FAQs
The difference between a Psychic, Clairvoyant and a Medium:
There often seems to be much confusion over the definitions between Psychics, Mediums and Clairvoyants. Then there are a number of 'clair' abilities but the three that most people will have heard of are Clairvoyance, Clairaudience and Clairsentience.
Psychic
Defined as pertaining to mental forces, telepathy, extra sensory perception. They will have like a 'mind connection' with you and will also read your energy field, so they pick up on your thoughts and energy most of all.
Clairvoyance
Defined as the ability to see things beyond our normal senses. Clairvoyance actually translates to 'clear seeing'. It means that the person that is working with their clairvoyant ability will be able to see images of people, places or things in their minds eye to be able to describe to you during a reading or giving a message. It does not mean that they are fortunetellers. That doesn't mean that you won't get information about the future, but clairvoyance by definition just simply means, clear seeing, and not necessarily, seeing the future. A good clairvoyant will, and indeed should, validate things for you that have happened in the past and things that are happening in the present. If they don't, how will you know or believe if what they are saying about the future holds any weight?
Clairaudience
This is essentially 'clear hearing'. This means that we will hear information from Spirit. This might be ones own Spirit Guides or if working as a Medium giving messages it will be the Spirit of the loved one that is no longer here, giving that information Most will hear this as a voice in their head as if talking with oneself.
Clairsentience
This is where we feel things, or sense things, as the word suggests, it is 'clear sensing'. This often comes, working as a medium, when someone has passed with a certain illness or condition. For a split second you feel a sensation that they would have felt before they passed or a condition they would have suffered with during their life, thus being able to describe this to the person receiving the message. This often helps to validate which particular person is coming through from Spirit for them. It also might come into play from a psychic perspective as you may well feel something about the person you are reading for directly. For example you might physically feel a quick pain in your arm if they have injured it recently. However, it might not be something physical that you feel, it can also be defined as an inner knowing (this is also sometimes known as Claircognisance ie 'clear knowing'). You may just energetically feel or just know somehow that the person you are reading has a bad arm.
Mediumship
Defined as contacting and being able to communicate with spirits of the dead. The more complex definition is that a Medium is the 'channel' through which information from spirit passes through or indeed in the channel through which any energy-passes. By this definition all or us are mediums. This is because we all channel energy to some degree or another. If we draw, we are a medium (as is the pencil) through which energy flows to create the picture on the page. If we sing, we are a medium (as is the voice) through which energy flows to create a song. If we are healers (another topic entirely) we are mediums through which the energy flows to our clients and so on.. .
This then means by its very nature that anyone working with Spirit or energy on any level could be called a Medium. A Medium in this sense is then being defined as a 'channel'.
So someone that calls themselves a Clairvoyant/Medium, by rights, should be able to describe your loved ones from the spirit world and also to describe visually things around your home or family for example. However, there are a few 'clairvoyant/mediums' out there that aren't in fact either of these! They may 'read' people, but might be reading via their psychic or sentient ability and not actually 'seeing' anything at all, or indeed they may not be able to talk with your loved ones in spirit either.
Never be afraid to ask your 'reader' how they work, they should always be more than happy to explain it to you. This way, you know what sort of reading you can expect.
Taken from www.energiesinaction.co.uk booklet written by Sharon-White
Elk Woman www.mystic-mouse.co.uk and www.spiritualtides.com
