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* Table-Tilting:
Mysterious movements of a table, usually occurring in a séance when a group of people place their hands on the surface of the table. Often the movements are interpreted as spirit communications. Also known as table-turning or table-tipping.

* Table-Turning:
See "Table-Tilting".

* Tarot:
A special deck of cards (usually 78) used in fortune telling. [Also see "Fortune Telling" for more info.]

* Telekinesis:
Paranormal movement of objects.
The ability to move something by thinking about it without the application of physical force.

* Telepathy:
The direct passing of information from one mind to another.

The sympathetic affection of one mind by the thoughts, feelings, or emotions of another at a distance, without communication through the ordinary channels of sensation.

* Teleportation:
A hypothetical method of transportation in which matter or information is dematerialized, usually instantaneously, at one point and recreated at another.

A kind of paranormal transportation in which an object is moved from one distinct location to another, often through a solid object such as a wall.

* Therianthropy:
The supposed ability to change from human to animal form and back. [Also see "Shape-Shifting" for more info.]

* Thermometer/Thermoscanner:
An instrument that takes instant temperature changes. Used in ghost research to detect cold or warm spots and temperature fluctuations in an area.

* Thought Form:
An apparition produced by the power of the human mind.

* Thoughtography:
Paranormal ability to produce images on photographic film (Example: by concentrating on a mental image). [Also see "Psychic Photography" and "Spirit Photography" for more info.]

* Thought Transference:
See "Telepathy".

* Trance:
A dissociated state of consciousness, generally involving reduced awareness of surroundings and external events.

* Trance Medium:
A person who enters a state of trance in order to produce mediumistic phenomena.

* Transcendental Meditation:
A technique of meditation taught by Maharishi Mahesh Yogi, involving the repetition of a sound (mantra).

* Transpersonal Psychology:
The study of experiences, beliefs and practices that suggest that the sense of self can extend beyond our personal or individual reality. The subject matter of transpersonal psychology overlaps to some extent with parapsychology, but the two disciplines tend to have different approaches and emphases. Parapsychology is primarily concerned to investigate evidence for and against the reality of paranormal phenomena. Transpersonal psychology, on the other hand, is more interested in investigating the transpersonal significance of such phenomena.

* Traveling Clairvoyance:
An early term for the out of body experience.

* Trumpet:
A conical tube (often luminous) used in séances to produce direct voice communication. [Also see "Direct Voice Phenomena" for more info.]