One is telepathy, the ability to use mind-to-mind communication through a “sixth sense”. Clairvoyance or remote viewing is the "knowledge of objects, people or events that are hidden via space or time. For example, an object hidden in a box in a different room, a photograph sealed in an envelope, an event that is occurring to a loved one who is thousands of miles away, or the characteristics of a room that only existed in the past”. A prediction into the future or information that has transferred from the future to the present is considered precognition. Psychokinesis or PK is known for the ability to move objects at a distance with your mind. Lastly is survival studies. Survival studies includes multiple aspects like mediumship research, reincarnation, OBE (out-of-body experiences), apparitions, and ghost activities occurring (Rhine 1). Along with the separate divisions in parapsychology itself are contrastive beliefs. Glenn G. Sparks states, after her study of The Importance of Balance: “...the data showed that paranormal belief is multidimensional. That is, people may express belief in some aspects of the paranormal, while disbelieving in others.” Her theory continues on to explain that it two types of paranormal belief are present in people: belief in the supernatural beings (ghosts, devils, space aliens), and belief in psychic energy (ESP …show more content…
A famous, and possibly the most well-known, paranormal ghost photograph is of the Brown Lady of Raynham Hall. According to legends, this particular lady is the ghost of Lady Dorothy Walpole. She is named the "Brown Lady of Raynham Hall" for her brown dress it is declared she wears. The tale continues saying Lady Townsend (her maiden name from her husband, Charles Townsend) faked her death and funeral in 1725. In reality, she had locked herself away from connection in a distant part of the house until 1726 when she passed away from smallpox. Her children were also never allowed to see her, and ever since, it is thought she has been haunting England's Raynham Hall. Once this photograph was taken, however, her appearances have been briefer (Roberts