table tapping
1table tapping — noun alleged form of communication with spirits of the dead • Syn: ↑table rapping, ↑spirit rapping • Hypernyms: ↑psychic phenomena, ↑psychic phenomenon, ↑parapsychology • Part Holonyms: ↑ …
2table rapping — noun alleged form of communication with spirits of the dead • Syn: ↑table tapping, ↑spirit rapping • Hypernyms: ↑psychic phenomena, ↑psychic phenomenon, ↑parapsychology • Part Holonyms: ↑ …
3table-rapping — taˈble rapping noun Knocking or tapping sounds on a table, attributed by spiritualists to the spirits of the dead attempting to communicate with the living • • • Main Entry: ↑table …
4Dionysius Exiguus' Easter table — Dionysius Exiguus s Easter table was constructed in the year 525 by Dionysius Exiguus for the years 532–626. He obtained it from an Easter table attributed to Patriarch Cyril of Alexandria for the years 437–531. The latter was constructed around… …
5Spirit-tapping — (see The Book on Mediums) is a phenomenon said to be heard during seance and spirit invocations, as evidence that a spirit is making contact with the medium and seekers. It was a chief type of purported spirit demonstration in the early 19th… …
6Percussion table — Percussion Per*cus sion, n. [L. percussio: cf. F. percussion. See {Percuss}.] 1. The act of percussing, or striking one body against another; forcible collision, esp. such as gives a sound or report. Sir I. Newton. [1913 Webster] 2. Hence: The… …
7spirit rapping — noun alleged form of communication with spirits of the dead • Syn: ↑table rapping, ↑table tapping • Hypernyms: ↑psychic phenomena, ↑psychic phenomenon, ↑parapsychology • Part Holonyms: ↑ …
8psychic phenomena — noun phenomena that appear to contradict physical laws and suggest the possibility of causation by mental processes • Syn: ↑psychic phenomenon, ↑parapsychology • Derivationally related forms: ↑parapsychological (for: ↑parapsychology), ↑paraps …
9psychic phenomenon — noun phenomena that appear to contradict physical laws and suggest the possibility of causation by mental processes (Freq. 1) • Syn: ↑psychic phenomena, ↑parapsychology • Derivationally related forms: ↑parapsychological (for: ↑parapsychology) …
10Jubal Harshaw — is a fictional character featured in Stranger in a Strange Land , a novel by Robert A. Heinlein. He is described as: Jubal E. Harshaw, LL.B., M.D., Sc.D., bon vivant, gourmet, sybarite, popular author extraordinary, neopessimist philosopher,… …
