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  • Carrel was a mystic who believed in telepathy and clairvoyance, and thought it was possible for humans to live several centuries through the use of suspended animation.†   (source)
  • It then excretes into the mind of its carrier a telepathic matrix formed by combining the conscious thought frequencies with nerve signals picked up from the speech centers of the brain which has supplied them.†   (source)
  • Telepathic baccarat!†   (source)
  • Kas,xi realized that he had posed the question through a medium that was something less than telepathy but something far more sophis ticated than implant conduction.†   (source)
  • My other brother Scottie got there first, but not being an identical twin brother to me, he could only know what he was told, not what the telepathic wavelengths told him.†   (source)
  • From beyond the grave, dead living legend John Wayne will communicate telepathically with President Reagan to help frame U.s. foreign policy.†   (source)
  • In 1995, the "Stargate/Scannate" scandal had exposed a classified CIA technology called remote viewing—a kind of telepathic mind travel that enabled a "viewer" to transport his mind's eye to any location on earth and spy there, without being physically present.†   (source)
  • Sometimes very rarely children suddenly exhibited extraordinary powers, usually either telepathy or telekinesis or a combination of both.†   (source)
  • We even have a dash of twin telepathy.†   (source)
  • It was like an ultimate simpatico, being two people at once: not telepathy, but mutual awareness.†   (source)
  • Or it's called telepathy, clairvoyance, and psychokinetics.†   (source)
  • I told them telepathically that Tyson wouldn't hurt them, but they didn't seem to believe me.†   (source)
  • Cal decided it must have been some sort of female telepathy that divided them all into chores without discussion.†   (source)
  • It bore no relationship to anything she had ever read about telepathy.†   (source)
  • Eragon was willing to expose himself in this manner only because none of the Ra'zac's breed could use magic, and he did not believe that they were mindbreakers-nonmagicians trained to fight with telepathy.†   (source)
  • Before such people can act together, a kind of telepathic feeling has to flow through them and ripen to the point when they all know that they are ready to begin.†   (source)
  • If only I were telepathic, and you could read my mind.†   (source)
  • The first thing that she did was to set a definite date for the postponed telepathic operation.†   (source)
  • "Good improvisers seem telepathic; everything looks pre-arranged," Johnstone writes.†   (source)
  • The two commanders looked at one another and communicated a single thought as if by telepathy.†   (source)
  • I'm trying to will her telepathically now, but I am sadly lacking in the superpower department.†   (source)
  • Instantly in our telepathic world, the knowing spreads and the great boulder enclosing change splits apart.†   (source)
  • Via mysterious connections available only to initiates, they learned of Clara's existence, established telepathic contact with her, and immediately realized they were astral sisters.†   (source)
  • Without hesitation, Vlad spoke to his uncle telepathically.†   (source)
  • During those two beautiful days of melancholy, his compassion (that curse of emotional telepathy) had taken a holiday.†   (source)
  • Angel must have been communicating with him telepathically because he shook his head and looked like he was concentrating hard.†   (source)
  • "I can feel that she's close … Wait a minute, I'll check my telepathic powers."†   (source)
  • There is disagreement among the staff of Project 99 as to whether 89-58's lack of telepathic ability is a disappointment or a blessing.†   (source)
  • They call it telepathy — at least, those who believe in it do.†   (source)
  • He sounded British, Clary thought; she'd only ever heard his voice in her mind before, and telepathic communication apparently wiped out accents.†   (source)
  • The guide was lecturing telepathically, simply standing there, sending out thought waves to the crowd.†   (source)
  • But it was a single word, spoken telepathically, that finally got his attention.†   (source)
  • You tried to send Gina a telepathic message: Just make something up.†   (source)
  • The crystal shard telepathically instructed Kessell to unleash a killing bolt and be done with the drow.†   (source)
  • It wasn't so much telepathy as the feeling something was talking to you from inside your head.†   (source)
