Extrasensory Perception Or ESP | What Is It?
Author: Malcolm Moorhouse

Countless movies, stories, and tales have spun gold out of the
concept of extrasensory perception (often referred to as ESP).
Consider popular television shows and films like Medium and The
Sixth Sense. People are fascinated with the paranormal – Ouija
boards and tarot card readings, once considered taboo and even
somewhat dark – are now popular games sold in Toys R Us. But
with all this talk and publicity, much of the origin and
science of extrasensory perception has been obscured. The
actual definition of extrasensory perception is the "ability to
acquire information by means other than the five canonical
senses (taste, sight, touch, smell, and hearing), or any other
sense well-known to science (balance, proprioception, etc)",
but there are several different types of ESP, as well as
interpretations of it.

Before getting into all the different ideas and challenges
associated with extrasensory perception, let's first consider
the history of ESP. The concept itself goes way back, far
before popular culture turned it into a cultural phenomenon of
sorts. In fact, in many past cultures (i.e. ancient China and
Egypt), it was simply expected that people could communicate
mentally with others, including the dead, gods, and other
supernatural spirits. While this possibility has been heavily
criticized as, at best, speculation and at worst, pure
superstition, plenty of accounts (both ancient and relatively
recent) have described incidents of extrasensory perception, as
well as everyday use of it for divination.

So, the big question is: Do people actually have ESP and can it
be proved? Many paranormal scientists have run experiments to
test the veracity of alleged psychic abilities and many have
come out shocked and amazed at the results. It seems that ESP
may be a little more likely than anyone previously thought. In
fact, some paranormal studies have found that alleged psychics
seem able to foretell the contents of sealed envelopes and
accurately draw images identical to those of people drawing the
same image from a remote locale. Parapsychology (especially the
area of extrasensory studies) has grown both in venerability
and believer population. In fact, many large universities now
have Parapsychology programs including Edinburgh University in
Scotland.

Most claims of psychic readings and abilities are similar to
the three most commonly reported extrasensory happenings which
include telepathy, clairvoyance, and precognition. Telepathy is
defined as mental communication between two or more people. It
entails one person sending or receiving thoughts to or from
another person via some sort of mental or emotional link.

Clairvoyance is often called a "second sight" or a "sixth
sense" -- that is to say, the person perceives events happening
in a location other than his or her present one, without having
any previous knowledge of the event. For example, a clairvoyant
person may sense that something is wrong with a friend or a
family member to find that he or she was in trouble. They also
may "know" that their house is being robbed as they are out to
dinner. Precognition, on the other hand, is also known as
"fortune telling" or "foresight" and entails the ability to
know or predict what will happen in the future. Many prophets
(including very false ones) have risen to fame – and even
religious worship -- through their apparent ability to predict
the events of the future.


About The Author: Malcolm Moorhouse is a clairvoyant psychic
with over 16 years professional experience. Web:
http://www.psychicreading4you.co.uk Email:
info@psychicreading4you.co.uk Copyright Malcolm Moorhouse 2006