| Nearly every religious belief since the dawn of man | | | | extra sensory perception would be required. Results |
| has surmised that there is much more to the living | | | | have been both broadly inconclusive, and profoundly |
| being of a person than the physical form. Whether | | | | interesting in their findings. |
| it's a soul, or an energy field of some kind, or some | | | | People that believe themselves to have psychic |
| sort of spiritual connection to nature, people have | | | | abilities may be able to use their gift to seek some |
| always believed that there was much more to this | | | | sort of employment. In Western culture, psychics are |
| human condition than meets the eye. Yet, whenever | | | | sometimes called upon to perform seemingly |
| this connection may be, our five senses that the | | | | impossible feats such as predicting the future. |
| been developed through the course of evolution are | | | | Well-known psychics that have lived in the past, such |
| not sensitive to it. We cannot see souls or auras, or | | | | as Nostradamus, have been strikingly accurate in their |
| nothing of the sort. | | | | predictions of major events that occurred in the time |
| At least, most of us can't. Psychics are people that, | | | | after their lives expired. This is encouraged a |
| whether through disciplined study or some sort of | | | | widespread belief in the notion that psychic power is |
| natural gift, have developed a sort of sixth sense. | | | | real, and that humans have the ability to perceive |
| They've become especially sensitive to these types | | | | things outside of their five natural senses. |
| of invisible energy feels that run through our bodies in | | | | Another attribute that is commonly thought to be |
| order to interact with nature. This extemporaneous | | | | exhibited by psychics is two-way communication with |
| sensitivity can manifest itself a number of ways. | | | | the dead. It is thought that they have a profound |
| Sometimes psychics can tell a person's move from | | | | connection to the spiritual world, and that they can |
| across the room, without having any type of physical | | | | use it to open up channels of correspondence with |
| interaction with them. They're able to sense | | | | those who've passed beyond this plane of existence. |
| emotional states through nonphysical means. | | | | Many psychics confront skeptics by demonstrating |
| The perception of exactly what a psychic is capable | | | | their knowledge of facts about the deceased that |
| of, as well as whether or not psychic powers are | | | | could only possibly be known by close family |
| even possible to begin with, has always been a | | | | members, or by the deceased themselves. This is |
| subject of great scientific debate. Still, there is then | | | | meant to imply that the dead are able to linger |
| dozens of perception tests that been conducted | | | | around the Earth during the afterlife, and are able to |
| throughout the course of modern history that were | | | | speak to people who are sensitive enough to listen. |
| all designed to test the psychic abilities of the | | | | Whatever your belief happens to be on the subject, |
| subject. All of them were conducted in such a way | | | | the abilities of some purported psychics can be quite |
| that a person with normal perceptions would not be | | | | impressive to behold. |
| able to complete them successfully, so some sort of | | | | |