Catalog of the Unexplained: From Aliens & Aromatherapy to Zen & Zener Cards

By Leanna Greenaway and Beleta Greenaway

Explore 400+ Topics with this Outstanding A to Z Reference Guide

Delve into the mesmerizing depths of the esoteric with Catalog of the Unexplained, a triumph of metaphysical and supernatural knowledge. This guide provides fascinating information on more than 400 subjects, from angels and herbalism to tarot and vampires. Magical practitioners, holistic healers, ghost hunters, and spiritual seekers alike will marvel at this book's impressive collection. Authors Leanna and Beleta Greenaway share brief and in-depth entries on:

• Acupuncture
• Animal Totems
• Astral Projection
• Candle Magic
• Color Therapy
• Curses
• Dreams
• Dowsing
• ESP
• Exorcism
• Fairies
• Feng Shui
• Fortune-Telling
• Hypnosis
• I Ching
• Karma
• Kundalini
• Lucid Dreaming
• Numerology
• Telepathy
• UFOs
• Witchcraft
• Yoga

Catalog of the Unexplained invites you on an exhilarating journey of discovery that expands not just your knowledge, but also your sense of wonder.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Llewellyn Worldwide
• Release date: Jan 8, 2021
• ISBN: 9780738764382

Leanna Greenaway

Leanna Greenaway (United Kingdom) has been practicing Wicca for thirty years and is the bestselling author of seven books, including Wiccapedia (Sterling, 2014). She also had a sixteen-year career as a columnist for Take a Break's Fate & Fortune magazine.

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About the Authors

Leanna Greenaway, who resides in the UK, has been practicing Wicca for thirty years and is the bestselling author of Wiccapedia and Wiccapedia Journal (cowritten with Shawn Robbins). Other books include Fairy Soap (cowritten with Beleta Greenaway), The Crystal Witch, The Witch’s Way (cowritten with Shawn Robbins), Practical Spellcraft, Wicca Plain and Simple, and Tarot Plain and Simple. She also had a sixteen-year career as a columnist for Take a Break Fate & Fortune Magazine.

Beleta Greenaway is a well-known palmist and clairvoyant in the southwest of England. Her career began over forty years ago, and since then she has gone on to write courses for palmistry, tarot, and white magic, and she is the founder of the Psychic Study Center. She is the author of Fairy Soap (cowritten with Leanna Greenaway), The Little Book of Crystals, The Little Book of Meditation, Angels Plain and Simple, and Out of Your Hands: What Palmistry Reveals About Your Personality and Destiny.

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Dedication

This is for all the doctors, nurses, and health-care workers across the world who work tirelessly to protect and save us through these challenging times.

Contents

Introduction

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Introduction

The purpose of this book is to intrigue our readers and urge them to ask, What if?

The things we characterize in this book are indeed strange and, at times, come across as quite incredible; of course, skeptics will argue that we cannot prove the topics herein, leaving our depictions wide open to supposition. In a sense, this is true, because if there were evidence of all the unsolved happenings over time, the mysterious accounts that we have written about in this book would not be classed as paranormal. It is the case that some of the events described here are apocryphal or anecdotal stories, but to many of the people who experienced them, they are very real indeed. It is a truism that seeing is believing, but an ever-increasing number of unexplained events, both past and present, are now coming to light. In ancient times, people would have explained an airplane in the sky as being a paranormal encounter, yet today, our technology is becoming so highly advanced that it is a commonplace occurrence.

Many of the subjects that we have written about inside these pages depend on legend and old fables, and at times these stories may conflict. For this, we apologize ahead of time and can only say that we have endeavored to document as many accounts as we were able to research. We are sure that there are numerous variations to some folklore traditions and accounts that might contain slight inaccuracies; however, these fables cannot be ruled out altogether. Surely, if we open our minds wider, we can rationalize the fact that there is no smoke without fire!

