A Genuine Table Levitation?
In “Alessandra Queen of Spirits,” my upcoming novel, the heroine levitates a table during a séance.
Fantasy?
Perhaps not.
I uncovered credible scientific evidence for this baffling phenomenon while researching my first book, “Best Evidence.” Italian Spiritualist medium Eusapia Palladino (1854-1918), whose amazing, real-life story inspired my new novel, repeatedly performed unexplainable levitations of tables and movements of furniture and objects under tightly controlled scientific conditions.
The curious and the skeptical can examine for themselves the available scientific evidence (check out my bookshelf “paranormal-Eusapia Palladino”).
Veteran parapsychological researcher Prof. Stephen Braude of the University of Maryland has written extensively on the topic of psychokinesis (abbreviated PK). His ground-breaking book, “The Limits of Influence: Psychokinesis and the Philosophy of Science,” is considered a classic.
Under the "Videos" link found on this page, I've posted an interesting one I came across today on YouTube. Over ten days, Professor Braude and U.S. film-maker Robert Narholz visited the Felix Circle (Felix Experimental Group) and observed medium K.M. during a classic “cabinet séance.” Braude writes about the levitation shown in the video: “...we had five, clear, table levitations, three of which occurred in red light sufficient to see hands on the table and legs beneath (on the floor). In the latter, we were able to record a brief levitation with infrared video. Although it can't be regarded as strictly evidential (because not all sitters or hands were visible from the single camera angle), I consider it a valuable document of an event I'm convinced was authentic.”
What do YOU think?
Assuming it’s real, who or what levitated the table?
Alessandra believes spirits of the dead help her perform her levitations. Parapsychologists believe PK is a natural but poorly understood power of the human mind.
Fantasy?
Perhaps not.
I uncovered credible scientific evidence for this baffling phenomenon while researching my first book, “Best Evidence.” Italian Spiritualist medium Eusapia Palladino (1854-1918), whose amazing, real-life story inspired my new novel, repeatedly performed unexplainable levitations of tables and movements of furniture and objects under tightly controlled scientific conditions.
The curious and the skeptical can examine for themselves the available scientific evidence (check out my bookshelf “paranormal-Eusapia Palladino”).
Veteran parapsychological researcher Prof. Stephen Braude of the University of Maryland has written extensively on the topic of psychokinesis (abbreviated PK). His ground-breaking book, “The Limits of Influence: Psychokinesis and the Philosophy of Science,” is considered a classic.
Under the "Videos" link found on this page, I've posted an interesting one I came across today on YouTube. Over ten days, Professor Braude and U.S. film-maker Robert Narholz visited the Felix Circle (Felix Experimental Group) and observed medium K.M. during a classic “cabinet séance.” Braude writes about the levitation shown in the video: “...we had five, clear, table levitations, three of which occurred in red light sufficient to see hands on the table and legs beneath (on the floor). In the latter, we were able to record a brief levitation with infrared video. Although it can't be regarded as strictly evidential (because not all sitters or hands were visible from the single camera angle), I consider it a valuable document of an event I'm convinced was authentic.”
What do YOU think?
Assuming it’s real, who or what levitated the table?
Alessandra believes spirits of the dead help her perform her levitations. Parapsychologists believe PK is a natural but poorly understood power of the human mind.
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