A process or phenomenon in which a table is turned or moved supposedly by spiritual agency acting through a group of people who have placed their hands on its surface.
桌灵转(一组人把手放在桌子表面上而出现的桌子自己转动的现象,据称是由灵魂所动)
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Table-turning was even more successful in France, with its tradition of mesmerism and animal magnetism.
He used this principle of expectant attention to account for the phenomena of dowsing, movements of the exploring pendulum, and the then current fad among spiritualists, table-turning.