TABLE 2-1
TAXONOMY OF EXOTIC POWERS AND ABILITIES
0 PHYLOGENIC - (other species)
1. PHYLOGENIC- Mankind (SOI Factors of Intellect)
2. ONTOGENIC
.1 extensions of sensory modalities
.11 smell
.12 taste
.13 sight
.14 touch
.15 hearing
.16 unclassified
.2 extensions of mental abilities
.21 temporal
.22 spatial
.23 figural (art)
.24 musical
.25 mathematical
.26 verbal
.27 semantic
.28 behavioral
.29 unclassified
3. COSMOGENIC: Physical (Body Powers)
.0 sensitivity to psychic impressions, telepathy, dowsing, (18, 19)*
.1 physical mediumship, communication with dead, poltergeist phenomena, apports, psychokinesis, materializations
.2 OBE bilocation, time warp, teleportation, clairvoyance, (38,47)
.3 endo - and exothermic reactions, firewalking, psychic heat, SHC
.4 stigmata
.5 luminosity, aura, electromagnetic effects, (40)
.6 independence from physical functions, inedia, non-somnia, (30)
.7 mortem excursus, knowing time of death, post mortem effects, incorruptibility, (22, 39)
.8 levitation, (42)
.9 invisibility, (21)
.X body size and weight changes, elongation, abnormal strength, (24,45)
.Y externalization of sense organs, odor of sanctity, (see 4.3-5), (48)
4. COSMOGENIC: Mental (Knowledge Abilities)
.0 knowledge of arrangement and motion of stars, (27, 28)
.1 vision of cosmic beings, (26, 32)
.2 calm (31)
.3 vision through opaque objects, miraculous sight, (25)
.4 miraculous touch, ability to heal through laying on of hands, understanding of body system, (29)
.5 miraculous hearing, (41)
.6 empery over self, others (healing), animals, weather, miracles, (17)
.7 adamic ecstasy, cleansing doors of perception, gemeinschaftgefuhl, (23, 16)
.8 Infused knowledge, omniscience (jhanas 1-4), (33, 34, 44, 45,49)
.9 Continuous contact and union, (jhanas 5-8) (35, 36)
The numbers in parentheses refer to Patanjali's Yoga Sutras (see Table III-1)
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