Clairolfaction, also known as psychic smelling, is the perception of scents, odors or aromas without an identifiable physical source. This rare form of psychic perception preference has also acquired a rather extravagant collection of alternative names in modern esoteric and metaphysical usage, including clairalience, clairscent, clairessence, clairfragrance, clairaroma, clairosmia, clairolfactance, clairolfacience, and clairosmesis. Psychic smell, or clairolfaction, is a lesser-known psychic impression preference or "clair sense" involving olfactory or smell perceptions. These unusual perceptions may include anything from pleasant fragrances and familiar or nostalgic scents to unpleasant smoke, chemicals, decay, or putrid odors. In mediumship and trance channeling, these perceptions are most often associated with deceased individuals or spiritual presences. In channelled psychic readings, however, clairolfactory impressions are perceived as nonsensory psychic impressions that carry symbolic meaning or medical significance for the client or sitter. In medical science, unexplained smell perceptions are known as phantosmia or cacosmia and are not considered spiritual or supernatural in origin. This differs from the experiences reported by many psychics and mediums through the ages. The term olfaction means "the sense or faculty of smell," derived from Latin olfacere, meaning “to smell” or “to get the smell of.” The term clairolfaction therefore combines the traditional psychic prefix clair, French for “clear,” with olfaction, the established scientific term for the sense of smell. This is the term I use in my writing, research and psychic education work because it is the most precise and linguistically defensible. Clairolfaction was used by author and scholar Isaac Bonewits as far back as 1970s as part of his broader system of “clair senses" that is now used by many modern-day psychics and mediums. Bonewits also coined the terms clairgustance and clairtangency, and introduced clairempathy to distinguish emotional psychic perception from the much broader catch-all term clairsentience. However, despite the availability of this perfectly sensible term for one of the rarest forms of psychic perception, an extraordinary number of competing names and misconceptions inexplicably exist in contemporary folklore for essentially the same psychic phenomenon. At last count, I have identified at least ten such skunked terms: Clairalience seems to be the term that is most widely used these days, usually justified by the false claim that alience is French for “smelling.” It is not. No dictionary (French or English) has an entry for it, and my research over the past two decades has not once turned up a single etymological reference to support the idea that "alience" is a real, standalone word meaning smell or smelling. Actual French words for smelling are instead terms like sentir, flairer, or odorat...nothing resembling "alience." I suspect the term clairalience may be a mash-up of 'clair-' with a misheard echo of 'olfaction', or simply as a word invented to sound French or Latin. At some point, it made sense to someone, or sounded cool, and it eventually caught on. I have also not been able to pinpoint when exactly this concoction was invented. Clairscent derives from scent, which has roots in Old French sentir, meaning “to feel, smell, taste, or perceive,” and Latin sentire, “to perceive or sense.” It is maybe more easily understood as a an English word, but scent refers to a a smell or odor...not the faculty or process of smelling itself. Clairfragrance falls into the same trap and is even more restrictive because fragrance implies a pleasant smell, whereas clairolfactory psychic perceptions can often be very nasty and unpleasant. Clairaroma has the same limitation. An aroma is generally understood as a noticeable, often pleasant smell and therefore does not adequately describe the full range of psychic smell perceptions. There is nothing automatically 'nice' about clairolfactory psychic impressions that we should confidently refer to them as clairscents, clairfragrances, or even clairaromas. In fact, quite the contrary! These perceptions can be really nasty and putrid. Clairessence appears to draw on the perfume-related meaning of essence, particularly distilled oils and fragrances, but essence primarily refers to the intrinsic nature or character of an aroma, rather than the actual faculty of smell. Clairosmia incorporates the Greek-derived osmia, relating to smell. It makes sense linguistically, but -osmia is also used extensively in medical terminology for neurological and psychiatric conditions associated with altered smell perception that are not representative of the psychic phenomenon. These medical terms include: • Anosmia (no smell) • Hyposmia (reduced smell) • Hyperosmia (heightened smell) • Parosmia (distorted smell) • Phantosmia (phantom smell) • Dysosmia (abnormal smell) Clairosmesis is the lesser of evils. It derives from Greek osmesis and osmasthai, meaning to “smell” or “perceive by smell.” It is linguistically fine, but osmesis is an obscure term, far less familiar than olfaction, and it is also used in medical contexts. To modern English readers it is additionally easy to confuse with the word "osmosis." Clairolfaction is simply more established and more immediately understandable. Clairolfactance and clairolfacience are no doubt the worst of the bunch. They are obviously Frankenstein hybrids of olfaction. The words "olfactance" and "olfacience" simply does not exist in English. Psychics and mediums already face enough skepticism, scorn, and ridicule. We really do not need to add poor vocabulary to the mix by using silly words like 'olfactance' and 'olfacience', which you will not find in any reputable English dictionary. After a lifetime of lived psychic experiences and more than two decades working professionally as a psychic mediumship practitioner, author and educator, I have become increasingly reluctant over the years to adopt nonsensical terminology simply because it is popular or frequently recycled by social media influencers. The words we use in our work should accurately describe our perceptual experiences. For this reason, I use clairolfaction as the preferred term for psychic smell. When 'Psychic Smell' Is Medical, Not Metaphysical In psychiatry and medicine, smelling an odor that is not physically present in the environment is considered to be an olfactory hallucination, medically known as phantosmia, or ‘phantom smell.’ Cacosmia, on the other hand, refers specifically to the perception of foul or unpleasant odors, typically experienced as smelling something burned, spoiled, rotten, or otherwise offensive. [1] Clairolfaction is not frequently acknowledged or discussed in the psychic community, probably because it is not a common psychic preference. It is most often associated with unusual mediumship experiences and spirit phenomena. Whether it is purely a mediumship phenomenon, or simply misunderstood or underreported by psychics is unclear, but accounts of this phenomenon traditionally focus mostly on extreme paranormal phenomena, such as poltergeist activity and demonic possession. The case files of paranormal investigators Ed and Lorraine Warren include, for example, numerous accounts of foul ‘cacosmic’ odors and bizarre smell phenomena, such as those in the book In a Dark Place. [2] Clairolfaction In Mediumship & Paranormal Research Psi research data on clairolfaction further appears to be limited mostly to physical mediumship, for example the anecdotal accounts of physical mediums Indridi Indridason and Franek Kluski. Indridason produced a fragrant smell when he was channeling, as well as other smells, such as seaweed. These smells would sometimes cling to other people after he touched them.[3] Various odors also permeated Kluski’s body during séances, including the smells of fruit, leaves, flowers, incense, disinfectant, animal smells, rotting flesh, sweat, and dirty clothing. These smells reportedly clung to him for a long time and were emitted from different parts of his body.[4] It is unfortunate that psychic smelling is generally overlooked in both psi research and the psychic community, as smell perceptions are some of the most psychologically and emotionally meaningful ‘qualia’ people experience. “Not only is it a chief component of taste,” writes Amelia Buckley, “but it holds the key to our emotions. It is a primary factor in memory and can manipulate our feelings in a way that sight or sound can’t quite do.”[5] Memories, imagination, old sentiments, and associations are more readily reached through the sense of smell than through any other channel. ~ Oliver Wendell Why 'Smell' Is Such a Powerful Psychic Perception Ordinary smell is a powerful sense. We all experience smell associations that instantly take us back to moments of heightened emotion or special memories. It is no accident, for example, that when we experience a negative intuition or gut feeling we say things like, ‘I smell a rat,’ or ‘it smells to high heaven,’ or ‘something smells fishy.’ Smells have the unique ability to immediately evoke emotions or trigger vivid memories. No other sense can so instantly bring back a meaningful moment from the past, or invoke the memory of a special person or event. This psychic perception phenomenon adds an exceptionally meaningful component in the channeled readings of those psychic or mediumship practitioners who experience these types of impressions. Clairolfactory psychics and mediums tend to also perceive clairgustance or psychic taste impressions along with certain smell perceptions. It makes perfect sense that this mental partnership would exist in a metaphysical context, since our physical perception of taste and smell also go hand-in-hand. Signs of Spirit Presence: Smoke, Perfume & Familiar Smells The most commonly reported experiences of psychic smell involve the smell of a deceased loved one’s perfume, as well as smells associated with cigarette and cigar smoke. I had a very striking personal experience of this while having lunch at a restaurant one day, when I began to smell the stench of second-hand tobacco smoke. I complained to the waiter, as it was supposed to be a non-smoking area, but both my companion and the waiter were perplexed, as neither of them smelled anything, and there was clearly nobody smoking inside the venue? Driving home, I soon realized the truth. Whoever had been ‘stinking up’ the restaurant was now also ‘chain-smoking’ inside my car. Later that evening, the ‘culprit’ made himself known during a mediumship reading. The first thing I said to my client was, “whoever the person is you were hoping to connect with today, I can already tell you one thing for sure…he must have smoked like a chimney!” She confirmed that he indeed used to smoke two to three packs a day. Smoke and perfume are however not the only smell perceptions clairolfactors perceive. In readings I have perceived the smell of flowers (especially roses), perfume or cologne, cigarette smoke, leather, incense, spices, fresh bread, fast food (hamburgers and pizza), animals (including dogs, cats, and horses), sea water, and even ‘wet sand.’ Sometimes these smell impressions can be very unpleasant, but fortunately for me that does not happen very often. Foul smells I have had to endure include urine, dirty laundry, and chemicals (alcohol, turpentine, and disinfectant). I have however heard of psychics and mediums who smell even worse things, like ‘burning rubber,’ ‘wet dog,’ and ‘rotting eggs.’ Paranormal investigators also report in books like Exposed, Uncovered & Declassified: Ghosts, Spirits, & Hauntings: Am I Being Haunted? the smell of sulphur as one of the classic signs of a haunting or demonic activity. [6][7] My Unusual 'Ozone Orbs' Experiences The most interesting aspect of my own ‘smelling ability’ is an unusual odor I began perceiving early on in my career. While I am channeling, spirit energy at times manifests clairvoyantly in the periphery of my ordinary vision as light orbs of ‘flickering, floating lights,’ comparable to ‘seeing stars,’ or the ‘flashers and floaters’ you see after looking into a bright light. These orbs usually bring with them a distinctive smell. The best way I can describe it is that it smells like ‘electricity’ or ‘ozone.’ It is not unpleasant, simply unusual. For a long time, I had no way of describing it, until I bought a small air purifier many years ago. I soon discovered that the faint smell of ozone, generated in small quantities by the negative ions from the purifier, was quite similar. I have since discovered I am not the only one to experience this phenomenon and that similar cases have been reported physical mediumship. A well-documented example is a report by psi researcher Gustave Geley of a séance conducted by physical medium Franek Kluski on March 17th, 1920, during which he produced ‘phosphorescent lights smelling of ozone.’ From these lights, floating in the air, came what looked like shining smoke, accompanied by a very strong smell of ozone, which the participants smelled until the end of the séance. Some of the participants were touched by what seemed like a shining, flowing stream which over a period continued to shine on the hands, hair, and faces which it touched. The little fires, which kept appearing in increasing numbers, started to travel through the medium and come out of him.[8] In Other Realities?: The Enigma of Franek Kluski’s Mediumship author Zofia Weaver writes that according to Geley’s records ozone was the most frequent odor occurring around Kluski during his séances and was often associated with these ‘highly phosphorescent, moving lights.’[9] Can Clairolfaction Be A Positive Omen? I have been rather fortunate with clairolfaction, as I have in recent years begun to experience an unusual phenomenon of foreboding or portentous clairolfaction that is exceptionally positive, pleasant and uplifting. I suspect it may be something I have been experiencing all my life, but for some reason I only became aware of it more recently. I have also not been able to find any information on this phenomenon. I call it auspicious aroma. Merriam-Webster defines auspicious as ‘having qualities which inspire hope’ and ‘pointing toward a happy outcome,’ while an aroma is ‘a sweet or pleasant smell,’ as well as a ‘special quality or impression associated with something.’ My ‘auspicious aromas’ are pleasant, happy, comforting ‘smells’ that are mostly indescribable, but always a good sign. One of the only significant associations I have been able to make thus far was a smell perception that somehow reminded me of the pantry in my maternal grandparents’ home (one of my favorite places when I was a child). The feeling I have when I perceive these smells is vague excitement and a sense of joy. I have found that they are always a good omen or foreboding that something good, positive, reassuring, or fortunate is about to occur in my life. For me it is essentially the ‘phantom smell’ version of finding a four-leaf clover or seeing a shooting star. Science writer Alexandra Michel argues that psychology textbooks have taught us for decades that there is a clear line of distinction between perception — how we see, hear, touch, taste, and smell — and higher-level cognitive processes that allow us to integrate and interpret our senses. Yet, emerging interdisciplinary research is showing that the delineation between perception and cognition may be much blurrier than previously thought…New findings also show that our so-called low-level perceptual processes, such as smell, may actually be much smarter than previously thought. Discerning exactly what is top-down or bottom-up may be far more complicated than scientists once believed.[10] Neuroscientist John McGann uses cutting-edge techniques to explore the neurobiology of sensory cognition in smell. He uses the olfactory system as a model to investigate neural processing of sensory stimuli. He argues that our nose knows more than we realize. He believes the myth that our ability to smell is ‘non-essential’ is a serious mistake that has caused science to neglect research in this critical and mysterious part of the human mind.[11] In a recent series of experiments McGann discovered that “it was like the information coming into the brain from the nose already had the memory of bad things incorporated into it.”[12] In other words, we appear to be able to ‘know’ or ‘predict’ information from a smell, before the actual smell information even reaches our brain for sensory processing. When Psychic & Mediums Smell Illness Similar to other psychic preferences, clairolfactory psychics and mediums also develop personal symbolism or subjective associations with their psychic smell perceptions. For example, I can tell someone is terminally ill whenever I smell ‘rotting peaches.’ This association comes from an early childhood experience when I was about five years old. While visiting my grandparents, they introduced me to a sickly little girl who lived across the street from them. The day we met she was playing outside with her older brother. He was gently pushing her in a makeshift swing attached to the overhanging branch of a large peach tree. The instant I saw her, it seemed like the bright sunlight of a perfect summer’s day suddenly vanished. A dark, depressing shadow descended for me over everything, and I was overwhelmed by a sense of profound sadness, anxiety, despair. In that gloomy moment, the air was thick with the unpleasant odor of rotting peaches on the ground around us. I felt that she was extremely sick and dying, and so I came to associate the ‘peach smell’ with terminal illness. Years later, I was told that soon after we met, she had passed away from leukemia. Clairolfaction is especially meaningful in the context of health and healing, as some medical psychics, mediums and energy healers report the ability to ‘smell disease,’ or detect the early symptoms of illness, or identify affected areas of the body through smell impressions. Research in this field is limited, but there has been renewed interest recently due to Joy Milne who unknowingly smelled her husband had Parkinson's disease — over a decade before his symptoms became severe enough for him to seek help and be diagnosed. Despite a keen sense of smell since childhood, Milne never realized she had a ‘superpower,’ until the couple attended a support group for people with Parkinson's. There were many people gathered in the room and as soon as she walked in, she realized they all had the same ‘greasy, musty smell’ she had begun smelling on her husband many years earlier, before he was diagnosed. Once she realized the connection, they approached a researcher in regenerative medicine, but he dismissed her claims, thinking it was impossible. Several months later, he heard about research that showed dogs could smell cancer,[13] which reminded him of Milne. He then invited her to participate in an experiment in which she was asked to smell T-shirts worn overnight by two groups: people who had Parkinson's, and a control group. Not only was she incredibly accurate (she only made one mistake), but she was even able to tell if a person was in the early or late stages of the disease.