Types of Psychic Abilities: Here is a list and then I describe each one below:
Clairvoyance Taken literally, clairvoyance means: "clear-vision" or "clear-seeing." Likewise, clairaudience means "clear-hearing" and clairsentience means "clear-sensing" or "clear-feeling." These terms are used to indicate a level of ability beyond normal physical perception. They refer to the "psychic" level of ability related to that sense. They mean psychic-vision, psychic-hearing and psychic-feeling, respectively. A clairvoyant is a one who has this clear-vision or psychic-vision. They see things that others do not. They may perceive the energetic aura surrounding the physical body or they may see apparitions or spirits which inhabit another dimension of existence. They may see visions of future or past events. These could be premonitions, prophetic visions or scenes from past-lives. Or they may see abstract energy patterns which represent tendencies, probabilities, or the energies and feelings exchanged between people in their relationships. In this discussion the word 'clear' may be a misnomer. In clairvoyance the idea of "clear" does not necessarily mean sharp, detailed or focused as it would mean with normal vision. Psychic or clairvoyant perceptions are sometimes vague, unfocused or symbolic. In the meaning of the term clairvoyance, "clear" simply means a special kind of seeing that others are not capable of or have not developed. With psychic perception, unfocused or symbolic does not mean meaningless or inaccurate. The perception is slightly different than normal seeing and must be used or interpreted in different ways. Sometimes clairvoyant vision gives accurate and specific pictures of persons, scenes or events. At other times it may give symbolic pictures, shapes or patterns which need to be interpreted. In practice, clairvoyant ability is a mixture of these things and the skilled psychic knows how to explain or interpret them. With experience they know which clairvoyant visions or pictures are literal and which are symbolic. Some psychic abilities (though not all) come in the form of the senses (seeing, hearing or feeling things which others cannot detect). Each of these is a specific ability. A person may have one of these abilities and not the others. The more developed often have all of these (plus others). A psychic may received randomly through any of these senses or they may tune into a specific sense for certain types of information. For instance, if I am looking to the future or past for events and timing, it is visual input. If I am listening for messages from departed loved ones or spirit guides the input is auditory (hearing). For information about the body I get feelings in various areas of my own body plus pictures. Sometimes sensitives (another term for psychics) smell things, which are not actually present in the physical, and the smell has great meaning (I do not know of a specific word for this phenomenon). In general usage, the term clairvoyant is often used to mean general psychic ability including input from any of the senses. It is the most common term of the three (clairvoyance, clairaudience, clairsentience). Discussing each of these terms and abilities separately takes us deeper into specific areas of psychic ability and gives us a better understanding of how it all works. ================= Clairaudience Clairaudience means "clear-hearing". This is the ability to hear things from the spiritual dimensions. This type of information usually comes through in voices and words. In the early stages, this phenomenon may seem like the voice in your head that is talking to you, as if you are talking to yourself in your mind. As the ability develops, the voices will come to have different qualities and clearly come from different sources. The clairaudient person, when asking spiritual sources for guidance, will receive responses in words and sentences. For some of you this may seem strange, for others it is a very common experience. The voices can be quite clear, speak in clear sentences or paragraphs, or carry on a conversation with you. At this level the activity could be called telepathy. Telepathy itself has many forms and levels as well but that is a discussion for a separate article. True clairaudient ability is not psychosis, it is not pathological. Information coming through in this way can be very positive, accurate and beneficial. There are various types of beings who may be heard through clairaudient perception. These include departed loved ones, spirit guides, angles, Ascended Masters or ET's. (See article on "Types of Spiritual Entities"). Clairaudience can certainly bring voice tone, inflection, male/female voice types and anything else we would normally receive through hearing. It is less common, though quite possible, to hear sounds which are not voices such as background sounds (wind, water, animals) or even stranger things. Some clairaudient experiences have been referred to as the "voices of angles," the "angelic choir" or the "trumpets of Gabrielle." These are sounds that sensitive people actually hear, they are not metaphors. ================= Clairsentience Clairsentience means "clear-sensing" or clear-feeling. Psychics pick up information through feeling. Focusing on a question present by a client may immediately bring certain feelings. For the clairsentient these instant feelings have great meaning and can be highly accurate. Such a feeling could be in a specific part of ones body. This may draw the psychic's or healer's attention to that part for further exploration, or it may represent what the other person (client) is actually feeling. Empathy and empathic ability are forms of clairsentience. (Empathy is actually feeling another persons feelings, as distinct from sympathy.) I have heard it said that you cannot feel another persons feelings. I know from experience this is not correct. You CAN feel anther's feelings. It is called empathic ability. It has also been said that you cannot see through another's eyes. I know this to be untrue as well. You can. It is a particular clairvoyant ability and one can see exactly what another sees under the proper circumstances. One can also see exactly what an animal sees. This is a little known ability used by gifted Native Americans and other Shamans for certain purposes. Empathic ability enables one to resonate with another or with a group so as to feel their feelings within your own body. When taken to the extreme this can have drawbacks. There are times when I am so sensitive that