paraphenomenal

English

Etymology

para- +‎ phenomenal

Adjective

paraphenomenal (not comparable)

1. Beyond ordinary phenomena; supernatural or paranormal.
   • 1962, Ruth Reyna, The Philosophy of Matter in the Atomic Era, page 193:

     But James Mill is not so convinced, and refutes the Kantian claim, denying that a transcendental consciousness can be so isolated from the act of perceiving and set up as a paraphenomenal comptroller apart and behind consciousness as auditor of self-conscious impressions.

   • 1999, Lee Irwin, Awakening to Spirit: On Life, Illumination, and Being, page 117:

     This awareness, with all its latent power of expression in paraphenomenal events and abilities, is only another advance into the depths of Spirit. This range connects with others in a direct, psychic sense […]

   • 2000, Akira Mizuta Lippit, Electric Animal: Toward a Rhetoric of Wildlife, page 43:

     […] that in death the individual takes leave of its animal existence and passes into the transcendental, paraphenomenal realm of intrinsic being, or will.