Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-5486221-20130515033231/@comment-7244280-20130518162903

Silentia Altum wrote: Actually, the word kinesis refers to motion. (This is where we get Kinecelerans and their homeworld, Kinet.)  Hence, telekinesis is distant mostion, which is often taken togther with psychokinesis, motion by power of the mind. An early addition to this is pyrokinesis, which is less about motion and more about the mind, being a sort of psychic power, but has a certain resemblance to the likes of telekinesis. The rest follow suit, but the kinesis is really a bit of a misnomer.

What about some light-based powers (lasers, holograms, blinding rays)? That would be, by our naming system, photokinesis. Or alternatively, something shadow-based, which would be umbrakinesis? Photokinesis.... sounds interesting.

Here's a fancy evaluation of it -

The psi Power to control light with the mind. To the greater extent, one could make themself invisible, concentrate light particles/waves into lasers and manipulate any part of the light spectrum (ultra violet, microwaves, gamma rays, etc); making Photokinesis the "father" of Autokinesis, Lumokinesis, Optikinesis, Magnetokinesis, etc. Can be used to create illusions. This can be used to generate light shields/force fields, and project an healing energy too. One could create a blast of light which impales enemies, or even create a ball or shape of light to blast. A theory to this power is that you could group together photons into a powerful solid blast.

Did that blow anyone's minds? XD