Presentation - Supernatural & Paranormal Experiences

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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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