Pyrokinesis and Cryokinesis 101

This article was written by Sylar.

Every so often, a fictional character in a book (or in a movie, or on the telly) produces flame by 'magical' means. Sometimes this is done with a gesture; other times, the character just stares at the object in question. What the character is performing is a form of psychokinesis: 'pyrokinesis', the psionic generation of heat. Although usually associated with science fiction and horror flicks, pyrokinesis is real. Or at least, if it isn't, the article you're reading was written by a figment of your imagination.

Like other psychokinetic abilities, pyrokinesis involves molecular manipulation. The idea is to make the molecules excited. By contrast, 'cryokinesis' cools objects down, by slowing the molecular dance. Cryokinesis seems to have acquired several names, varying by specific application and also the location of the speaker, as these things tend to do. Pyrokinesis seems to be better known and generally more popular than its opposite number. In fact, many people have never even heard of cryokinesis by any name, much less tried it. However, the techniques for both are similar, because, in both cases, the intention is to alter the speed of an object's molecular movement. At its most basic, and in its most well-known form, pyrokinesis may be accomplished by concentrating on, for example, the wick of a candle. After going through the usual preliminary procedures*, if you have any, visualize the wick as being made up of many thousands of swirling dots or spheres. As you visualize them, see them swirling faster and faster, and as they swirl faster and faster, feel them becoming hot...becoming hotter and hotter until they glow like miniature suns.

When the dots are glowing brightly, bring part of your focus back to the wick as a whole, while still seeing and feeling the excited molecules. See the wick as a whole become hot and start to glow. Then, visualize it bursting into flame, perhaps accompanied by some sort of gesture, such as a flick of the hand or a snap of the fingers, if you are feeling dramatic. You may find that it is helpful, at least at first, to produce a psi ball around the wick while attempting this, not so much for sake of the energy as for concentration. It may also be helpful by way of preparation, to focus on an already-lit candle and use your mind to change the shape or movement of the flame; concentrate on the base of the flame, the faintly glowing blue part. If you like, you can use that same candle, already lit, to give cryokinesis a go.

Using much the same technique, visualize the wick cooling and going out. See those dots fading from their glow, turning blue or purple, and slowing their circular dance...getting slower and slower, and gradually cooler. It is quite possible that you will have more success with a more concrete visualization of your intention: imagining a basin of water up-ended over the candle, or a flame-thrower being used to light it. Similar experiments may be done with a bowl of water that starts out at room temperature. Fill the bowl with tap water and let it set out over night. Once again, do any of your usual preliminaries. Then, see the molecules, once again, as thousands of little dots swirling faster and faster as they glow ever more brightly like so many suns...or slower and slower as they fade into darkness, or, if your prefer, into an icy blueness. For the water experiments, you might like to place a candy thermometer in the water, once you've started to get some results, to see just how hot you've made the water. Some people need quite a bit of practice to get this to work, so don't be too discouraged if it doesn't work right away. A standard water thermometer ought to work well enough for the cryokinetic side of things. Of course, if you drop the temperature to the freezing point for long enough, you will have visual evidence of another kind. There are other, rather different applications for these skills. By forming a basic psi ball, then making the thing blue, cool and soothing, you can cool parts of the body; to ease a headache, or lower a fever, or bring down swelling, just to give a few of the more common uses. Don't overdo it however. Frostbite and hypothermia are nasty things. Bear in mind that pyrokinesis requires quite a lot of energy. By contrast, cryokinesis results in excess energy needing a place to go. These are not big problems if you only want to alter a small object, or by a few degrees, but give it some thought before chilling a gallon of fresh ice cream with this method, or boiling the water for tea.

Please bear in mind, also, that there may be some degree risk of injury to the nervous system involved in handling enough psi energy to cause large-scale pyrokinetic effects, so be careful. You are, after all, playing with fire. Literally. * The 'preliminary procedures' in question refer to whatever your customary preparation for magical, psychical, or psionic workings might be. Many people ground and center themselves, and gather their energies together before any working. Some cast various kinds of barriers around themselves: shields, wards, circles, force-bubbles, etc. Some have elaborate ceremonies and rituals. Others do nothing at all. Whatever you'd normally do immediately before practicing the conjuring of psi-balls is probably fine.

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46 Comments:

By: Airies
Hi, erm ive just spent the last 2 days searching the internet, books etc. on how to become a kinetic. I aeries and im supposedly a pyrokenetic . I really need help in this kind of stuff and if any of you can help me please contact me in my email : thatocarinakid@hotmail.co.uk

By: nemo123
to PsyElementor That is a good idea, I'll try it. I've never thought of that :)

By: PsyElementor
if u wanna test ur pyrokenisi or crynokenisi abilities try it on a thermomenter

By: nemo123
I can do pyrokinesis since i was a little girl and now i am pretty good at it. i can control the flame on the candle, i can even make something burn again (like hot ashes in the wood heater, you know) and i never need meditation for it... is it really hard for other people like this says? I guess i can only tell you that if you are not born with this, you have to meditate first.. because i guess it can be dangerous with no practicing at all... i haven't tryied cryokinesis yet... im trying to make my telekinesis better before i start doing some serioous job with other -kinesis Good luck to you all too :)

By: ModernNinja
I can do any kinesis i try for some reason.

