Psi
What would man give to be able to feel without feeling, see without sight, or even know what will happen before it even begins. All these and more are situations that scientists have studied through the ages. The mind is a Chinese puzzle box that only leads to more mystery and confusion. Psi has been studied in many different forms and at many different times, leading to many different theories by the greatest psychological minds in the world.
Psi, is a broad word encompassing all of the unexplained mysteries of the mind, such as the ability to read thoughts, move objects with the mind, and see things miles away. Commonly known as the sixth sense, all of these phenomena used to be known as ESP, extra sensory perception, a term first used in 1870 by Sir Richard Burton. "Burton described the acronym ESP as the externalization of sensibility" (Schmeidler, 2001). The category was broadened and renamed Psi when a better understanding of these events was realized. There are three main categories of Psi: telepathy, precognition, and clairvoyance. There are many other subcategories of Psi that include such things as pyrokinesis and psychokinesis.
The history of Psi begins in England during 1882. At the time there were many centers for different kinds of research, ranging from animal to geological. The society as a whole decided that the unexplained regions of the paranormal and especially the mind needed to be explained. So in 1882 the Psychical Research Center was created to look into and explain the unexplainable (Schmeidler). This institute looked into many cases over the years. Many other countries began their research into Psi years after the founding of the Psychical Research Center. Parapsychologists, ...
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...till a mystery. Even after the thousands of experiments and over a century of study, scientists still do not know what they are really studying. Though parasychologists now can break Psi down into three main categories of telepathy, clairvoyance, and precognition, they may never be able to unravel the true nature and mysteries of the Chinese box puzzle that is Psi.
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