Types of hauntings and glossary:
Residual Haunting:A psychic recording of an event that is repeated over and over.The entity involved does not interact with onlookers.Think of this as a tape player being stuck on rewind and play.
Intelligent Haunting:An entity that is aware of the presence of humans and may be interactive.
Poltergeist:The famous "noise ghost."A rare form of haunting wherein random objects are moved and sounds and speech are produced by unseen entities,which seem to crave attention and recognition.Frequently a child or adolescent is at the center of the phenomena.
Apparition:The projection or manifestation of a paranormal being.
Banishing:A ceremonial,magical ritual to cast out negative energy and influnces.
Cleansing:A ritual in wich negative energy and entities are banished through prayers that are spoken aloud and may be adapted to the user's needs.
Demonologist:Aperson,sometimes a clergy,sometimes not,who studies and banishes demons.
Dowsing:A means of locating different substances and energies by means of two rods,which cross when the energy field that is being searched for is encountered.
Ectoplasmic Mist:A substance that forms out of thin air and looks like a thick fog.
Electronic Voice Phenomena [EVP]:An utterance not heard as is is being spoken but is audible later when the recording is played back.
Electromagnect Field:Electrical charges,found in varying degrees in anything that uses electracty or generates a magnetic field.
Entity:A classification for a disembodied being,wich may be a ghost,a spirit,or a demon.
Exorcism:A ritual performed to drive a devil or demon from the body or the house it is occupying.
Ghost:A spirit who may or may not have been a living human being or animal,which can sometimes appear to be semitransprant.
Haunting:The repeated appearance of ghosts,spirits,or poitergeists.
Materialization:The brief physical appearance of an entity,seen as it is happening.
Necromancy:The art and practice of communicating with the dead to obtain knowledge of the future or other events.
Reincarnation:The belief that the soul will move on to another body after death to work out its karmic debt.
S'eance:The attempt by a group to contact the spirit world.
Spirit:A ghost;an entity that once existed on the earthly plane but has passed on.
Sometimes what people perceive as a haunting can be explained by everday events.Some of these can include a drafty window,low batteries in a remote can cause the tv to turn on,are sometimes dust on a touch lamp can cause it to light up for no reason.Take a look around and see if you can find a reason for the things that are happening.If you can't come up with anything give us a call. We are here to help.Jeff
