The word psychic is derived from the Greek word ‘Psychikos’ which means the soul and mind. The psychic is the term which is normally used for human psyche or mind. For example, the word psychic was used as a fortune-telling and mind disorder during the times of ancient people. Firstly, the French astronomer and spiritualist, Camille Flammarion used the word psychic. The word psychic was later brought in to English language by Edward William Cox during the period of 1870s.
Astrology as the most primitive figure for psychic power
The psychic reading has its long history and fortune-telling since the ancient times. It is believed by the scientists that astrology was the earliest symbol for psychic readings that had emerged into the predictions of celestial bodies. Astrology was considered as the fortune-telling by considering various celestial objects such as stars, moon, sun, space, time and galaxies, etc. These celestial bodily objects were divinatory functions for the primeval psychics.Fortune-telling as ancient psychic power
- The ancient psychic reading was also consisted of some sort of rudimentary predictions and fortune-telling such as direct apprehension and visional psychic readings. These people were known as the seers, prophets, clairvoyants, and later emerged into psychics.
- The seers were the ancient people who were used to serving the victims through various performances such as priests, advisers and judges. You can see an ample amount of information and example from the biblical accounts.
- You can also see a uniform role of prophets during the period of ancient times. In Egypt, the priests of Ra at Memphis were used to acting like a seer. Then, Assyrian people were considered as seers during the ancient era. Assyria seers were known as the Nabu that was meant for ‘calling’ or ‘announcement’.
- One of the most historical evidences of psychic power is seen by period of foretelling of Michel de Nostredame (1503-1566). His all sorts of fortune-telling were published during the period of French renaissance which became famous by the new name of Nostredame as Nostradamus.
- Nostradamus was a French apothecary and seer who wrote a bulk amount of prophecies that have become famous in all over the world by that time now and have seldom been out of print since the time of his death.
- Nostradamus is remembered because of his famous and elementary book ‘Les Prepheties’. In this book, he wrote some of the disastrous events as a fortune-telling such as plagues, earthquakes, wars, floods, terrorism, assaults, murders, droughts, famines, and battles.
Concisely, it is said that ancient psychic readings were totally depended upon various psychic powers such as paranormal readings, clairvoyant readings, mystical fortune-telling, divination and seer psychic readings. Moreover, it is said that astrology was the ancient symbol for psychic readings. All in all, it is clear to elucidate that psychic power is the top most psychic of the primeval times.
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