A psychic is a person who has the ability to gain information about or insight into things by using something other than the five primary senses: sight, sound, taste, smell, and touch. This "sixth sense" as it is sometimes referred to is known as extra-sensory perception or ESP. There are many types of ESP including the following:

1.Clairvoyance involves visualizing or foreseeing objects, persons, and events.
2.Telepathy is the ability to communicate with or receive communication from others from distant locations.
3.Séancing occurs when a person can communicate with the spirits of persons or animals who have died.
4.Psychometry is the ability to recall details about the past condition of something when in close contact with it.
5.Premonition is the process by which a person can foretell further events.

Some people believe that dreams can be psychic in nature. They believe that the symbolism, meanings, or actual images of a dream can be prophetic or clearly foretell an event or situation. For instance, Abraham Lincoln told his bodyguard and wife of a dream that he had about his death and funeral just hours before his assassination.

There are countless individuals who claim to be psychic in some form or fashion. In fact, some believe that all human beings have some psychic ability. Have you ever been listening to the radio and a song (other than what was playing) drifted through your mind and was the next song played? Have you ever called someone and they said, "I was just thinking about you yesterday?" Have you ever been talking with someone and was sure that you knew what they were thinking or feeling, even though his or her words and body language gave no indication of it? Are these kinds of things coincidences, odd occurrences, or could they be psychic?

Some people believe wholeheartedly in psychics, others are skeptical but open to the possibility, still others disbelieve altogether. No matter what your belief about psychics, if you have interest in the subject you, want to learn how to tap into your on psychic powers, want to be entertained, or desire to have a reading, attending psychic shows might interest you.

Psychic shows involve people who have, claim to have, or believe they have some form of extra-sensory perception sharing their knowledge with others generally for a price. During these shows one or more psychics, depending on how it is organized, will educate people about ESP, conduct demonstrations, and perform readings. Psychic shows are not just face-to-face events; both television and radio psychic shows are on the air.

Some psychic shows are more geared toward entertainment such as holding psychic reading events at corporate parties, bridal showers, birthday parties, Bar Mitzvahs, graduations, and retirement parties. These are all festive events. Would a considerate psychic really give a partygoer a psychic reading that is very personal in nature, predicts bad news, or reveals a secret? Such psychic shows would surely bring out the skeptic in those who are not sure if they believe in ESP.