Electrokinesis

Electrokinesis is the ability to create and control electricity. Many beings have this power, most commonly Elders and demons. This articles shall discuss the various uses and forms of electrokinesis seen on the show.

Energy Balls
Energy balls is a standard term in Charmed referring to ball lightning. It is the first level of electrokinesis whereby the user can create electricity, shape it into the form of a ball and throw it. It is the most used form but not as strong as an actual bolt. Due to the fact that demons usually posess them (that or a fireball) they are usually seen as a sure indicator that someone is demonic and hence is labelled a demonic power.

It is demonstrated to the audience throughout several instances that energy balls are actually balls of electricity. Firstly, when Cole hit Piper with an energy ball in Hell Hath No Fury Leo complained. Phoebe countered by saying "it was low voltage", voltage being a measuring device for electricity. Also when Inspector Rodriguez, the first evil being the Charmed Ones encounter with this power, throws one at Phoebe and Piper both are electrocuted on contact being thrown off their feet as on would be if they'd been struck by many volts of electricity.

Later in the series, some witches are also shown to possess this power, notably the morally ambiguous Montana and Callaway families, Bianca and other Phoenix witches. While usually blue, some demons - notably Keats, have shown to create red energy balls. ("Bite Me") Cole once created a huge energy ball, with which he attempted to vanquish the Source, but instead killed the Oracle. (pictured "Brain Drain")

Energy balls appear to be able to be reflected using mirrors for some reason, as seen when Cole tries to commit suicide, he throws an energy ball at a mirror, which rebounds and hits him, setting him on fire (common appearence for both Witchs, Warlocks and Demons when being vanquished).

Also, it seems that energy balls can be redirected with very dense objects, as shown when Phoebe hit one with a metal crobar, baseball style, and vanquished two demons at once with it.

List of users

 * Montana Family
 * Callaway family
 * Phoenix witches
 * Bianca
 * Inspector Rodriguez
 * Warlocks - stolen demonic powers
 * Wyatt Halliwell - turned evil
 * Phoebe - with demonic powers
 * Cole Turner
 * Celerity demons
 * Sirk
 * Kurzon
 * Demons
 * The Source of All Evil

Projective Electrokinesis


This is the power to throw bolts of electricity (lightning). It is a common power among many of the strongest forces of both light and darkness such as Elders, Avatars, The Gods, and some bounty hunters and hence is probably stronger than Energy balls. Unlike energy balls, lightning bolts are not reflected off of mirrors.

In an alternate future, Phoebe Halliwell is shown to hold her hand over the baseball player, Cal Green's head and kill him with as a line of electricty flowed through her hands and through his head, effectively electrocuting him. Morality Bites. Although it has never been confimed it is often assumed that in that alternate future phoebe received the power of electrokinesis. However it is also theorized that the ability she used to kill Cal Green with what was actually an advancement of her empathy power, i.e. passing on harming emotions through the medium of electricity or it could just be that the range of her empathy power was so big by then that she could tap into the powers of nearby demons with the power and kill him that way. She also could have stolen it beforehand.

List of users

 * Leo Wyatt
 * Demons
 * Cole Turner
 * Elders (for-instance: Sandra)
 * Phoebe's future self
 * Paige as the Goddess of War
 * Avatars
 * Evil Enchantress

Electrocution
This is the highest and rarest level of Electrokinesis. Only one being (a demon) has been shown to make use of this form throughut the entire series run of Charmed, The Source in "Charmed Again Part 2. Near the end of the episode Phoebe tried to stop him from swaying Paige but he in response held his hand out. This then caused her to levitate whilst she was visibly electrocuted. However, no bolts or balls of electricity were thrown, he merely caused her to levitated and be electrocuted, shown by the highly visible sparks leaping from her, probably through a combination of Electrokinesis and Levitation (the latter he had already displayed multiple times).