Theme: Psychic Powers

Psychic Powers (also referred to as Psi Powers) refers to a variety of mental abilities. These range from the ability to communicate between minds (Telepathy) or the ability to move objects with the power of the mind (Telekinesis or Psychokinesis). Also popular is the ability to create fires with the power of the mind (Pyrokinesis) and Psychometry (the ability to read the history of an object by touching it).

Genre depictions range from stories about those with psychic powers run dangerously amok to those in which psychics are persecuted by society and hunted by government agents. Aliens often display a range of psychic abilities. There are also a number of superheroes whose abilities derive from psychic powers.