We have been asked that if some of these events did indeed happen, then why is it that more information isn’t available, giving proof either way? One could say we are conspiracy theorists for believing that there are many things the authorities are not telling us.

In the past, others have challenged government cover-ups, one example being that of Winston Churchill, the prime minister of Great Britain. A declassified wartime government document was delivered to him, reporting that a Royal Air Force pilot had encountered a UFO. Churchill immediately declared that it was to be kept top secret for the next sixty years. His thinking was that if it somehow was revealed to general society, there would be a mass panic and the loss of confidence in religion.

As Shakespeare wrote, There are more things in heaven and earth, Horatio, than are dreamt of in your philosophy. We believe this to be true and hope our readers enjoy this journey of discovery into the paranormal.

Regarding psychic phenomenon and paranormal occurrences, new terms or phrasing are being coined all the time. When writing a dictionary of this nature, the mass of information is ­mind-­blowing, and because of this, we could not include every single topic or reference within the given word count. We have composed this book intending to make it an interesting read, with the hope to expand the knowledge of the world and bring the unexplained to the forefront.

Much of the information contained in this book has been researched via the World Wide Web, television documentaries, YouTube, and Wikipedia. If you are interested in a given subject, please do research it and see where it leads. There is a wealth of information, photographs, and forums online covering these individual subjects.

Whether it is believable or not, just listen to your inner truth, because, after all, we are dealing with the paranormal!

To have faith is to believe

In what you cannot see

And what others cannot conceive

Your reward is to see, what you believe.

—miss mullen

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Abduction: When individuals are temporarily kidnapped by extraterrestrials or taken away to a spacecraft and forced into painful medical examinations before being returned to earth.

Absent Caller: There have been many reports of people either making or receiving telephone calls that at the time seemed normal, but later it was found that the voice on the other end of the call was from a person who was dead. In some cases, the message came from a person who had recently had a tragic ending to their life. (Barclay, 2019.)

Absent Healing: A way of transmitting healing energy via thought projection, which is transmitted through the airwaves and passed on to the sufferer. Sometimes, a healer will focus on a photograph of the person or envision them in their mind’s eye. Restorative rays are then transferred to the recipient purely by the power of the mind. Often, many of the healer’s names will be on something called an absent healing list, where a group of people collectively send healing on the same day and at the same time to a specific individual. (Gordon, 2019.)

Acupressure: An Asian therapy similar to acupuncture but without the use of needles. Instead, the practitioner will use their hands, feet, and elbows, applying pressure to certain areas of the body to bring relief and comfort. This technique balances the body’s internal energies, regulating the center core of the physique. (Rodriguez, 2016.)

Acupuncture: A complementary therapy treatment where fine needles are inserted into specific points on the body believed to be lines of energy, often referred to as meridians. Acupuncture originates from ancient China and is practiced worldwide. Over the past twenty years, it has generally become accepted by doctors and medics alike and is used to treat a series of physical and mental disorders. There are 741 points in the body that act as transformers or transmitters. Acupuncture releases the restrictions that clog the system and helps the flow of natural energy to be readjusted. (Palermor, 2017.)

Aeromancy: Also called aarologie, aeriology, and aerology. A way of predicting the future by studying cloud formations and weather patterns. In ancient times, the Greeks, Babylonians, Romans, and Hindus believed that the gods controlled the weather, and so they would gaze at the clouds and look for symbols to decide what messages the gods were trying to relay to them.

Affirmation: Practicing a positive mental attitude by channeling spoken sentences and thoughts in a positive manner. Those who believe in affirmations consider the mind to be all-powerful, so when verbalizing a positive declaration, changes take place within a person’s consciousness, altering the energy around them from dark to light. Affirmations are also used as a way of reconditioning the mind by recognizing any negative thoughts and overriding them with constructive ones. (Mind Tools Content Team, 2019.)

