By Land, Sky & Sea by Gede Parma Page A

teenager (and sometimes a lazy one), I would try to weasel out of it. Both my father and mother would urge me to read, as they knew that we would all get something out of it and it would only increase my psychic skill. This hereditary lineage of the Sight (our gift) hit home when, during my 2008 trip to Bali, I was reading for about five women at my aunt’s place and one of my relatives mentioned to my mother that it was obvious I had inherited my abilities from my late Balinese grandmother.
    I have written and spoken about my grandmother many times before, and it is often a strange revelation when people discover that she passed when I was two. I only have vague, almost ethereal memories of her physical self, but she is ever-present in my life, and because of the blessed gifts she passed through my father to me, I have always been in contact with her. In high school, when my life was in emotional turmoil, she appeared to me as a frenzied, fiery serpent woman. There are many reasons for this, but generally I believe she manifested in this way to effectively grab my attention! (It worked.)
    I had already developed the ability to see auras in their fullness when I was fourteen, and soon after, my grandmother decided to fire up my life as my clairvoyant talent accelerated, and I began seeing and communicating with spirits on a weekly basis. I became so utterly intuitive that every reading I did (palms, cards, scrying, etc.) proved dramatically accurate for the querent. This increased my confidence in my abilities, and thereby I transcended any barrier of doubt. I learnt that the art of divination and of being an oracle is essentially about cultivating oneself as a vessel. As a vessel, one receives the constant flow of fate and learns the art of interpretation. All of this must be tempered with intuition and instinct, however, or the personalised meaning and significance of the wisdom lose their relevance.
    In this chapter, I will use the term clairvoyance rather openly. There are many psychics (and this is not a word I often use to describe myself) who describe themselves as clairsentient (clear sensing), clairaudient (clear hearing), claircognizant (clear knowing), clairalient (clear smelling), and the list goes on. Throughout this chapter/book, when I use the word clairvoyance I will generally be referring to all of the above and more. Clairvoyance, at least to me, tends to cover the full range of “knowing” [1] psychic gifts. However, for the sake of specificity, I will tend to focus on the Sight, as this is my area of expertise.
    To Open the Third Eye
    The third eye has become somewhat of a New Age cliché in the twenty-first century. Its popularity supersedes the other chakras by far! Unfortunately, the overstated adoration of this energy centre has tainted the reality of this highly important chakra. The relevance of the third eye to clairvoyance is an obvious one. The name of the chakra itself gives a symbolic hint as to the function of this energy centre. The third eye, or the mind’s eye, is that “other” sight mechanism that enables the individual to receive wisdom and information that would otherwise escape the physical eyes/sight. Developing and enhancing the potency of the third eye expands psychic awareness and allows for the free flow of information.
    The important thing to remember with opening the third eye is that the more gradual the process, the better. Like any magickal work, it’s best not to rush in for the sake of acquiring a new power. The journey is what counts; if gifts develop along the way, it’s merely a bonus! However, learning to flex your muscles is never a bad thing and helps to keep the self healthy and balanced. Always remember to give and receive in equal measure.
    Although I cannot profess to completely understand the metaphysics and the science behind clairvoyance, I do have several intuitions regarding the nature of the Sight. Firstly, those who “see” will all perceive