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Definition of Psychic phenomena
1. Noun. Phenomena that appear to contradict physical laws and suggest the possibility of causation by mental processes.
Generic synonyms: Anomalous Communication, Psychic Communication, Psychical Communication
Specialized synonyms: Clairvoyance, E.s.p., Esp, Extrasensory Perception, Second Sight, Psychokinesis, Telekinesis, Spirit Rapping, Table Rapping, Table Tapping, Table Lifting, Table Tilting, Table Tipping, Table Turning
Derivative terms: Parapsychological, Parapsychologist
Lexicographical Neighbors of Psychic Phenomena
Literary usage of Psychic phenomena
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Journal of the American Society for Psychical Research by American Society for Psychical Research (1921)
"psychic phenomena IN GRECO-ROMAN TIMES. By JAMES H. HYSLOP. Especially such
writers as take a disparaging view of religion have endeavored to trace it to ..."
2. Papers and Proceedings by American Sociological Society Meeting, American Sociological Association (1907)
"As to the place in sociology of physical and psychic phenomena—the prevalent
modes of activity included in the social process, all go on in the ..."
3. The Practitioner by Gale Group, ProQuest Information and Learning Company (1893)
"... of psychic phenomena; a Working Hypothesis for the Systematic Study of Hypnotism,
Spiritism, Mental Therapeutics, &c. By THOMAS JAY HUDSON. ..."
4. Your Psychic Powers and how to Develop Them by Hereward Carrington (1920)
"IS IT RIGHT TO INVESTIGATE psychic phenomena? Various questions arise in this
connection: The objection to Spiritualism may first of all be raised that ..."
5. Dynamic Sociology by Lester Frank Ward (1883)
"... feeling—Derivative intellectual processes—Proof of the reality of an external
world—Vivid and faint series of psychic phenomena—Realism—The " Principles ..."
6. Dynamic Sociology: Or Applied Social Science by Lester Frank Ward (1897)
"... feeling—Derivative intellectual processes—Proof of the reality of an external
world—Vivid and faint series of psychic phenomena—Realism—The " Principles ..."
7. Edinburgh Medical Journal (1895)
"THE LAW OF psychic phenomena. and for the matter of that, the medical press on
the Continent and in America:— " 1. Prayer and religious faith, ..."
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