Telepathy

Telepathy is the ability to mentally communicate with another living organism using only the power of the mind. Individuals who possess this power can not only project their own thoughts into the minds of others, but may also receive the mental impressions or thoughts from someone else. A strong telepath may even broadcast his or her thoughts to a large body of people. Although this is a powerful ability, it often comes at great cost to the wielder. Learning to harness and control telepathic signals takes great concentration and often years of practice. An untrained telepath may easily be driven mad by the influx of mental impressions from those around him.

On the HBO supernatural drama series True Blood, a race of fairies as well as fae halflings possess the ability to telepathically communicate with one another. The halflings, who are half-human and half-fae, can perceive the ambient thoughts of others, but cannot necessarily transmit their own thoughts. Such was the case with Sookie Stackhouse, who always thought herself to be something of a human oddity before learning about her Fae heritage. Sookie had no control over her abilities, but was grateful for the fact that she could not perceive the thoughts of some supernatural creatures, such as vampires (she could however receive impressions from other supernaturals including weres and shape-shifters). Sookie encountered another Fae halfling named Barry Horowitz, who worked as a bellboy at the Hotel Carmilla in Dallas, Texas. She briefly reunited with Barry a short while later when she discovered the truth about her ancestry and journeyed to the Fairy Realm.