{"id":2169,"date":"2024-06-13T18:03:56","date_gmt":"2024-06-13T18:03:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/library.umbc.edu\/specialcollections\/garrett\/?page_id=2169"},"modified":"2024-06-27T20:17:58","modified_gmt":"2024-06-27T20:17:58","slug":"glossary-of-terms","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/library.umbc.edu\/specialcollections\/garrett\/further-reading\/glossary-of-terms\/","title":{"rendered":"Glossary of Terms"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

clairvoyance<\/strong> \u2014 the ability to sense information outside of the normal senses<\/p>\n\n\n\n

control <\/strong>\u2014 the entity or spirit that communicates through a medium’s body, or the invisible entity used by mediums to channel spirits (sometimes called a spirit-control<\/strong> or guide<\/strong>)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

ectoplasm<\/strong> \u2014 a supernatural material said to exude from mediums during s\u00e9ances<\/p>\n\n\n\n

ESP<\/strong> \u2014 extrasensory perception (aka a “sixth sense”), an umbrella term that includes abilities such as telepathy and clairvoyance<\/p>\n\n\n\n

mediumship <\/strong>\u2014 the ability to mediate communication between spirits and the living; mediums claim to be able to channel spirits<\/p>\n\n\n\n

paranormal <\/strong>\u2014 beyond the scope of normal scientific understanding<\/p>\n\n\n\n

parapsychology<\/strong> \u2014 the study of psychic phenomena, including the categories of ESP, mind-matter interaction, and survival after death<\/p>\n\n\n\n

precognition <\/strong>\u2014 the psychic phenomena of seeing or otherwise being of aware of future events <\/p>\n\n\n\n

poltergeist<\/strong> \u2014 from the German word for “noisy ghost,” an entity that causes unexplainable sounds and activities, such as moving furniture<\/p>\n\n\n\n

psi<\/strong> \u2014 in parapsychology, refers to the unknown common factor behind ESP<\/p>\n\n\n\n

psychokinesis<\/strong> \u2014 the ability to move objects with only one’s mind<\/p>\n\n\n\n

retrocognition <\/strong>\u2014 the psychic phenomena of knowing information about the past that could not be learned or inferred through explainable means<\/p>\n\n\n\n

s\u00e9ance<\/strong> \u2014 a meeting where a group of people try to communicate with the dead, often led by a medium<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Spiritualism<\/strong> \u2014 a social and religious movement of the 19th and 20th centuries, which revolves around the central belief that human consciousness persists after death <\/p>\n\n\n\n

telepathy<\/strong> \u2014 the ability to communicate thoughts without the use of the normal senses (aka mind-reading or thought transference)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Definitions are synthesized from various dictionaries such as Oxford English Dictionary<\/a> and Merriam-Webster<\/a> along with the definitions provided in the Garrett Collection’s archival materials.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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