All 5 Uses of
phenomenon
in
Rose Red
- Joyce Reardon Department of Paranormal Phenomena Beaumont University Seattle, WA Dear Reader: In the summer of 1998, at an estate sale in Everett, Washington, I purchased a locked diary covered in dust, writings I believed to be those of Ellen Rimbauer.†
Chpt 1phenomena = things that exists or happened -- often of special interest
- Shortly I will lead a team of experts in psychic phenomena through the doors of Rose Red, the Rimbauer Estate, in an effort to awaken this sleeping giant of psychic power and to solve some of the mysteries my mentor, Max Burnstheim, was unable to solve before he went missing in Rose Red in 1970.†
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- I never met Dr. Burnstheim, but I consider his writings the most progressive in the field of psychic phenomena.†
Chpt 1
- I hope the publication will widen the public's perception and acceptance of psychic phenomena, and firmly anchor a fascinating historical period in the growth and expansion of the Pacific Northwest.†
Chpt 1
- as always in the study of psychic phenomena, one accepts a certain amount of the unknown, the uncharted.†
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Definitions:
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(1)
(phenomenon) something that exists or happened -- especially something of special interest -- sometimes someone or something that is extraordinary"Phenomenons" and "phenomena" are both appropriate plural forms of this noun. "Phenomena" is generally used in scientific or philosophical contexts.
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(2)
(meaning too rare to warrant focus) meaning too rare to warrant focus:
In philosophy, a phenomenon is something as known through the senses. It is contrasted with a noumenon.