Categories of Extraordinary Human Experiences
Many ordinary people have extraordinary human experiences (EHE’s), with more than 150 types and sub-types having been identified. All these EHE’s generally fall within the following categories:
Psi-related – telepathy, clairvoyance, precognition, remote viewing and psychokinesis
Hallucinatory – visions, hallucinations, hearing voices – experiences that occur in the absence of normal or obvious stimulus
Mystical – ecstatic experiences or altered states of consciousness, often with religious or spiritual aspects
Near-death – experiences with death or impending death, and feelings of detachment from the body
Out-of-body – a sense that one’s “self” or center of awareness is located outside of or beyond one’s body
Synesthesia – perceptions in one sense modality, such as vision, that are also experienced in another, such as hearing
Lucid dreaming – dreaming while knowing one is dreaming, often involving significant interactions or subjects
Revelatory or prescient dreams or visions – unexpected psychological states that impact the life of the experiencer in extraordinary ways
Anomalous healing – unusual or unexplained healing outcomes and out-of-the-ordinary experiences associated with treatment
Reincarnation – feelings of having been a different person in a previous time, including detailed memories
Religious or spiritual crises – doubt, loss of faith, conversion, or other experiences related to the spiritual or religious dimension