Amidst the confusion and misconceptions surrounding parapsychology and psychic activity, many individuals struggle to discern between various types of psychic abilities.
Hold on a moment, you exclaim, I wasn't aware there were different types! You're not alone; many people have a basic understanding of psychic reading and activity. What the general public might not realize is that it goes beyond tarot cards and psychic phone readings; there are clear distinctions ranging from the evident, like tarot reading and telepathy, to the unexpected, such as clairaudience, clairsentience, and clairvoyance.
Let's start by understanding what defines psychic ability. Psychic ability encompasses extra-sensory perception (ESP), prophecies of the future, and a sixth sense. However, the origin of psychic ability remains unknown, even to those who claim to possess it. Individuals with psychic abilities often describe a sense of having it as an integral part of their regular consciousness, with an innate ability to know or sense things before, during, or after they occur, even if they can't explain how. Despite scrutiny and criticism, parapsychology holds as much evidence supporting its validity as against it.
Exploring some of the various types of psychic abilities. One such ability is channeling, which involves receiving and transmitting information from an external consciousness while in an altered state of mind. Channeling often occurs in a semi-trance-like state, with an outer entity expressing itself through the channeler. While some individuals can consciously channel another entity and provide psychic readings, it is not recommended without proper training and preparation, as the intensity and outcomes can vary.
Three additional interconnected psychic abilities include clairaudience, clairsentience, and clairvoyance. Clairaudience, often characterized as the capacity to hear or detect sounds beyond the perception of non-psychic individuals, is one of these abilities. Clairsentience, a form of extrasensory perception, enables individuals to sense events from the past, present, or future through feelings, a skill not accessible to those lacking clairsentient capabilities. Clairvoyance, a term synonymous with extrasensory perception, entails perceiving knowledge or awareness of an event beyond the conventional senses, such as sight, hearing, taste, touch, or smell.
Divination represents another frequently misunderstood category of psychic ability. It involves making prophecies or predictions using occult arts. It's essential to distinguish it from intuition, which refers to the ability to perceive or act based on an innate understanding of what is right. Practices like Tarot Card reading fall under the umbrella of divination. While mainstream notions may suggest that anyone can access this psychic energy field, the reality is that only a select few invest the time to refine and cultivate their extrasensory perception skills.
How do psychometry and psychokinesis differ? Psychometry involves gathering information about an object through physical contact with it. Commonly depicted in movies, this ability might have the hero touch an object and receive visions of its past user and their fate. On the other hand, psychokinesis is the capability to move objects through the power of will or thought.
