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Psychic Gifts
Psychic Gifts
Written by Virginia, Sibylline Priestess
Like any gifts, they can be uncomfortable to have if not understood. An individual may labeled or believe to be possessed or insane. Prevailing thought is that each of us has one or more of these gifts in varying degrees. Psychic gifts are as natural as musical talent or mathematical ability. With training latent abilities can be nurtured and controlled by the individual. There is nothing mystical or unusual about them and they are neither sent by dark forces nor by angels. They do not tell us to do harmful things to ourselves or to others.
Some of the Gifts are only received (R) some are only sent (S) and some are both (S/R). Gifted people can manifest these abilities in three different ways:
Senders (S) do not receive impression from others but can alter the mental/emotional environment to conform to what they are experiencing. They send. They might appear insensitive and self-centered which may confuse other Gifted people who can See that the gifts are awake, but the person acts headblind.
Receivers (R) only receive information. They are usually uncomfortable to the point of hysteria in crowds and have been misdiagnosed with a multitude of nervous conditions. Since certain drugs (tranquilizers, speed, crack/cocaine, or alcohol) block out the gifts, many receivers become addict or develop substance abuse problems. They are generally solitary people, but can tolerate crowds when "under the influence." Shielding reduces or eliminates this problem, though large parties and nightclubs will never be favorite places to hang out.
Sending and Receiving (S/R) The most usual combination. Sending feels like pushing away from the self or moving current through the self to another person. Receiving feels like being a cup filling with whatever is being sent from others or the environment. Part of the Bardic and Medium Gifts is being able to do both at the same time (like a wheel).
Let’s examine the gifts, and the differences between being psychic and being crazy…<br>
Telepathy (S/R)
Telepathy is the ability to read thoughts, usually surface thoughts.Slightly less common is the ability to read the surface thoughts of strangers and most rare is the ability to read the deep or subconscious thoughts of people, friends, family or strangers.
Telepathy can manifest in three ways...
--------(S) A sending telepath broadcasts his/her own thoughts to anyone even remotely sensitive but cannot “hear” the thoughts of others.
--------(R) A receiving telepath can “hear” but can’t send, others don’t pick up their thoughts.
--------(S/R) Most common is one who can both send and receive, and the response is usually enough to convince the person that s/he is not crazy, though the gift might be hidden out of a fear of being unusual, especially if the person’s church mistakenly equates the gifts with possession.
Related Gifts Mind Healing
Empathy (S/R)
Empathy is similar to telepathy in many respects but revolves around emotions instead of thoughts. To be an empath is to be able to sense what others are feeling, and/or influence what others are feeling. Related Gifts:
Mind Healing, Physical Healing, Communication with Plants (green thumb), Communication with Animals
Psychometry (R)
Psychometry is the ability to pick up images, histories, and impressions from objects and places, by holding an object, such as a sweater or a ring, one “sees” or senses information about the owner or most frequent user of the object.
Clair Gifts (R)
------------------Clairvoyance (clear-seeing)
To “see” visions of things occurring in the present both on this plane and on the etheric.
------------------Clairsentience (clear-sensing)
The person knows and feels things about places--a room, house, building, field, etc.
------------------Precognition (R)
The ability to sense, see, and /or hear things that may happen in the future.
------------------Retrocogniton (R)
The ability to see, sense, and/or hear things that happened in the past.
Telekinesis (S)
The ability to move objects with the mind.
PyroKinesis (S)
This is the "Firestarter", the ability to light and/or control fire or heat with the mind.
Medium (S/R) - channeling
The ability to see, hear, and communicate with non-corpreal entities.
Catalyst Telepath (S)
The ability, conscious or unconscious, to "wake up" or unblock the Gifts in others.
Transformers (S/R)
The ability to work directly with the energies and the Earth's magnetic forces and change them. Very rare.
Related Gifts:
Grounder (R) Someone who grounds any energy sent their way. One can not work energy in circle with a grounder. Null Field (S) Psychic gifts and energy go dead in the presence of a null field. Some of the most avowed skeptics are actually nulls, Gifts won't work in their environment. Dowsing (R) Sensing substances in the earth, like water, metals, also ley lines.
Bard Gift (S/R)
The ability to utilize, increase, and return the energy of an audience such that their emotional states are altered to what the Bard is sending.
Healing (S)
Healing only manifests with Telepathy or Empathy, and is the art of using the energies of the mind to heal.
Magic that is easier for the Gifted:
Working with Elementals (spirits of air, earth, fire, and water) Working and Communicating with Non-Human Earth Natives (the Sidhe, Gnomes, and others, good and bad) Circle Work Shamanic Work (healing, soul retrieval, journeying) Psychic Work (Tarot reading, counseling, banishing, etc.)
Headblind
In some the gifts manifest so slightly that the individual might as well be "headblind", no psychic ability.
