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* Death:
The act of dying; termination of life.
The termination or extinction of something.

Generally understood to be the extinction of an organism's life. Many doctrines assert some form of mental or spiritual survival of physical death.

* Deathbed Experience:
A dying person's awareness of the presence of dead friends or relatives. [Also see "Near-Death Experience" and "Crisis Apparition" for more info.]

* Déjà vu:
The feeling of having already experienced something actually being experienced for the first time.

An impression of having seen or experienced something before. Also called a Déjà Experience.

* Delta:
A term used to refer to any kind of anomalous experience. [See "Anomalous Experience" and "Anomalous Phenomena" for more info.]

* Dematerialize:
To deprive of or lose apparent physical substance; make or become immaterial.

To suddenly disappear. Example: an object or spirit.

* Demon:
An evil supernatural being; a devil.

An evil spirit or being which is said to have not ever lived on earth in human form.

* Demonology:
The study of demons.

* Deport:
The paranormal movement of objects out of a secure enclosed space. [Also see "Apport/Asport" for more info.]

* Direct Voice Phenomenon (DVP):
A Spirit voice, spoken directly to sitters at a séance. The sound usually seems to come from a point near the medium, or through a spirit horn or trumpet, but not from the mouth of the medium.

* Discarnate Entity:
A spirit or non-material entity. Often used to refer to the personality of a deceased individual.

* Disembodied Voice:
A voice or sound heard or recorded that comes from no physical body or known source. [Also see "Electronic Voice Phenomena (EVP)" for more on capturing voices of Spirit on recordings.]

* Dissociation:
The act of removing from association; the state of being separate and unconnected.

Activity performed outside of normal conscious awareness, or mental processes that suggest the existence of separate centers of consciousness.

* Divining Rod:
A forked rod (or sometimes a pair of L-shaped rods) used in dowsing. [Also see "Dowsing" for more info.]

* DMILS:
"Direct Mental Interaction with Living Systems". Psychokinetic influences on physiological processes. [Also see "Psychokinesis" and "Bio-PK" for more info.]

* Doppelganger:
A spiritual or ghostly double or counterpart; an apparitional double of a living person.

A mirror image or double of a person.

* Dowsing:
To use a divining rod to search for underground water or minerals.

An act which, generally, a 'dowsing rod' or 'divining rod' is employed to locate subterranean water, ore, oil, etc.. or other concealed items by following the direction in which the rod turns in the users hand.

* Dream:
See "Paranormal Dream".