  • He had his students read all the books they could read about Zen, science fiction, extrasensory perception, mental telepathy and yoga.†   (source)
  • She really seemed to think that there was something in this business of telepathy and second-sight.†   (source)
  • Not telepathy.†   (source)
  • He signaled an assistant manager, perhaps by telepathy, and all together we worked out a solution.†   (source)
  • That would be an interesting thing, a moment of strange telepathies.†   (source)
  • The fact that Reich's secretary had sent an advance telepathic announcement of the visit made no difference to him.†   (source)
  • Remarkable how the nursery caught the telepathic emanations of the children's minds and created life to fill their every desire.†   (source)
  • Everyone behaved like a flock of birds who communicate—or so it seems—by means of a kind of telepathy.†   (source)
  • He hated reminding the others that he and Teresa could speak telepathically.†   (source)
  • Well, he beamed at them telepathically, I may not be what you had in mind, but at least I'm cheap.†   (source)
  • That final statement by Aris had terrified him; if they'd killed his telepathy partner ….†   (source)
  • Their connection to their treeships is almost telepathic.†   (source)
  • There was nothing of telepathy here, she knew.†   (source)
  • It didn't need to be a great miracle, a tiny exampl of telepathy would do.†   (source)
  • It seemed so obvious now that it was too late: a story was a form of telepathy.†   (source)
  • Throwing telepathy into the whole situation didn't seem like the grandest of ideas.†   (source)
  • About them testing and practicing their telepathy.†   (source)
  • "Hurry" Thomas muttered out loud, refusing to answer telepathically.†   (source)
  • As soon as she said it, Mike did his best to project his thanks to Singer telepathically.†   (source)
  • How could she ever stand in front of him and not leap at the chance to communicate telepathically?†   (source)
  • Her telepathic powers seemed to be growing.†   (source)
  • I'm having a telepathic conversation with a giant koi, Percy said.†   (source)
  • Vlad wondered how much of their conversation was occurring in telepathy.†   (source)
  • The coach couldn't hear telepathic yelling.†   (source)
  • Gestalt reports were about as close as the system got to telepathy.†   (source)
  • The telepathic answer came in frightened fragments.†   (source)
  • Telepathy, as you have called it, is something like this.†   (source)
  • Olfactory hallucination, induced by sensual telepathy.†   (source)
  • Telepathy, hypnosis, memory, and imagination.†   (source)
  • Your father cried out on the telepathic level.†   (source)
  • I wish the Telepathic Pattern could be transmitted by phone, Ben.†   (source)
  • "We Martians are telepathic," said the cold blue mask.†   (source)
  • Through the buzz and the laughter, Powell felt the iron elbows of a rigid telepathic block.†   (source)
  • Their ability to talk telepathically.†   (source)
  • "Telepathy is when you can read somebody else's mind," Steve explained, "or send them thoughts without speaking.†   (source)
  • You and Teresa are doing well with your telepathy, and things are moving forward nicely by all estimations.†   (source)
  • It was headlined THE IMMORTAL WOMAN! and it ran between an article about a telepathic dog and another about a half-human, half-alligator child.†   (source)
  • She understands this wordlessly, because among other things this gent has the gift of telepathic communication.†   (source)
  • Over and over I played her favorite Arvo Part, as a way of being with her; and she had only to mention a recently read novel for me to grab it up hungrily, to be inside her thoughts, a sort of telepathy.†   (source)
  • "I've already said I cannot read minds," she said, "but one doesn't need telepathy to read your intentions."†   (source)
  • Steve smiled, and Tommy and I laughed (although I wasn't entirely sure what "telepathy" meant, and I bet Tommy wasn't either).†   (source)
  • That weird note you had about being the last person to ever come here, your coma, the fact you can talk to me telepathically.†   (source)
  • Our large age difference made us shy with each other; there was a formality, a generational reserve; and yet we'd also grown to have sort of a telepathy in the shop so that I would hand him the correct plane or chisel before he even asked for it.†   (source)
  • When we made it back to HQ after the Scorch, I got into the telepathy system because I wanted to warn you.†   (source)
  • I said, turning my back yet again, telepathically willing Platt to stay away from me with the head of his publishing house whom he was triumphantly leading over to meet me.†   (source)
