Category: Paranormal
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10 Haunted Irish Battlefields Echoing with Ghosts
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10 Haunted Irish Battlefields This small Emerald Isle has been coveted by so many, from Demigods and Vikings to the English. But the Irish were not going to let go without a fight! Throughout the island of Ireland, violent battles and tragic bloodshed have seeped into the very earth and…
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Pareidolia – Psychological Phenomenon
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The infamous ‘Face on Mars’. Image Credit: NASA FACTUAL ANALYSIS: Pareidolia is an established and well understood phenomenon. Pareidolia is the tendency for the human brain to see meaningful shapes (especially faces and human-like forms) in abstract patterns. Scientists generally believe that this phenomenon is an evolutionary adaptation that enables us to…
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Scientists discover new ‘third state’ between life and death
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What lies between life and death ? Image Credit: Pixabay / geralt It’s not quite Frankenstein’s monster, but the find is likely to push the boundaries of life, death and medicine. Peter A Noble and Alex Pozhitkov: Life and death are traditionally viewed as opposites. But the emergence of new multicellular life-forms…
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Unknown Orb / Object Appears in Video While Taking Video of Cat
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Witness Testimony According to the witness: “Sighting occurred while filming my cat while my now ex girlfriend and I were temporarily living at her grandmother’s house while she was in a nursing home. We were having a stupid conversation about cats and how awful it sounds when they have sex.…
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30 East Drive – Pontefract
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History Jean, Joe, Phillip (15) and Diane (12) Pritchard moved into Number 30 East Drive, Pontefract in August 1966. Almost immediately, during the hot summer Bank Holiday, Phillip and his Grandmother first witnessed a baffling phenomenon – a fine layer of chalk like dust falling not from the ceiling, but…
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Shared Death Experiences: A Little-Known Type of End-of-Life Phenomena Reported by Caregivers and Loved Ones
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Abstract Anecdotal evidence suggests that some loved ones and caregivers of dying patients undergo a type of end-of-life phenomena known as a shared death experience or SDE, whereby one feels that one has participated in a dying person’s transition to a post-mortem existence. Anecdotal evidence also suggests that SDEs can…
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Shared Death Experiences: A Little-Known Type of End-of-Life Phenomena Reported by Caregivers and Loved Ones
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Abstract Anecdotal evidence suggests that some loved ones and caregivers of dying patients undergo a type of end-of-life phenomena known as a shared death experience or SDE, whereby one feels that one has participated in a dying person’s transition to a post-mortem existence. Anecdotal evidence also suggests that SDEs can…
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Greyson NDE Scale
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Professor & Psychiatrist Bruce Greyson developed this scale to measure the depth of an individual’s near-death experience. The following is a copy of the scale as presented in an article entitled “Altered States” by Lee Graves in the Summer 2007 edition of the University of Virginia Magazine. 1. Did time seem to speed…
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Altered and Exceptional States of Consciousness
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from Encyclopedia of Consciousness GlossaryHypnagogic state The transitional state between wakefulness and sleep when falling asleep.Hypnopompic state The transitional state between sleep and wakefulness when waking up from sleep.Lucid dream A dream during which the dreamer realizes that the experience is a dream.Muscular atonia The lack of muscle tension in voluntary…
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Paranormal and Supernatural Beliefs
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from Encyclopedia of Adolescence Paranormal and supernatural beliefs generally refer to those that are outside of scientific explanation. Although there may be many beliefs that could fit into this category, the term often is used to pertain to phenomena like ghosts, unidentified flying objects, extraterrestrial beings, and cryptids (such as Big…
