Types of Intuition

Clairaudience, or ‘Clear Hearing’ – some definitions of the inner voice or intuition Clairaudience – can be a voice felt in the ear, from outside, or inside the head Clairaudience is a term that defines our ability to hear the inner voice or higher guidance from the spiritual perspective.

Claircognizance or “clear knowing” is when you know something without reading or being told about it. This is the metaphysical/psychic sense that allows you to know something is real or will be, though you have no way to back up this knowledge. You may be unable to figure out why or how you came into that information.

Clairsentience, “clear sensing” or “clear feeling” is an extremely heightened form of empathy. Clairsentience is the ability to feel and experience the energy in an intuitive way. This energy stream includes other people’s feelings, inanimate objects, spiritual insights, and premonitions of the future.

Clairvoyance (clear seeing) is one of the four metaphysical senses, the others being clairsentience (clear feeling), clairaudient (clear hearing), and claircognizance (clear knowing). It is one of your four metaphysical senses in addition to your five physical senses.