For convenience this list highlights the five physical senses, five mental senses, and five spiritual senses. Some lists have as many as thirty-three senses listed. The physical senses that people are used to are listed as:
Sight
Sight refers to the ability to see and perceive objects visually through the eyes. It is one of the five traditional senses and is a crucial way for animals, including humans, to gain knowledge about the world.
Hearing
Hearing is the sense that allows us to perceive and interpret sound. Signals from the sounds we hear travel along the auditory nerve to the brain, which processes them to produce the sensation of sound and understand its meaning.
Smell
Smell, or olfaction, is a chemical sense that allows us to perceive odors. This perception happens when volatile chemical molecules enter the nose and are detected by specialized nerve cells, which then send a signal to the brain. Smells help alert us to danger, food and many other potential impacts on our lives.
Taste
Taste is a fundamental ability to perceive flavors via specialized receptors (taste buds) on the tongue and mouth, enabling the identification of nutritious food and the avoidance of harmful substances.
Touch
Touch is the perception of stimuli that affect the skin and other parts of the body. The sense of touch is managed by the somatosensory system, which uses specialized nerves and receptors in the skin, muscles, and joints to gather information which allows the brain to interpret many different kinds of stimuli, such as: Pressure, Temperature, Pain, Vibration, Texture, Itch. For humans, touch is a vital tool for non-verbal communication, social bonding, and expressing emotion. Research has shown that a comforting touch can release hormones that reduce stress and increase feelings of well-being.
Imagination
Imagination primarily refers to the human ability to form mental images, concepts, and ideas of things not present to the senses. This powerful mental faculty allows for creative thought, problem-solving, and the generation of new possibilities, extending beyond mere memory or perception
Memory
Memory is the fundamental cognitive process of encoding, storing, and retrieving information, forming the basis of our identity, learning, and ability to navigate the world. It involves different stages, including sensory memory, short-term (working) memory, and long-term memory. Memory can also be categorized as conscious or unconscious with a number of subtypes.
Intuition
Intuition is the ability to understand something instinctively and immediately, without needing conscious reasoning. It is a form of rapid, non-conscious information processing where the brain synthesizes past experiences and learned knowledge to form a "gut feeling" or hunch.
Reason
the ability to think logically and to the cause or explanation for something. In philosophy, it is a key concept that distinguishes human thought and morality from other forms of cognition. Reason is the ability to use logical processes like deduction and induction to draw valid conclusions from information. It allows us to understand abstract concepts and organize our perceptions. Reason is often viewed as the counterpoint to emotion or intuition. While emotions can influence behavior, reason is the capacity to make sensible judgments based on evidence rather than impulse.
Willpower
Willpower is the ability to resist short-term temptations and control your own actions to achieve long-term goals. It is a form of conscious self-regulation that involves overriding unwanted thoughts, feelings, or impulses. It may include the capacity to postpone an immediate reward in favor of a greater one later on, and overriding impulse desires.
Spiritual Senses are another set of senses that allow us to define and shape our world. They are a set of inner faculties that allow for spiritual perception. They are distinct from the physical senses. They allow a person to perceive, understand, and make the choice of whether to apply spiritual truths and divine guidance. They allow the individual to gain insights beyond empirical understanding of the physical or mental senses to foster a deeper connection with the divine and discern spiritual realities. In a sense, the Spiritual Senses allow for the ability to perceive God, experience God's reality and understand the divine presence even when the physical and mental senses may be unaware. The spiritual senses facility a deeper, more profound understanding and experience of spiritual concepts.
Five spiritual senses may include:
Clairvoyance
Clairvoyance is an extrasensory ability to "see" or perceive information, such as events, people, or objects, beyond the normal range of human senses. The term comes from French and means "clear seeing" and refers to gaining knowledge through intuition rather than physical perception.
Clairaudience
Clairaudience is an extrasensory ability defined as "clear hearing," which is the power to hear things beyond the range of normal perception. Unlike standard hearing, clairaudience involves perceiving sounds or messages that do not have a physical source.
Clairsentience
Clairsentience is the psychic ability of "clear feeling," allowing one to sense or perceive energy, emotions, or spiritual information that is imperceptible to the standard five senses. This manifests as unexplained physical sensations, gut feelings, or empathic awareness of others' emotions and energetic states, serving as a form of intuition and connection to the spiritual world
Claircognizance
Claircognizance, meaning "clear knowing," is the psychic ability to instantly receive knowledge or information without prior understanding or evidence of how you know it. It manifests as an inner certainty or mental download, such as suddenly knowing an answer to a problem or having a strong hunch that proves true. This intuitive gift is a form of spiritual intuition, and while it can be challenging to trust at first, it can be developed by paying attention to quiet thoughts, journaling intuitive insights, and practicing automatic writing.
Clairalience
Clairalience, also known as "clear smelling," is the ability to smell scents that have no physical source. These are not literal smells, but inner perceptions that can convey meaning, such as the smell of flowers to indicate a deceased loved one's presence or campfire smoke to represent lost passion.
All of these fifteen or more senses may be made more keen through regular use and exercise.