The
study of or belief in capacities, experiences, or phenomena that exceed normal human functioning but
may not be supernatural—enhanced perception, exceptional intuition, mystical experiences, heightened states of consciousness. Supernormalism suggests that human potential may be greater than
average performance suggests, and that some
people occasionally access capacities that are latent in all of us. It's the position that the "normal" is not the limit, that extraordinary experiences may reveal possibilities rather than pathologies, and that human nature includes potentials rarely actualized.
"She knew who was calling before looking at the phone, every time. Supernormalism says: not psychic, not supernatural—just a capacity some
people have, maybe latent in all of us, maybe trainable. Supernormal, not paranormal. Beyond
average, not beyond
nature."