| In the swirl of misconceptions, misunderstandings, and | | | | place! Extra-sensory perception (ESP), prophesies of |
| general confusion surrounding the fields of | | | | the future, and a "sixth sense" could all be defined |
| parapsychology and psychic activity, most people | | | | under the blanket term "psychic ability". But where |
| have no idea how to make distinctions between | | | | does psychic ability come from? Actually, no one really |
| different types of psychic abilities. Wait a minute, you | | | | knows - not even psychic readers. People who claim |
| say, I didn't even know there were different types! | | | | to have psychic abilities describe a sense of just |
| You're in the same boat as most everyone else who | | | | "having it" without having any conception of how it got |
| has a basic understanding of psychic reading and | | | | there. Most say that it is part of their regular |
| activity. Little does the general public know, it's not all | | | | consciousness, and that they simply "know" or "feel" |
| tarot cards and psychic phone reading -- There are | | | | things before, during, or after they happen - despite |
| sharply defined distinctions between everything from | | | | being unable to explain how. Though parapsychology |
| the obvious (tarot reading and telepathy) to the | | | | has been heavily criticized, scrutinized, and stigmatized, |
| surprising (clairaudience, clairsentience, and | | | | the truth is that as much evidence points towards its |
| clairvoyance). | | | | veracity as against it. |
| First, let's discuss what defines psychic ability in the first | | | | |