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Everything you can imagine is real.
- Pablo Picasso
Supernatural &
Paranormal Phenomena
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Introduction
Paranormal research Anecdotal
Approach
Contrasting Views
Committee for the Scientific
Investigation of Claims of the
Paranormal (CSICOP)
Paranormal Subjects (Ghosts,Stigmata, Crop-Circles etc.)
The Paranormal in Religion
Paranormal and Perinormal
What are we going to discuss?
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Paranormal is a general term that
designates experiences that lie outside
the range of normal experience or
scientific explanation.
The supernatural is anything above or
beyond what one holds to be natural
and exists outside natural law and the
observable universe.
Para and Normal - it is described as
anything that is beyond or contrary to
what is deemed scientifically possible
What is Paranormal & Supernatural?
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An anecdotal approach to the paranormal
involves the collection of stories told about the
paranormal.
Charles Fort (18741932) is perhaps the best
known collector of paranormal anecdotes.
Fort is said to have compiled as many as 40,000
notes on unexplained paranormal experiences.
He collected events include teleportation,,
inorganic materials of an amazing range, crop
circles, unaccountable noises and explosions
etc.
Paranormal Research Anecdotal Approach
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Indistinct from Nature
Some events occur according to physical
laws, and others occur according to a separate
set of principles external to known physics.
Incorrectly attributed to Nature
All events have natural and only natural
causes. Human beings ascribe supernatural
attributes to purely natural events.
Part of a Larger Nature
According to this view, the supernatural is
just a term for parts of nature that modern
science and philosophy do not yet properly
understand.
Contrasting Views on Supernatural Phenomena
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CSICOP is a U.S. non-profit organization.
It encourages the critical investigation ofparanormal and fringe-science claims
from a responsible, scientific point of
view.
On November 30, 2006, the organization
further shortened its name to "Committee
for Skeptical Inquiry" ("CSI", pronounced
C-S-I)
Committee for the Scientific Investigation ofClaims
of the Paranormal
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A ghost is the soul or spirit of a
deceased person or animal.
Spirits are the energies of deceased
loved ones and friends who have died
and gone into the Light.
The ghost story is ubiquitous across allcultures from oral folktales to works of
literature.
A 2005 Gallup poll found that about 32
percent of Americans believe in ghosts.
Ghosts, Spirits and Hauntings
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Psychokinesis is a term coined by
publisher Henry Holt.
Examples of psychokinesis could
include distorting or moving an object,
and influencing the output of a random
number generator.
Teleportation is the transfer of matterfrom one point to another, more or less
instantaneously.
Teleportation has been widely utilized
in works of science fiction and fantasy.
Psychokinesis & Teleportation
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A crop circle is a sizable pattern
created by the flattening of a
crop such as wheat, barley, rye,
maize, or rapeseed.
Crop circles have become the
subject of speculation by
various paranormal, ufological,
and anomalistic investigatorsranging from proposals that
they were created by bizarre
meteorological phenomena to
messages from extraterrestrials.
Crop Circles
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Suggested locations on which life mighthave developed include the planets
Venus, Mars and some moons of Jupiter
and Saturn.
Many scientists are actively engaged inthe search for unicellular life within thesolar system, carrying out studies on thesurface of Mars and examining meteors.
Unidentified flying object (UFO) is thepopular term for any apparent aerialphenomenon whose cause cannot beeasily or immediately identified by theobserver.
Extraterrestrial life & UFOs
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Vampires are mythological or
folkloric beings who subsist by
feeding on the life essence
(generally in the form of blood) ofliving creatures.
A werewolf, also known as a
lycanthrope is a mythological or
folkloric human with the ability toshapeshift into an
anthropomorphic wolf-like
creature.
Vampires and Werewolves
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Stigmata are bodily marks, sores, orsensations of pain in locationscorresponding to the crucifixion
wounds of Jesus Christ, such as thehands & feet.
The blood from the wounds is said tohave a pleasant, perfumed odor,known as the Odor of Sanctity.
Stigmata are primarily associated withthe Roman Catholic faith. Manyreported stigmatics are members ofCatholic religious orders.
Stigmata
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Reincarnation is believed to occur when the
soul or spirit, after the death of the body,
comes back to life in a newborn body.
This phenomenon is also known as
transmigration of the soul or
metempsychosis.
This concept prevails in Hinduism, Jainism,
Sikhism and Buddhism.
Judaism, Christianity and Islam do not
believe that individuals reincarnate.
Reincarnation & Past Lives
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Palmistry or chiromancy is the art ofcharacterization and foretelling the futurethrough the study of the palm.
Significance of the Left and Right Hand
The left hand is controlled by the right brainreflects the inner person, the natural self andthe lateral thinking. It could even beconsidered to be a part of a person spiritualand personal development.
The right hand reflects the outer person,objective self, influence of socialenvironment, education, and experience. Itrepresents linear thinking.
Chiromancy & Palm-Reading
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Pyramid power refers to allegedsupernatural or paranormalproperties of the ancient Egyptianpyramids and objects of similar
shape.
Model pyramids are said to preservefoods, sharpen or maintain thesharpness of razor blades or
improve health.
Some people thought that theyfunction as a thought-formincubator, trigger sexual urges, andcause other dramatic effects.
Pyramid Power
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A time slip is an alleged paranormal
phenomenon in which a person, or group
of people, travel through time via
unknown means.
One of the best-known, and earliest,
example was reported by two English
women, Charlotte Anne Moberly (1846 -
1937) and Eleanor Jourdain (18631924).
They believed they slipped back in time in
the gardens of the Petit Trianon at
Versailles from the summer of 1901 to the
period of the French Revolution.
Time Slip The Disputed Time Travel
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Religion tends to view paranormal
phenomena as intentionally performed
by a higher power, often to benefit the
spiritual lives of humanity.
Examples include the scriptural parting
of the Red Sea by Moses to the visions
of the Virgin Mary.
Shamans are often thought to possess
the power of healing and the ability to
travel outside their body.
Paranormal The Religious Viewpoint
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perinormaldescribes a phenomena
that were once thought to be
paranormal, but have since been
explained by science.
The "Pregnant Man - When doctors
went to remove what they thought
was a tumor found a human being
inside the man's abdominal region.
The man's twin brother had been
growing inside his abdomen for 36
years!
Paranormal and Perinormal
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