2. Paranormal Phenomena:
Paranormal is a general term (coined ca. 1915–1920) that
designates experiences that lie outside the range of ‘normal’
experience
4. Top Ten Paranormal
Phenomena's
o Déjà vu o Reincarnations
o Premonitions o Poltergeist
o Apparitions o Auras
o Telepathy o Medium ship
o Out-Of-Body Experience o Near-Death Episode
5. Déjà Vu
French word meaning already seen
The experience of having that feeling
of knowing a situation in which you are
experiencing something totally new
6. Premonitions
An intuition of an future event or occurrence
Usually warning of something bad or
negative that’s going to happen
Meditation opens a door to premonitions
8. Telepathy
Communication between minds by some
means other that sensory perception
Such as thought
transfers, feelings, desires, and fears
First recorded in 1884
9. Out-of-body Experiences
Sensation of floating
outside ones body, and
in some
cases, perceiving ones
physical body outside
ones body
35 out of every 100
people have out-of-body
experiences at least
once in their life
10. Reincarnation
Religious or Philosophical Concept
The soul or spirit, after biological death, begins a new
life in a new body that may be human, animal or
spiritual depending on the moral quality of the
previous life’s actions
11. Poltergeist
Manifestation of an invisible but noisy, disruptive or
destructive entity
Including inanimate objects being picked up and thrown
as if by an invisible person; noises such as
knocking, rapping, or even human voices; and petty
physical attacks on human beings, such as
pinching, biting, hitting and tripping
12. Auras
A field of
subtle, luminous, radiati
on surrounding a
person or object
No scientific definition
or explanation
13. Mediumship
Form of
communication
between the living
and the dead
First came about in
the early 1900’s
14. Near-Death Episode
Person who either has been close to clinical death or have
recovered after having been declared dead
16. Out Of 3000 People That Were
Randomly Surveyed Online
o 90% Reported Experiencing At Least One Type Of
Paranormal Phenomena
o One In Ten Having Experiences Occurring Before The Age
Of 6 Years Old
o 70% Stating That The Encounter Has Permanently
Changed Their Life
18. Works Cited
Definitions. The Free Dictionary. By Farlex 2013
http://www.thefreedictionary.com/Paranormal+phenomena
Dr. Larry Dossey. 2009 Premonitions and Spirituality. Healthy
Living. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/dr-larry-dossey/premonitions-
and-spiritua_b_193830.html
Judith Orloff, M.D. The Meaning of déjà vu. Psychology Today
http://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/emotional-
freedom/201004/the-meaning-deja-vu
Kenneth Chang. Do Paranormal Phenomena's Exist? 2011
http://www.nytimes.com/2003/11/11/science/do-paranormal-
phenomena-exist.html
19. Lynn Levitan, Ph.D. Out of Body Experiences and Lucid Dreams
http://www.lucidity.com/NL32.OBEandLD.html
Paranormal Experts. May 14, 2008.
http://www.ghostvillage.com/links/links_experts.shtml
Rosemary Breen. 2011 Paranormal Survey Report.
http://psychicrevolution.com/wp-
content/uploads/downloads/2011/10/2011-Paranormal-Activity-
Analysis-Survey.pdf
Stephanie Pappas. 2011. What's Really Behind Paranormal
Experiences. http://www.livescience.com/14904-paranormal-
experiences-hint-ghosts.html
Stephen Wagner. 2013 Top Paranormal Experts: A Call for
Professionalism.
http://paranormal.about.com/od/paranormalgeneralinfo/a/aa073106
.htm
The Waverly Hills Sanatorium. 2013
http://therealwaverlyhills.com/newsite/