GLOSSARY OF TERMS

AURA - The magnetic field of energy surrounding each person.

APPORT - An object transported through matter by the use of Psychic Power.

ASTRAL TRAVEL - Travel by an individuals spirit, usually during bodily sleep.

AUTOMATIC WRITING -The production of writing by a medium without his/her conscious volition.

CIRCLE - A gathering of people who wish to communicate with the spirit world.

CIRCLE - DEVELOPMENT - A circle held on a regular basis for the purpose of developing psychic and spiritual gifts.

CLAIRVOYANCE - The ability to see spirit forms.

CLAIRAUDIENCE - The ability to hear spirit voices.

CLAIRSENTIENCE -The ability to sense spirit forms.

COMMUNION - Contact between this world and the spirit world.

CONTINUOUS EXISTENCE - The survival of the human personality after physical death.

COMPENSATION - Spiritual Reward.

DEATH - The separation of the spirit from the physical body.

DISCARNATE - Existence after physical death.

DIVINE - Godlike.

ETHERIC - non-material (...body - spirit body)

ETERNAL PROGRESS - Pursuit of perfection continued beyond physical existence.

GUIDE - an evolved spirit who seeks to assist.

GOD - Universal creative force or power.

HEREAFTER - Life following this material existence in the spirit world.

INSPIRATION - impressions from the spirit world; i.e. inspirational writing or speaking.

INCARNATE - existence in the physical body.

LYCEUM - Spiritual educational system with special responsibility for the young.

MATERIALISATION - The formation of the replica of a spirits earthly body.

MEDIUM - A `bridge` between this world and the next.

MEDIUMSHIP - Concerned with communication between this world and the spirit world.

MENTAL...- contact through the mind.

PHYSICAL....- physical manifestation of the presence of a spirit.

MESSAGE - A communication from spirit.

NAMING CEREMONY - Spiritualist Service to give a child its forename.

PERSONAL RESPONSIBILITY - Responsibility for ones own spiritual status as a result of thoughts and actions.

PSYCHIC PHENOMENA - occurrences related to communication between this world and the spirit realms.

RETRIBUTION - The opportunity to understand the reasons for erroneous decisions and to ease their results.

SPIRIT WORLD - higher levels of existence beyond this physical world.

SPIRIT - Creative Force.

A SPIRIT - An individual part of the supreme force.

TRANSCENDENT - Beyond human understanding.

TRANCE - A condition where the medium is influenced by an evolved spirit.

TRANSITION - The passage of the spirit from the physical world to the non-physical world; i.e. death.