Neither, just talk to him. Tell him what’s going on and ask his opinion and advice. This is the kind of priest who really knows his stuff on the topic and will not dismiss you. Take him to lunch or something.
Jesus did.
I want you to think about the option that it isn’t “from God” or from anywhere else. It’s just a natural ability. If you have perfect pitch or total recall, these are not things from God or the devil. Neither is psychism.
Well, stop it. First, get an informed professional opinion about what “this” is. And proceed from there.
I don’t think it’s strange. I get it. For me it was like - like in a movie where a guy falls asleep in a chair and a transparent version of himself rises up from the body, where I was in a state where I was mostly living in the “higher” self, like I lived above myself and was only anchored to the world by my physical body. I could understand things in that state that I couldn’t express “back in” my body because all we have is analogy - it’s impossible to convey these knowings in human language.
Another good reason to speak to the exorcist. Invite him to your home. But you don’t need less Catholicity, you need more. You might need him to do a kind of exorcism of your house. You need to do family prayer, have holy water fonts by doors and use them. You need daily Mass and for everyone to wear blessed sacramental objects: medals and rosaries.
You might also ask if these things in the house started as one of your children approached or entered puberty. That’s a whole other possibility. The exorcist will know about that.
See, now you are back to basic psychism. I have no idea what good it does, most times, except we can pray for them. (Sometimes there is quire practical and useful information, too!) There are ways of controlling and using these gifts. You can PM me about that if you want, but what you need to do is be as close to God as possible as often as possible. It isn’t because I’m Catholic, I’m a convert and all of my stuff started as a result of the intense prayer life I pursued right after my conversion. But I know one thing: whatever else we might sometimes doubt about how the Church is run, everything the Church teaches about God, about Christ, about the Eucharist, about the Communion of Saints and miracles, it’s all real.
The Catholic Church, and I’m sure all the Catholic churches and I think the Orthodox, all the ancient churches that have a valid Eucharist - this is where we most assuredly enter into true communion with the Divine. Every priest isn’t an expert - but generally exorcists are.
I once spoke with one of the exorcists involved in the famous case that book and movie were based on. Huge strong man, powerfully holy man. Go find the one you know about. That’s my advice. And take his.
