First let’s break down the word. From French origin this metaphysical term has two parts. Clair meaning ‘clear’ and audience meaning to hear / listen to or ‘listeners’. Clairaudience is one of the six psychic senses which I believe can be endowed to anyone in their own respective right. It is the psychic perception of spiritual hearing.

When trying to understand the 6 psychic senses it is helpful to remember that they are synonymous to your 5 physical senses with the exception, or should I say, addition of claircognizance. Which could be compared to your human instinctual perceptions. i.e. knowing something without knowing how or why. So when it comes to clairaudience, this psychic ability is akin to your perception of hearing sounds.

Many people describe the psychic perception of clairaudience as being able to ‘physically hear’ the sounds of paranormal sources such as whispered voices, or words being spoken to them. However, hearing paranormal voices as if you were listening to another person talk or hearing metaphysical sounds with your ears, is not the only way clairaudience can be perceived.

Clairvoyance is the psychic ability of spiritual sight. That may seem pretty self explanatory right? But the ways in which popular culture and some spiritualists describe it may actually be blinding other’s to their true clairvoyant capabilities. Oftentimes when we think of seeing spirits or paranormal events it's physically with our eyes. Whether it be seeing a shadowy figure peering from around a doorway, an old-timey person appearing in the reflection of a photograph, or seeing a full body apparition of a person momentarily in front of you or moving across your peripheral vision. Those are just a few ways someone can experience a clairvoyant interaction. I like to refer to these encounters as meta-physically seeing spirits since these encounters seem tangible but in all reality are not. Let’s talk about the more non-physical way you can receive clairvoyant information. Using your mind’s eye.

When I talk to lovely people just like you, they often tell me they are empaths. Which I do not doubt, but what I do find interesting is that the limited, if not secular, definition of this word they associate themselves with, limits their understanding about their true psychic potential as not just empaths, but as clairsentient people. Being an empath is usually a singular symptom of clairsentient abilities, not a standalone psychic sense. So if you or someone you know consider themselves an empath, let’s broaden your understanding to figure out your true clairsentient capabilities.