| The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001-07. |
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| clairvoyance |
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(klâr´´voi´ ns) (KEY) , alleged power to perceive, as though visually, objects or persons not discernible through the ordinary sense channels. Clairvoyance may occur in a supposedly normal state (second sight) or more generally in a trance induced by various agencies, such as drugs, fasting, illness, or crystal gazing. See spiritism and parapsychology. |
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