Psychokinesis: When the mind makes things happen Back to Blog
Today, I’m going to talk a bit about psychokinesis, or, the ability to use your mind to influence and/or move inanimate objects.
Let me give you a very simple example: Have you ever been at a traffic light? And the dang thing just stays red? And stays red? And you start thinking, “Change to green. Change. Change.” Well, when you start going through the change matra, you’re trying to use psychokinesis.
Bet you didn’t even realize you’d been doing it, huh?
Wanna see a clip of a person reportedly using psychokinesis to move objects across a table? Now, I’ve made salt shakers and matches move, too–back in my magician days, but I always used a very clear, very thin piece of fishing wire. Or small magnets–those worked, well, too. But the idea that someone can move objects at will–without any tricks, well, that just intrigues me.
Psychokinesis is also known by the, perhaps, more familiar name of telekinesis.
And, in case anyone out there was a fan of Firestarter with Drew Barrymore (I so enjoyed that movie and the use of psychic powers), well, little Drew’s talent was a variant of psychokinesis. The ability to start fires using only one’s mind is called pyrokinesis.
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Cynthia, when I do that at a red light it takes forever for it to work. Obviously I don’t have that psychic power.
Don’t feel bad, Edie–this certainly isn’t my strong suit, either! 🙂 (No dang red lights ever change for me–but Linda Howard once created a heroine, and I can’t remember the book right now, but she always got green lights!)
thanks cynthia,
the game EarthBound, has a fictional character
named Ness and he uses psychokinesis to control
fire, thunder, and stars.
pleas look up the game EarthBound.:)