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Psychometry |
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Definition: |
A
form of psychic reading in which one individual is said to obtain details
about an another through physical contact with their possessions. |
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Coined
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Joseph
Rodes Buchanan [1] |
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AKA: |
Token-Object
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For the psychology discipline see psychometrics;
for the Israeli standardized test see Psychometric Entrance Test; For the
measurement of the heat and water vapor properties of air, see psychrometrics.
Psychometry (Greek:
ψυχή, psukhē, "spirit, soul"; +
μέτρον, metron, "measure") is a
form of extra-sensory perception in which a psychic is said
to be able to obtain information about an individual through paranormal means
by making physical contact with an object that belongs to them. In recent
years, the term has been superseded in favor of "token-object
reading" so as to avoid potential confusion with the psychological term,
"psychometry".
The term psychometry was coined by Joseph Rodes
Buchanan in 1842. [2]Buchanan
developed the theory that all things give off an emination.[3]
"The past is entombed in the present, the
world is its own enduring monument; and that which is true of its physical is
likewise true of its mental career. The discoveries of Psychometry will enable
us to explore the history of man, as those of geology enable us to explore the
history of the earth. There are mental fossils for psychologists as well as
mineral fossils for the geologists; and I believe that hereafter the
psychologist and the geologist will go hand in hand, the one portraying the
earth, its animals and its vegetation, while the other portrays the human beings
who have roamed over its surface in the shadows, and the darkness of primeval
barbarism. Aye, the mental telescope is now discovered which may pierce the
depths of the past and bring us in full view of the grand and tragic passages
of ancient history."[2]"
The concept of psychometry is a popular theme for
stage act and Séance; with participants being asked to provide a personal
object to be "read" by a medium or psychic. It was used as the basis
for Johnny Smith's visions in Stephen
King's 1979 novel The Dead Zone and its subsequent 2002 television adaption.
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"Thomas
Bearden to concept of Tesla (longitudinal) waves, discovered by Nikola
Tesla, as opposed to normal electromagnetic waves (Hertz waves, transverse
waves). Scalar waves are longitudinal gravity waves, a neutral form of
energy in which electricity, magnetism,
and gravity
come together in four-dimensional space (the time domain).
"If we assume that the human brain is
endowed with the functions scalar wave transmitter,
human emotional energy is constantly being imprinted on surrounding objects
(and places) as scalar waves, and the information is stored as a
four-dimensional gravity potential. The psychometrist's brain is especially
effective as a scalar wave receiver, and can detect waves of various
frequencies.
"If (this hypothesis is] proven
correct, anyone has the potential for psychometric powers if the conditions are
met. Furthermore, most supernatural phenomena - premonitions,
telepathy,
clairvoyance,
ghosts - can be
handily explained by the "brain = scalar wave transmitter =
psychometry" hypothesis."
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