Sitter Groups & Macro-PK
This subcategory of ESP & Psychokinesis gathers together reports of what is called macro-psychokinesis or macro-PK, physical effects produced through mental action. Articles cover raps, table turnings and similar phenomena intentionally produced in sitter groups and a variety of other contexts. Some associated with physical mediumship have been shown to be fraudulent, but not all can be explained that way.
Amyr Amiden
Brazilian medium known for the appearance near him of materialized objects, sometimes on request.
Charles Bailey
Charles Bailey (1870–1947) was an Australian medium known for an ability to produce ‘apports’ of great variety.
Bangs Sisters
Nineteenth century American mediums suspected of fraud in the production of 'spirit portraits' that appeared on blank canvasses.
Kenneth J Batcheldor
British psychologist (1921–1988) who showed 'table tipping' could be produced by living agents collectively in sitter groups.
Marthe Béraud (Eva C)
French materialization medium studied by European researchers in the early twentieth century.
Bindelof Phenomena
Describes séance phenomena experienced by a group of American teenage boys between 1929 and 1933.
Coin Apports: The Mexico City Case
A variety of coins appeared without an obvious normal source or cause.
Mina Stinson Crandon (Margery)
Controversial American physical medium who caused a split in the ASPR in the 1930s.
Stella Cranshaw
London nurse (1900–1986) who produced abundant phenomena in investigative sittings organized in the 1920s by Harry Price.
de Rochas on Physical Mediumship
A 1896 book provides detailed descriptions of phenomena produced by European mediums.
Helen Duncan
Controversial Scottish physical medium (1898–1956) sentenced to jail under England’s Witchcraft Act of 1735.
Felicia Parise
American woman who taught herself to move small objects by means of psychokinesis and was observed doing so in test conditions.
Felix Experimental Group
German circle for physical mediumship noted for the magnitude and diversity of its phenomena.
Uri Geller
Israeli-born celebrity psychic renowned for metal-bending and telepathic feats which, however, are not without controversy.
The Gold Leaf Lady
Florida housewife who exhibits psychic effects, notably golden-like brass foil that appears on her skin and clothes.
Goligher Circle
Northern Irish Spiritualist group reported to produce striking PK phenomena, the subject of research in the 1910s.
Daniel Dunglas Home
Well-known nineteenth century medium, some of whose phenomena were observed in controlled conditions.
Indridi Indridason (medium)
Icelandic trance medium (1883–1910) who produced physical phenomena comparable to DD Home.
Investigation of Rudi Schneider by Eugène Osty
Tests of an Austrian physical medium with instruments suggested the presence of a psychokinetic force.
Franek Kluski
Polish banker (1873–1943) with psychic abilities and for some years submitted to investigation as a materialization medium.
Ninel Kulagina
Russian woman (1926–1990) whose apparent ability to move objects by psychokinesis was investigated by parapsychologists.
Carlos Mirabelli
Brazilian medium (1889–1951) credited with phenomena of similar power and frequency to those associated with DD Home.
Morselli’s Psicologia e Spiritismo
Study of Eusapia Palladino, with emphasis on clinical and psychological aspects of the case.
William Stainton Moses
British Anglican priest and teacher who described experiences with mediumship in a private circle.
Noah’s Ark Society for Physical Mediumship
The NAS originated in a home circle in 1990 and indirectly fostered the later Scole Circle.
Ted Owens
American psychic who won notoriety by claiming macro-psychokinetic (PK) powers, including an ability to control the weather.
Eusapia Palladino
Nineteenth century Italian trance medium (1854–1918) who produced psychokinetic phenomena of striking strength.
Mikhail Petrovo-Solovovo
Russian diplomat and psychical researcher (1868–1954) known for interest in physical mediumship.
Philip Psychokinesis Experiments
Landmark 1970s experiment in which a Canadian sitter group created PK phenomena.
Padre Pio
Italian Roman Catholic friar and mystic (1879–1968) known for producing 'stigmata', bleeding sores recalling Christ's crucifixion.
Religious Levitation
Reports of individuals being seen, spontaneously and involuntarily, to rise into the air and remain suspended
Sai Baba
Sathya Sai Baba was an Indian religious leader known worldwide for 'miracles' such as materializing sweets and ornaments.
The Scole Circle
This Norfolk-based group held séances during the 1990s, claiming to have communicated with spirits and observed other phenomena.
Henry Slade
Nineteenth century physical medium accused of fraud who also produced PK phenomena in well-controlled conditions.
Table-Turning
‘Table-turning’ (or ‘table-tipping) refers to the anomalous movement of tables and other furniture during mediumistic seances.
Stanislawa Tomczyk
Polish woman whose ability to produce visible psychokinetic effects in controlled conditions is well documented.