By: rewqasdc3
try them all c wat u like best

By: joevoc
how do you find the right kinesis email me at jman888@verizon.net

By: moonpaw23
any recamended meditasion music?

By: wowreally
omg when ever do you see people doing this.

By: Demon_Ace
I tried the Cryokinesis tech, and the water has only gotten a lot colder, and hasn't frozen. Should I still practice it or will it be no more use to me?

By: Robert
that means you can do pyrokinesis

By: Trojan
I might just be a little too into wanting a -kinesis but if I stare at a lit match and imagine it going out, it goes out....is this something or am I just stupid?

By: Stephen
Look when i was a kid i use to burn things on command i didnt know how but i thought i was a monster after i burnt my dad. but then some random guy at school told me to come here can any one help whats my problem?

By: JOHN
I need help i want to learn cyro and electro thanks. email- the-noob606@live.ie

By: thepyrokinesist
Finally I just managed to extinguish my first candle! I guess meditation is the trick. I have tried it many times before but without meditation but now that I have I managed to extinguish it!

By: arthur
could pyrokinesis be made to be like it is on heroes?

By: kenesis713
I like pyrokenesis.

By: to aeromaster:
learn some english

By: to aeromaster...
NO ONE CARES ABOUT YOUR RESENT MESSAGE!! GOD GET A LIFE!!!! YOU TO SILENTSHADOW

By: water
anyone here?

By: eoae
why 101 is in title?

By: reborn to grim smiles
is it possible that you can teach and explain to me how to use my powers. I am 14 and i am unexperienced. can you give me your email and i would email you. I really need a teacher to help me through this journey of mine. thnks.

By: Grim Smiles
Wow. The first time i did telekinesis was so amazing. to have power like this. the conformation that it is all real. so many things that are possible. i think i will spen at least a year of my life working on this.

By: criss
i seriously need help on that every time i try this the area covers in flames and i cant put them out. can i use cryokinesis to put it out?

By: criss
making the flames is the easy part how do you put them out once you throw it at an object and the whole area bursts into flames?

By: Rcoleman
water and fire are my things, i mastered them, i made fire 4 real in my back yard, then put it out with my hydro kinesis it was epic

By: Pyro
And P.S. The other pyro is not me, im a GIRL!!! Im the one who asked for help. So please help me!!!

By: Pyro
guys, please help me. I can only turn the flames of a match off and nothing else. Please, I really need help ASAP.

By: kinesissearcher
what is up with the number after -kinesis

By: Goth
No Tenshin, I understand this aswell.

By: pyro
am i pyro becuase i am a leo and my element is fire so the bondfires smoke literally follow me where ever i move

By: Tenshin Unmyou
Are Twilar, Lolzay and I the only ones that can understand this? By the way, blue flame means hot cuz it has chemicals.

By: Em0_s0uL
Yah! I can't undersTand wat hiz sayin'.. Hahaha!

By: Lord Raznat
i try but it is way hard

By: notagh
This is copied from psipog.net

By: Electrokinesis
Is electrokinesis or ctyrokinesis easier to learn?

By: notagh
wasnt twilars diary on here?

By: Lolzay
IMPORTANT! Notagh mentioned that he has created this useless article. I must edit it - in helping u_p. This article will now be about cyrokinesis/pyrokinesis (or just basic thermokinesis). Here I go and turn this screwed up article into something useful!

By: LOL
Halp, the dude using the last right computer is a dickass! He did mention he is a little low on prozack,. which mjight explain it, but he NEEDS TO GET LAId, FAST!!!!!!!!!!! LIKE HE NEEDED IT LIKE HE NEEDS WHITE WALLS AND HIS TEDDY BEAR AND STUFF!!!! NOOOOOO!!! DAMMIT WHY DO I ALWAYS GET DAWIN REJECTS!!!!!!!

By: Shyler
I care. There are actually a number of people here who do as well, but we are all kind of diminished next to those who don't...

By: pinhead
Dont be so harsh. But why do you write down this stuff on this webstite? Write this somewhere were people care more about this stuff.

By: Twilar Sylaethus to Notagh
Save it for someone who cares, LOSER. I just ight have been serious.

By: notagh
Shove the sarcasm somewhere else.

By: Twilar Sylaethus
WY DON"T I just write my own diaries, which I will update, and you will all learn abot my mystical life. Yeah, that sounds like a good idea. Ha ha ha.

By: pinhead
Are you trying to convince your self on how you change over time?

By: Lolzay
What is this article all about? It's just a repetitive line and "Sylar, write!" at the end. I don't understand. Sylar, can you please explain this to me? Thanks, because I would otherwise be solely confused.

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