Why People Confuse Mentalists With Psychics – Part 1

People often see a mentalist on a TV show or performing for an audience as a guest entertainer and think, "Wow! That mentalist is just like a psychic. And, after all, aren’t psychics just like mentalists defrauding people about psychic powers?". Would it surprise you to find out that, historically, mentalists owe their existence to… [Read More]

Dowsing: A Psychic Form Of Divination?

Dowsing is as old as humanity itself. In short, dowsing is a means to find something. It has been used to find everything from natural resources such as gold, water and/or oil; finding ships at sea or ancient archeological sites; to find people or answers about health and more. Just looking into the history of… [Read More]

Sir Arthur Conan Doyle And Psychics

Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (1859-1930) may be most widely recognized as the creator of the legendary detective, Sherlock Holmes. However, Sir Arthur Conan Doye’s interests were wide and varied, and the success of the Sherlock novels, which assured him a substantial income, allowed him to devote considerable time to other pursuits which included an abiding… [Read More]

Dreams Are Not Meaningless: How Dreams Changed History

Most people would, in public, dismiss dreams and dreaming as a pointless activity that occurs during sleep. Secretly, however, almost everyone wonders what dreams mean. It would seem that people want to dismiss dreams as meaningless because they cannot explain them. Sadly, most people are too willing to accept the latest fad in science that… [Read More]

A Look At Astral Projection

Astral projection is a belief that everyone has an incorporeal “astral body” or “spirit” can travel outside of the physical body carrying one’s consciousness. In many cultures, it is thought of as the soul and the travel is possible through the astral plane. The idea of astral travel is discussed in mythologies and some say… [Read More]

What Is Claircognizance?

We’ve all experienced it. That….feeling. The less mystic-minded may describe the sensation as a gut feeling, or perhaps simply intuition. But, those that believe in psychic abilities have a clear term for that feeling a person gets when they just know that they are right about something – regardless of the fact that they have… [Read More]

OBE: The Out Of Body Experience

The phrase out-of-body experience is a 20th century expression some say was first used by parapsychologist George Tyrrell in his book Apparitions. Other’s credit Robert Monroe, the man who brought astral projection to Western attention. The term ‘out of body experience’ is used to describe the sensation of floating outside of one’s own body and/or… [Read More]

The Curious Paradox Of Psychic Arthur Ford

Renowned clairaudient and trace medium psychic is one of the most paradoxical psychics in recent history. Critics and skeptics of psychics point to Arthur Ford and say, "See! There is proof that psychics are con-artists", and yet, those who believe in psychics and psychic abilities point to Arthur Ford and say,"See! There is a psychic… [Read More]