Retrocognition

From The Book of THoTH (Leaves of Wisdom)

Retrocognition, also called postcognition, is the supposed ability to know something about a situation after its occurrence through psychic means. Retrocongition often involves ability to know the past (sometimes including distant past) of oneself and others, without direct observation of events. Psychometry and past life regression can both be considered kinds of retrocognition.

The best known dramatic depiction of this power is in the Canadian television series, Seeing Things, or the Stephen King novel The Dead Zone and its film and TV adaptations. It can also be seen in the popular TV show, Charmed.

The word means past sense perception, and is usually a relatively minor set of circumstances. These are specific usually to unknown individuals, or those whose names are not given by the visions involved in psychic transfer. The understanding, as it is, comes spontaneously and usually through the stress or emotions involved in a set of circumstances that is specific to you, which may or may not include other individuals. They usually are unaware of such ideas: they are seen only in the eyes of the beholder. However, as with all purported psychic phenomena, the details of the experience are highly subjective to each individual.

--Angel 17:57, 23 May 2006 (CDT)