Token-object reading, also known as psychometry (from Greek: ψυχή, psukhē, "spirit, soul"; + μέτρον, metron, "measure") is a form of extra-sensory perception in which a psychic apparently has the ability to obtain information about an individual through paranormal means by making physical contact with an object that belongs to that individual. As of 2009 the phrase "token-object reading" has superseded the term "psychometry" so as to avoid potent...
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Token-object reading, also known as psychometry (from Greek: ψυχή, psukhē, "spirit, soul"; + μέτρον, metron, "measure") is a form of extra-sensory perception in which a psychic apparently has the ability to obtain information about an individual through paranormal means by making physical contact with an object that belongs to that individual. As of 2009 the phrase "token-object reading" has superseded the term "psychometry" so as to avoid potential confusion with the branch of psychology called "psychometrics".
Joseph Rhodes Buchanan coined the word "psychometry" in 1842. Buchanan developed the theory that all things give off an emanation.
"The past is entombed in the present, the world is its own enduring monument; and that which is true of its physical is likewise true of its mental career. The discoveries of Psychometry will enable us to explore the history of man, as those of geology enable us to explore the history of the earth. There are mental fossils for psychologists as well...
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