[14][15] Interestingly, there is another case of a man who happens to suffer from Parkinson’s hallucinations, during which he smells a ‘noxious skunk-onion excrement odor’ that would suddenly intensify two to three hours before a weather storm, and would last until it has passed. According to a 2013 study he is the first reported case of ‘weather-induced exacerbation of phantosmia.’[16] Frequently Asked Questions About Psychic Smelling Is clairalience the same as clairolfaction? Yes. Clairalience and clairolfaction are both terms used to describe the same psychic perception phenomenon: perceiving smells without an identifiable physical source. I prefer to use the term clairolfaction because it is more precise and linguistically defensible. "Alience' is a made-up term that does not exist in English, French, or Latin. What is psychic smelling? Psychic smelling is the mental-metaphysical perception of scents, odors, or aromas as psychic impressions as opposed to ordinary physical smell. Normal smell is sensory. Psychic smell is nonsensory. These psychic impressions may include perfume, smoke, flowers, food, animals, chemicals, unpleasant odors, or other familiar smells. Can only mediums smell spirit presence? Yes. Some mediums do report smell perceptions during spirit communication or channeled readings. In evidential mediumistic readings, a familiar perfume, cologne, cigarette or cigar smoke, flowers, or other distinctive smells are perceived as evidence of a particular deceased person or spirit presence. This is however a rare psychic perception preference that is not common among mediums. That said, these experiences are definitely not limited to mediums. Researchers have been documenting similar "smell" experiences among the general public for decades, usually under scientific terms such as after-death communication, sense of presence, or bereavement studies. For example, a 2021 study found that smell was reported in 28% of cases, versus 44 - 48% for hearing and touch and 46% for vision. So, spirit smells are less common than sounds, voices, touch, or apparitions, but occur in more than a quarter of reported cases. Interestingly, although the researchers use the clinical term “hallucinations,” they explicitly state in their paper that they use it neutrally and do not mean to imply that these experiences are pathological or necessarily unreal. However, the study also does not attempt to determine whether the experiences are genuinely spiritual or metaphysical in origin. Why do I smell perfume or cigarette smoke? In mediumship and spiritual traditions, a sudden familiar smell with no obvious physical source are often interpreted as a sign of a deceased loved one’s presence. However, unexplained or recurring phantom smells can also have ordinary or medical causes and should not automatically be assumed to be supernatural or paranormal. How common is it to smell a deceased loved one's presence? It is more common than most people realize. Studies of bereaved people have found smell-related experiences in roughly 17% to 28% of reported encounters, depending on the study and research method. Familiar perfume, tobacco smoke, flowers, cooking smells, and other personally meaningful scents are among the examples people report. Interestingly, while one large modern study found that smell-based encounters were less common than visual, auditory, or tactile experiences, olfactory experiences were among those most strongly associated with increased religious or spiritual significance afterward. In other words, smelling spirit is spiritually more impactful and meaningful than other forms of afterlife vaidation. Is smelling a deceased loved one a sign of mental illness? No, usually it is not. Studies have repeatedly found sensory experiences of deceased loved ones to be relatively common among otherwise healthy people, and researchers generally do not regard these experiences as automatically pathological or as a sign of mental disorder. In fact, they are often rather viewed as comforting, healing and meaningful. Persistent or disturbing phantom smells, however, should be medically investigated because conditions such as phantosmia (olfactory hallucination) can have physical or neurological causes. Also, if you experience these smells repeatedly and consistently in a way that is upsetting or disturbing, it is recommended to consult with both a registered healthcare professional and an appropriately qualified spiritual specialist, so that possible physical, neurological, and spiritual explanations can all be considered. What is the difference between clairolfaction and phantosmia? Clairolfaction is the esoteric definition of unexplained smell perceptions perceived as psychic or mediumistic information. Phantosmia is the medical term for perceiving an odor when no physical odor is present and can be associated with several neurological or physical conditions. Can spirit smells be evil or demonic? Yes, but this is very rare. Some paranormal traditions do associate these smell experiences with disturbing spirit activity. Renowned paranormal investigators Ed and Lorraine Warren, documented a famous case that later inspired horror films such as The Conjuring. In theirwork they often encountered unpleasant and seemingly unexplained foul and sulfurous odors in locations where paranormal activity was reported. However, it is not true that unexplained smells are automatically negative or demonic. Many spiritual and religious traditions actually describe the exact opposite. For example, according to Catholic beliefs, holiness has a smell that can be perceived around a holy person, either in life or especially at death. This smell is described as sweet, floral, or similar to incense, while Islamic traditions associate holy martyrs with the fragrance of musk. Various spiritual wisdom traditions describe pleasant floral, incense-like, or familiar fragrances as signs of divine, ancestral, or benevolent spirit presence. Ancient Greek literature also describes the gods as having distinctive ambrosial fragrances, while Chinese ancestor-veneration traditions have used incense for thousands of years as part of ritual communication with deceased ancestors and deities. In other words, the nature and context of the smell matters. Otherworldly smell experiences can be unpleasant, or neutral, or comforting, profoundly uplifting or even divine. Source: The Sensible Psychic: A Leading-Edge Guide To True Psychic Perception. © 2022 Anthon St. Maarten REFERENCES [1] Leopold, D.A. (2002). Distortion Of Olfactory Perception: Diagnosis And Treatment. Chemical Senses. [2] Warren, E & Warren, L. (2014). In A Dark Place. Graymalkin Media. [3] Haraldsson, E. (2018). Indridi Indridason (Medium). Psi Encyclopedia. The Society for Psychical Research. [4] Weaver, Z. 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Study Shows Dogs Can Accurately Sniff Out Cancer In Blood. ScienceDaily.com. [14] An Unlikely Superpower. (2020). Invisibilia: Season 6, Episode 3. Npr.org. [15] Trivedi, D.K. et. al. (2019). Discovery Of Volatile Biomarkers Of Parkinson’s Disease From Sebum. ACS Central Science. [16] Aiello, S. R. & Hirsch, A. R. (2013). Phantosmia As A Meteorological Forecaster. International Journal Of Biometeorology. [17] Bonewits, I. (2005). A Pagan Glossary Of Terms: Useful Words And Phrases For The Interdimensional Traveler. Neopagan.net [18] Elsaesser, E., et. al. (2021). The Phenomenology And Impact Of Hallucinations Concerning The Deceased. BJPsych Open. ABOUT THE AUTHOR Anthon St. Maarten is a hereditary psychic medium, researcher, author, and accredited adult educator with more than two decades of professional experience. In full-time practice since 2004, he has conducted more than 12,000 psychic and mediumship readings for clients across thirty countries on five continents. His personal search for making sense of his own psychic experiences since childhood, and ultimately mastering his perception process, has given him an in-depth knowlegde and understanding of psychic perception, mediumship, channeling, and the developmental challenges often encountered by both aspiring and experienced practitioners. Anthon is the author of a research working paper titled A Unified Conceptual Triad of Psychic Perception: Nonlocal Mind-Soul Resonance, Sapient-Sentient Awareness, and Psychic Impression Preference. This paper outlines the original conceptual framework that underpins the Unlock Your Psychic Potential™ training program and his broader approach to psychic development training and education. He is also the author of The Sensible Psychic and Divine Living, and the founding editor of PsychicBloggers.com. Anthon holds a postgraduate degree in Liberal Arts with a major in Psychology and is a certified outcomes-based adult education facilitator, assessor, and moderator. His teaching combines professional practice, independent research, structured educational methodology, and lived experience as a hereditary psychic medium. His psychic decelopment training program is science-informed, spiritually inclusive, and focused on conceptual clarity, authenticity and accurate terminology. He aims to help psychic and mediumship students to develop greater discernment and self-trust, and build their skills on a credible foundation rather than mythology, superstition, or pop-culture stereotypes.

