By Nomathemba Pearl Dzinotyiwei

✨ What Are the Clairs?

Clairs are extrasensory gifts—our spiritual senses beyond the five physical ones. The word literally means “clear,” in French, describing how we receive information: through sight, sound, feeling, knowing, taste, smell, or touch. It is used to describe the ability to receive information from a realm which cannot be perceived by our physical senses. Psychics, mediums, mystics, shamans, different healers from various spiritual traditions and prophets even in biblical times had at least one of the clairs. Many have more than one extra-sensory gift.

🌿 The Four Core Clairs

Clairvoyance (Clear Seeing) You receive visions—mini movies, symbols, flashes—through the third eye. It’s visual data from beyond your physical senses.  This can happen when you are wide awake or half-asleep when you are about to fall asleep or waking up.

Clairaudience (Clear Hearing) You hear messages—voices, chimes, guidance—within or around you, guiding choices or confirming decisions.  Sometimes you hear your name spoken aloud, like someone calling you. This is described in the first book of Samuel in the Bible, where the prophet as a boy wakes up three times and goes to Eli, the high priest and asks whether he called him

Clairsentience (Clear Feeling) You physically feel emotions or energy that isn’t yours—a chill down the spine, sudden sadness, or compassion in your chest. You can feel sick, headache, nausea or a pain in your chest, things you do not have a reason to feel. These are messages from Spirit about other people.

Claircognizance (Clear Knowing) You simply just know something—without logic, evidence, or explanation. It’s like inner wisdom or a sudden truth. 

💫 The Extended Clairs

These six additional senses may not be as well-known but are equally powerful:

Clairalience/Clairolfaction (Clear Smelling): You smell perfume, smoke, floral scents—signals from spirits or ancestors. 

Clairgustance (Clear Tasting): You taste flavors (like sweet, metallic, tobacco) in visions without eating. 

Clairtangency (Psychometry – Clear Touch): You touch an object and sense its history, energy patterns, or emotional imprints. 

Clairkinesthesia (Clear Movement/Sense): You feel energetic shifts—vibrations, pressure, temperature changes—without physical cause. 

Clairempathy (Clear Emotional Sense): You deeply perceive or embody another’s emotional state—even from a distance. (Some integrate this into clairsentience.) 

🔍 How Each Clair Operates in Real Life

Clair Sense and its corresponding real-world example.

Clairvoyance: Seeing an image of an upcoming event, or dreams that resemble reality.

Clairaudience: Hearing a distinct inner voice or even music playing in mind.

Clairsentience: Feeling gut instinct or emotional shifts without logical source. This can manifest as physical sensations on the skin.

Claircognizance: Suddenly “just knowing” the outcome of a conversation or what is going to happen.

Clairalience: Smelling a familiar perfume when remembering a loved one

Clairgustance: Tasting chocolate without eating it, sensing ancestral flavours.

Clairtangency: Holding an heirloom and feeling its story.

Clairkinesthesia: Feeling atmospheric tension before an emotional meeting. This can manifest as sending the movement of energy in a room.

Clairempathy: Absorbing high emotions from a crowd or space

🛠️ Developing Your Clairs

Awareness: Notice odd sensory shifts—sounds, visions, tastes, smells, feelings.

Grounding: Use breathwork, nature, meditation; avoid being overwhelmed.

Practice: Keep an intuitive journal. Test insights from dreams or vibes.

Trust: Validate with others. Regularly ask your spirit guides for clarity. Boundary-keeping: Learn to shield your energy—especially with clairsentience or empaths.

🌱 Integrating the Clairs into Daily Spiritual Life

Leadership: Claircognizance helps you navigate decisions; clairsentience helps you assess team morale.

Healing Work: Clairtangency amplifies ancestral healing; clairvoyance helps with visionary guidance.

Self-Care: Knowing your gifts helps you practice energetic hygiene—especially after immersive work.

Community: Share your gift! Others might recognize patterns you’re blind to.

💡 Journal Prompts for Your Clair Journey

Which clair(s) resonate most strongly with your personal experience?

When have sensory anomalies guided or protected you?

How could you honor these gifts as part of your leadership or healing practice?

🌍 Final Reflection

Clairs are not imaginary or mystical — they’re human. They’re part of how we absorb meaning, love, pain, and cosmic guidance. That’s why we all deserve to learn our voice and cultivate our spiritual senses with care, dignity, and empowerment.

Let’s keep unfolding this luminous journey, together.