(quote) "incluidng witch-burning and other persecutions carried out over the centuries, punishing anyone who might have been a little "different" esp. by showing any of those ancient abilities."

Yeah , the Europeans sure have quite a history on that front and as robust as is their history of elites & commoner alike delving into the Occult for , shall we say , *unclean* purposes driven by the usual "human" desires one need not list here seeking amplification.

That is why care in the perfction of one's own human spirit by effective communing with one's higher spirit is always stressed otherwise it can be as miss-used a tool as any.

And I am *not* one of those who subscribe to the quaint idea that "tools are neutral". We become what we think and then the tools we chose there from. Unfortunately the *psychic* realm can no less be a source of exposure to corruption of the human spirit as any simply because "humans" practice it and unless one is "immune" to the short-comings of that human spirit the same flaws can become amplified.

(quote) "For myself, I've studied an ancient discipline which includes experiments which prove to my satisfaction that I am on the right path, psychic and all. "

It's *all* Intuitive vision tapping into what always is and one need not have studied *ancient disciplines* to experience it. I mean it's a *gift* .