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telekinesis

Telekinesis is the movement of objects by scientifically inexplicable means, as by the exercise of occult powers.

See also See also conjuring, Princeton Engineering Anomalies Project, Project Alpha, Uri Geller, magical thinking, mentalist, poltergeist, psi assumption, and psychokinesis.


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Alcock, James E. 2003. Jean Burns and Anthony Freeman.  Editors. Psi Wars: Getting to Grips with the Paranormal Imprint Academic.

Christopher, Milbourne. 1970. ESP, Seers & Psychics Thomas Y. Crowell Co.

Gardner, Martin. 1957. Fads and Fallacies in the Name of Science. Dover Publications, Inc.

Hansel, C.E.M. 1989. The Search for Psychic Power: ESP and Parapsychology Revisited. Prometheus Books.

Hansen, George P. 2001. The Trickster and the Paranormal. Xlibris Corporation.

Hines, Terence. 2003. Pseudoscience and the Paranormal 2nd ed.  Prometheus Books.

Hyman, Ray. 1989. The Elusive Quarry: a Scientific Appraisal of Psychical Research. Prometheus Books.

Marks, David and Richard Kammann. 2000. The Psychology of the Psychic. Prometheus Books.

Mishlove, Jeffrey. 2000. The PK Man: A True Story of Mind over Matter. Hampton Roads Publishing Company.

Park, Robert L. (2008). Superstition: Belief in the Age of Science. Princeton University Press.

Polidoro, Massimo. 1997. "Secrets of a Russian psychic - truth behind Alla Vinogradova's psychokinetic ability." Skeptical Inquirer, July-August.

Radin, Dean. 1997. The Conscious Universe - The Scientific Truth of Psychic Phenomena. HarperCollins.

Randi, James. 1982. Flim-Flam! Prometheus Books.

Randi, James. 1982. The Truth About Uri Geller. Prometheus Books.


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