Saturday, July 21, 2007

Telepathy - a Definition

Telepathy, from the Greek , tele meaning "remote" and patheia, meaning "to be affected by.
A term used to describe the transfer of information on thoughts or feelings between individuals by means other than the five classical senses .
The term was coined in 1882 by the classical scholar Fredric W. H. Myers, a founder of the Society for Psychical Research,specifically to replace the earlier expression thought-transference.
A person who is able to make use of telepathy is said to be able to read the minds of others.

excerpt from Wikipedia onlne dictionary

1 comment:

Kathi said...

Neat! I don't consider myself telepathic or psychic. But I often freak out my customers at work because I seem to know what they are looking for before they even finish asking me. Even when it's a really vague question! I sometimes freak myself out...lol!