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* '''Empathy''': The ability to sense the emotions of another being. Generally, empathic abilities are quite non-specific, and any type of reading across species may be difficult depending on how different the two species are.
* '''Empathy''': The ability to sense the emotions of another being. Generally, empathic abilities are quite non-specific, and any type of reading across species may be difficult depending on how different the two species are.
* '''Telepathy''': The ability to sense the thoughts of another being.  
* '''Telepathy''': The ability to sense the thoughts of another being.  
* '''Mediumistic automatism''': The ability to perceive messages, or the expressions of such a message, from entities which do not exist in living forms. (i.e.- ghosts, spirits, dead individuals.)
* '''Mediumistic automatism''': The ability to perceive messages, or the expressions of such a message, from entities which do not exist in living forms. (i.e.- ghosts, spirits, dead individuals.) The act of perceiving expressions is sometimes called "channeling."


===Passive-only Abilities===
===Passive-only Abilities===
* '''Precognition''': The ability to perceive information about future events before they occur.  
* '''Precognition''': The ability to perceive information about future events before they occur. The act of perceiving this information is sometimes called "divination."
* '''Retrocognition''': Sometimes called "psychometry," is the ability to perceive information about past events or conditions of an object or area.  
* '''Retrocognition''': Sometimes called "psychometry," is the ability to perceive information about past events or conditions of an object or area.  
* '''Clairvoyance''': The ability to perceive distant objects, persons, events, or types of energy not normally perceptible. The term does not specifically relate to telepathy or empathy, though a clairvoyant person may have those abilities as well.  
* '''Clairvoyance''': The ability to perceive distant objects, persons, events, or types of energy not normally perceptible. The term does not specifically relate to telepathy or empathy, though a clairvoyant person may have those abilities as well.