Psychokinesis, also known as telekinesis, is quite an interesting little corner of the world of psychic ability. Psychokinesis has to do with moving objects using only the power of the mind. This can be done with objects that are in the same room, or objects that are at a distance.

This ability became very popular in the late 1800’s, with the advent of the Spiritualism movement. This ability was often demonstrated during séances, when objects would move, or even fly through the air on their own, often as a demonstration that a specific entity had been contacted. Another aspect of psychokinesis during a séance was the table itself moving or tilting. As you can see, some of this would have been very questionable!

One of the better known names that worked to expose fraudulent psychics was the magician Houdini. He wrote a book about this entitled “Miracle Mongers and Their Methods”. Another investigator was J. B. Rhine, a researcher at Duke University. His aim was to se whether people could affect the outcome of random events through the use of their mind.

Using the tossing of dice, Rhine was able to show that random tossesof the dice could be affected by the mind. However, his results were mixed, and they were not able to be duplicated. We also have to mention Uri Geller here – the gentleman from the 1970’s that was very adept at bending spoons with his mind.

Psychokinesis can also include levitation, miraculous healings, apports and other things that are generally thought to be the province of holy people and adepts of magic from all cultures.

While this is an area that is all too open to “fakery”, my thought is that we need to keep an open mind, and see how this might apply to our own lives.