaphysical

aura

Perceived emanation surrounding someone

crystal · astral projection · out-of-body · channeling · third eye · higher consciousness · dimension · plane · spiritual realm · ethereal

ufology

UFO

Unidentified aerial craft

Roswell · sighting · close encounter · flying saucer · Area 51 · crop circles · greys · abductee · spacecraft · visitation

occult

witchcraft

Practice of supernatural magic

  • sorceryPractice of dark magic
  • ritualCeremonial set of actions
  • spellArrange letters correctly

curse · hex · incantation · coven · grimoire · pentagram · black magic · necromancy · conjuring · summoning

ufo

alien

Non-native being

close encounter · flying saucer · Roswell · Area 51 · crop circle · Men in Black · probe · spacecraft · sighting · contactee

investigation

evidence

Facts supporting truth

hoax · documentation · unexplained · anomaly · research · case file · phenomena · witness · testimony · analysis

cryptid

Bigfoot

Legendary North American ape-man

sighting · creature · beast · folklore · legend · eyewitness · tracks · hoax · blurry photo · wilderness

Categories
Opposites
empirical verifiability

paranormalscientific

Of or using research methods

empirical · verifiable · proven · evidence-based · measurable

natural vs. supernatural causation

paranormalnatural

Not artificially produced

physical · material · earthly · mundane · normal

ordinariness/expectedness

paranormalnormal

Conforming to standard

ordinary · regular · usual · commonplace · everyday

Phrases
Family

paranormals, paranormally

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