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HUMAN SCALE / Inner perception & dreams
Psychometry.
A practice in which impressions about an object or its associations are recorded while holding or observing it.
LEXICON / LANGUAGE & MEANING
Names in context.
- Psychometry
- Psicometría de objetos
Reported impressions about an object’s history or associations, attributed by practitioners to contact with the object.
- Psychometrics
- Psicometría psicológica
The measurement of psychological characteristics; a separate meaning of a similar word.
PROVENANCE & INTERPRETATIONA practice,
A practice,
a setting.
Here psychometry has its parapsychological meaning, distinct from psychometrics and psychological measurement. Nineteenth-century accounts are historical testimony to the practice and its claims.
FIELD NOTE / METHOD
Keep a record.
- Have an object selected without sharing its history.
- Record sensations, images and guesses before asking for provenance.
- Compare the complete record with documented information, keeping known clues visible in the account.
POTPOURRI / PHOTO GUIDE
What to include.
- Photograph the whole object against a plain background and add a close view of its surface.
- Send the impressions and provenance as separate records, with ownership details redacted.
POTPOURRI / PERSONAL INTERPRETATION
Photo instructions & submission ↗Share a photograph or a record.
A photograph, drawing or dated record can be sent privately for a personal reading. Include the procedure and the question.