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Paranormal Activity Vs Haunting
Very often the term Paranormal Activity seems to go hand in hand with ghosts and haunting, however the term means so much more than this. Especially with the popular movies, the word paranormal is everywhere now. What does this mean and why is it different from a haunting?
The word paranormal means anything that cannot be explained by science. Many times someone may feel their home is haunted due to unexplained phenomena occurring. Commonly you’ll hear someone describe their lights flickering, or a feeling of being watched when they enter a certain room. Upon proper investigation one may discover that the home is not haunted and these experiences are not paranormal. One common tool is an EMF detector. This tool will measure electromagnetic fields. A high EMF reading can occur for many reasons, if you are near an electrical source such as an outlet, certain wiring or even types of plumbing, can give a high EMF reading. Severely high readings can cause physical effects on a person such as dizziness, nausea, and even a feeling of paranoia. If it is revealed that there is faulty or very old wiring in a home this can explain the flickering lights and an uneasy feeling. These things are explained by science and therefore not paranormal. However if you receive a high reading and these things are not a factor or the reading spikes, from very high to normal and you are nowhere near an electrical source, then this is unexplained and therefore is paranormal.
Other examples include extraterrestrial activity, poltergeists activity, telekinesis, and even astral projection can be described as paranormal. Though there are many theories, science has neither proven nor disproven these things. I however believe in it all but this still does not make it a scientific fact.
Now let’s look at another example. When someone moves into a new home and is informed the previous owner passed away in that house, they may have an uneasy feeling to begin with but decide to move in anyway. Soon they realize certain objects keep disappearing, and then reappearing in different locations. A first thought would be the ghost of the previous owner is making themselves known, however no apparition has been seen. These occurrences’ cannot be labeled just yet as a haunting, they are simply paranormal. Soon along with this paranormal activity, our new homeowner awakens to the sight of an elderly woman making her way down the hallway, she is almost transparent, and seems to be gliding just above the floor. Well this must have been just a bizarre dream. The next morning someone else in the family describes seeing the same strange woman. Soon she continues to appear; now we can say that this house is haunted. A haunting is the habitual visitation of a ghost or apparition.
As I discussed in a previous article haunting can be residual, meaning the spirit has no idea you are there, it isn’t aware of surroundings or changes, it is more of an imprint from a certain time. Imagine a movie playing over and over again, the same routine, the same motions, just repeating. The haunting can also be intelligent, meaning the spirit is aware of you and able to interact, or communicate. Without the spirit there are no haunting, just paranormal occurrences.
Even though ghosts themselves cannot be explained by science, it is the act of their frequent appearance that defines a haunting. There will always be debate about what a ghost is and even deeper what are the exact contents of a soul , and if or how is it left behind, just as many artist describe being haunted by music, scents, or words. These of course are just symbols, giving a figurative spirit to such things and describing the frequent visitation of the uninvited. I suppose you could be haunted by just about anything .