| Caging |
Slang: practice of enveloping another in a very dense construct shield to block all psionic input/output. Employed by request to assist another with a rest period from psi activity or to temporarily disable a psion believed to be mentally unstable.
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| CAM |
Acronym for Complementary and Alternative Medicine. This is the currently popular term to describe all non-allopathic forms of healing.
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| Capnomancy |
Divination through the interpretation of smoke.
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| Cartomancy |
Divination with cards, such as the Tarot.
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| Cartopedy |
Divination by reading patterns on the feet.
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| Catoptromancy |
Divination by gazing in a mirror, such as a black scrying mirror.
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| Center |
To move ones attention to the internal self to calm or balance emotion, or to rest the mind. One may be told to 'ground and center' to stabilize their mental and emotional well-being.
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| Cephalomancy |
Divination by means of a donkey’s head.
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| Ceraunoscopy |
Divination by observing weather phenomena.
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| Chakra |
One of the seven centers of spiritual energy in the human body according to yoga philosophy. [The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition]
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| Channeling |
The practice of entering a trance or meditative state in order to convey messages from a spiritual guide.
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| Charm |
- An object embedded with some type of energy for magical purposes.
- A spell used to perform some type of magic.
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| Chi |
(Chinese) the literal translation is "air", "breath", or "gas"; used in western culture most often to indicate "energy flow" or "life force".
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| Circadium Rhythm |
A daily cycle of biological activity based on a 24-hour period and influenced by regular variations in the environment, such as the alternation of night and day. The term "circadian" was coined by Franz Halberg. The formal study of biological temporal rhythms such as daily, tidal, weekly, seasonal, and annual rhythms, is called chronobiology.
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| Clairaudience |
Perception of energy, events, information, translated into sound by the brain. "Clear Hearing": the ability to hear sounds inaudible to the physical ear, such as non-human "spirit" voices, but not exclusive to events outside human experience, nor limited by time or distance.
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| Clairsentience |
Energy perception experienced as tactile (physical) sensation.
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| Clairvoyance |
Observing information at a distance through metaphysical means.
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| Clairvoyant |
Person with a special talent for clairvoyance; involving or pertaining to clairvoyance.
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| Cledonomancy |
Divination by observing the significance of random things people say.
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| Cleidomancy |
Divination by observing a string-suspended key, similar to the pendulum.
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| Cleromancy |
Divination by throwing runes, dice, or something similar.
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| Cloaking shield |
A shield (construct type) to make one less psionically visible. Often designed to dampen an energy signature to the extent it is overlook.
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| Clouding |
During the process of divination using a crystal ball, before visions appear the interior of the crystal becomes hazy, misty, and unclear.
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| Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) |
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) is a psychotherapy based on cognitions, assumptions, beliefs, and behaviors, with the aim of influencing negative emotions that relate to inaccurate appraisal of events. The general approach, developed out of behavior modification, Cognitive Therapy and Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy, has become widely used to treat various kinds of neuroses and psychopathology, including mood disorders and anxiety disorders. The particular therapeutic techniques vary, but commonly include keeping a diary of significant events and associated feelings, thoughts and behaviors; questioning and testing cognitions, assumptions, evaluations and beliefs that might be unhelpful and unrealistic; gradually facing activities which may have been avoided; and trying out new ways of behaving and reacting. Relaxation and distraction techniques are also commonly included. CBT is widely accepted as an evidence- and empiricism-based, cost-effective psychotherapy for many disorders and psychological problems.
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| Cold Reading |
Technique often used by mentalists, fortune tellers, psychics, and mediums to determine details about another person in order to convince them that the reader knows much more about a subject than he or she actually does. Even without prior knowledge of a person, a practiced cold reader can still quickly obtain a great deal of information about the subject by carefully analyzing the person's body language, clothing or fashion, hairstyle, gender, sexual orientation, religion, race or ethnicity, level of education, manner of speech, place of origin, etc. Cold readers commonly employ high probability guesses about the subject, quickly picking up on signals from their subjects as to whether their guesses are in the right direction or not, and then emphasizing and reinforcing any chance connections the subjects acknowledge while quickly moving on from missed guesses.
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| Coll |
The ninth letter of the Ogham tree alphabet, representing the letter C, meaning hazel.
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| Collective Unconscious |
Collective unconscious is a term of analytical psychology originally coined by Carl Jung. While Freud did not distinguish between an "individual psychology" and a "collective psychology", Jung distinguished the collective unconscious from the personal unconscious particular to each human being. The collective unconscious is also known as "a reservoir of the experiences of our species."[1]
1^ Jensen, Peter S., Mrazek, David, Knapp, Penelope K., Steinberg, Laurence, Pfeffer, Cynthia, Schowalter, John, & Shapiro, Theodore. (Dec 1997) Evolution and revolution in child psychiatry: ADHD as a disorder of adaptation. (attention-deficit hyperactivity syndrome). Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry. 36. p. 1672. (10). July 14 2007.
