third it is operative in the psychic world in which the psychic powers of the subconscious are manifested in such phenomena as telepathy clairvoyance and psychokinesis but also it can be summoned to help the conscious mind in times of great personal necessity when the conscious calls upon the subconscious to use its powers and resources to solve a vital problem or bring to pass that which is sought or desired by the individual it is the third function that we are most concerned with here to draw upon the resources and powers of the subconscious