Different Types of Psychic Abilities
Many people are fascinated by extra sensory perception (ESP), or the abilities to sense things outside of the realm of the normal five senses. Some people consider ESP to be magical powers, or divine gifts, but they are basically abilities of the brain that we all possess to one extent or another. Psychic abilities can manifest in many different ways. The following are some of the most common types of psychic abilities.
Other People Are Reading
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Telepathy
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From the root words "tele," meaning "over a distance," and "pathy," meaning "feeling," telepathy is to communicate through means outside of the normal senses. Telepathy is sometimes referred to as "mind reading."
Telekinesis
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By combining "tele" and "kinesis," meaning "motion," telekinesis is the ability to move things by force of the mind or will, without physically touching the object.
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Precognition
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From "pre," meaning "before-hand," and "cognition," meaning "knowledge," precognition is the ability to know something before it happens. Precognition sometimes comes in the form of a strong feeling that something will happen, as a vision or occasionally in dreams.
Clairvoyance
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Clairvoyance, or "clear seeing," is the ability to see something mentally that you are not around to eyewitness. The event may have occurred in the past, or may be occurring in the present. Some other forms of this ability are clairaudience (hearing), clairsentience (feeling, touching), clairalience (smelling) and claircognizance (knowing).
Empathic Abilities
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This is not to be confused with empathy, in which we try to understand how others are feeling. From the root word "pathos," meaning "feelings," true psychic empaths have the ability to feel the emotions or even physical sensations of another person. This can happen with a person an empath is in close proximity to, or at any distance from, someone to whom the empath has an emotional bond.
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