| Clairvoyance
is defined as a form of extra-sensory perception whereby a person
perceives distant objects, persons, or events, including "seeing" through
opaque objects and the detection of types of energy not normally
perceptible to humans (i.e. radio waves). Typically, such perception
is reported in visual terms, but may also include auditory impressions
(sometimes called clairaudience) or kinesthetic impressions.
The term clairvoyance is often used broadly to refer to all
forms of ESP where a person receives information through means
other than those explainable by current science. Perhaps more
often, it is used more narrowly to refer to reception of present-time
information not from another person, there being other terms
to refer to other forms: telepathy referring to reception of
information from another person (i.e. presumably mind-to-mind);
premonition and precognition that refer to gained information
about places and events in the future. The terms clairsentience
and remote perception are often used in reference to psi phenomena
falling under this broader context.
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