Commonly used terms and their meanings

Clairvoyance or "Clear Seeing", is the ability to see anything which is not physically present, such as objects, animals or people. This sight occurs "in the mind’s eye," and some mediums say that this is their normal vision state. Others say that they must train their minds with such practices as meditation in order to achieve this ability, and that assistance from spiritual helpers is often necessary.

Clairaudience or "Clear Hearing", is the ability to hear Spirit voices from the Spirit World, which are not audible to other people who are even next to the Medium who is hearing the Spirit World. Some Mediums profess to hear as though they are listening to a person talking to them on the outside of their head, it is as though the Spirit is next to or near to the Medium, and other Mediums maintain that they hear the voices within their head/mind as a thought verbalisation of a thought.

 Clairsentience or "Clear Sensing", is ability of extra feeling, or having an impression of what is being communicated by a spirit, it is said to be received by the Medium from the higher vibrational plane of Spirit.

Clairsentinence or "Clear Feeling"', this is an ability where the Medium is said to take on the ailments of the person who is now in the World of Spirit, feeling the same problem of that person they had whilst they were here on the earth plane. If they had pains in their joints when they were on this side of the veil the Medium will feel it. As they will if the link in Spirit suffered with heart problems, cancer, stomach problems, loss of a limb, tumour on the brain. These feeling go when the Medium acknowledges the Spirit being there.

Clairalience or "Clear Smelling" is the alleged phenomenon where sensitive people can smell the odour of the person who is not on the earth plane. They can sometimes smell their pipe tobacco, cigarette tobacco, food smells, different spices as though they are coming from a kitchen.

Clairgustance or "Clear Tasting", this is where the Medium can apparently taste the foods, liquid and anything that goes into the mouth of the deceased person, it is tasted by the Medium. This is given by those in Spirit to confirm it is the correct person being contacted. Taste within the mouth can at times be strong as though the medium/sensitive has taken it in their mouth this is “objective” clear tasting. “Subjectively” is when it is put as a thought in the mind.

All the above are examples of mental mediumship as they happen on a mental level. You will have probably experienced some of the above without realising it. There is nothing special about being psychic as some would lead you to believe. Communication with spirit in my eyes is not for entertainment purposes and I cringe when I see how much is on TV!!!

However if you have a genuine desire to help people then developing your skills may be right for you. Everyone has psychic ability, the only difference being is the amount of development these skills get.

Meditation is a great place to start. You can't begin to develop with thoughts like 'what shall I do for tea tomorrow', mulling around in your mind. You need to have a place to relax and get rid of everyday trials and tribulations to get the most out of development. If you have any questions please do not hesitate to get in touch. I know how difficult it can be to get advice on how to start on the path of development. Use the link below to email your question(s) on development.

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