Afterlife: (See also Near-Death Experience.) Those people who have undergone hypnotic regression or experienced an NDE (near-death experience) reported that when a person’s life is complete, their soul transports itself to an etheric world, which is entirely in balance with the individual’s soul. Everyone’s afterlife varies in some way. If a person is incredibly religious, their soul is greeted by their chosen deities. If someone is not particularly spiritual, their experience will be different, and they could be met by their loved ones who have already passed, their pets, or their spirit helpers. The same is said for the pleasures a person enjoyed on earth. Those people who had a thirst for knowledge in life might spend a great deal of time in the spirit world at a place called The Halls of Learning, while someone who enjoyed the outdoors might have a beautiful garden to tend. (Newton, 1994.)

Ailuromancy: Also referred to as felidomancy and believed to have originated in Egypt. Ailuromancy is a form of telling the future by observing the jumps or movements of a cat and where they happen to land.

Akashic Records: A universal library of events, thoughts, and emotions from this life and past lives. The Hall of Akashic Records exists on a nonphysical plane known as the etheric plane and can be accessed by astral projection and meditation. The events and actions from every single person who has ever lived throughout time are thought to be stored in these archives. There is no scientific evidence that the archives exist; however, many believe that once a soul enters the spirit world, they can access these secrets and compare their experiences from their most recent life to those that they have lived before. Psychics and mediums are also able to tune in to the records when in trance or dream sleep. (Howe, 2010.)

Alchemy: A magical progression or transformation; a medieval form of chemistry where the practitioner turns basic metals into gold. Nicolas Flamel, a French scribe, became well known after his death in 1418, having gained a reputation for being an alchemist; it was said that he had found the philosopher’s stone, which enabled him to be immortal. (Bartlett, 2009.)

Alicorn: Also called a pegacorn. A cross between a pegasus and a unicorn. This mythical winged creature represents light, purity, and beauty.

Alien: (See also Amphibian, Arcturians, Boys from Topside, Greys, Imperator Band, Lyran Cat People, Mantis Beings, Nordics, Reptilian Aliens.) Extraterrestrials. Creatures or beings who come from different planets or galaxies in outer space. These forms of life can be small parasitic bodies or superior beings who have incredibly high levels of intelligence. Alien theorists believe that extraterrestrial beings may have something to do with the speed in which technology has advanced over the past sixty years or so. One hypothesis is that high-ranking government officials are working alongside extraterrestrial beings to learn sophisticated methods of technology to progress humanity quicker. (Mckendry, 2018, and Carlson, 2017.)

Altar: A workplace, such as a table or flat area, to place religious offerings for ceremonial purposes. Altars can be found in all churches, temples, or regions where religious practices take place.

Amethyst: A purple- or lavender-colored crystal used for healing, spiritual connection, and guarding against psychic attack. Aside from being a well-known healing stone, amethyst has powerful protective properties and is thought to help alleviate depression and suicidal thoughts. Most popes wear an amethyst ring, as it is thought to hold blessings. Amethyst can also be placed at the side of the bed for restful sleep. (Hall, 2009.)

Amphibian: An alien being that is humanoid in appearance and purported to be semiaquatic, preferring to dwell in swampland, rivers, and small lakes. Both hands and feet are webbed to aid their swimming skills. Theorists have hinted these could be the real merfolk, which have been spotted throughout time. (Rising, 2019.)

Amulet: (See also Talisman.) A small object that is thought to protect against evil and bad luck; these are seen usually in the form of pendants, stones, pebbles, teeth, claws, bones, and coins. (Britannica, 2019.)

Ancient Alien Theory: A popular concept is that the human race has been visited since ancient times by extraterrestrials. Theorists cite biblical episodes where glowing beings appeared from the skies in fiery chariots. In the Gnostic gospels, Enoch reports being taken in a craft and flown above earth before being given knowledge by higher beings. Works of art dating back to the Renaissance period show spacecrafts flying in the skies. There is a famous woodcut showing an aerial battle over Nuremberg, Germany, on April 14, 1561; this was printed as an illustrated broadsheet for the public of that time by Hans Wolff Glaser. The print is housed in the Zentralbibliothek in Zurich, Switzerland. (History, 2019.)

