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In order to gain an understanding of the psychic process itself, it will be helpful to explore some of the words associated with intuitive experiences. These words will provide valuable background for some of the experiential exercises you will be attempting later.

Aura relates to the subtle energy field that appears to emanate from both animate and inanimate objects and can provide intuitive information about the subject itself. The vibrational patterns within the aura are multicolored and multilayered. It is visible through intuitive means as well as through Kirlian photography.

Clairaudience means “clear hearing.” It can be as if someone were talking into your ear or can also be experienced as a thought. Words, numbers, or whole sentences may be perceived in this way. Practice will help you to distinguish between thoughts that are the product of your intellect and imagination or actual clairaudient impressions.

Clairsentience means “clear sensing.” Gut feelings and hunches are examples of clairsentience. Another example would be a physical sensation experienced during a reading that relates to the individual’s state of health or emotional condition. If the feeling or hunch concerns a future event, it is called precognition.

Clairvoyance means “clear seeing.” It is the faculty of psychic sight. As you practice ESP, you may perceive visual impressions that are similar to seeing images or pictures in your imagination. Clairvoyant impressions can appear as moving images like an imaginary movie, or they may be still pictures like a photograph. The images often appear in symbolic form, and learning to interpret these symbols correctly is perhaps the greatest challenge of clairvoyance.

ESP or Extrasensory Perception means having access to information which is not perceptible by the five ordinary senses of sight, sound, taste, touch, and smell.

HSP or Higher Sense Perception is another term for ESP. The terms have the same meaning, but higher sense perception suggests the existence of a finer, more subtle sense perception that more accurately describes the psychic process.

Intuition Intuitives just “know” the information. They do not see, hear, feel, smell, or taste the information; they just “know” it. When asked how they got an impression, quite often they will shrug and say “I just knew it.” These people are quite often accused early in life as being “know-it-alls.”

Kirlian photography is a method of photographing the aura.

Mediumship or Channeling is the phenomenon of a spirit (a disincarnate—a deceased individual) communicating through a living person. Mediums contact the disincarnate or a “guide” takes over the mediums and speaks through them. There can be dangers associated with mediumship, such as possession.

Parapsychology is the field of study dealing with psychic phenomena. Researchers and scientists have conducted parapsychological research in biology, psychology, medicine, engineering, and other fields.

Precognition involves knowledge of future events through psychic processes or intuition.

PSI is a term that scientists use instead of “psychic” or “psychic phenomena.”

Psychic Phenomena is the general phrase for paranormal events and abilities that cannot be explained in terms of established scientific principles. It includes ESP, psychokinesis (PK), mediumship, and other phenomena.

Psychic is someone who receives information from beyond the five physical senses of seeing, hearing, feeling, smelling, or tasting.

Psychokinesis (PK) also referred to as telekinesis. It is the influence of mind over matter—the ability to move or influence objects by thought. Spoon bending and table tipping are examples of this phenomenon.

Remote Viewing is the term used to gather information from a distance without the use of the five senses.

Retrocognition involves having or perceiving knowledge of the past through psychic or intuitive means.

Telepathy is mind-to-mind communication, more commonly known as “mind reading.” Telepathy, which is not to be confused with clairaudience, involves direct contact with another person’s thoughts. Telepathic communication may be perceived word for word or as a general impression. Some individuals are better at sending telepathic thoughts, while others at receiving them.