parapsychological phenomenon: Quick Facts

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Also Known As	psychic phenomenon • PSI phenomenon

Topics

psychokinesis extrasensory perception psychometry clairaudience telepathy precognition levitation clairvoyance transvection occultism philosophy of mind human intelligence memory thought attention psychology creativity genius learning psychiatry

Key People

Helena Blavatsky

Helena Blavatsky

Russian spiritualist

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F. W. H. Myers

British poet and critic