-kinesis

-kinesis, from Greek kinesis, movement, motion, is a suffix that denotes movement. It is frequently used to indicate hypothetical paranormal abilities relating to movement or environmental manipulation. Some of these abilities, such as psychokinesis, are fairly well-known, while most are not.

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1 Aerokinesis 2 Atmokinesis 3 Biokinesis 4 Chronokinesis 5 Cryokinesis 6 Electrokinesis 7 Hydrokinesis 8 Magnetokinesis 9 Psychokinesis 10 Pyrokinesis 11 Terrakinesis 12 Photokinesis

Aerokinesis

Aerokinesis, which is related to atmokinesis, is the apparent powers to affect wind psychically.

Atmokinesis

Atmokinesis, an ability related to weather magic , is the ability to affect the weather through psychic or otherwise supernatural means. The practice of atmokinesis is an obscure topic, even among psychics and other paranormalists.

Biokinesis

Biokinesis is the hypothetical power to alter the physical body via conscious will, ranging from self-regeneration to manipulating the DNA code and even healing cells so that they do not age and die.

A few psychics who claim to possess this ability allege that they can alter their own DNA code to help themselves and others with deformities (for example, a person born with failing eyesight can be genetically reformed to have their vision ameliorated).

Chronokinesis

Chronokinesis is the ability to affect the flow of time through psychic or otherwise supernatural means. Of those few people who claim to possess the ability, most claim to pass through time in spirit. The practice of chronokinesis is an obscure topic, even among psychics and other paranormalists. An example of chronokinetic phenomena would be the movie The Butterfly Effect .

Cryokinesis

Cryokinesis is an apparent psychic ability to absorb or displace thermal energy within atoms. Cryokinesis effectively freezes the desired object or being by removing all the heat energy within them. Common claims from people who apparently posess this ability include descriptions of turning water into ice, cooling the temperature in a room and creating ice from water vapour in the air; however there is little to no evidence of this phenomenon. A good example of a Cryokinetic would be Iceman from Marvel's X-Men

Electrokinesis

Electrokinesis is the purported ability to manipulate electricity and electrical phenomena via conscious will alone. Among the psychic community, claims of possessing such ability are rarely made.

Hydrokinesis

Hydrokinesis is the purported ability to manipulate water in its solid, liquid and gaseous state via conscious will alone. This is commonly considered an aspect of telekinesis.

Magnetokinesis

Magnetokinesis, an ability similar to electrokinesis, is the apparent power to control all forms of magnetic/electromagnetic fields psychically. An example of magnetokinesis would be Erik Lehnsherr (Magneto) from the X-Men.

Psychokinesis

Main article: psychokinesis

Psychokinesis, also known as telekinesis or remote influencing, is the ability to manipulate objects at a distance using the force of will alone. Hydrokinesis and terrakinesis can be considered forms of psychokinesis.

Pyrokinesis

Main article: pyrokinesis

Pyrokinesis is the ability to excite the atoms within an object, possibly creating enough energy to ignite or melt the object. Pyrokinetics also sometimes claim to be able to quell fires. In fictional works, pyrokinetics are also able to create flames out of thin air.

Terrakinesis

Terrakinesis, also known as geokinesis, is the apparent powers to affect all forms of earth psychically. An example of terrakinetic abilities would be Tara Markov (Terra ) from the Teen Titans.

Photokinesis

Photokinesis is the ability to move any group of photons, to create beams of intense light, or remove light, creating darkness.