Thursday, February 18, 2010

Psychic Phenomena

What are some forms of Psychic Phenomena?

There are many forms of psychic phenomena in the world, as there are many Psychic Abilities. These phenomena have intrigued us all since the very beginning. One of the reasons is as to why it is so popular is, because they keep happening. As well as, they happen to everyone, at least once. I wager though, that most people have a psychic experience everyday, but sometimes it goes unnoticed. People are genuinely intrigued by the mysterious powers of the mind and what potential psychic abilities they might hold, and not know. Some may even fear having a psychic ability that they will never know about or get to experience.

What intrigues me though, isn’t that the mind can do some of these things, but that it can do all of these things. How much of the mind, of our psychic potential, have we not unearthed yet, for our subconscious to keep throwing us these curveballs. If we look at all the mystical abilities the mind seems to hold, you would find the list runs on for a very long time. And yet, in the end, it can be chalked up to a 3 pound lump of wrinkly mass buried in bone. Yet for something that you can hold in your hand, it can do so many thing…

Extrasensory Perception

Extrasensory Perception is the ability to look past what is perceivable by the five normal senses to gather information about something that is often not readily available to you. This phenomena is has gained special attention over the years because of how common it is. A good example of what I’m talking about would be, if you could picture a guy holding a card in his hand of a picture, and a second guy trying to figure out what that picture is while sitting across from him, and the picture is out of view. It is a classic representation of psychic phenomena and is often used by magicians. But it does well to illustrate what I’m talking about. In the scenario above, the second guy is trying to use ESP to gain information about the card.

In the most simplest terms, it’s a prediction. But ESP is far from simple. In fact it can be used for a wider variety of psychic phenomena, such as telepathy.

Telepathy


Telepathy is the ability to read peoples minds. Though, I should note that telepathy in real life is not as clean as Hollywood suggests. You can just hear what people are thinking so clearly it would be no different then if they where talking. But, ESP plays a part here too. You would apply this Extrasensory Perception to the mind of another in order to pick up on what he/she is thinking. Or more accurately, pulling information to getting a better feel or idea of what their thinking.

Clairvoyance


Clairvoyance has many similarities with telepathy, except here you see pictures instead of thoughts. An example of clairvoyance would be if you had a vision of sort of your friend getting pulled over by the cops, only to find out later, that he did. With it you can see events happening that are likely further away then what your 5 senses can pick up. It could even by called remote viewing.

Precognition


Precognition is the ability to see into the future. Here you would use Extrasensory Perception to divine information of things to happen in the future. Many predictions have been made because of Precognition, and today we are looking to Nostradamus’s predictions for the end of the world of sorts described by his writings that we now associate with 2012. But, nevertheless, people use this one fairly often. Especially in business, they try and predict how their business will move and change in the future, among other things.

Psychic Medium

A Psychic Medium or Mediumship (According to Wikipedia) is the ability to communicate with spirits or ghosts. This is obviously not a very common phenomena, but is likely one of the most popular forms of psychic phenomena as many associate psychics with one of a few things, one being, talking with spirits. Many believe a medium is sensitive enough to pick up what a nearby ghost or spirit is saying, and in a session often acts as the middleman or “Medium” (hence the term) for the living and the dead.

Now that Psychic Medium has been brought up, I wanted to share a little story with you about a group of people in the 1970’s known as the Owen Group.

This group of 8 people set out to test if poltergeist phenomena was real or not. Believing that at least some of the phenomena reported was actually a product of victim’s mind. The first created a fictional character by the name of Philip Aylesford, and gave him a complete background and biography. They just about covered every detail including what he looked like.

For a solid year they got together and meditated on him, trying to hone his detail and refine him even more. They where hoping that with his character so complete, they could make contact with him and prove that not all ghost or poltergeist activity was purely spiritual. After that year, they had no luck, and tried something more direct, as they attempted a séance. Sure enough, they began to get a response. There where wrappings on the wall and the table they where at would slide across the room, and Philip would respond to the questions they asked. They even asked detailed questions about his life and he was answer correctly. And yes, he claimed to be Philip.

There is actually footage of it, but I couldn’t find it. But nevertheless, it is food for thought. Could we really dream up a ghost and make it so real that it can move tables and knock on walls? It makes you wonder what psychic powers the mind really holds, doesn’t it?

Anyways, I hope this was interesting for you.

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