  • T-P: idiomatic for telepathy.†   (source)
  • We're telepathic!†   (source)
  • "Telepathy," Steve answered.†   (source)
  • Anyway, these people came into my room dressed in those creepy outfits and my telepathy with you cut off.†   (source)
  • Maybe, since the two of them could speak with each other telepathically, he would be able to trace her here!†   (source)
  • Not telepathy.†   (source)
  • That brief glimpse into a time when he and Teresa had been younger, learning how to do their telepathy trick.†   (source)
  • The telepathy thing, I mean.†   (source)
  • The new kid, Aris, had given him a strange look in the bathroom, as if he wanted to speak telepathically with him but was afraid to do it.†   (source)
  • He dug through the pain and tried to call out to her telepathically, even though it hadn't worked in a long time.†   (source)
  • After days and days of utter silence, Teresa started talking to him telepathically, all at once, a rush of words.†   (source)
  • Thomas was glad she'd spoken aloud—he wasn't sure he wanted to communicate telepathically with her anymore.†   (source)
  • Ya know, like telepathically?†   (source)
  • While Eragon lies unconscious after the battle, he is telepathically contacted by a being who identifies himself as Togira Ikonoka-the Cripple Who Is Whole.†   (source)
  • "You mean he's telepathic?"†   (source)
  • Telepathic powers.†   (source)
  • I wondered how a Roman ghost could speak English—or if I simply understood him through some sort of telepathy.†   (source)
  • The trash was another form of accusation, it passed telepathically between them, a hundred bags on one corner and a smell so summer-lush it enveloped the whole body, pressing in like a weather system.†   (source)
  • The boy assumed a psychic bulge of ter-ror, as if his very id had somehow sprung out through his pores to form a telepathic shield.†   (source)
  • This time they laughed telepathically.†   (source)
  • As if he and Alec were communicating telepathically, they roared and charged the small group at the same time.†   (source)
  • Her monthly letters to her son Jose Arcadio at that time did not carry a string of lies and she hid from him only her correspondence with the invisible doctors, who had diagnosed a benign tumor in her large intestine and were preparing her for a telepathic operation.†   (source)
  • She was a practical, worldly, diffident woman, and her modern, pragmatic character was a serious obstacle to telepathy.†   (source)
  • Under telepathic command from within the tower, the trolls shifted the mirrors to catch Regis's reflection.†   (source)
  • No matter how much force they brought to bear, no matter how telepathic they tried to become with my mind, I was never convinced.†   (source)
  • It occurred to me that Angel was telepathic, and she would have picked up on any evil intent that Ari had.†   (source)
  • If Sif could jump through trees and telepathically communicate with moss, I didn't understand why she couldn't just hand Hearthstone a new othala.†   (source)
  • Telepathy.†   (source)
  • They drove south through a white space on the map, headed for the entrance to the refuge, and he recalled something Eric Deming had told him about this part of Arizona, a rumor, a sort of twilight zone story about people known as sensitives, men and women who were psychically gifted—telepathists, clairvoyants, metal-benders.†   (source)
  • This kind of compassion (in the sense of souc/r,wspofczucie, Mitgefuhl, medkansia) therefore signifies the maximal capacity of affective imagination, the art of emotional telepathy.†   (source)
  • Actually, her pernicious habit of not calling things by their names had brought about a new confusion, for the only thing that the telepathic surgeons had found was a drop in the uterus which could be corrected by the use of a pessary.†   (source)
  • I had my hopes raised that by now you might have been able to overcome the distance between us and reach me by telepathy.†   (source)
  • Clara's communication with wandering souls and extraterrestrials was conducted through telepathy, dreams, and the pendulum she used for that purpose, dangling it in the air above an alphabet she had arranged in proper order on the table.†   (source)
  • We found that you have to really try to be pure in your heart to experience holiness …. mankind is telepathic and it's so pure and delicate a thing to bring about, they call it holy.†   (source)
  • Clara let herself be shepherded around with a sweetness that was not stupidity but distraction, and she devoted all her powers of concentration to vain attempts to communicate with Esteban by telepathy—her messages did not arrive—and to perfecting her abilities as a clairvoyant.†   (source)
