Case file · Remote viewing & psi research
The Philip experiment
In 1972 members of the Toronto Society for Psychical Research, led by A. R. G. Owen and Iris Owen, invented a fictional ghost, 'Philip Aylesford', and sat to contact him; they got raps and a moving table.
1972 CE · 43.66, -79.39 · status: disputed
The account
The group said a table answered questions by rapping and once moved across a TV studio floor. Their book 'Conjuring Up Philip' (1976) argued that seance phenomena come from the sitters' minds rather than spirits.
The sceptical view
Unconscious muscle movement (the ideomotor effect) explains table tipping; the sessions were not run under controls.