Sensing, also known as Tracking, is the power to determine the location and status of other beings by concentrating on them. It is a common power possessed by both good and evil.
Overview[]
Most commonly, this ability is shown to heighten one or more of the user's natural senses, such as sight, smell, and hearing. The Harbinger of Hell was not only able to utilize this ability to effectively track humans but could also sense their status, such as if they are virgins. In "Sweet Tooth", the Harbinger was able to successfully track Macy Vaughn as she ran through a thick forest.
Whitelighters have the ability to locate their charges. Their power also allow their charges to communicate with them simply by calling out their name, allowing them to hear a charge's call whenever the charge is in immediate danger or in need of help so that they can then orb to their aid. However, their power does not seem to be always precise, as in "The Replacement" when Tessa Flores-Cohen answered Macy's call for help after the Abiku revealed itself inside Galvin Burdette, she orbed along with Mel and Maggie Vera to where Macy had been minutes earlier before running off in fear.
Necromancers seem to be able to sense a soul that they have resurrected simply by smelling a person, as Knansie did with Macy and was able to sense and recognise her soul twenty-nine years later.
A being that has taken on the power of the Source has the ability to sense, at the very least, other beings that are nearby. In "The Source Awakens", after having merged with the Source, Macy was able to sense that Harry Greenwood was approaching before he even knocked on the door.
The ancient being known as Omon was able to sense if one of his victims were freed from his hypnosis. After Julie Hoffman was freed from her trance by Maggie in "Yew Do You", he was immediately able to sense that she was no longer in his control and was even able to see a glimpse of her in his mind. Omon was able to effectively track her down to SafeSpace, Seattle.
Presumably by wearing the Bloodstone Amulets, in "Perfecti Is the Enemy of Good", Mo and Aladria are able to sense and hear when Celeste said the word to activate the golem.
Known Users[]
- Original Power
- Through spell, artifact, power stealing, etc.
- Macy Vaughn (merged with the Source; relinquished)
Trivia[]
- A Whitelighter's sensing power can be rendered useless if the connection is broken.
- In "Memento Mori", Charity Callahan broke Harry's connection to the Charmed Ones, which disabled his ability to hear the sisters calling for him.
- In "Safe Space", while going into Witchness Protection, the sisters had their auras stripped which rendered Harry's connection to them dormant, until Macy reactivated her aura, by activating her power.
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