The extrasensory psychic ability of clairempathy or ‘psychic empathy’ is not yet recognized in mainstream science, but that does not make it any less bona fide for the highly sensitive people who experience these empathic psychic phenomena as a daily reality. Despite the lack of academic interest, and contrary to widespread skepticism, there is a growing body of anecdotal evidence and a significant collection of scientific data steadily gaining momentum to offer intriguing clues to the psycho-physiological experiences of empaths, intuitives, sensitives and psychics all over the world. I am a clairempath. I feel what other people feel. I experience inexplicable extrasensory perceptions of other people’s emotions, mood states, subconscious motivations, and even their physical or medical symptoms. It happens without me having to see them, or knowing anything about them. Touching others, or being in close proximity to them, elicits more intense empathic perceptions , but it is not necessary for me to have direct contact or personal interaction with others in order to have a direct experience of their underlying feelings and intentions. Clairempathy is a psychic perception preference. In my experience this process of sensing is due to some form of energy transfer between me and other people when the information is in my environment. I call this local induction, as opposed to nonlocal psychic perception. There is an energy interaction or energy exchange that takes place between me and them. I experience these vivid psychic impressions of other’s energy on a daily basis, and I utilize it to the best of my ability in my work as a professional psychic medium, consulting with clients all over the world. Clairempathy is an energy perception, or sentient response, that has no rational or logical origin. It is a form of perception which is experienced as a tactile, physical sensation... or an emotional feeling. My clairempathic experiences are uncanny and very real, as many of my friends, family and clients will attest. In exploring the limits of consciousness...we are indeed challenged by the spirit of our own epoch. In spite of the persuasiveness of conventional wisdom, consciousness may in fact have transtemporal aspects, and if so, the hard problem of consciousness takes on a mysterious new gleam ~ Dean Radin As is the case with all forms of extra-sensory perception (ESP) and paranormal ability, clairempathy or ‘psychic empathy’ is not yet recognized by the mainstream scientific community. However, that does not make it any less bona fide to me. For me it is a daily reality, despite the lack of scientific evidence to explain or justify my (sometimes traumatic) personal life experiences. And contrary to persistent mainstream skepticism regarding the existence of empaths and psychic phenomena, there is a growing body of anecdotal evidence and scientific data gaining momentum in this highly neglected field of study. Liberated by globalization and social media technology, a rising international community of empaths, psychics, energy healers and highly sensitive people have been sharing in recent years their often deeply personal experiences of these so-called paranormal or ‘supernatural’ phenomena. Online forums, social media support groups and consultation services for this purpose are expanding in cyberspace, as more of us are coming together to exchange information about our empathic psychic experiences. Our real life stories are increasingly coming out of the ‘paranormal closet’ and into the public domain. This growing collection of anecdotal evidence cannot be disregarded or ignored indefinitely. English author Quentin Crisp famously stated, “In an expanding universe, time is on the side of the outcast. Those who once inhabited the suburbs of human contempt find that without changing their address they eventually live in the metropolis.” Psychic ability, extra sensory perception (ESP) and paranormal phenomena remain neglected fields of study in scientific research, for various reasons. The good news is that at least some new scientific evidence has been emerging over the years to offer clues towards a future technical understanding of psychic sensitivity, clairempathy and related empath experiences. Below are some of the more significant scientific discoveries in this arena. Mirror-Touch Synesthesia Synesthesia, oddly described by some in the medical community as a ‘disorder’, is basically the extraordinary ability some people possess to simultaneously perceive something through more than one of the senses. Perception with one sense triggers a simultaneous and corresponding perception in another sense. For example, synesthetes can ‘see sounds’ or ‘taste words’ or ‘feel smells.’ In some forms of synesthesia the person might perceive symbols, shapes, letters, or numbers with an accompanying sensory perception of color, flavor or smell. Mirror-touch synesthesia and pain synesthesia are versions of this phenomenon which causes the synesthete to feel a similar sensation in the same part of their body as another person. For example, seeing someone else being pinched on their cheek, would cause the synesthete to feel a similar sensation on their own cheek. Scientific studies have not only provided clear evidence for the existence of this type of synesthesia, but have also shown that it correlates with extraordinary or heightened empathic ability. Electromagnetic Biocurrents Some researchers not only believe that both the human brain and heart generate significant electromagnetic energy fields, but that the heart is in fact the most prominent source of biocurrents in the body. For example, one study measured in an electrocardiogram (ECG) the heart’s electrical field as being about 60 times greater in amplitude than that of brain waves. There is still controversy and disagreement on this subject, but as new technology emerges we will hopefully find a new ways to study electromagnetic processes in the human body. The ultimate question this hypothesis raises is whether the human body merely processes incoming electromagnetic information via the five senses, or does the heart and mind also send out electromagnetic information about our thoughts and feelings? In other words, are we merely receivers of electromagnetic stimuli, or do we also generate and transmit electromagnetic data to the world around us? For example, one study provided intriguing evidence that an exchange of electromagnetic energy produced by the heart occurs when people touch each other, or are in close proximity to each other. The electrocardiogram (ECG) signal of one person was shown to register in another person’s EEG, as well as other areas of the other person’s body. The signal was strongest when the subject were in direct contact, but was also detectable when they were in close proximity to each other, without any physical contact. Mirror Neurons Have you ever noticed that you experience similar sensations in your body when watching a highly engaging activity on television, for example someone participating in an extreme sport, or an actor fighting for his life in a horror film? Why is that when you see an athlete jump for a slam dunk, or a car going over a cliff, you can actually feel the sensation of your own heart racing, or your stomach turning? Scientists attribute this experience to the existence of mirror neurons, a specialized type of brain cell in the frontal cortex. These specialized brain cells do not only respond when we perform an action, they also respond when we see someone else performing the same action. The neural mechanism is involuntary and automatic, which enables us to watch other people and instantly know what they are feeling or experiencing, without having to first think about it Distant Intentionality Have you ever felt someone staring at you, and when you look up or turn around, you catch them in the act. Studies have shown that between 68% and 98% of the population sometimes sense the unseen gaze of another person. Known as Distant Intentionality, this feeling of being stared at has been demonstrated with varying degrees in research studies. A meta-analysis concluded that there are definitely hints of such an effect, but also a shortage of independent replications and theoretical concepts for this phenomenon. Distant Physiological Correlations Can signals travel between the nervous systems of two people who are not in direct physical contact with each other? Several scientific studies have demonstrated that the physiology of one person can affect, or elicit similar responses in another person’s physiology over a distance, without direct touch or contact. For example, in a study of extrasensory electroencephalographic (EEG) induction between identical twins, alpha rhythms were elicited in one of the twins as a result of mechanically stimulating such rhythms in the other twin. Einstein-Podolsky-Rosen (EPR) correlations were also observed between two human brains when pairs of subjects were allowed to first interact with each other, and were then separated inside semi-silent Faraday chambers. One subject of each pair was then stimulated by flashing lights, which caused the other subject to show ‘transferred potentials’ similar to those evoked in the stimulated subject. In other words, the person not exposed to the light flashes had a similar response in their body over a distance. Emotional Contagion Emotional contagion is a psycho-physiological phenomenon in which one person's emotions and behaviors have been shown to directly trigger similar emotions and behaviors in other people. It is an instantaneous and unconscious process of transmission, through which emotional states or moods literally spread like ‘social viruses.’ Interestingly, some people have a natural ability to transmit these mood changes to others, while some people are more susceptible to be ‘contaminated’ by them. Research also demonstrated that we seem to automatically synchronize our moods with each other in social settings, and that this plays an important role in establishing emotional rapport and ensuring smooth interaction with others. Mass Psychogenic Illness Mass Psychogenic Illness (MPI) or Mass Hysteria is a well-documented phenomenon in which a group of people, crowd or community experience a spontaneous outbreak of similar physical symptoms, behaviors, or psychological stress. Many such outbreaks have been documented in schools, work environments and communities all over the world. Scientists still have no viable explanation for this kind of collective obsessional behavior, or so-called ‘epidemics of the mind.’ For example, one of the more bizarre cases was 'The Dancing Plague' of 1518 which occurred in Strasbourg, France. Hundreds of frenzied people spontaneously started dancing in the streets, leading to several deaths due to heart failure, strokes or exhaustion. Another documented case was The Tanganyika Laughter Epidemic of 1962 in which the villagers in several neighboring communities in Africa engaged in unstoppable laughter for months, after a group of students at a boarding school in Kakasha triggered the giggling. The villagers simply could not stop laughing, and some experienced pain, fainting, skin rashes, bouts of crying and respiratory problems. Physiological Presentiment All of us have experienced gut feelings, forebodings or intuitive hunches about future events that later turned out to be true. There is compelling evidence that the body’s perceptual apparatus may be continuously scanning the future, and that our bodies receive and process information related to intuitive perception. Experiments have demonstrated, for example, that the body can in fact respond to an emotionally arousing stimulus seconds before it is actually experienced. Several studies have been done to measure whether the human nervous system is able to correctly anticipate future events. Some studies focused primarily on electrodermal activity (EDA), while others explored different physiological measurements, including functional magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and heart rate variability. All of them reported consistent results and demonstrated a small, yet statistically significant form of precognition or presentiment in the human nervous system. One surprising study found that the human heart appears to receive and respond to intuitive information, and that a our heart rate slows down significantly prior to observing future emotional stimuli, as compared to calm stimuli. The human heart was shown to anticipate future emotional responses to external events. Not only is the heart apparently involved in the processing and decoding of intuitive or precognitive information, but it appears to be processed in the same way as conventional sensory input. Neuroscientific Altruism Researchers in the field of Neuroscience have used brain imaging and behavioral studies to demonstrate that the amygdala, a set of neurons located deep in the brain, is significantly larger in people who display traits of extreme altruism, or selfless compassion. The amygdala, which plays an essential role in our processing of emotions and social functioning, has also been found to be considerably smaller in the brains of psychopaths, who are known for their extreme lack of empathy. Furthermore, it was also discovered that the brains of altruists are in general larger than that of the average person. Empath experiences and psychic abilities are not the only unexplained phenomena that continue to challenge the modern scientific mind. A growing number of research studies have also yielded in recent years statistically significant results for other psi phenomena closely associated with psychic empathy, including telepathy, distant healing, survival of consciousness and mind-matter Interaction. Furthermore, researchers are yet to produce feasible explanations for, among other, recorded events of paranormal activity, historic cases of premonition, the phenomenon of military intuition (described by soldiers as the ‘spidey sense’), the mechanism of déjà vu, a plethora of reported near-death and related metaphysical experiences, and the mystifying inner workings of the mind-body connection and the placebo effect, to name but a few. Just because these phenomena have not been measured or feasibly explained, does not mean they do not exist. The thousands of people having these experiences cannot all be deluded or functionally insane! For the psychic empath extra-sensory perception and sentient energy exchange is a daily reality and deeply personal matter. I am fortunate that I have an educational background in Psychology and Sociology, and that I have become empowered as an empath through my personal spiritual practice and professional endeavors. After much initial bewilderment in my youth, I have over the years gained a much better understanding of my psychic and paranormal experiences through my own ongoing research, study and experimentation. But for many other people who share my experiences, the journey remains confusing or frustrating, sometimes embarrassing, and even traumatic. The current lack of scientific support and mainstream skepticism is not helping to alleviate our plight. The field of social neuroscience and in particular the investigation of empathy is still very young, and the latter has not even reached its adolescence yet. Having had such a promising and eager childhood, though, it seem reasonable to expect that with further aging, we will develop more elaborate theoretical models and more rigorous empirical tools to ultimately gain more conclusive insights ~ Lammab and Majdandžić ​But I rest assured in the knowledge that progress in science, and a paradigm shift, sometimes comes as a surprise when it is least expected. It is a well-known fact that all the pieces of the puzzle do not always fit when it comes to scientific data collection and interpretation. And sometimes scientists choose to ignore these discrepancies as irrelevant, or not belonging to the subject at hand, or simply dismiss it as a misinterpretation of the data, especially if it does not meet their original objectives, or the needs of whoever funds their research projects. Despite all this, anomalies will continue to come along from time to time that violate expectations, or even clash with currently held beliefs about the laws of the universe. There are many examples of scientific exceptions to the rule which was once rejected as ‘fringe science’, but eventually became accepted as mainstream thought, including The Big Bang theory, Heliocentrism, and the fact that germs cause disease, to name but a few. I have faith in modern science and technology to change our world for the better. ​I also firmly believe in the power of Divine inspiration and intervention which shapes and guides our existence in this time-space reality. When the student is ready the teacher will appear. As a species we may not be ready for a complete revelation or true understanding of the experience of being an empath, intuitive, sensitive, or psychic. But in time these personal experiences will be confirmed by innovative technologies and new scientific discoveries. In the future the psychic empath will inhabit the mainstream metropolis of human understanding. © 2018 Anthon St. Maarten ABOUT THE AUTHOR Anthon St. Maarten is a psychic medium and destiny coach with a global clientele of thought leaders, business executives, celebrities, politicians, academics, and luminaries in the arts and sciences in more than thirty countries spanning five continents. He is also a metaphysics teacher, psychic development coach, podcaster, and spiritual blogger. Anthon is a hereditary psychic medium in professional practice since 2004 and a liberal arts post-graduate with a major in psychology. Anthon publishes the spiritual life design blog, The S Word, and is the author of Divine Living: The Essential Guide To Your True Destiny and The Sensible Psychic: A Leading-Edge Guide To True Psychic Perception.

