Psychics. [mod. L. (Myers, 1882), f. Gr. τῆλε far off (see TELE-) + αἴσθησις perception + -IA1.] ‘Perception at a distance; direct sensation or perception of objects or conditions independently of the recognized channels of sense’ (Myers, Human Personality, Gloss.).
1882. Myers, in Proc. Soc. Psychical Research, I. II. 147. We venture to introduce the words Telæsthesia and Telepathy to cover all cases of impression received at a distance without the normal operation of the recognised sense organs. Ibid. (1903), Human Personality, I. 136.
1908. Nation, 26 Sept., 907/1. Telepathy, telaesthesia and the subliminal part of man’s mental being play a vast part in all these curious psychical phenomena.