  • Stephen taught his young flock that since they were all one, they should give up competition for food, housing, life and individuality "If we really are all one, and we really are telepathic, then we are our brother's keeper."†   (source)
  • Vlad didn't need telepathy to see it or understand it—not that D'Ablo would allow him even a glimpse of his twisted mind, Vlad was certain.†   (source)
  • It is deeply troubling to me that you cannot seem to reach Otis by telepathy, as I am experiencing the same troubles.†   (source)
  • They were in the middle of doing all this when the unmistakable aroma of wild violets invaded the house, alerting them to the arrival of the three Mora sisters, who, whether out of telepathy or sheer affection, had come to visit.†   (source)
  • She attempted to establish a system of communication with Blanca that would allow them to circumvent the terrible delays of the postal system, but telepathy did not always work and she was never sure how the message would be received.†   (source)
  • And took great pleasure in causing him pain, knowing that though I blocked his telepathy with a Tego charm, he would be able to send you images of his experiences when your mind was most susceptible.†   (source)
  • What's more, he was here, somewhere in the building, punching through D'Ablo's hold over his telepathy long enough to warn Vlad that D'Ablo hadn't changed.†   (source)
  • Within a few days her spiritualist friends, the Rosicrucians, the Theosophists, the acupuncturists, the telepathists, the rainmakers, the peripatetics, the Seventh-Day Adventists, and the hungry or otherwise needy artists began to appear—all those who had habitually been part of Clara's court.†   (source)
  • After all these experiences, Nivea convinced her husband that the study of foreign languages was not important for a child with telepathic gifts, and that it would be far better for her to continue piano lessons and to learn how to sew.†   (source)
  • And with Vlad's present troubles reaching his uncle by telepathy, right now a conversation with Otis was all he wanted to be having—not some lame party where he was expected to be nice to people he didn't necessarily know or even like.†   (source)
  • Snow and October exchanged glances—they seemed to be speaking in that weird telepathic way girls have.†   (source)
  • Telepathy, I suppose.†   (source)
  • All down the ages there have been countless reports of strange phenomena-poltergeists, telepathy, precognition-which you had named but never explained.†   (source)
  • These held, if George remembered correctly, some fifteen thousand volumes-almost everything of importance that had ever been published on the nebulous subjects of magic, psychic research, divining, telepathy, and the whole range of elusive phenomena lumped in the category of paraphysics.†   (source)
  • The task of projecting your psychotic image life into the mind of another via telepathy and keeping the hallucinations from becoming sensually weaker is almost impossible.†   (source)
  • Let us say that you might have become a telepathic cancer, a malignant mentality which in its inevitable dissolution would have poisoned other and greater minds.†   (source)
  • Suppose all of these houses aren't real at all, this bed not real, but only figments of my own imagination, given substance by telepathy and hypnosis through the Martians, thought Captain John Black.†   (source)
  • He invited everyone in the low income brackets to trek their problems out to him, and while he was solving them, he was carefully attempting to foster telepathy in his patients.†   (source)
  • Autosuggestion and telepathy.†   (source)
  • But we'll trap him and bring this party to a triumphant finish if you'll give me permission to make a telepathic examination of each of you.†   (source)
  • Their mental exchange took exactly thirty seconds in the lightning tempo typical of telepathic talk: Well, it's Reich for Demolition, Jax.†   (source)
  • Oh, telepathy.†   (source)
  • That entire telepathic investigation took place within the second it took Reich to move from the eighteenth to the twentieth step on his way down to Chooka Frood's rainbow cellar.†   (source)
  • Telepathy!†   (source)
  • Telepathy.†   (source)
  • He shot him a telepathic greeting.†   (source)
  • A pair of pretty girls, engrossed in the infuriating dead-end of long range telepathic communication, demanded of Dr. Jordan why transmission of visual images always showed color aberration, which it did not.†   (source)
  • Telepathy.†   (source)
