About the Psychic Encyclopedia

Our Mission

The psychic and spiritual world is enormous, ancient, and seriously understudied as a documented field. Five thousand years of dream interpretation traditions exist across dozens of cultures. Tarot has accumulated a detailed symbolic vocabulary over five centuries. Parapsychological research has been conducted by serious scientists at major institutions for over a hundred years. None of this is well-documented in any single freely available reference.

The Psychic Encyclopedia exists to change that. Our mission is to provide the most comprehensive, accurately sourced, and honestly written reference on psychic abilities, tarot symbolism, dream interpretation, astrology, and spiritual practices available in the English language.

Editorial Standards

Source Documentation

Every entry in the Psychic Encyclopedia is grounded in documented sources. For historical and cultural claims, we trace information to primary texts and peer-reviewed secondary literature. For traditional interpretations, we document which tradition holds which view and where traditions disagree. For parapsychological research, we summarise the state of the literature honestly — including its limitations.

Distinguishing Tradition from Evidence

We are careful to distinguish between what traditions say, what practitioners report, and what empirical research has established. A tarot card meaning documented over five centuries of use is a cultural and historical fact — regardless of whether tarot readings are scientifically valid. We document both the tradition and the evidentiary context without conflating them.

No Promotion or Endorsement

The Psychic Encyclopedia does not sell psychic services, endorse specific practitioners, or promote commercial platforms. We are a reference resource only. Our disclosure page details our financial structure in full.

Methodology

See our dedicated research methodology page for a detailed explanation of how entries are researched, written, reviewed, and updated.