Beyond Deficits: Unlocking the Uniqueness of Our Mental Perception Imagination in English, comes from the Latin imaginatio , which translates the Greek term phantasia . Defined in the 14th century. Before this, we had mystics who understood mind far better than modern science does, listing seven mental senses (clairvoyance, clairaudience, clairsentience, claircognizance, clairtangency, clairgustance and clairaliance) and the daimon. Phantasia in Greek, derived from phainesthai (meaning "to appear" or "to become visible"), refers to mental imagery formed without sensory input. Originally, Aphantasia referred specifically to the absence of mental visual imagery. All the terms mentioned above pertain to types of imagery, focusing solely on one sense: vision. None of these terms encompass mental senses that are not image or vision-based. The full scope of mental sense perception is not detailed in these definitions, what they do is define the subheading that encomp
Dysikonesia, Aphantasia and a Sophisma: Uncovering a Key to the Minds Mental Mixing Deck. It occurred to me one day, that taken for their literal meaning only, the psychic concepts of the Seven Clair's and the Daimon, provide handy language framework for all the main mental senses. Clairvoyance, literally means ' clear seeing ' or the ' foreseeing light of mind ' - the minds vision. This understanding was a very helpful key for me in pondering the differences between people with regards to mental perceptions in the absence of defined language, even if it was not suitable for long-term use. Explaining Mental Perception with The Seven Clair's a nd The Daimon: Vision - Clairvoyance , clarity of thought in vision. Sound - Clairaudience , clarity of thought in sound. Smell - Clairalience clarity of thought in smell. Taste - C lairgustance , clarity of thought in taste. Touch - Clairtangency , clarity of thought in physical sensation or
"In the silent tenebrous abyss, feelings ebb and flow. Thoughts swim like fishes, in the eternal depth below the surface of my mind, where knowing likes to grow " - Impossible Language .
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