I have read some amazing things. I have met some people who have showed me amazing things. Preparing the participants for the meat of the session, in which they would attempt to focus their mental powers to bend metal flatware, instructor John Alexander, who has an extensive background in psychic phenomena, told them what he expected would occur. Alexander told the group that during the first part of the session, they would be using a combination of physical and mental force, though they would move on to the use of purely mental force later on. However, before starting the group in its initial exercise, Alexander addressed some of the skepticism present in the public about psychokinetic phenomena.
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After even the first exercises, Alexander told the audience that they would be able to perceive that a change had taken place. To make the changes happen, Alexander told participants to close their eyes and visualize an infinite amount of energy. They were then told to visualize the energy condensing, getting smaller, more focused and stronger. Afterward, they were to just stroke the spoon and feel it for a while. Kristen Crabtree, an undeclared sophomore, was successful in bending several spoons in the initial part of the session.