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The term Clairvoyance (from 17th century French with clair meaning "clear" and voyance meaning " vision") is used to refer to the ability to gain information about an object, person, location or physical event through means other than the known human senses,^[1][2] a form of extra-sensory perception. A person said to have the ability of clairvoyance is referred to as a clairvoyant ("one who sees clearly").

Claims for the existence of paranormal and psychic abilities such as clairvoyance are highly controversial. Parapsychology explores this possibility, but the existence of the paranormal is not accepted by the scientific community.

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Clairsentience (feeling/touching)

In the field of parapsychology, clairsentience is a form of extra-sensory perception wherein a person acquires psychic knowledge primarily by means of feeling.^[19] The word is from the French clair, “clear,” + sentience, “feeling,” and is ultimately derived from the Latin clarus, “clear,” + sentiens, derived from sentire, “to feel”.

In addition to parapsychology, the term also plays a role in some religions. For example: clairsentience is one of the six human special functions mentioned or recorded in Buddhism. It is an ability that can be obtained at advanced meditation level. Generally the term refers to a person who can feel the vibration of other people. There are many different degrees of clairsentience ranging from the perception of diseases of other people to the thoughts or emotions of other people. The ability differs from third eye in that this kind of ability cannot have a vivid picture in the mind. Instead, a very vivid feeling can form.

Psychometry is related to clairsentience. The word stems from psyche and metric, which means "to measure with the mind".

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Karma

Telepathy (Greek τηλε, tele meaning "distant" and πάθεια, patheia meaning "to be affected by",^[2]) refers to the transfer of information on thoughts or feelings between individuals by means other than the five classical senses (See Psi). ^[1][3] The term was coined in 1882 by the classical scholar Fredric W. H. Myers, a founder of the Society for Psychical Research,^[1] specifically to replace the earlier expression thought-transference.^[1][3] A person who is able to make use of telepathy is said to be able to read the thoughts and stored information in the brain of others. Telepathy, along with psychokinesis forms the main branches of parapsychological research, and many studies seeking to detect, understand, utilize telepathy have been done within the field. wikipedia dictionary

Astral projection

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This article is about the paranormal concept. For the electronica musical group, see Astral Projection (group).

Astral projection (or astral travel) refers to episodes of out-of-body experiences perceived as unfolding in environments other than the physical world, b

Artist's illustration of an astral projection.

y an astral counterpart of the physical body that separates from it and travels to one or more astral planes.^[1] Astral projection is experienced as being "out of the body".^[2] Unlike dreaming or near death experiences, astral projection may be practiced deliberately.

Descriptions of such experiences are found in common worldwide religious accounts of the afterlife,^[3] with the soul's journey or "ascent" being described in such terms as 'an...out-of-body experience' wherein the spiritual traveller leaves the physical body and travels in his/her subtle body (or dreambody or astral body) into ‘other’ realms.^[4]

There is limited scientific evidence regarding the validity of astral projection,^[5][6] and more typically reports of such experiences are subjective and anecdotal.^[7] The belief that one has had an out-of-body experience, whether spoken of as "astral projection" or not, is common. Hundreds of personal accounts of astral projection were published in a number of books through the 1960s and 70s. Surveys have reported percentages ranging from 8% (as much as 50% in certain groups of respondents) who state they have had such an experience.^[8] Because of the subjective nature of the experience, however, there are a number of materialist explanations that do not rely on the existence of an "astral" body and plane.^[2]

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Many had premonitions of the Titanic disaster

A premonition is an impression, often perceived as a warning, of a future event (from the Latin praemonēre, to forewarn : prae-, pre- + monēre, to warn). It bears similarities to the concept of second sight in that it frequently comes in the form of a paranormal vision or as a vivid dream.^{[citation needed]}

Premonitions are sometimes attributed to the presence of supernatural or paranormal abilities such as those of the prophetess Cassandra. However, the distinction between precognition and ordinary evidence-based predictions is sometimes not made sharply. Premonition is a concept which may or may not include ordinary predictions, resulting in a bias towards supernatural explanations for the phenomenon.

There are many recorded instances of premonitions which have come true but many others may be explained by the knowledge or deduction of those who experience them. An interesting analysis is presented in J.W. Dunne's book An Experiment with Time.

[edit] Premonitions of the Titanic disaster

The Titanic carried only 58% percent of its passenger load on its disastrous maiden voyage when colliding with an iceberg in April 1912. Ian Stevenson, a psychiatrist interested in the paranormal, recorded more than 19 incidents of premonitions within the two weeks before the ship sailed. These included cancelled reservations after dreams about the disaster or accounts by those who said it was bad luck to travel on the maiden voyage.

Perhaps even more surprising is a short story Futility, or the Wreck of the Titan written by Morgan Robertson in 1898 (14 years before the Titanic sailed) in which a liner named Titan sank in the North Atlantic after striking an iceberg. There are many similarities between the Titan and the Titanic including the size of the ships, their three propellers, their water-tight compartments and the lack of sufficient lifeboats.

[edit] Famous premonitions

• Abraham Lincoln had a very vivid premonition of his death. Ten days before he was assassinated he dreamt he was in the East Wing of the White House where people were mourning. When he asked a soldier who had died, he was told "The President".^[1]
• Otto von Bismarck predicted the beginning of the First World War, by saying (shortly before he died in 1898) to Ballen: "If there is ever another war in Europe, it will come out of some damned silly thing in the Balkans" ^[2]. Note that this is a good example of a premonition that could easily be due to a good intuitive understanding of politics, rather than being precognitive.
• The novelist Mark Twain predicted that Halley's Comet would be seen on the day of his death, just as it was when he was born. Twain died on Halley's 1910 appearance on May 18.^[3]
• The French apothecary and seer Nostradamus is also believed to have predicted his own death and the date in which his tomb would be opened.^[4]
• Julius Caesar's wife Calpurnia had a dream the night before he died that he would be stabbed by a friend, and she warned him not to go.^[5]

[edit] See also

• Precognition
• Premonitions (novel)
• Premonition (film)
• Déjà vu