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| Collective Vision |
Several people simultaneously observing a visual image such as an apparition.
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| Compress/Compression |
Slang: Intentional effort to draw the aura/field closer to the body and refocus psi awareness, in order to reduce the level of white noise, broadcasting, and as a general practice to learn control.
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| Consecrate |
Acts and/or words used to make a object, person or place sacred.
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| Construct |
Energy that has been programmed with instructions(intent) to accomplish a task or behavior. Psiball is the commonly known construct for beginners.
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| Contact Mind Reading |
Also known as muscle reading or Hellstromism. A technique, traditionally used in the beginning of training for the development of telepathy, where one person reads the mind of another while lightly touching the other person.
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| Control |
In the context of scientific investigation, a control is something (a procedure, condition, object, set of subjects, and so on) which is introduced with the purpose of providing a check on (of “controlling for”) the influence of unwanted factors.
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| Coordinate Remote Viewing (CRV) |
The process of remote viewing using geographic coordinates for cuing or prompting, developed by Ingo Swan.
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| Cowan |
Informal term used by Witches and Wiccans to mean someone who is an outsider; not of the Craft. Similar to the term “Muggle” used in the Harry Potter novels. May or may not be derogatory in nature.
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| Creative Visualization |
The fashioning of an image in the conscious mind and the charging of that image by the psychic energy of the unconscious. Practice of seeking to affect the outer world via changing one's thought, using your imagination to visualize the intended outcome.
The basic technique underlying positive thinking, one of the first to practice the technique was Wallace Wattles, author of "The Science of Getting Rich".
Often a source of frustration for the beginner who fails to charge the visual, achieving a mental image without actualization.
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| Creepy-Crawlies |
Slang: the sensation of things physically crawling on ones person, reported as a side effect of heightening one's awareness.
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| Crisis Apparition |
An apparition seen on, just before, or after the anniversary of their death.
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| Crowley, Aleister |
Aleister Crowley, born Edward Alexander Crowley, (1875-1947) was a British ceremonial magician, author, mountaineer, poet, and yogi. He was an influential member in several occult organizations, including the Golden Dawn, the A∴A∴ (Astrum Argentum), and Ordo Templi Orientis (O.T.O.), and is best known today for his occult writings, especially The Book of the Law, the central sacred text of Thelema. He gained much notoriety during his lifetime, and was dubbed "The Wickedest Man In the World."
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| Crown Chakra |
(Sahasrara in Sanskrit) One of the power centers found in spiritual traditions, located on or above the crown of the head. It is symbolized by a lotus flower that has 1000 petals (20 circular sets of 50 petals each).
Generally considered to be the chakra of consciousness. Its role may be envisioned somewhat similarly to that of the pituitary gland, which secretes hormones to communicate to the rest of the endocrine system and also connects to the central nervous system via the hypothalamus. The thalamus is thought to have a key role in the physical basis of consciousness
When this chakra is overcharged or undercharged with spiritual energy, it implies that you are dealing with issues of spirituality and direct communication with the Divine. When appropriately charged it is said to indicate that you have freed yourself from that attachments in life that lead to disappointment and unhappiness. When the Kundalini energy rises and fully excites this chakra, it releases (or triggers the release) of a substance known as “amrita,” a special fluid that is supposed to grant immortality.
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| Cryptozoology |
The search for and scientific study of animals whose existence is mythic or unproven; encompassing the search for living examples of animals taxonomically identified through fossil records, but which are believed to be extinct and the search for animals that fall outside of taxonomic records due to a lack of empirical evidence, but for which anecdotal evidence exists in the form of myths, legends, or undocumented sightings (such as the Loch Ness monster)
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| Crystal Ball |
A sphere made of a crystal, typically quartz. Often used as a focal point for concentration in divination practice.
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| Crystal Children |
In the New Age belief of Indigo children, the next generation. They are believed to have rainbow colors in their aura, and began being born around the year 2000.
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| Cuneiform |
An ancient writing system originating in Mesopotamia in the 4th millennium BC. Derived from early pictographic writing, cuneiform consists of wedge-shaped marks that, when placed together, form words. Cuneiform was written by pressing the ends of prepared reeds into soft clay tablets and cylinders
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| Curandera |
Spanish for a female healer.
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| Curandero |
Spanish for healer, differing from doctor or nurse in that it refers to a person who uses alternative healing methods, including herbal methods and magic for healing.
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| Curse |
A spell or ritual, or the result of the spell or ritual, used to harm someone or punish someone. A curse may also cause a building, location, or object to bring bad luck to an owner or tenant.
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