Psychic+Abilities

Veronica LaBelle 3/20/09 Connections #5 Mrs. Crawford **__Mystery-Psychic Abilities__**

Psychic abilities are a mystery that has been investigated by scientists for about 150 years and yet still remains a mystery to us. Ask 100 different scientists, and you’ll get 100 different opinions. To have psychic abilities is to be capable of extraordinary mental processes. Among the many unsolved mysteries of the past, there are psychic abilities. By examining every clue, this report will try to solve the mystery that has perplexed humankind for 150 years.

Psychic abilities occur anywhere in the world, to everyone, even if they are unaware. It has been researched since 1858 by scientists all over the world. Psychic ability is sometimes known as "the third eye" or the "six sense." There are many different types of psychic abilities. Some of them include: Aura Reading-the ability to read people's auras-a subtle, luminous energy circle that surrounds every person and changes according to the person's current emotion. Clairvoyance- seeing or sensing images clearly. Clairaudience- the ability to hear the sounds and voices connected to the spirits of dead people. Clairsentience- Physical sensations that add to an overall psychic impression. Intuition- a gut feeling that happens automatically. There are many others, like dream interpretation, precognition, psychometry, and empathy. Everyone's psychic abilities are already functional, fully developed, and work 24/7.

Although everyone has psychic abilities, small children have a greater amount than adults, and can see things well in advance. However, as children grow up, they lose some of that power. The power still remains with some people, who get flashes of what will happen in the future. ESP is another form of psychic abilities. ESP stands for "Extra Sensory Perception". There are three main types of ESP: Precognition-knowledge or perception of future events. Retrocognition-knowledge or perception of past events, and Telepathy-mind-to-mind communication that is not spoken. Our 16th president, Abraham Lincoln, saw his death three days in advance. This is common for something extraordinary that's about to happen. Some psychic abilities like ESP have experimental support.

Even with all the evidence and experimental support, some scientists still disagree that psychic abilities actually exist. In the National Acedemy of Sciences, a survey says that just 2% of the scientists there believe in psychic abilities. (Also known as psi phenomena). However, other people say these scientists are being close-minded, because of the experimental support that some psychic abilities received. Some people just think psychic abilities as "luck" or "coincidence." Of course, there are only so many times that luck and coincidence can pull through, where as psychic abilities surround everyone.

Psychic abilities is one of the many unsolved mysteries of the past. This report has tried to solve the mystery that has baffled humankind for 150 years. After my research, I have come to believe that psychic abilities actually exists. Everyone possesses some amount of this mental power, even if they don't know it, although children have more than adults. Psychic abilities come in many forms and different types. Humans have tried to understand this mystery since 1858, the mystery that is a part of everyone, the mystery of psychic abilities.