  • Powell found his police sergeant in the Spaceland Globe Theater where a magnificent Esper actress stirred thousands with her moving performances—performances that owed as much to her telepathic sensitivity to audience response as to her exquisite command of stage technique.†   (source)
  • @kins was one of the burning lights of the Guild long-range education plan, and leader of the Environment Clique which believed that telepathic ability was not a congenital characteristic, but rather a latent quality of every living organism which could be developed by suitable training.†   (source)
  • He had much to do also with contests and entered every competition he got wind of, suggesting names for new products, slogans; he made up bright sayings and most embarrassing moments, most delightful dreams, omens he should have heeded, telepathic experiences, and jingles: When radio first appeared, I did rave, And all my pennies I did save, Even neglected to shave.†   (source)
  • So it must have been Henry who seduced Judith, not Bon: seduced her along with himself from that distance between Oxford and Sutpen's Hundred, between herself and the man whom she had not even seen yet, as though by means of that telepathy with which as children they seemed at times to anticipate one another's actions as two birds leave a limb at the same instant; that rapport not like the conventional delusion of that between twins but rather such as might exist between two people…†   (source)
  • Soon only Julia, my wife, and I were left at the table, and, telepathically, Julia said, "Like King Lear."†   (source)
  • The brothers were scarcely aware of it themselves, but telepathy was a common occurrence in their lives, and when one returned home the other was always aware of it when his brother was still several streets away.†   (source)
  • In the field he was equally useless: he never learned to play in a team, to become a limb of that single animal which united telepathically in a concerted movement.†   (source)
  • This reflection brought out (unless it were mere coincidence) an odd example of the High Lama's telepathic powers, for he immediately began to talk about music and to express pleasure that Conway's taste in that direction had not been entirely unsatisfied at Shangri-La.†   (source)
  • But now it was like we had all--and by a kind of telepathic agreement of admitted fear---flung the whole thing back like covers on the bed and we all sitting bolt upright in our nakedness, staring at one another and saying "Now is the truth.†   (source)
  • An inherited aura of mountain-cornfield sweat hung scentlessly but telepathically about him; he was a smartened-up mountaineer with country-club and University of Pennsylvania glossings.†   (source)
  • He did, however, discover that the impairment of ordinary senses could be somewhat offset by a development of others; he acquired skill in telepathy which was perhaps remarkable, and though he made no claim to any specific powers of healing, there was a quality in his mere presence that was helpful in certain cases.†   (source)
  • Samuel Morse invented a code of telepathy.†   (source)
  • Those even who did not know her were warned by something exceptional, something beyond the normal in her—or perhaps by a telepathic suggestion such as would move an ignorant audience to a frenzy of applause when Berma was 'sublime'—that she must be some one well-known.†   (source)
  • Perhaps the thought that flashed into Shefford's mind was telepathic; it seemed to him that every watcher there realized that in this defendant the judge had a girl of softer mold, of different spirit, and from her the bitter truth could be wrung.†   (source)
  • Before the Martian invasion, as an occasional reader here or there may remember, I had written with some little vehemence against the telepathic theory.†   (source)
  • …for which he always wore a frock coat and sandals, no longer dealt with masked forms of love in action or the transformation of illness back into conscious emotion, but with the abstruse oddities of hypnotism and somnambulism, the phenomena of telepathy, prophetic dreams, and second sight, the wonders of hysteria; and as he discussed these topics, philosophic horizons expanded until suddenly his audience beheld great riddles shimmering before their eyes, riddles about the relationship…†   (source)
  • He was a Brahman, she Christian, but it made no difference, it made no difference whether she was a trick of his memory or a telepathic appeal.†   (source)
  • At the same time he was slightly taken back by the shrewd or telepathic way in which she appeared to fix on Sondra.†   (source)
  • Telepathy?†   (source)
  • Telepathy, possibly.†   (source)
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