Editing Jean Grey (section)

===Telepathy===
When her powers first manifested, Jean was unable to cope with her [[telepathy|telepathic abilities]], forcing [[Professor X|Professor Charles Xavier]] to suppress her access to them altogether. Instead, he chose to train her in the use of her [[psychokinesis|psychokinetic abilities]] while allowing her telepathy to grow at its natural rate before reintroducing it.<ref>{{Cite comic
| writer = Scott Lobdell
| penciller = Andy Kubert
| inker = Cam Smith
| story = They're Baaack...
| title = X-Men
| volume =
| issue = #46
| date = November 1995
| publisher = Marvel Comics
| location =
| page =
| panel =
| id =
}}</ref> When the Professor hid to prepare for the [[List of alien races in Marvel Comics#Z|Z'Nox]], he reopened Jean's telepathic abilities, which was initially explained by writers as Xavier 'sharing' some of his telepathy with her.<ref>{{Cite comic
| writer = Roy Thomas
| penciller = Don Heck
| inker = [[George Tuska]]
| story = If I Should Die...!
| title = X-Men
| volume = 
| issue = #42
| date = March 1968
| publisher = Marvel Comics
| location =
| page =
| panel =
| id =
}}</ref>
{{blockquote | The ''Women of Marvel: Celebrating Seven Decades Handbook'' detailed Jean's telepathic abilities:
:As [an alpha-level telepath],<ref>{{Cite comic
| writer = John Francis Moore
| penciller = Steve Epting
| inker = Dan Green
| story = Not a Cloud in the Sky
| title = X-Men Annual
| volume = 
| issue = 1997
| date = May 1997
| publisher = Marvel Comics
| location =
| page =
| panel =
| id =
}}</ref> Jean Grey can detect and read the thoughts of others, project her own thoughts into other's minds, form psychic links with other beings, control others' minds so as to manipulate their physical functions, mentally stun opponents with bolts of pure psionic force, cast near-flawless mental illusions, and project her mind and the minds of others onto the [[astral plane]]. At close range, she can manipulate almost any number of minds; however, she can only take full possession of another's mind one at a time and can only do so if she is within that being's physical presence.<ref name="Women of Marvel: Celebrating Seven Decades Handbook">Christiansen, Jeff; Sullivan, Mike (2010). Women of Marvel: Celebrating Seven Decades Handbook. {{ISBN|978-0-7851-4912-5}}.</ref>}}

Jean is also one of the few telepaths skilled enough to communicate with animals (animals with high intelligence, such as [[dolphin]]s,<ref>{{Cite comic
| writer = Chris Claremont
| artist = John Bolton
| story = Lifesigns
| title = Classic X-Men
| volume =
| issue = #13
| date = September 1987
| publisher = Marvel Comics
| location =
| page =
| panel =
| id =
}}</ref> [[dog]]s,<ref>{{Cite comic
| writer = [[Chuck Austen]]
| penciller = Romano Molenaar
| inker = Danny Miki
| story = Can They Suffer?
| title = X-Men Unlimited
| volume = 
| issue = #44
| date = May 2003
| publisher = Marvel Comics
| location =
| page =
| panel =
| id =
}}</ref> and [[raven]]s<ref>{{Cite comic
| writer = [[Steven T. Seagle]]
| penciller = Dan Norton
| inker = [[Dexter Vines]]; Scott Hanna
| story = The Sky Is Falling
| title = The Uncanny X-Men
| volume =
| issue = #357
| date = July 1998
| publisher = Marvel Comics
| location =
| page =
| panel =
| id =
}}</ref>). As a side effect of her telepathy, she has an [[eidetic memory]].<ref>{{Cite comic
| writer = Scott Lobdell
| penciller = [[Mel Rubi]]
| inker =
| story = Casualties of War
| title = The Uncanny X-Men
| volume =
| issue = #344
| date = May 1997
| publisher = Marvel Comics
| location =
| page =
| panel =
| id =
}}</ref> Jean was able, through telepathic therapy with the comatose Jessica Jones, to grant Jessica immunity to the Purple Man's mind control abilities, despite his powers being chemical in nature rather than psychic.<ref>{{Cite comic
| writer = Brian Michael Bendis
| penciller = Michael Gaydos, Mark Bagley, Art Thibert, Rick Mays
| inker =
| story = Purple, Part III
| title = Alias
| volume = 
| issue = #26
| date = November 2003
| publisher = Marvel Comics
| location =
| page =
| panel =
| id =
}}</ref> When Jean absorbed [[Betsy Braddock|Psylocke]]'s specialized telepathic powers, her own telepathy was increased to the point that she could physically manifest her telepathy as a psionic [[phoenix (mythology)|firebird]] whose claws could inflict both physical and mental damage. She briefly developed a psychic shadow form like Psylocke's, with a gold Phoenix emblem over her eye instead of the [[Crimson Dawn]] mark possessed by Psylocke.{{Volume needed|c=y|date=July 2012}} Jean briefly lost her telekinesis to Psylocke during this exchange, but her telekinetic abilities later came back in full and at a far stronger level than before.{{Volume needed|c=y|date=July 2012}} It was later stated that Jean has been an omega-level telepath.<ref>{{Cite comic
| writer = Jonathan Hickman
| artist = Pepe Larazz
| story =
| title = House of X
| volume =
| issue = #1
| date = July 2019
| publisher = Marvel Comics
| location =
| page =
| panel =
| id =
}}</ref>