# Psychic Phenomena - llms.txt (th) # AI-optimized summaries of trivia cards # Language: TH # Learn more: https://llmstxt.org/ > Available languages: > - [English](https://gamifeye.com/trivia/psychic-phenomena/llms.txt) > - [ไทย (Thai)](https://gamifeye.com/trivia/psychic-phenomena/llms.txt?lang=th) ## ภาพรวม # Psychic Phenomena Type: Trivia Deck | Cards: 10 This deck examines paranormal mental abilities and psychic claims, covering both alleged phenomena and scientific investigations. Topics span mind-to-mind communication, physical manifestations of psychic power, altered consciousness states, and techniques used by claimed psychics. Content includes historical experiments, documented cases, and skeptical analysis of supernatural assertions. Key facts: - Covers classical parapsychological phenomena: telepathy (ESP), clairvoyance (remote viewing), precognition (future knowledge) - Includes physical manifestations: telekinesis (mind-over-matter), pyrokinesis (fire manipulation), levitation, materialization - Addresses psychological explanations: cold reading techniques, confirmation bias, statistical coincidence - Examines consciousness-related phenomena: astral projection (out-of-body experiences), near-death experiences - Represents ongoing tension between paranormal claims and scientific skepticism since Rhine's 1930s ESP experiments Notable cards: Extrasensory Perception, Telekinesis, Cold Reading, Near-Death Experience, Precognition --- ## การ์ด (6) ### Astral Projection ความหายาก: Rare | [ดูการ์ด](/trivia/psychic-phenomena/astral-projection) # Astral Projection Type: Trivia Card | Deck: Psychic Phenomena | Rarity: Rare Astral projection, also called out-of-body experience (OBE), is the reported phenomenon where consciousness detaches from the physical body to explore as pure awareness. Documented across cultures for millennia, it involves consistent experiences of floating above one's body and traveling through space using only consciousness. Key facts: - Ancient Egyptians believed in "ka" (spiritual double); Tibetan Buddhists developed "dream yoga"; Chinese Taoists practiced "spirit travel" for 2,000+ years - Term coined by Theosophy movement (Helena Blavatsky, 1870s) describing astral plane between physical and spiritual dimensions - Robert Monroe (1958) founded The Monroe Institute after spontaneous OBEs; documented different astral "locales" - 2014 University of Ottawa study: woman inducing OBEs showed unusual brain activity in body awareness/kinesthetic imagery regions - Common triggers: hypnagogia (sleep edge), vibrations, buzzing sounds, sleep paralysis --- ### Clairvoyance ความหายาก: Common | [ดูการ์ด](/trivia/psychic-phenomena/clairvoyance) # Clairvoyance Type: Trivia Card | Deck: Psychic Phenomena | Rarity: Common Clairvoyance (French: "clear vision") refers to perceiving distant events, hidden objects, or future occurrences without normal sensory input, distinct from telepathy (mind-reading). The phenomenon gained prominence during the 1840s Spiritualism movement in America and Europe. Key facts: - Alexis Didier (1840s-50s French clairvoyant) performed for European royalty, allegedly reading blindfolded and describing sealed letter contents; impressed skeptical magician Jean Eugène Robert-Houdin - WWII: Both Allied and Axis powers employed psychics to locate submarines and predict strategic movements - CIA Project Stargate (1970-1995): $20 million program investigating "remote viewing" (clinical term for clairvoyance); terminated after independent review found no evidence of effectiveness beyond chance - Scientific status: No empirical proof of existence, though some documented cases remain unexplained --- ### Cold Reading ความหายาก: Common | [ดูการ์ด](/trivia/psychic-phenomena/cold-reading) # Cold Reading Type: Trivia Card | Deck: Psychic Phenomena | Rarity: Common Cold reading is a psychological technique used to make strangers believe the reader possesses intimate knowledge about them without prior information. Practitioners use observation (clothing, jewelry, body language, speech patterns), broad statements applicable to most people, and response-based adjustment to create the illusion of psychic ability. Key facts: - Technique combines observation, educated guessing, and information fishing to appear accurate - Popularized during 1800s spiritualism movement by performers like the Davenport Brothers - Relies on the Barnum Effect: tendency to accept vague, general statements as personally meaningful - Mentalist Derren Brown demonstrated effectiveness by giving identical "personalized" readings that all recipients found uniquely accurate - Effectiveness persists even after subjects learn the technique, due to human pattern-recognition bias --- ### Levitation ความหายาก: Rare | [ดูการ์ด](/trivia/psychic-phenomena/levitation) # Levitation Type: Trivia Card | Deck: Psychic Phenomena | Rarity: Rare Levitation is the phenomenon of floating without physical support, claimed in religious, mystical, and paranormal contexts for centuries. While scientific levitation exists through magnetic, acoustic, and quantum methods, psychic levitation has never been demonstrated under controlled conditions. Key facts: - St. Joseph of Cupertino (17th century) documented levitating during prayer; witnessed by Pope Urban VIII; investigated for witchcraft before canonization - St. Teresa of Ávila reported unwanted levitation episodes; D.D. Home allegedly floated out third-story window in 1868 before witnesses - Scientific levitation includes diamagnetic (frogs, strawberries), acoustic (sound waves), and quantum (supercooled materials) methods - James Randi Educational Foundation's $1 million prize for demonstrated paranormal levitation went unclaimed (discontinued 2015) - Tibetan Buddhism references "supernatural walking" through advanced meditation; concept of "rainbow body" state --- ### Near-Death Experience ความหายาก: Common | [ดูการ์ด](/trivia/psychic-phenomena/near-death-experience) # Near-Death Experience Type: Trivia Card | Deck: Psychic Phenomena | Rarity: Common Near-death experiences (NDEs) are reported by 10-20% of clinically dead individuals who are revived, featuring consistent elements across cultures including tunnel imagery, feelings of peace, encounters with deceased individuals, and life reviews. The phenomenon appears in historical records from ancient Greece to Tibetan Buddhist texts, though the term was formalized by psychiatrist Raymond Moody in 1975. Key facts: - Plato documented an NDE account in "The Republic" (c. 380 BCE); Tibetan "Bardo Thodol" contains similar descriptions - University of Michigan researchers (2013) found rats' brains showed heightened coordinated activity for 30 seconds post-cardiac arrest, exceeding normal waking consciousness levels - Cross-cultural consistency suggests either universal neurological mechanisms or genuine transcendent phenomena - Experiencers typically report reduced fear of death following NDEs --- ### Precognition ความหายาก: Common | [ดูการ์ด](/trivia/psychic-phenomena/precognition) # Precognition Type: Trivia Card | Deck: Psychic Phenomena | Rarity: Common Precognition is the claimed ability to perceive or predict future events before they occur. While dismissed by skeptics as coincidence or selective memory bias, the phenomenon has been studied scientifically and features prominently in historical anecdotes spanning millennia. Key facts: - Abraham Lincoln reportedly dreamed of his assassination days before his death in 1865, describing finding his own corpse in the White House East Room - Following the 1966 Aberfan disaster (144 deaths from coal waste avalanche in Wales), psychiatrist John Barker documented 60+ individuals claiming precognitive dreams about the tragedy - J.B. Rhine conducted thousands of card-guessing experiments at Duke University in the 1930s, finding some subjects scored consistently above statistical chance - Recent research explores "presentiment"—physiological reactions occurring seconds before future emotional events - Scientific consensus remains skeptical; results from controlled studies show mixed and controversial findings ---