psychometry
Americannoun
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Psychology. psychometrics.
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the alleged art or faculty of divining facts concerning an object or a person associated with it, by contact with or proximity to the object.
noun
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measurement and testing of mental states and processes See also psychometrics
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(in parapsychology) the supposed ability to deduce facts about events by touching objects related to them
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The definition varies depending on whom you ask but here, in addition to animal telepathy, the school offers instruction in angel-channeling, mind-reading, psychometry and communication with spirits of the dead.
From The Guardian ● Sep. 10, 2018
But according to our psychometry reading, which is governed by our individual psychic powers .
From Time Magazine Archive
Fourthly, the impression said to be left in or upon objects or houses, and the phenomena of "psychometry" seem to indicate the same thing.
From The Problems of Psychical Research Experiments and Theories in the Realm of the Supernormal by Carrington, Hereward
On one occasion, when some experiments were being made by a medium, under control, in the direction of psychometry and clairvoyance, a lady expressed a desire to be the subject for delineation.
From Genuine Mediumship or The Invisible Powers by Atkinson, William Walker
The main obstacle in the last mentioned case is the difficulty of coming in contact with the exact period of past-time sought for—in psychometry, the vibrations of the "associated object" supplies the missing-link.
From Clairvoyance and Occult Powers by Panchadasi, Swami
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