Are Psychics Real?

If you have ever wondered "are psychics real?" youIn modern times advanced electronic equipment is
are not alone. Many people ask them selves this veryoften used to test for psychic phenomena. This is
same question every day. The answer is often not anbecause paranormal events reportedly cause energy
easy one but for thousands of years, people havedisturbances across the entire electromagnetic
turned to psychics, and clairvoyants for love, romance,spectrum. Some speculate that energy is drawn from
and life advice. Some say psychics even have thethe surrounding environment to power psychic events.
ability to communicate with the spirits of the departed.Modern day paranormal investigators monitor these
However, over the years claims of spiritualism andenvironmental energy changes with a variety of
psychic powers have been so widespread and themodern instruments including EMF detectors,
reports of its effects so numerous and impressive thattemperature sensors, static electricity detectors,
it was inevitable that scientists would be attracted toionization detectors, motion detectors, EVP recording
the alleged phenomena. Parapsychology the sciencedevices, RF detectors, and radiation monitors.
that studies these phenomena focused on manySo, whether you believe in psychics, paranormal
areas including telepathy, clairvoyance, hypnotism,activity, or spiritualism the fact of the matter is there is
spirits, spiritualism, and the history of spiritualcurrently hard scientific data documenting the
manifestations.anomalous psychic events which occur in the
Although Parapsychology is still considered a fringeeveryday world around us. In addition for thousands of
science by many scientists it still merits the attention ofyears unexplained phenomena have been
renowned educational institutions such as Princetondocumented throughout history. Are millions of people
University and Berkley. Princeton offers the Princetoncrazy? I think not. I assure you that the spiritual realm
Engineering Anomalies Research (PEAR) degree anddoes exist and I am not alone in that belief. Many
the University of Berkley in California awarded the onlyscientists, layman, and spiritualists share the same
American accredited degree in Parapsychology toviews about our universe. Even some world renowned
Jeffery Mishlove in 1980. But in saying this I am puttingphysicists speculate the need for more than one
the cart before the horse.dimension to explain life as we know it.
The pioneers of modern Parapsychology began usingMy best advice is to try to keep an open mind and an
the experimental approach to psychic phenomena atobjective outlook about things that we do not fully
Duke University in the 1930s under the direction ofunderstand. that is unless you believe the sole criterion
Joseph Rhine. Subsequently Karl Zener one ofof reality is our limited human ability to quantify, tag, and
J.Rhines associates developed the world renownedlabel it. After all we can not see the wind but we do
Zener card test for testing ESP abilities using thesee the affect it has on the leaves as they blow
scientific method. These ESP tests were conducted atabout. Does this mean wind does not exist just
Duke University in one of the first Pavlovianbecause we cannot see it?
conditioning laboratories.In closing I leave it up to you the reader to decide for
Parapsychology progressed throughout the 20thyour self the answer to the question at hand. But,
century and adopted current technology as it becameknow this my answer to the question "are psychics
available. The use of more sophisticated methods ofreal?" is yes. Psychics, psychic abilities, spirits, and ESP
paranormal investigation advanced as technology did.are real whether you believe in them or not.