an outline of contemporary psychic abilities

Question 1

aeromancy

Answer 1

interpreting the shapes of clouds

Question 2

afterlife communication

Answer 2

connecting with those who are deceased

Question 3

alomancy

Answer 3

reading the patterns of salt cast into the air after it falls to the floor

Question 4

apantomancy

Answer 4

interpreting meaning in chance meetings with animals

Question 5

astral projection

Answer 5

out-of-body travel; other related terms are lucid dreaming, soul journeying, and remote viewing

Question 6

aura reading

Answer 6

intuitively perceiving what is occurring the auric fields

Question 7

automatic writing

Answer 7

writing a message from an outside intelligence through the subconscious mind

Question 8

bibliomancy

Answer 8

interpreting a passage chosen at random from a book

Question 9

catoptromancy

Answer 9

telling fortunes with the help of a mirror

Question 10

channeling

Answer 10

delivering a message from a separate intelligence that enters the practioner´s body

Question 11

chirmancy

Answer 11

palmistry; divination done by interpreting the lines on someone´s hand

Question 12

clairalience

Answer 12

ability to smell what´s not present

Question 13

clairaudience

Answer 13

the ability to psychically hear events

Question 14

claircognizant

Answer 14

the sense of clear knowing

Question 15

clairempathy

Answer 15

the ability to sense other´s emotions

Question 16

clairgustance

Answer 16

the ability to psychically taste what isn´t psychically present

Question 17

clairsentience

Answer 17

ability to sense other´ feelings or senses

Question 18

clairtangency/clairsensitivity

Answer 18

the ability to read energy through touch or from objects in your presence

Question 19

clairvoyance

Answer 19

the ability to psychically see nonphysicial realities

Question 20

cleromancy

Answer 20

casting stones, bones, or dice to perform divination

Question 21

crystallomancy

Answer 21

seeing the future in a crystal ball

Question 22

deja vu

Answer 22

sensing that a current event has already occurred

Question 23

demonomancy

Answer 23

summoning demons to answer questions

Question 24

divination

Answer 24

use of psychic gifts to obtain answers

Question 25

dowsing (radiesthesia)

Answer 25

using an instrument to detect water, metals, missing people, or other things in the ground

Question 26

dream interpretation

Answer 26

interpreting the meaning of dreams

Question 27

empathy

Answer 27

ability to sense others´ feelings, illnesses, sensations, knowledge, and more

Question 28

exorcisim

Answer 28

release of negative entities

Question 29

feng shui (geomancy)

Answer 29

shifting the environment to bring about desired effects

Question 30

gyromancy

Answer 30

divination performed by marking a circle´s perimiters with letters of the alphabet; ouja boards employ a similar concept

Question 31

healing

Answer 31

creating more wholeness within the other; includes faith healing, the laying on of hands, and moe

Question 32

horoscopy

Answer 32

interpretation of astrological horoscopes

Question 33

hydromancy

Answer 33

divining by observing changes in water

Question 34

hypnosis

Answer 34

creation of a trance state in another to evoke answers or healing

Question 35

I ching

Answer 35

an ancient Chinese system of divination

Question 36

intuition

Answer 36

a catchall word for managed use of psychic abilities

Question 37

levitation

Answer 37

floatation of objects or the body above the ground

Question 38

libanomancy

Answer 38

interpreting shapes in smoke

Question 39

mediumship

Answer 39

serving as a conduit for otherworldly beings

Question 40

megagnomy

Answer 40

use of psychic ability while in a hypnotic state

Question 41

oculomancy

Answer 41

divination by observing another´s eyes

Question 42

past-life regression

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use of a meditative state to remember a previous life

Question 43

precognition

Answer 43

ability to foretell the future

Question 44

prophecy

Answer 44

knowledge of divine will

Question 45

psychometry

Answer 45

gaining knowledge through the touch of objects

Question 46

pyrokenisis

Answer 46

sparking fire with the mind

Question 47

scrying

Answer 47

using an object to see physically

Question 48

tarot reading

Answer 48

use of tarot cards - or archetypes - to prophesize

Question 49

tasseography

Answer 49

cup divination; interpreting rea leaves or coffee grains

Question 50

telekinesis

Answer 50

ability to move objects without touching them

Question 51

telepathy

Answer 51

hearing mind-to-mind information

Question 52

transfiguration

Answer 52

superimposition of a face on a medium

Question 53

voodoo

Answer 53

practices from the Voodoo religion, such as the use of rituals to ask spirits for advice, protection, or help, and contact with spirits through their possession of a medium

Question 54

xenoglossy

Answer 54

speaking in a language that is not one´s own