The most common psychic experience, yet also one of the most intriguing and underestimated, is the phenomenon of psychic intuition or clairintuition, also known as premonition, presage, foreboding, presentiment, and informally as ‘gut feelings’ or ‘hunches.’ The term intuition derives from Latin intueri meaning ‘to look at, consider,’ and intuicioun meaning ‘insight, direct or immediate cognition, spiritual perception.’ The mainstream notion of ‘intuition’ is however rife with myth, misconception, and even controversy. This muddle is in part due to different fields using the term to mean different things. “Given this range of uses, nothing can be said about intuition in general,” remarks philosopher Richard Rorty.[1] For example, psychologists define intuition as ‘unconscious thought,’ [2] or ‘unconscious pattern-matching cognition’ [3], while in spirituality and metaphysics intuition is customarily regarded as an innate spiritual knowledge. It is in fact described by mystics and spiritualists of many traditions throughout the ages [4], while occultists, esoteric scholars and metaphysicians conceive of it as the true ‘sixth sense.’ The phenomenon of 'intuition' or authentic psychic foreboding is generally misconceived by science and misconstrued in popular culture. Dictionary definitions of intuition range from it being ‘direct access to unconscious knowledge,’ or ‘inner sensing and insight,’ to ‘unconscious cognition,’ or ‘the ability to understand something instinctively, without any need for conscious reasoning.’ For both the practicing and developing psychic or medium it is vital to understand the true nature and role of intuition in the context of authentic psychic perception, beyond these misconstrued popular notions. INTUITION & INSTINCT Primitive man relied heavily on his everyday intuition. He thought in images and symbols, listened to his ‘inner voice,’ and followed his ‘gut.’ Early man fluently spoke the language of the soul, the metaphysical dialect of his spiritual origins. Intuition is the ‘native tongue’ of the mind-soul. It transcends the everyday time-space reality and the physical senses. We are all born with this innate ‘soul language,’ because we are spirit beings in human form. Orthodox science however typically argues that intuition is merely an ‘evolutionary intelligence’ that developed from our primitive, animalistic survival impulses and instincts. Statements like ‘rely on your instinct’ and ‘trust your gut’ are therefore often used interchangeably. It is typically assumed that instinct and intuition are the same thing, but this notion is based purely on a physical, ‘mind-brain’ view of consciousness and does not accurately reflect everyday intuitive experiences. Psychologist Marcie Boucouvalas writes “the intuitive realm has been functional since the dawn of humanity” and “we are all still pioneers and pilgrims on the pathway of better understanding human consciousness.” She believes it essential to transcend the traditional ‘either, or’ way of thinking about rational and intuitive modes of knowing. She adds however that “even if one accepts the validity of intuition, questions beckon.” Is the source of knowledge outside of and beyond the senses, located in a capacity of the human species that we do not yet fully understand? Or does it originate in the senses at a less than conscious level of awareness? [5] Neuropsychiatrist George Dearborn finds intuition is indeed “outside the range of physiology and neurology and is an unconscious process of the mind.” [6] Psychologist Mike Arons says the ‘problematic status’ of intuition is “somewhere between the instincts and the gods,” and the scientific ‘muddle’ around it is due to “skeptical rationalism which is a reactive pole to blind faith.” This has caused the notion of intuition to be either discounted or dismissed. He proposes instead that intuition is supraconscious and its study should thus include spiritual and transpersonal considerations, instead of only pure rationalism.” [7] The human body speaks in urges, impulses, and physical needs, while the soul speaks in premonitions, forebodings, hunches, and gut feelings. As spiritual beings we indeed have physical bodies with certain natural drives and impulses, like the ‘fight or flight’ response when we sense danger, or primal urges to seek out pleasure and avoid pain. These primal instincts have not evolved or changed much since prehistoric times. Despite our many modern advances and sophistication, we remain subject to our primitive instincts. [8] However, as you know from your own intuitive experiences (such as knowing who is calling you before the phone rings, or thinking of long-lost friends and later bumping into them) we cannot attribute all of our gut feelings, hunches, premonitions, and forebodings to mere ‘instinct,’ or a simplistic urge for ‘physical survival.’ In my experience instinct is the subconscious language of the mind-body, while intuition is the subliminal language of the mind-soul. The human body speaks in urges, impulses, and physical needs, while the soul speaks in premonitions, forebodings, hunches, and gut feelings. Intuition is an omniscient, archetypal, transcendental wisdom. It is the core dialect of our inner divinity, our spiritual origins, the eternal soul. We cannot fully access the sagacious, omniscient wisdom of the higher self, or divine self, or spirit through pure human intellect, logic, reason, and analytical thought alone. Instead, we need the ‘soul language’ of our metaphysical ‘inner guidance system.’ Intuition is an aspect of our spiritual essence; an awareness arising from our metaphysical resonance with the universal consciousness or the akashic field. We all experience this mind-soul resonance daily, in the form premonitions, forebodings, hunches, gut feelings, and so on. It is a soul language we are all born with, and it can be further fostered through various spiritual practices, such as meditation, dreamwork, and divination. Ralph Waldo Emerson says, “belief consists in accepting the affirmations of the soul; unbelief, in denying them.” In the book Edgar Cayce on Religion and Psychic Experience, author Harmon Hartzell Bro writes that Cayce recommended that should we seek psychic experiences in our daily life, it should ideally be in the context of spiritual growth, learning about ourselves, or helping others. [9] Of course, as human beings, psychics and mediums also speak the everyday ‘soul language’ of intuition. However, when we channel or read, the intuitive impressions we perceive are not merely ‘inner guidance’ impressions, but instead clairintuitions. Clairintuitive psychic perceptions are not personal spiritual insights or private affirmations, but instead transpersonal and universal insights and affirmations, essentially resulting from an enhanced mind-soul dialect we are ‘wired’ to speak. Clairintuition is an expanded lexicon beyond the everyday language of the soul. It is a supernatural perception aptitude or gift, and not merely a form of ‘developed’ inner guidance. PSYCHICS & INTUITIVES It has become the trend in recent years for some psychic practitioners to refer to themselves as ‘sensitives’ or ‘intuitives,’ instead of using the term psychic. This is mainly a consequence of the negative connotations often associated with the word ‘psychic,’ especially in the mainstream media. For example, reporter Lisa Held writes, “while psychics have traditionally profited from claiming to predict the future or communicating with deceased relatives, many are now working in the general field of wellness, calling themselves ‘intuitives’ or ‘intuitive healers,’ who channel ‘energy’ that helps people discover what they want out of life.”[10] Intuitive counselor Susan King confirms, “I call myself an intuitive because I think it takes away any barriers and removes potential erroneous stereotyping.” [11] Journalist Sara Coughlin notes “as mystical as the professional title ‘intuitive’ might sound, the [intuitives] we spoke with described their abilities in highly sensible, practical terms. Intuition is like a muscle — you need to train it and use it regularly to maintain its strength. Intuition is best utilized if channeled through a more tangible medium, like numerology or tarot. And, most resoundingly, they also made it clear that everyone, spiritual or not, does have a sense of intuition that they can hone beyond that gut feeling. It's just up to the individual whether they choose to do so or not."[12] Psychic ability is an expanded capacity for supernatural perception that transcends the personal sphere of everyday intuition. Clairintuition is not merely a ‘honed gut feeling.’ Although it is indeed true that as spirit beings we all have a built-in capacity for intuition, authentic psychic channeling or reading is in my experience certainly not merely a form of ‘honed intuition.’ Everyone does experience precognition, presentiment, and premonition, because it serves to guide us on a daily basis as metaphysical beings on a spiritual mission — whether we are conscious of it, or not. However, this kind of everyday intuition is personal, private, and individual, and mostly focused on one’s own needs, as well as the welfare of your loved ones. In her best-selling book Anatomy of the Spirit: The Seven Stages of Power and Healing medical intuitive Carolyn Myss agrees, “intuition is neither the ability to engage prophesy nor a means of avoiding financial loss or painful relationships. It is the ability to use energy data to make decisions in the immediate moment.” Patent psychic ability or the expanded capacity for supernatural perception transcends the personal sphere of everyday intuition. Clairintuition is not merely a ‘honed gut feeling.’ In fact, many people often fail to recognize their gut feelings and tend to disregard their hunches — only to later realize its validity, or discover its true meaning (sometimes with disastrous, even tragic consequences). Psychics and mediums however perceive profound transpersonal impressions of clairintuition, mostly on behalf of others. Ironically, we tend to be better at channeling these perceptions for others, instead of for our own benefit! Intuition is an aspect of the inner guidance system or our ‘spiritual GPS,’ while psychic perception is transpersonal, prophetic, omniscient, and numinous. Clairintuitive perception is not merely developed inner guidance or ‘honed intuition.’ It is metaphysical gift of prophetic intuition on ‘supernatural steroids.’ PRECOGNITION & PREMONITION Researchers generally do not apply distinct, separate terms for various forms of predictive psychic perception, as parapsychology traditionally does not distinguish between different forms of prophetic psi. Instead, the term precognition is generally used as an umbrella term to represent all forms of foreknowing (claircognizance), foreseeing (clairvoyance), forefeeling (clairempathy), foresensing (clairsomatica), and foreboding or forewarning (clairintuition). However, psychics and mediums know from direct experience that using such a broad term for all these nuanced prophetic phenomena is an underestimation and a gross misrepresentation of predictive psychic perception. It is not as if new terms must be invented for these concepts, because appropriate, distinguishing terms for these predictive phenomena already exist in the dictionary! Classic terms like prescience, presentiment, premonition, and presage have been around for centuries, yet one is unlikely to find them in modern scientific papers, much less in psychic blogs and social media posts. Prescience: foreknowledge, advance insight, anticipation of the course of future events, divine omniscience. Presentiment: to feel beforehand, a foreboding, an intuitive feeling about the future, a feeling that something will happen, a feeling that misfortune or calamity is coming. Premonition: forewarning, advance warning, prior notice, a strong feeling that something is going to happen Presage: something that foreshadows or portends a future event, a foretoken, a prophetic foreboding, an intuition or feeling of what is going to happen in the future, something sensed beforehand. With the advent of a Newtonian worldview and mechanistic, reductive science, these long-standing, time-honored terms have regrettably become outmoded archaisms. Our ancestors conceived these linguistic concepts to communicate their everyday mystical experiences. Yet, you will not find these terms, for example, in the American Psychological Association’s (APA) online dictionary. [14] The only related terms I found listed are precognition, retrocognition and premonitory dream. It is in fact peculiar that in both psychology and psi research the concept of ‘premonition’ is mostly only found in the context of dream phenomena, as demonstrated by the aforementioned example. Science apparently accepts the possibility that premonitions may occur in dreams, and even in altered states of consciousness, but when a premonition or presentiment occurs in the realm of waking awareness, it can only be a conscious or unconscious ‘precognition.’ True psychic perception is so much more than mere ‘mind-brain’ cognition. In fact, the APA essentially agrees, as it states that cognition is only one of the three traditionally identified components of ‘mind,’ along with affect (feeling) and conation (motivation). Yet, when it comes to predictive psychic phenomena, only one of these three ‘components of mind,’ receives attention and recognition in parapsychology? To my knowledge the APA currently offers no ‘affective,’ nor ‘conative’ terminology for what it calls ‘the purported ability to see or experience future events through some form of extrasensory perception.’[15] I suspect the concept of precognition has been adopted as the preferred scholarly term because it is more empirically convenient and academically conceivable. The reductive notion of focusing on psi ‘cognition’ only, and the absence of clear terminological distinctions that reflect the fundamental differences between various clairsapient and clairsentient psychic perceptions, is in my view another result of the ‘arranged marriage’ between parapsychology and orthodox science. A recent neuroscience study proposes, for example, that all emotions are merely ‘cognitive states resulting from the gathering of information.’ Conscious experiences, regardless of their content, arise from one system in the brain. Specifically, the differences between emotional and non-emotional states are the kinds of inputs that are processed by a general cortical network of cognition, a network essential for conscious experiences.[16] But philosophers, spiritualists, metaphysicians, occultists, and mystics, including psychics and mediums, have through the ages always known we are not merely ‘computerized robots,’ or ‘information-processing machines.’ Instead, we are inspired, directed, guided, and protected every day by our feelings and intuitions — by ineffable, subjective, and mostly non-cognitive presentiments, premonitions, forebodings, forewarnings, hunches, and gut feelings. Yet, conventional science reduces these prophetic ‘qualia’ — that sometimes save lives and prevent disasters and tragedies — to one simplistic umbrella concept of ‘precognition’ and ‘anomalous cognition.’ On February 26, 1993, financial executive Barrett Naylor had a premonition, while stepping off a train in New York's Grand Central Station. He felt he should immediately turn around and go home. He followed this gut feeling, which probably saved his life, as later that day a bomb detonated below the World Trade Center, where his office was located. Amazingly, Naylor experienced a similar foreboding eight years later, on the morning of September 11, 2001. Once again, it saved his life. Later he confessed that he felt guilt and regret for not sharing his premonition with others, as he believes it might have helped to save more lives before the attack on the World Trade Center.[17] On the evening of Wednesday, March 1, 1950, a Nebraska church exploded five minutes after the weekly choir practice was supposed to start. Miraculously no one was injured, as the church building was inexplicably empty that evening. All the choir members were ‘coincidentally’ and unusually late for the weekly rehearsal.[18] Although some choir members had mundane reasons for being tardy, including car trouble and overnapping, others had no specific reason to explain why they were late that night.[19] Did the choir members all have a foreboding premonition? If so, it was a shared intuition that was either subconscious or unconscious, but certainly not something of which they were ‘cognitively’ aware. Yet, parapsychology calls it ‘precognition.’ I suspect the concept of precognition has been adopted as the preferred scholarly term because it is a more empirically convenient and academically conceivable concept, while ineffable, old-world notions like presage, presentiment and premonition are inconvenient carriers of esoteric, supernatural, numinous, or mystical connotations. But using terms like these to differentiate between sapient and sentient psychic impressions is necessary in developing a universal psychic vocabulary, as it more accurately reflects and represents our true psychic experiences. For example, not all psychics and mediums have a claircognitive psychic preference for ‘foreknowing.’ They might not necessarily ‘know’ or ‘understand’ something beforehand, but they do ‘feel’ or ‘sense’ it, or even ‘see, hear, taste, or smell’ it. Psychic mind-soul perception is much more than mere ‘mind-brain cognition.’ To clarify the intuition 'muddle' it is therefore necessary for the concept of clairintuition to be clearly differentiated from other types of prophetic or predictive psychic impressions. For a more accurate new conceptual model of psychic perception, I therefore propose the following terms to distinguish distinct types of prophetic or predictive psychic impressions, according to the relevant ‘clair’ preference: Premonition: clairintuitive foreboding Precognition: claircognitive,prescient foreknowing Presentiment: clairempathic, affective forefeeling Prognosis: clairsomatic, somatosensory foresensing Presage: clairsensory apprehensions of foreseeing, forehearing, foresmelling; foretasting; foretouching Excerpt from The Sensible Psychic: A Leading-Edge Guide To True Psychic Perception. © 2022 Anthon St. Maarten REFERENCES [1] Rorty, R. (2021). Intuition. Encyclopedia of Philosophy. Encyclopedia.com. [2] Sinclair, M. (2011). Intuition And Unconscious Thought. Handbook Of Intuition Research. Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd [3] Rosenblatt A.D. & Thickstun, J.T. (1994). Intuition And Consciousness. The Psychoanalytic Quarterly. [4] Intuition. (2018). New World Encyclopedia. NewWorldEncyclopedia.org. [5] Davis-Floyd, R & Arvidson, P.S. (2016). Intuition: The Inside Story: Interdisciplinary Perspectives. Routledge. [6] Dearborn, G. V. N. (1916). Intuition. Psychological Review. [7] Arons, M. (1993). Instinct, Intuition And Supraconscious: De-Alienating Reflections. The Humanistic Psychologist. [8] Nicholson, N. (1998). How Hardwired Is Human Behavior? Harvard Business Review. [9] Harmon, H. (1970). Edgar Cayce On Religion And Psychic Experience. Paperback Library. [10] Held, L. (2019). Psychic Mediums Are The New Wellness Coaches. The New York Times. Nytimes.com [11] Garfinkel, P. (2015). Don’t Call Her A Psychic: ‘Intuitive Counselor’ Susan King Sets Up Shop At Hotel Bel-Air. Los Angeles Times. [12] Coughlin, S. (2018). We Asked 5 Spiritual Workers To Define ‘Intuition’ - Here's What They Said. Refinery29.com [13] Myss, C. (1996) Anatomy of the Spirit: The Seven Stages of Power and Healing. Harmony. [14] APA Dictionary Of Psychology. (2021) American Psychological Association. Dictionary.apa.org [15] Precognition. (2021). APA Dictionary Of Psychology. American Psychological Association. Dictionary.apa.org 16] New York University. (2017) Emotions Are Cognitive, Not Innate, Researchers Conclude. ScienceDaily. [17] Naylor, B. 20/20: The Sixth Sense: ‘Seeing The Future’. Oct 26, 2012. ABC News. [18] Nichols, L. (2010). Remember The Miracle: Church Explosion 60 Years Ago Not Forgotten. Beatrice Daily Sun. [19] Edeal, G. (1950). Why the Choir Was Late. Life Magazine. ABOUT THE AUTHOR Anthon St. Maarten is a psychic medium and destiny coach with a global clientele of thought leaders, business executives, celebrities, politicians, academics, and luminaries in the arts and sciences in more than thirty countries spanning five continents.

