Parapsychology
Psychic Abilities (General)
Last Updated: November 5, 2025Psychic abilities, often referred to as extrasensory perception (ESP), encompass a range of alleged capacities to acquire information or exert influence through means beyond the known physical senses and conventional scientific understanding. These phenomena suggest a deeper connection to information or energy that operates outside the boundaries of typical sensory input. While the scientific community...
Precognition
Last Updated: November 5, 2025Precognition is the alleged psychic ability to perceive or know events in the future before they actually happen. It is one of the most intriguing and often reported forms of extrasensory perception (ESP), challenging our linear understanding of time. Precognitive experiences can manifest in various ways, including vivid dreams that later play out in reality,...
Postcognition
Last Updated: November 5, 2025Postcognition, also known as retrocognition, is the alleged psychic ability to perceive or gain knowledge of past events or information that could not have been obtained through conventional means. Unlike memory, which relies on personal experience or learned information, postcognition involves accessing details about historical occurrences, people, or places that the individual has no prior...
Out-of-Body Exerience (OBE)
Last Updated: November 5, 2025An Out-of-Body Experience (OBE) is a phenomenon in which an individual perceives the world from a location outside their physical body. During an OBE, a person’s consciousness or awareness feels completely separate from their physical self, allowing them to observe their body and surroundings from a detached, elevated, or different perspective. These experiences can occur...
Astral Projection
Last Updated: November 5, 2025Astral projection is a specific, often intentional, type of out-of-body experience (OBE) where one consciously separates their consciousness, or an alleged “astral body” or “subtle body,” from the physical body. The goal of astral projection is typically to travel to other locations, different planes of existence, or even other dimensions within what is known as...
Empath Capabilities
Last Updated: November 5, 2025Empath capabilities refer to the alleged psychic ability to sense and absorb the emotions, feelings, and even physical sensations of others, often to a profound degree. More than just sympathy or empathy (which involves understanding another’s feelings), an empath is believed to directly experience those emotions as if they were their own, sometimes without conscious...