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Retrocognition.

Impressions interpreted as referring to past events that the person reports not knowing beforehand.

LEXICON / LANGUAGE & MEANING

Names in context.

Retrocognition
Retrocognición

A reported experience interpreted as knowledge of an earlier event through means beyond ordinary recollection or inference.

Postcognition
Postcognición

An alternative term for retrocognition.

PROVENANCE & INTERPRETATION

A practice,
a setting.

The term belongs to parapsychological vocabulary. Prior knowledge, suggestive descriptions and access to historical information affect how a later comparison can be interpreted.

FIELD NOTE / METHOD

Keep a record.

  1. Choose a historical target with an independently documented answer.
  2. List prior knowledge and record impressions before opening the source.
  3. Compare the full account with the archive and retain the original and the comparison separately.
POTPOURRI / PHOTO GUIDE

What to include.

  • Send the dated original notes or drawing.
  • Include the archival reference and a permitted image of the comparison material.
POTPOURRI / PERSONAL INTERPRETATION

Share a photograph or a record.

A photograph, drawing or dated record can be sent privately for a personal reading. Include the procedure and the question.

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