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All information: All rights reserved unless otherwise stated. Copyright 2004
Psychic Gifts
Written by Virginia, Sibylline Priestess
Like any gifts, they can be uncomfortable to have if not understood. An individual may labeled or believe to be possessed or insane. Prevailing thought is that each of us has one or more of these gifts in varying degrees. Psychic gifts are as natural as musical talent or mathematical ability. With training latent abilities can be nurtured and controlled by the individual. There is nothing mystical or unusual about them and they are neither sent by dark forces nor by angels. They do not tell us to do harmful things to ourselves or to others.
Some of the Gifts are only received (R) some are only sent (S) and some are both (S/R). Gifted people can manifest these abilities in three different ways:
Senders (S) do not receive impression from others but can alter the mental/emotional environment to conform to what they are experiencing. They send. They might appear insensitive and self-centered which may confuse other Gifted people who can See that the gifts are awake, but the person acts headblind.
Receivers (R) only receive information. They are usually uncomfortable to the point of hysteria in crowds and have been misdiagnosed with a multitude of nervous conditions. Since certain drugs (tranquilizers, speed, crack/cocaine, or alcohol) block out the gifts, many receivers become addict or develop substance abuse problems. They are generally solitary people, but can tolerate crowds when "under the influence." Shielding reduces or eliminates this problem, though large parties and nightclubs will never be favorite places to hang out.
Sending and Receiving (S/R) The most usual combination. Sending feels like pushing away from the self or moving current through the self to another person. Receiving feels like being a cup filling with whatever is being sent from others or the environment. Part of the Bardic and Medium Gifts is being able to do both at the same time (like a wheel).
Let’s examine the gifts, and the differences between being psychic and being crazy…<br>
Telepathy (S/R)
Telepathy is the ability to read thoughts, usually surface thoughts.Slightly less common is the ability to read the surface thoughts of strangers and most rare is the ability to read the deep or subconscious thoughts of people, friends, family or strangers.
Telepathy can manifest in three ways...
--------(S) A sending telepath broadcasts his/her own thoughts to anyone even remotely sensitive but cannot “hear” the thoughts of others.
--------(R) A receiving telepath can “hear” but can’t send, others don’t pick up their thoughts.
--------(S/R) Most common is one who can both send and receive, and the response is usually enough to convince the person that s/he is not crazy, though the gift might be hidden out of a fear of being unusual, especially if the person’s church mistakenly equates the gifts with possession.
Related Gifts Mind Healing
Empathy (S/R)
Empathy is similar to telepathy in many respects but revolves around emotions instead of thoughts. To be an empath is to be able to sense what others are feeling, and/or influence what others are feeling. Related Gifts:
Mind Healing, Physical Healing, Communication with Plants (green thumb), Communication with Animals
Psychometry (R)
Psychometry is the ability to pick up images, histories, and impressions from objects and places, by holding an object, such as a sweater or a ring, one “sees” or senses information about the owner or most frequent user of the object.
Clair Gifts (R)
------------------Clairvoyance (clear-seeing)
To “see” visions of things occurring in the present both on this plane and on the etheric.
------------------Clairsentience (clear-sensing)
The person knows and feels things about places--a room, house, building, field, etc.
------------------Precognition (R)
The ability to sense, see, and /or hear things that may happen in the future.
------------------Retrocogniton (R)
The ability to see, sense, and/or hear things that happened in the past.
Telekinesis (S)
The ability to move objects with the mind.
PyroKinesis (S)
This is the "Firestarter", the ability to light and/or control fire or heat with the mind.
Medium (S/R) - channeling
The ability to see, hear, and communicate with non-corpreal entities.
Catalyst Telepath (S)
The ability, conscious or unconscious, to "wake up" or unblock the Gifts in others.
Transformers (S/R)
The ability to work directly with the energies and the Earth's magnetic forces and change them. Very rare.
Related Gifts:
Grounder (R) Someone who grounds any energy sent their way. One can not work energy in circle with a grounder. Null Field (S) Psychic gifts and energy go dead in the presence of a null field. Some of the most avowed skeptics are actually nulls, Gifts won't work in their environment. Dowsing (R) Sensing substances in the earth, like water, metals, also ley lines.
Bard Gift (S/R)
The ability to utilize, increase, and return the energy of an audience such that their emotional states are altered to what the Bard is sending.
Healing (S)
Healing only manifests with Telepathy or Empathy, and is the art of using the energies of the mind to heal.
Magic that is easier for the Gifted:
Working with Elementals (spirits of air, earth, fire, and water) Working and Communicating with Non-Human Earth Natives (the Sidhe, Gnomes, and others, good and bad) Circle Work Shamanic Work (healing, soul retrieval, journeying) Psychic Work (Tarot reading, counseling, banishing, etc.)
Headblind
In some the gifts manifest so slightly that the individual might as well be "headblind", no psychic ability.
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if you are interested in reading the entire works of Sibylline Priestess please use this link: www.sibyllinewicca.org/wicca101/w1_gifts.htm.
All information: All rights reserved unless otherwise stated. Copyright 2004