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Also Known As	PSI phenomenon • psychic phenomenon

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psychokinesis psychometry extrasensory perception telepathy precognition levitation clairvoyance clairaudience transvection occultism philosophy of mind human intelligence memory attention thought psychology creativity genius learning psychiatry

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Helena Blavatsky

Helena Blavatsky

Russian spiritualist

F. W. H. Myers

British poet and critic