A.R.G. (George) Owen (1919-2003) and
Iris M. Owen (1916- )

A mathematician, geneticist, and university lecturer, A.R.G. (George) Owen together with his wife Iris M. Owen (a World War II radio intercept officer, nurse and parapsychology instructor) made valuable contributions to the literature on poltergeists and psychokinesis, especially through their table-tilting experiments in Toronto during the 1970s that involved the creation of an imaginary ghost named "Philip."

The Owens' main interest in parapsychology was physical phenomena. Through their personal investigation of spontaneous phenomena in poltergeist outbreaks and their attempts to replicate Spiritualist table-tilting phenomena in the Philip sitter group, they became convinced of the reality of some physical psychic phenomena, including psychokinesis.

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Photograph by Mr. Robin E. Owen.

This photograph depicts Iris M. Owen (shown at the far left) and fellow members of the Philip Table-tilting Group, Toronto, ca. 1973-75.