What is psychic ability?
Psychic ability has been a controversial topic throughout history. Sometimes called "psi", from the first letter of the Greek word for "psyche", a psychic phenomenon is any form of communication that comes from a non-sensory source and cannot be explained by current scientific knowledge. Psychic ability is the ability to repeatedly enter a state of consciousness that allows this occurrence to happen. Types of psychic ability Psychic abilities remain a mystery to researchers. wizard image by Kurhan from Fotolia.com Researchers classify psychic abilities into many types. Among the best known and studied are the experiences of astral travel or "out of body", clairvoyance and mediumship. Others include phenomena such as automatic writing, divination (fortune telling), pre-cognition (the ability to predict the future), and telepathy (the ability to communicate through thought alone). Often a psychic who has one ability also has other related abilities. Out of B...