Psychics in the Paranormal

  Psychics have been popping up all over the place in the paranormal genre.  And it’s not just with humans.  These similar powers manifest in vampires, witches, ect. 

  While I could go on and on about fiction characters, I decided to take a more non-fiction approach to this topic in order to help influence your writing a bit.  I’ve done some reasearch on the psychic phenomenon and here’s what I’ve come up with;  There are many different types of “psychic” abilities.  I actually spoke to an entire family of people who fall in the category of having  psychic ability.  Though, they called themselves Spiritually Gifted. 

  One of these individuals has the ability to see the future in dreams.  We all know this as “Deja vu,”  but with this person it’s a common phenomenon.  They can’t force it to happen, but it occurs several times a week.  Another of the family has healing abilities.  They practice Reiki, a form of energy transfer from the practitioner to the patient.  Their hands focus on certain points of the body to help clear and streamline the afflicted’s chakra or energy flow.  Two family members had the ability to just “know” things.  Like when one got into an accident the other saw it in their head and rushed to the hospital.  There were several states separating them, yet somehow they knew.  Still, another has the ability to talk to the “other side.”  This includes the dead, angels and demons. They can see images of the beings in their head, feel what their feeling, and carry on entire conversations with them.  The modern term for this type of psychic is a “medium.”  Another ability is to be able to see one’s aura.  I understand that certain emotions have colors that one can emit.  This person could see how you were feeling from across the room by the color of your aura. 

  Some use tools in conjunction with their gifts.  Tarot cards can be used to look into your past and future.  Crystals can absorb negative energy.  And strobe lights help one to see those on the other side.  So, when writing about psychics in a fictional way you can take a page from those in real life and expand on them.  I’m sure there’s other abilities out there that I’ve missed.  So take one of these and let your imagination run wild; put a twist on them or give your character more than one ability. 

 Happy writing everyone!