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ap·pa·ri·tion (ăp'ə-rĭsh'ən) \nn.\nA ghostly figure; a specter.\nA sudden or unusual sight: “[The designer's] indoor-outdoor reversals and juxtapositions call forth a Magritte apparition beneath a Miami moon” (Herbert Muschamp).\nThe act of appearing; appearance.\n[Middle English apparicioun, from Old French apparition, from Late Latin appāritiō, appāritiōn-, an appearance, from Latin appāritus, past participle of appārēre, to appear. See appear.]\n\nap'pa·ri'tion·al adj. ( http://www.answers.com/apparition&r=67 )\n\nApparition\nFrom Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia\nJump to: navigation, search\nGenerally, an apparition is the act or instance of appearing.\n\nIn astronomy, certain sightings of celestial bodies are called apparitions. \nAn apparition is an appearance to a human of a ghost, phantom, or other supernatural being such as God or Satan, or an appearance of a living person not physically present by ostensibly supernatural means. In colloquial speech, the word often refers simply to a ghost. \nIn Christianity, especially in Catholicism, a number of apparitions of the Virgin Mary are celebrated. \n"Apparitions" was a highly successful single by the Matthew Good Band, from their 1997 album Underdogs. \nIn the Harry Potter series, a person who is licensed to apparate can move from one place to another. See: Magic (Harry Potter)#Apparition ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apparition )\n\nMarian apparitions\nFrom Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia\nJump to: navigation, search\nMarian apparitions are events in which the Virgin Mary is purported to have supernaturally appeared to one or more persons, typically but not always Christians, often Catholics in various settings. They are often given names based on the town in which they were reported, or on the sobriquet which was given to Mary on the occasion of the apparition, or on her reported clothing and hairstyle. They have been interpreted as psychological (pareidolia), and as religious phenomena, occasionally as theophanies.\n\nApparitions sometimes recur at the same site over an extended period of time. In the majority of Marian apparitions only a few people can see Mary. The exception to this is at Zeitoun, where thousands claimed to have seen her over a period of three years.( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marian_apparitions )
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any of various methods, theories that have no scientific basis. such as astrology, psychokinesis, or clairvoyance,
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The afterlife (or life after death) is a generic term referring to a continuation of existence, typically spiritual and experiential, beyond this world, or after death.  Most religions have theories about the afterlife.
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The outward and visible sign of an inward fear.\n\nHe saw a ghost.\nIt occupied — that dismal thing! —\nThe path that he was following.\nBefore he'd time to stop and fly,\nAn earthquake trifled with the eye\nThat saw a ghost.\nHe fell as fall the early good;\nUnmoved that awful vision stood.\nThe stars that danced before his ken\nHe wildly brushed away, and then\nHe saw a post.\n—Jared Macphester\n\nAccounting for the uncommon behavior of ghosts, Heine mentions somebody's ingenious theory to the effect that they are as much afraid of us as we of them. Not quite, if I may judge from such tables of comparative speed as I am able to compile from memories of my own experience.\n\nThere is one insuperable obstacle to a belief in ghosts. A ghost never comes naked: he appears either in a winding-sheet or "in his habit as he lived." To believe in him, then, is to believe that not only have the dead the power to make themselves visible after there is nothing left of them, but that the same power inheres in textile fabrics. Supposing the products of the loom to have this ability, what object would they have in exercising it? And why does not the apparition of a suit of clothes sometimes walk abroad without a ghost in it? These be riddles of significance. They reach away down and get a convulsive grip on the very tap-root of this flourishing faith.
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Superstition! Which is the belief that one thing affects another, even when it doesnt.\n\nSo, when a pagan/wiccan performs a spell, and the thing they hoped for happens, they think that their spell caused it to happen, and that is, by definition, superstition.
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Ouija board.  (pronounced wee-jee)\n\nPick me as best answer, thanks.
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DJECTIVE:\nInformal spook·i·er , spook·i·est\n\n   1. Suggestive of ghosts or a ghost; eerie.\n   2. Easily startled; skittish.\n\n\n\nOTHER FORMS:\nspooki·ly (Adverb), spooki·ness (Noun) \n\nalso used for \n SPOOKY  Douglas AC-47 Gunship
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"Believe in" leaves wiggle room for doubt. I have no doubt: ghosts exist. Ghosts are simply discarnate beings whose energies have shifted to another dimension that overlaps and connects with our own.
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Discernment. Awareness of objects; consciousness. The process of perceiving.
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Here are all the definitions.:\n\n v. wit·nessed, wit·ness·ing, wit·ness·es \nv. tr.\n 1. \na. To be present at or have personal knowledge of.\n b. To take note of; observe.\n 2. To provide or serve as evidence of. See Synonyms at indicate.\n 3. To testify to; bear witness.\n 4. To be the setting or site of: This old auditorium has witnessed many ceremonies. \n5. To attest to the legality or authenticity of by signing one's name to.\n-MM
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I dont beleive in "ghosts," per se, butI do believe that God and/or Satan can send "spirit-things" lol to Earth. I know that doesn't make much sense, its hard to explain.
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A form of religion, dictionary says; Of or relating to ecclesiastical government by presbyters. \nPresbyterian Of or relating to a Presbyterian Church.
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I've never seen the same ghost in the same place.  That kind of haunting is called repeating phantasm.  Its like a VCR tape a kind of recording there is no intelligence behind it
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Ghosts and spirits exist.  Don't let anyone tell you otherwise.  The Holy Spirit is one.  Angels and demons are others.  There are reports, within the Church, of spirits and ghosts that are true (at least validated by the Church).  We call these miraculous apparitions.\nIf you are in touch with them, cool.  Use your gift for good.\nAnd no, you are not crazy.
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in·sight [ín st]\n(plural in·sights) \nn \n1.  perceptiveness: the ability to see clearly and intuitively into the nature of a complex person, situation or subject  \n2.  clear perception: a clear perception of something \nthanked him for his remark and told him it was an interesting insight \n \n3.  psychology self-awareness: the ability of a person to understand and find solutions to his or her personal problems  \n4.  psychiatry perception that hallucinations are not real: the perception, lacking in some psychiatric disorders such as schizophrenia, that symptoms such as delusions and hallucinations are not objective
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Soothsayer\n \nNOUN:A person who foretells future events by or as if by supernatural means
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A nut with little or no formal training \n\nParapsychology is the study of certain types of paranormal phenomena (parapsychology comes from the Greek para, “beside, beyond,” + psychology, derived from the Greek psyche, “soul, mind,” + logos “rational discussion”). The term was coined by Max Dessoir (1889). J. B. Rhine adopted it to refer to the scientific study of paranormal phenomena which are manifestations of psi.A ccording to The Parapsychological Association, an organization affiliated with the American Association for the Advancement of Science[4], parapsychological phenomena can be categorized thus:\n\nThese [paranormal] anomalies fall into three general categories: ESP[...] [Extra-Sensory Perception], PK [Psychokinesis], and phenomena suggestive of survival after bodily death, including near-death experiences, apparitions, and reincarnation. Most parapsychologists today expect that further research will eventually explain these anomalies in scientific terms, although it is not clear whether they can be fully understood without significant (some might say revolutionary) expansions of the current state of scientific knowledge. Other researchers take the stance that existing scientific models of perception and memory are adequate to explain some or all parapsychological phenomena.