table-tipping
Ghostly furniture movement
Table-tipping is a séance practice where participants place their hands lightly on a small table, which supposedly moves, tilts, or raps in response to spirits.
Popular in 19th-century spiritualism, the phenomenon is generally attributed to unconscious muscle movements rather than supernatural forces.
Also called table-turning or table-tilting.
Spirit communication ritual
- mediumMiddle size or state
- spiritsLiquor or apparitions
- parlorFormal room for visitors
- VictorianOf a prim era
occult · channeling · supernatural · ghosts · communication · manifestation · ectoplasm · spiritualist
Unsupported aerial suspension
- tiltingInclined from vertical
- rappingRhythmic vocal delivery
- movementChange in position
- vibrationRapid oscillating movement
hands · fingers · contact · rotation · force · unconscious · ideomotor · participants
Deliberate deception for effect
- fraudIntentional criminal trickery
- debunkingProving claims false
- trickeryDeliberate deception or fraud
- illusionMisleading sensory impression
Faraday · explanation · psychology · suggestion · placebo · subconscious · gullibility · charlatan
séance
Spirit communication ritual
Victorian · occult · channeling · supernatural · ghosts · communication · manifestation · ectoplasm · spiritualist · departed
levitation
Unsupported aerial suspension
vibration · hands · fingers · contact · rotation · force · unconscious · ideomotor · participants · circle
hoax
Deliberate deception for effect
- fraudIntentional criminal trickery
- debunkingProving claims false
- trickeryDeliberate deception or fraud
illusion · Faraday · explanation · psychology · suggestion · placebo · subconscious · gullibility · charlatan · deception
table-tippingscientific skepticism
Evidence-demanding epistemological stance
skepticism · debunking · scientific method · physics · scientific explanation
table-tippingchurch service
Organized Christian worship gathering
table-tippingcontrolled study
Experiment with regulated variables
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