Conjuring Philip Part 1

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In 1972, the Toronto Society for Psychical Research, led by
mathematical geneticist Dr. A.R. George Owen, assembled a group
of volunteers from various backgrounds to try something never
before attempted. For their experiment, they aimed to manifest a
fictional ghost they named “Philip Aylesford” and would try to
communicate with this fabricated entity through séance-like
sessions conducted under laboratory conditions and bright
lighting. A fictional biography was created for Philip that the
group could focus on. He was to be born in England in 1624 and
connected to real places and events but with intentional
historical errors inserted as control markers. For over a year,
the “Group of 8” met weekly, and for over a year… nothing
happened. But then, upon the advice of two pioneering paranormal
researchers, the group changed their tactics to make their
attempts more in the style of seances from the turn of the 20th
century. This made the meetings more like festive social
gatherings, with singing and laughter, under dimmer lighting.
Soon, they would experience tangible responses to their questions
in the form of knocking for “yes” and “no.” But the psychokinetic
activity didn’t stop there. The group also felt a presence in the
room with palpable energy, unexplainable breezes, and vibrations
of the card table they used, which would tilt and scoot across
the room seemingly under its own power. This might seem like
fanciful exaggerations from overly enthusiastic true believers or
downright kooks, but this phenomenon was continually repeatable
under various conditions and even captured by TV cameras. If it
were a parlor trick, this result would be mind-blowing. Even more
astounding, however, is considering the implications to our
reality if an invisible, conscious force exists and is
demonstrable. What is the source and nature of this ethereal
influence? In other words, if Philip was wholly made up, who or
what was this group communicating with?

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