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    After Don left I knew that I would need to lead the effort to take the sanatorium from disrepair back into wholeness. The beauty and Spirit of this historic landmark now draws paranormal investigators from all over America and beyond, to walk the hallways with the intent of encountering its remaining residents. No one, paranormal

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    Even though in old age the sisters admitted they made it up, it still started a gigantic movement. They toured the country for many years holding seances and speaking to spirits. The Spiritualism Church was founded in 1853 and in two years claimed over 2 million followers. Nowadays most religions believe in life after death. After death a spirit or soul either goes to heaven or the underworld. Many believe that ghosts are souls that have been unable to leave earth for the afterlife. Ghosts are prominent

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    if they have not realized it, but hearing or seeing paranormal activity for themselves is a different story. In the text, "Army Apparitions" and the clip, "Most Haunted" is an article and a clip, but have similar points to share about paranormal activity. In "Army Apparitions" Moore tells his audience about ghost stories that are related to the military. In the clip, "Most Haunted" Yvette Fielding is trying to tell her audience of the paranormal activity that happened in the Whaley House. First

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    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

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    ESP Categories

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    1. What is Paranormal Psychology? What is the scope of this branch of psychology? Parapsychology is the study of unusual events, called paranormal psychological phenomena, such as telekinesis. ESP and many more. This branch of psychology usually deal with experiences that lies beyond the range of the norm or beyond scientific explanation. 2. What are the ESP Categories? If you would be given the chance to have one. What ESP category do you wish to have and why? Expound your answer. The ESP categories

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    Studies have been performed to determine the correlation between an individuals paranormal belief with their locus of control, as well as their level of sensation seeking behavior. With the limited studies that have be carried out, results have been revealed indicating that those with an external locus of control are more likely to have a greater overall paranormal belief (Scheidt, 1973). Those with an external locus believe that the outcome of situations in their lives are not within their own control

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    Evil : Horror Or Hoax?

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    to read Charlotte Bronte’s 1853 novel Villette, I began to notice some elements within the context of the work that made me begin to rethink my hypothesis that the Victorians did not write anything about the supernatural. As a researcher of the paranormal, I was completely and utterly stunned as to my findings that Villette was indeed a novel filled with references to the realms of the unearthly. I began to imagine methods by which I can show some connections of supernatural elements between Charlotte

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    The Belief of Reincarnation

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    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

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    today’s production of films, ghosts and paranormal beings are a popular topic. However, even with today’s modern science, there is no legitimate proof of ghosts or spirits. When unexplainable things happen when no one else is around, the idea of a paranormal being might seem rational. Despite the speculation of the phenomenon, what exactly is paranormal activity and how do residual areas become haunted by these spirits? The terms “supernatural” and “paranormal” are often confused. Supernatural is relating

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    too much for him, but he loved the adrenaline it induced. When it coursed through his veins, he felt alive; more alive than anything around him. In this case, it was true because as a paranormal investigator, a number of people did not see this profession as a true profession due to their unbelief in the paranormal, while the other

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