Tag: extrasensory perception

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Main Name	extrasensory perception (t1864)
Alias	en ESP
Alias	en esper
Alias	en psi powers
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Family Tree	supernatural abilitiesno description set · extrasensory perceptionExtrasensory perception (ESP), involves reception of information not gained through the recognized physical senses but sensed with the mind. · · astral projectionAstral projection (or astral travel) is an interpretation of out-of-body experience (OBE) that assumes the existence of an "astral body" separate from the physical body and capable of traveling outside it. Astral projection or travel denotes the astral body leaving the physical body to travel in the astral plane or spirit world. · · aura sensingThe ability to read the aura of other beings and objects. This ranges from being able to feel their presence, to their intentions or even abilities. It is usually portrayed as a visual ability, but can also be a 6th sense ability not linked to the basic senses. · · clairvoyanceClairvoyance (from 17th century French with clair meaning "clear" and voyance meaning "visibility") is the apparent ability to gain information about an object, person, location or physical event through means other than the known human senses, a form of extra-sensory perception. A person said to have the ability of clairvoyance is referred to as a clairvoyant ("one who sees clear"). · · cryokinesisCryokinesis is the ability to reduce the kinetic energy of atoms and thus reduce temperature. It can be used to control, generate, or absorb ice. · · precognitionThe ability to see into the future. This can manifest as prophetic visions or could be more prosaic, such as the ability to see future events by means of some divinatory devices such as tarot cards or astrology, but such divination should be accurate. · · psychokinesisPsychokinesis, also referred to as telekinesis with respect to strictly describing movement of matter, describes the direct influence of mind on a physical system that cannot be entirely accounted for by the mediation of any known physical energy. · · psychometryPsychometry, also known as token-object reading or psychoscopy, is a form of extra-sensory perception characterized by the ability to see the history of an unknown object by making physical contact with that object. · · pyrokinesisPyrokinesis is the ability to create and manipulate fire with one`s mind. · · telepathyno description set
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Added by	hidden on 2008-12-14 00:38
Edited by	hidden on 2008-12-14 00:38

Extrasensory perception (ESP), involves reception of information not gained through the recognized physical senses but sensed with the mind. The term was coined by Sir Richard Burton, and adopted by Duke University psychologist J. B. Rhine to denote psychic abilities such as telepathy and clairvoyance, and their trans-temporal operation as precognition or retrocognition. ESP is also sometimes casually referred to as a sixth sense, gut instinct or hunch, which are historical English idioms. The term implies acquisition of information by means external to the basic limiting assumptions of science, such as that organisms can only receive information from the past to the present.

In Japanese usage the term is often misappropriated to refer to any supernatural, non-magical, super power. Users of such powers are called 'esper' in Japanese. The term 'esper' is not normally in use outside of Japan but is slowly being introduced due to its usage in anime and manga.

In anime/manga the following powers, among others, are described as ESP:
- telepathy
- precognition
- clairvoyance
- retrocognition
- remote viewing
- aura reading
- out-of-body experiences (OBE)
- psychokinesis