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PHYSICAL

PHYSICAL PHENOMENA , in the terminology of See also:

SPIRITUALISM

spiritualism and psychical See also:

RESEARCH (O. Fr. recerche, from recercher, re- and cercer, mod. chercher, to search; Late Lat. circare, to go round in a circle, to explore)

research, molar or molecular phenomena in the physical See also:

WORLD

world not traceable to See also:

ORDINARY (med. Lat. ordinarius, Fr. ordinaire)

ordinary causes and referred to the See also:

ACTION

action of See also:

SPIRITS

spirits or of mediums in abnormal psychical states. Among the phenomena or alleged phenomena are: materialization, levitation or See also:

ELONGATION

elongation of the See also:

MEDIUM

medium; passage of See also:

MATTER

matter through matter, alteration of See also:

WEIGHT

weight in a See also:

BALANCE (derived through the Fr. from the Late Lat. bilantia, an apparatus for weighing, from bi, two, and lanx, a dish or scale)

balance, tying of knots in an endless See also:

CORD (derived through the Fr. corde, from the Lat. chorda, Gr. xop(5rt, the string of a musical instrument)

cord, apports (See also:

OBJECTS

objects brought from a distance) and movements of objects (telekinesis); the See also:

PRODUCTION (Lat. productionem, from producere, to pro-duce)

production of See also:

writing, imprints of See also:

PLASTER

plaster or other objects; raps, voices and other sounds, including See also:

MUSIC

music; spirit photographs; See also:

LIGHTS, CEREMONIAL USE OF

lights and perfumes. To these may be added See also:

IMMUNITY (from Lat. immunis, not subject to a munus or public service)

immunity against the effects of See also:

FIRE (in O. Eng. f j'r; the word is common to West German languages, cf. Dutch vuur, Ger. Feuer; the pre-Teutonic form is seen in Sanskrit pu, pavaka, and Gr. irup; the ultimate origin is usually taken to be a root meaning to purify, cf. Lat. purus)

fire and the untying of See also:

ROPES, JOHN CODMAN (1836–1899)

ropes. Analogous phenomena are found in many parts of the world (see See also:

POLTERGEIST (Ger. for " racketing spirit ")

POLTERGEIST; FIREWALKING); spectral lights are associated with the tombs of See also:

MAHOMMEDAN

Mahommedan See also:

SAINTS, BATTLE OF THE

saints, with Buddhist shrines, with religious revivals, with Red See also:

INDIAN

Indian and other magicians, &c., and as sporadic phenomena in the See also:

HIGHLANDS, THE

Highlands and See also:

Norway. Levitation is asserted of Australian wizards, the rope-See also:

TRICK

trick of See also:

ESKIMO, ESKIMOS

Eskimo angekoks; glyphs and See also:

DIRECT

direct writing are found in Mexican and Tibetan cults. See F. Podmore, See also:

MODERN

Modern Spiritualism; F. W. H. See also:

MYERS, FREDERIC WILLIAM HENRY (1843-1901)

Myers, Human See also:

PERSONALITY (from Lat. persona, originally an actor's mask, from personare,1 to sound through)

Personality, ii. 506; See also:

Journal S. P.

R., vi. 309 sq. (N. W.

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