Psychic ability allowing a person to create and control fire with the mind
The medium Daniel Dunglas Home was an alleged practitioner of pyrokinesis.
Pyrokinesis is a psychic ability allowing a person to create and control fire with the mind.[ 1] [ 2] [ 3] As with other parapsychological phenomena, there is no conclusive evidence in support of the actual existence of pyrokinesis. Many alleged cases are hoaxes ; the result of trickery.[ 4] [ 5]
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