Clairolfaction, or psychic smell, is the perception of scents without an identifiable physical source. Learn what it means and how it differs from phantosmia. What is clairolfaction? Clairolfaction, also known as psychic smell, is the psychic perception of scents, odors, or aromas without an identifiable physical source in the immediate environment. The word combines clair, meaning “clear,” with olfaction, the sense of smell. It belongs to the family of psychic perception terms that includes clairvoyance, clairaudience, and clairgustance. People who experience clairolfaction may suddenly perceive a distinctive perfume, cigarette or cigar smoke, flowers, food, chemicals, incense, or another recognizable scent when there is no obvious physical explanation for it. In mediumship, these scents are sometimes associated with a deceased person. A medium might, for example, perceive the perfume someone wore while alive or the smell of tobacco associated with that person. Clairolfaction can also occur outside mediumship as a spontaneous psychic perception or impression. Is Clairolfaction the Same as Clairalience? Clairalience is another modern term commonly used for psychic smell, along with less common variations such as clairolfactance, clairolfacience, clairscent, and clairosmesis. However, the linguistic origins of several of these alternative terms are unclear. Clairolfaction is the more sensible and preferred term because olfaction is an established word for the faculty of smell. Clairolfaction vs. Phantosmia Clairolfaction should not automatically be confused with phantosmia , the medical phenomenon of perceiving an odor when no external odor is present. Phantosmia can have various physical or neurological causes. Persistent, unexplained, or concerning phantom smells should therefore be medically evaluated rather than automatically interpreted as psychic phenomena. Learn More For a more in-depth discussion of clairolfaction, including actual mediumship experiences, historical cases, medical research, competing terminology, and my own lived experiences as a psychic medium, read: Clairolfaction - The Gift Of Psychic Smell >>>

Explore psychic medium Anthon St. Maarten’s hereditary psychic abilities, mediumship experiences and distinctive approach to psychic perception and the clair senses. Psychic Abilities Anthon St. Maarten Psychic Medium Some people have an exceptional gift for psychic perception. They are not merely intuitive, or sensitive, or empathic. They are psychic, which means they have an extraordinary ability or expanded capacity to perceive unusual mental impressions beyond conventional cognition or ordinary perception. Psychic perception is a metaphysical or supernatural form of perception, as it does not involve the five ordinary senses of sight, sound, smell, taste, and touch. The term ‘mental impression' however does not imply psychic perception is purely a ‘brain’ activity or a solely neurophysiological process. Instead, mental refers to impressions of the psyche or the mind-soul resulting from a state of transcendental consciousness or supernatural awareness. Authentic psychic perceptions are not merely a physical or neurological result of the ‘mind-brain’ or the ‘mind-body,’ but it instead of the metaphysical mind-soul . Born Psychic Every human on the planet is born with inherent traits, characteristics, predispositions, and aptitudes making each of us unique. We are all ‘wired’ in diverse ways to excel in various fields of human endeavour. Each individual is born with unique gifts we have come to contribute to the world. The gift of psychics and mediums is their uncommon ability to become mentally aware of information or 'energy data' that is otherwise invisible, unseen, ‘hidden,’ mystical, numinous, transcendental. I am a hereditary psychic medium. It is common knowledge in my family that I inherited my psychic abilities from my paternal grandmother. For as long as I can remember, I have had the innate ability to consciously perceive unconscious information about people’s past experiences and present circumstances, as well as their future probabilities and potentials, including the most likely outcomes of their current life trajectory. I am also able to mentally perceive people’s thoughts, feelings, mood states, subconscious motivations, and even physical sensations and medical symptoms. And this psychic information is not limited to living persons only, but also relates to their deceased relatives and ancestors, as well as their past life incarnations. I perceive these things without me being personally acquainted with the person, or knowing anything about them. In fact, we do not even need to be in the same room. Some of this information I perceive spontaneously in everyday life, as well as in my dreams at night, but mostly it is the result of purposeful psychic mediumship channeling , commonly known as doing a ‘reading.' Copyright © Anthon St. Maarten Becoming Psychic In my experience being psychic is a combination of nature and nurture. It is an innate gift, but various environmental and developmental influences play a role in someone becoming a psychic or medium. Psychic ability is therefore a genetic trait, natural gift, or inherent predisposition that is typically emboldened or further enhanced by various external influences, environments, and life experiences. My psychic ability was 'nurtured' by various synchronistic experiences and events , personal discoveries, external influences, as well as adversities and traumas throughout my life, which in the end all served to enhance my capacity for conscious psychic awareness and improved my channeling ability. However, these developmental influences were not the origin, cause, or source of my psychic ability. Life experiences, synchronistic events, and personal traumas did not somehow cause me to ‘become psychic.’ Instead, it encouraged and further shaped my innate psychic ability — which has always been present since the day I was born (or at least as far back as I can remember). Nobody taught me how to ‘become psychic.’ I have no formal certifications; never had any technical ‘psychic training;’ nor did I ever attend any development circles, channeling courses, or divination classes. However, what I did need to learn and practice over the years was how to better harness and apply my psychic abilities to become a more proficient channeler. Psychic Perception Contrary to widely held belief, psychics and mediums do not have ‘psychic senses’ or ‘clair senses.’ We also do not ‘sense’ through various supersensory channels of perception. In fact, psychics and mediums do not ‘sense’ at all. We perceive . Instead of having different psychic 'senses' or separate extrasensory pathways, we have certain perceptual preferences that differ from one psychic or medium to the next. These mental preferences are wide-ranging, eclectic, and highy subjective. No two psychics or mediums experience psychic impressions in exactly the same way. These mind-soul impressions are perceived as a diverse, unlimited array of feelings, knowings, sensations, and intuitions that can be categorized as follows: Claircognizance : cognitive , knowing, precognition, prescience Clairempathy : affective , emotional, feeling, presentiment Clairsomatica : somatosensory , sensation, foresensing Clairintuition : premonitory , presage, foreboding Clairvoyance : visual , seeing, foreseeing Clairaudience : auditory , hearing, forehearing Clairolfaction : olfactory, smelling, foresmelling Clairgustance : gustatory, tasting, foretasting Psychic perceptions are therefore metaphysical or transcendental awarenesses that have no physical or sensory origins. Unlike sensory perception that relies on incoming physical stimuli, such as light waves, sound vibrations, or chemical molecules, psychic perception is not the result of any such external inputs. What is typically thought of as psychic ‘sensing' is instead the nonsensory perception of nonphysical, nonlocal energy data or ‘psi’ channeled from the universal consciousness, also known as the akashic record. Clairintuition - The Gift Of Psychic Premonition Clairsomatica - The Gift Of Psychic Sensation Claircognizance - The Gift Of Psychic Knowing Clairempathy – The Gift Of Psychic Feeling Clairvoyance – The Gift Of Psychic Sight Clairaudience – The Gift Of Psychic Hearing Clairolfaction – The Gift Of Psychic Smell Clairgustance – The Gift Of Psychic Taste BIOGRAPHY Anthon St. Maarten is a psychic medium, spiritual advisor and destiny coach with a global clientele in more than thirty countries spanning five continents. He has been in full-time practice since 2004. ANTHON'S STORY Anthon is a hereditary psychic medium, which means he was born with psychic abilities, but he initially refused to accept his calling. It took a series of life-changing events to change his mind. PSYCHIC MEDIUMSHIP Anthon is both a psychic and a medium, which means he is able to perceive nonphysical information or 'energy data' from both the collective and universal consciousness, as well as the akashic record or spirit realm.

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