Angel: Messenger. A divine being of the creator, usually depicted as a tall, glowing, winged individual who oscillates light. Angels are pure, compassionate, and sent to watch over humans and protect them against life’s trials and tribulations. Angels have been part of the Abrahamic religions such as Judaism, Christianity, and, more recently, Islam; however, it should be noted that the origin of angels was more likely from the much earlier Zoroastrian faith, where there is mention of guardian angels.

There are millions of celestial beings, some in charge of specific areas—healing, prosperity, love, marriage, creativity, animals, and so on. Others thought to be guardian angels are allocated to particular humans to watch and guide over them. Alien theorists believe angels to be from another planet.

Angel Hair: An alien phenomenon of a sticky, stringy substance that has been reported on several occasions throughout the world. It has the appearance of a white, spider silk material and has been viewed falling from clear skies, only to dissipate after a short period of time. In 1561 over Nuremberg, Germany, there was a mass sighting of what appeared to be an aerial battle involving spheres and cylinders. A sizeable triangular craft later crashed outside the city. In 1917 at Fatima, Portugal, local people reported seeing what appeared to be the sun or a huge orb dancing around the sky and emitting bright colors. On both occasions, angel hair fell from the skies. In 1959 in Evora, Portugal, a strange craft that was in two sections, one on top of the other, was seen floating over the city. Shortly afterward, a large amount of angel hair drifted down. When the substance was examined under a microscope, two theories were proposed. One was that it was a single-celled organism, another was that polarization might have caused airborne dust to form long filaments. Mysteriously, following this event, the only available sample was lost in a fire. (Waugh, 2016.)

Angel Numbers: A theory that angels use numbers with synchronicity to give messages of encouragement and help to humankind. The number three is classed as important, primarily as it represents the trinity in the Christian bible. The angelic vibration is said to oscillate on a very high frequency, which is hard for humans to connect with. Once the meanings of repetitive numbers and synchronicities are understood, they can reveal a wealth of new information from the angels to humans, which can go on to improve and enhance human life. Many complex books are written on this subject, with each number having its own vibration and interpretation. (Gray, 2019.)

Angelic Hierarchy: A rank of angels that appears throughout angelology in differing religions. Most angels appear as a supreme band of otherworldly beings, sometimes referred to as the angelic or spiritual hierarchy. The higher the angel’s rank, the more power they are said to possess. (Demonicpedia, 2019.)

Angel of Destiny: The highest-ranking angel who oversees all destinies on earth, maintaining the balance and making sure the overall grand design is not thwarted. In Christianity, he is referred to as Auriel, and in Judaism, Oriel. (Guardian Angel Guide, 2017.)

Angelic Sentries: Islamic. Three higher-world intelligences who protect a chosen individual’s path in life. Two of these beings guard the person during the daytime, and the third is present throughout the night.

Angelic Wicca: A modern neopagan movement of Wicca where witches worship the angelic vibration rather than relying on the traditional gods and goddesses.

Angelic Witch: Modern movement. These witches substitute the customary gods and goddesses with angels. Their altars are embellished with celestial portrayals—such as feathers and angel cards—and they invoke the angelic vibration when spell casting.

Animal Communication: Communication with animals through psychic telepathy. Often people with this power can change the behavior of the animal by merely speaking quietly to them or using telepathic communication. (Sisgold, 2014.)

Animal Instinct: It is widely believed that animals have some form of psychic ability and are able to foresee future events, especially when danger is imminent. For instance, if there is a forest fire, the creatures will start to leave a place well before the blaze starts; the same can be said if there is a flood, tsunami, or earthquake. Most will flee, sometimes days before the tragedy. Domesticated pets will be aware when their owner is coming home and will wait at a window or gate for their return. Some will recognize the noise of the car, even if it is a mile away. They also have an internal clock and can judge when it is meal or cuddle time. Some pets can pick up on the energy of