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Adamski, George (1891–1965) Polish-born American well-known among UFO researchers and enthusiasts, alike, for his writings about alleged encounters with extraterrestrials.
In his book written with Desmond Leslie, Flying Saucers Have Landed (1953), Adamski claims that beautiful, benevolent beings invited him aboard their spaceship.
Adamski says the ship’s pilot was telepathically connected to the propulsion system. By controlling thought [...]

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Fayum Mummy of Artemidorus
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Afterlife The belief that the spirit or soul continues after death.
This belief arguably dates back to prehistoric times (115,000 – 200,000 years ago) where evidence points to Homo neanderthalensis in Israel and Spain buried with food items, tools and possibly weapons in hand, often in fetal position facing sunrise [...]

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Alien Trio 2
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Alien Possession Theory (APT)
A corrupt tree cannot bear good fruit (Luke 6:43)
APT considers the possibility, commonly found within science fiction, that hostile extraterrestrials (ETs) from another world or realm may have a negative effect on psychologically vulnerable human individuals through the use of psi.
This alien invasion motif does not [...]

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Classical Martian
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Aliens and Extraterrestrials (ETs)
The belief in aliens from other planets dates back for centuries, as does their alleged sightings.
47,000 year-old rock carvings in the Hunan province of China could be interpreted as evidence for UFOs.
Airborne “fire circles” were reported to the Egyptian Pharaoh Thutmose III (1504-1450 BCE).
In the Middle Ages [...]

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Astrology [Greek: astron (star) + logos (discourse) = "discussion on stars"]
Ancient method of divination and forecasting originally developed in Mesopotamia (Babylonia and Assyria) for the benefit of ruling kings.
In ancient Hellenistic culture astrology became popularized and individualistic.
In English translations of the Old Testament astrologers appear to be condemned quite often. But only in one instance [...]

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Cayce, Edgar (1877-1945) American trance prophet, psychic and healer who believed in reincarnation.
Cayce claimed, among other things, to have lived in the fabled Atlantis, ancient Egypt, Persia and Troy.
He believed he was able to absorb information from books just by holding them near his stomach.
Cayce gained quite a following, rubbing shoulders with the elite of [...]

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Clairalience is a type of clairsentience. Clairalience is the alleged smelling of odors and scents beyond the usual range of human perception. Reports of clairalience take three main forms:

Smelling a familiar odor or scent associated with a loved one who has passed. Often this will occur sometime shortly before, during or not too long after [...]

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Clairaudience is the alleged inner hearing of sound beyond the range of normal human hearing.
Rosemary Ellen Guiley notes that the term comes from the French, “clear-hearing” (Harper’s Encyclopedia of Mystical and Paranormal Experience, 1991, p. 109).
The spiritually-inclined see clairaudience as a phenomenon well-known to saints, mystics and seers throughout the ages. Joan of Arc (1412-1431), for [...]

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Clairsentience

Clairsentience Rosemary Ellen Guiley classifies this as a type of clairvoyance. Clairsentience refers to the alleged extrasensory perception of smell, taste, touch, emotions and physical sensations.
The history of psychology reveals that some investigators held spiritually inclined views towards such phenomena. Charles Mesmer and his followers of Animal Magnetism, for instance, believed that a mysterious, universal [...]

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Clairvoyance Just as the nineteenth-century “medium” is now called the “channeler,” and the former “New Thought” movement is now called the “New Age,” clairvoyance is a slightly antiquated term that has recently been updated with the more specific ideas of psi, PK, and remote viewing.
The term clairvoyance seems to be making a bit of a [...]

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