ESP - The parapsychologist Joseph Banks Rhine defined ESP or extra-sensory-perception as Telepathy, Clairvoyance, Precognition and Psychokinesis. with Carl Zen er he invented a series of esp tests for extra sensory perception.
What
is ESP?
(Extra-sensory-perception)
Article originally commissioned
by the Daily Mail Copyright Craig
Hamilton-Parker
The American researcher
Joseph Banks Rhine is considered the father of serious scientific
research into the paranormal. In the 1930's at Duke University Durham,
North Carolina, USA he undertook the first systematic study of the
subject and used statistics to quantify his exhaustive tests. Together
with his colleague Carl Zener he designed a set of colourful cards
of geometric symbols that were used in various card guessing quizzes.
His conclusion was that many people were achieving correct guesses
that were far above what you'd expect from chance alone. They were
receiving information from something other than the known five senses.
Rhine defined this sixth
sense as 'Extra Sensory Perception' and subdivided it
into four basic abilities:
TELEPATHY:
the ability to 'tune in' to the thoughts of others, or to
inject your own thoughts into another's mind
CLAIRVOYANCE:
the power to see things that aren't available to you by
the known senses and which aren't known by anyone else
PRECOGNITION: the skill of looking into the
future and seeing events before they take place, often through
the subconscious when dreaming.
PSYCHOKINESIS:
the
ability to use the power of the mind to influence matter-
to move objects by thought, for example.