Mentalism

Mentalism is a performance art that gives the appearance of the use of psychic powers such as mediumship (communicating with spirits), clairvoyance (mind-reading), telekinesis (moving items by mental projection), divination (using tools to read past, present, and future), precognition (predicting the future), etc. This type of art has long been popular for seances, circus sideshows, and other entertainment venues. These types of performances make use of a wide array of factors and items such as suspension of disbelief, suggestibility, misdirection, illusions and technologies to simulate psychic activities.