Blocked-up door in the north wall of a church, once believed to have been an escape route for the Devil when he left a child as a result of the sacrament of baptism.
Devil’s Knell
Custom associated with Dewsbury Minster in West Yorkshire, England.
Drake’s Drum
Drum said to have belonged to Sir Francis Drake, which if beaten will summon him to the defence of England.
Dunter
Spirits also known as powries, said to haunt the peel towers and castles of the Scottish border with England.
Ectoplasm
Gelatinous substance that exudes from the body of a spiritualist medium during a seance, which the spirits being communicated with are able to mould into shapes allowing them to communicate with the living.
Egyptian days
Days of the year that are considered to be unlucky to carry out any important undertaking.
Eleanor Mildred Sidgwick
Physics researcher, activist for the higher education of women, Principal of Newnham College of the University of Cambridge, and a leading figure in the Society for Psychical Research.
Elemental
Type of primitive spiritual entity from the pagan past, perhaps the manifestation of a race memory, usually associated with a single place.
Elizeus Hall
Sixteenth-century prophet and false messiah who claimed to be a messenger from God.
Emic and etic
Emic and etic are terms used to describe two different kinds of field research in a wide field of studies, from the view of the insider or the observer respectively.