clairvoyance

clairvoyance
   Also known as lucidity, telesthesia, and cryptesthesia. Clairvoyance is French for seeing clearly. The term is used in the parapsychological literature to denote a * visual or * compound hallucination attributable to a metaphysical source. It is therefore interpreted as a * telepathic, * veridical, or at least * coincidental hallucination.
   References
   Guily, R.E. (1991). Harper's encyclopedia of mystical and paranormal experience.NewYork, NY: Castle Books.

Dictionary of Hallucinations. . 2010.

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