The 3 Types of Telepathy

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The 3 Types of Telepathy

by Colleen Mauro

In experiments dating back to the nineteenth century, scientists have validated two types of telepathy: instinctual, or feeling-based, telepathy and mental, or mind-to-mind, telepathy. According to the Ageless Wisdom teachings, there is also another, higher type of telepathy called soul-to-soul, or spiritual telepathy.

 
Instinctual Telepathy

Instinctual telepathy is the lowest type of telepathy. We share this type of telepathy with the animal kingdom, and it is still a common mode of communication in indigenous cultures. Instinctual telepathy utilizes the third energy center or chakra. Located in the solar plexus area, this chakra is the center of instinct and emotion. In this type of telepathy, one person registers the feelings or needs of another at a distance. The most common examples of instinctive telepathy occur between people with strong emotional bonds—parents and children, husbands and wives, lovers, and best friends.

 
Mental Telepathy

True mental telepathy, or thought transference, is mind-to-mind telepathy. Unlike trance channeling—a type of mediumship in which a disembodied entity uses a channel’s body to communicate a message—telepathic contact is made between two fully conscious, focused minds. Two examples of this type of telepathic communication can be found in the work of Helena Blavatsky and Alice Bailey.

In the past two centuries, the books of Blavatsky and Bailey have introduced the Ageless Wisdom teachings to the general public. Both women were said to have functioned as an amanuensis, or “one who takes dictation,” for a group of Tibetan masters living in the Himalayas. Blavatsky, founder of the Theosophical Society, was thought to have been an advanced initiate of the mystery teachings. Her books include Isis Unveiled, published in 1877, and The Secret Doctrine: The Synthesis of Science, Religion, and Philosophy, published in 1888. The Secret Doctrine, a two-volume set on the evolution of man and the cosmos, influenced both esotericists and scientists. One admirer was Albert Einstein, who reportedly kept a copy of The Secret Doctrine on his desk. Alice Bailey’s work with the Tibetan master Djwal Khul began in 1919, when she suddenly heard a “voice” within asking for her cooperation in the writing of a series of books. After some reluctance, she agreed. According to Bailey, in the beginning she simply listened and wrote down the dictated words as they were “dropped into my brain, one by one.” Over time, as their minds became attuned, she was able to directly register and write down the thoughts and ideas of the Tibetan master. Over a thirty-year period, they produced a total of nineteen books on consciousness and evolution. It was Bailey who introduced the term new age into the popular culture.

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