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This book consists of articles from Wikia. Pages: 126. Chapters: Esotericism, Parapsychological phenomena, Parapsychologists, Reincarnation, Astrology, Clairvoyance, Exoteric, Mysticism, Occult, Occultism, Reincarnation, Transmigration of the soul, Autoscopy, Extra-sensory perception, Near death experiences, Out-of-body experiences, Spirit possession, Telepathy, Erlendur Haraldsson, Gardner Murphy, Gertrude Schmeidler, Joseph Banks Rhine, Joseph Gaither Pratt, Karl Zener, Mathew Smith, Raymond Moody, Rupert Sheldrake, Susan Blackmore, Apparitional experience, Astrology, Christos experiment, Clairvoyance, Energy, Extra-sensory perception, Fortune-telling, Ganzfeld experiment, Hans Jurgen Eysenck, History of parapsychology, Holotropic Breathwork, Ideo motor response, Joseph Gaither Pratt, Journal of the American Society for Psychical Research, Morphic field, Paranormal, Parapsychological Association, Parapsychological phenomena, Pauli effect, Pavel Stepanek, Precognition, Psychic staring effect, Psychometry, Remote viewing, Telepathy, Therapeutic touch, Transliminality, UK National Laboratory of Psychical Research, Zener cards, Gina Cerminara, Ian Stevenson, Karma, Past life regression, Rebirth, Reincarnation research, Samsara, Samsara, Transmigration of the soul, Twenty Cases Suggestive of Reincarnation. Excerpt: This is a background article. See Studies of astrology by psychologists and Psychological perspectives on astrology Astrology is a group of systems, traditions, and beliefs in which knowledge of the relative positions of celestial bodies and related details is held to be useful in understanding, interpreting, and organizing information about personality, human affairs, and other terrestrial matters. A practitioner of astrology is called an astrologer, or, less often, an astrologist. Historically, the term mathematicus was used to denote a person proficient in astrology, astronomy, and mathematics. Although the two fields share a common origin, modern ast...