A person can easily say that mediumship is foolishness (I guess that sort of gives away my position on the matter). It is my policy to report on my personal experiences in the "It's what you actually saw, not what you think you saw" manner. (Please note this remark is directed towards events that occur in the physical environment such as shadow people or hauntings). I'm not certain if I have always stuck to this policy in my past writings. With the supernatural, as with any topic whether it be politics
I decided to obtain my four narratives through the people I believed to have the most supernatural accounts around me, my family. We learned in the class about the crucial effects religion has in relation to the supernatural. For example, the book “Paranormal America” by Bader, Mencken, and Baker describes accounts of curiosities in religion in culture. The authors describe that
In the chapter “The Varieties of Alien Experience”, author Bill Ellis makes an argument that is easily relatable to modern society’s consistent fascination with conspiracy theories, difficult to explain phenomena, and matters of the paranormal. In particular, Ellis writes about the social implications that can be observed from the tendency of many presumed authorities and esteemed critics to analyze and disprove accounts of such extraordinary occurrences as alien abductions and other types of direct
The Disneyland of Consciousness is a video clip that showcases the ability for one to be fooled. In the video clip the audience is taken through scenarios and situations that portray a sense of a person’s 'consciousness ' being made to think that certain animations are in real sense true. Although the scenarios tend to portray childish thought about the actions being seen, what we stimulate in our own reality may not always appear to be the way we want it to be. In this regard, the theme behind
Paranormal is defined as the denoting of events or phenomena that are beyond the scope of normal scientific understanding. Scientists, researchers, and analysts have and are still trying to find logical solutions for unnatural things occurring. Parapsychology is a subject that sparks the interests of people all over the world and accurate analysis of it is yet to be found. Parapsychological Association (2011) says, “Parapsychology is the scientific and scholarly study of three kinds of unusual events
Urban Mythology relates itself with certain stories or folktales which lacks specific evidence behind its originality or genuinity but lies deep rooted within the subconscious of the civilization . Validation of these urban myths depends entirely on the perception and reception of the myth by the civilization . Urban myths at certain level comes out as highlighted and accepted by the mass due to some comprehensive public motive lying
The Psychic Medium There are many types of psychic phenomena that exist. In this paper, I will discuss that of the psychic medium. The term psychic medium refers to a person thought to have the ability to communicate with the spirits of the dead or with agents of another world or dimension through extra sensory perception or paranormal powers. While a medium will always be psychic, a psychic is not always a medium. The main objective of a mediums work is to prove survival of the human personality
fear of the unknown ran high and belief in the supernatural was rampant, the incorporation of mystical components resulted in a compelling story for the people of the Elizabethan era. Moving forward into the modern age, today we can see that the paranormal is not only a captivating aspect of the play, but a crucial piece in determining the end result of the production. Integral to the sequence of events that occur, the supernatural is a motif that acts as a major driving force throughout the play
whatever remains, no matter how improbable, must be the truth.” (Holmes) Personally, I do not agree with this statement and I believe it follows pseudoscience. Whatever remains does not necessarily need to be the truth. If there is no scientifical proof, it does not follow scientific methods. Many scientists actually use quotes from Sherlock Holmes to win arguments. To me, this is absolutely ridiculous. They actually claim that these statements are coming from a place of logical certainty. How is that
these beliefs and experiences, it is senseless to claim that the mind is only restricted to the brain. This makes the advocates of mechanistic orthodoxy make an assertion that since paranormal phenomena lacks a scientific explanation, it is non-existent. According to scientific education, this is regarded as superstition but there still calls for need of more study and research into this widespread phenomenon. Psychic staring is considered a paranormal behavior. This phenomenon is studied alongside