Research Papers
Anthon St. Maarten
DOI: https://doi.org/10.13140/RG.2.2.27984.98568
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Psychic perception remains one of the most misunderstood and inconsistently defined domains in parapsychology and the broader study of transpersonal psychology and human consciousness. Existing scientific models rely heavily on mechanistic extrasensory concepts and linear sender–receiver analogies, while popular culture depends on the folkloric notion of the “clair senses” and distinct “psychic abilities.”
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These frameworks do not accurately reflect the phenomenology of psychic channeling and mediumship. This working paper introduces a unified conceptual triad of psychic perception grounded in metaphysical consciousness theory, contemporary philosophy, emerging theories in neuroscience and consciousness studies, and the lived experiences of psychics and mediums. It reframes psychic perception as a nonphysical, nonsensory, nonlocal faculty of mind–soul consciousness that arises from expanded states of sapient–sentient awareness and resonance with nonlocal informational fields.
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This paper presents three integrated conceptual models:
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Mind–Soul Resonance Model™, describing how psychic perception begins as synchronization between individual consciousness and nonlocal informational fields
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Sapient–Sentient Awareness Model™, describing how unconscious metaphysical information is transduced into conscious awareness
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Psychic Impression Preference Model™, which interprets both traditional psi and esoteric constructs such as clairvoyance, precognition, and the “clair senses” not as separate abilities or modalities, but as individualized phenomenology in how transduced metaphysical impressions are perceived as conscious qualia.
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Together, this conceptual triad offers a holistic framework for further research, practitioner training, and public understanding of psychic perception.
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Citation:
St. Maarten, A. (2025). A Unified Conceptual Triad of Psychic Perception: Nonlocal Mind–Soul Resonance, Sapient–Sentient Awareness, and Psychic Impression Preference. DOI: https://doi.org/10.13140/RG.2.2.27984.98568