if I am in the same room with a sick person I feel their symptoms in my own body (This can certainly be disconcerting and requires shielding and protection). If someone comes up next to me in a waiting line or a group who is badly troubled, conflicted or ill, I may feel it immediately and will sometimes move or even choose to get out of line. This is a high degree of empathic ability and sometimes requires precautions. On the positive side, clairsentience gives an expanded ability to understand another person or to tune into physical conditions to gain psychic information. Hands-on energetic healers use this ability in many ways, not only passively, to sense things about another's body, but also actively, to balance and change conditions. A clairsentient experience may be the touch of someone who is not there (in the physical), the touch of an angel or the healing energy from a source beyond the physical. Many of us have prayed to Christ and felt an immediate change in our bodies, elimination of pain or conditions or a shift in muscles or bones. This is a dramatic clairsentient experience. From these explanations you can begin to understand that psychic ability is not just one single thing. It is many abilities and can be very extensive. ================ Psychometry Psychometry is the practice of holding an object in one's hand and getting impressions from it. These can come in the form of pictures, visions, feelings, etc. If the object has been with a person for some time such as a ring, watch, wallet or clothing, certain predominant thoughts or feelings are somehow stored in the object. This can also occur if the object is worn for only a brief time but through a period of intense feelings or thought. ================= Channeling Channeling is the practice of allowing a spirit or entity from a non-physical dimension speak through the psychic or channeler. Sometimes the entity takes over the body of the channeler. This is not the same thing as possession. With possession, the subject is out of control and the entity has negative intent. Channeling is done intentionally to allow a non-physical entity to communicate with us embodied humans. Usually higher wisdom and knowledge comes through that is inspiring or helps people solve problems. ================= Reading AurasThere is an energy field around the human body and clairvoyants can see this. It is commonly referred to as the Aura. It can also be photographed by Kirlian Photography although I am not sure that what is recorded by this method is what clairvoyants actually see. The aura, by it's shapes and colors, can represent various states of the body and personality. Often illnesses can be seen in the aura before they become physical. Moods can show up in the aura as various colors. Aspects of personality can be seen in the shapes of the this energy field, how far it extends, whether it folds back on itself (introverted) or extends outward to connect with others (extraverted). Whether the person is clear minded or confused can show up as shapes being clear, well defined with bright colors or dull and cloudy with faded colors. There are endless possibilities to the various aspects of the aura and these all have meaning to the clairvoyant. ================= MediumshipThe terms medium and mediumship generally refer to a person who communicates with departed human souls. This communication can be in various forms. The medium can relay information given by the departed one. Or the soul can take over the voice of the medium and speak through them. Or the soul may generate apparitions or psychokinetic effects in the medium's presence. Although the terms medium and channeler are sometimes used interchangeably, medium usually refers to communication with departed human souls, typically giving personal information to family members. Channeling is a similar process but usually refers to communication of spiritual or philosophical nature to a wider audience. Channelers may bring through ascended masters, angels or extra terrestrials rather than humans between incarnations. ================= Astral TravelThere is a plane of existence different from the physical that is commonly referred to as the astral plane. It is here where many people reside after death. Ghosts and spirit guides inhabit this plane of existence. The astral plane is not the only non-physical dimension but it is the one most often referred to. It is, perhaps, closest to the physical plane and the barrier between physical and astral is often seen through or crossed. People (physical) sometimes experience leaving their bodies and travel in the astral plane. This ability can be learned and developed to gain facility with astral travel. I should add that one should not be too anxious to try this sort of thing or develop it without proper guidance. There can be negative effects and one should be taught safety precautions and proper ways of doing these things. ================= Past Life ReadingPsychics are generally aware of past lives and the teachings of reincarnation. When working with psychic ability or spiritual practices past lives often reveal themselves quite naturally. It's not just a theory or belief. Reincarnation keeps becoming evident, and past lives remembered, when one works with spiritual and psychic phenomena. There are various ways to access information about past lives. In a past life reading, a psychic or reader will tell you about them and give you information. Through regressive hypnosis people can be led to remember their own past lives. Meditation and spiritual practices can also cause one to begin remembering such things. ================= Healing Some psychics are healers and this is done in a variety of ways. It can certainly mean just giving information to be used for healing but more often the the "healer" is actively involved in the process. Sometimes this is done in the presence of the seeker (the person seeking advice from the psychic) and sometimes remotely. Some psychics work only with energies, others appear to work with, and within, the physical body. Often the psychic healer will work with the energies surrounding the body, that is with the aura, using their hands to move the energies. Others may work inside the body by allowing their astral hands, or their own energy field, work on energies within the seekers body. Other approaches are to use prayer or visualization or enlist the aid of spirit guides, angels or healers from other planes (astral and beyond). |
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