Shakespeare, Tolstoy, Joyce, E.M. Forster and Ingmar Bergman all made the paranormal essential to their depiction of humanity. Freud recognized telepathy as an everyday phenomenon. Observations on parapsychological aspects of psychoanalysis also include the findings of the Mesmerists, Jung, Ferenczi and Eisenbud. Many academicians attribute such psychic discoveries to "poetic license" rather than to accurate understanding of our parapsychological capacities. The author--a practicing psychoanalyst and parapsychologist, and a lawyer familiar with Navajo culture--argues for a fresh appraisal of…mehr
Shakespeare, Tolstoy, Joyce, E.M. Forster and Ingmar Bergman all made the paranormal essential to their depiction of humanity. Freud recognized telepathy as an everyday phenomenon. Observations on parapsychological aspects of psychoanalysis also include the findings of the Mesmerists, Jung, Ferenczi and Eisenbud. Many academicians attribute such psychic discoveries to "poetic license" rather than to accurate understanding of our parapsychological capacities. The author--a practicing psychoanalyst and parapsychologist, and a lawyer familiar with Navajo culture--argues for a fresh appraisal of psi phenomena and their integration into psychoanalytic theory and clinical work, literary studies and anthropology.
Richard Reichbart is a clinical psychologist and psychoanalyst in Ridgewood, New Jersey. Positions held include past president of the Institute for Psychoanalytic Training and Research in New York City; past president of the New Jersey Society for Psychoanalysis; fellow of the International Psychoanalytic Association; member of the American Psychoanalytic Association; and member of the Parapsychological Association.
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Table of Contents Acknowledgments Foreword by Mikita Brottman Introduction I. Psi Phenomena in Western Literature One Hamlet: The Tragedy of a Parapsychologist Twö Psi Phenomena and Tolstoy Three E.M. Forster's A Passage to India: Psi, Culture and Causality Four G.K. Chesterton and Ingmar Bergman: Artists of Magic and Psi Whose Intimations Proved Too Real Five Telepathy and Psychic Connections in James Joyce's Ulysses: A Window into the Psychoanalyst's World II. Psi Phenomena and Psychoanalysis Six Psi and Psychoanalysis I: Rescuing Sisyphus Seven Psi and Psychoanalysis II: Rescuing Sisyphus Today III. Psi Phenomena and Culture Eight The Navajo Hand Trembler: Multiple Roles of the Psychic in Traditional Navajo Society Nine Magic and Psi: Some Speculations on Their Relationship Ten Western Law and Parapsychology Conclusion Afterword by Michael Prescott Appendix A: Jule Eisenbud: Explorer Appendix B: Correspondence with Elizabeth Lloyd Mayer Appendix C: A Cloak and Dagger Psi Mystery Story Glossary Index
Table of Contents Acknowledgments Foreword by Mikita Brottman Introduction I. Psi Phenomena in Western Literature One Hamlet: The Tragedy of a Parapsychologist Twö Psi Phenomena and Tolstoy Three E.M. Forster's A Passage to India: Psi, Culture and Causality Four G.K. Chesterton and Ingmar Bergman: Artists of Magic and Psi Whose Intimations Proved Too Real Five Telepathy and Psychic Connections in James Joyce's Ulysses: A Window into the Psychoanalyst's World II. Psi Phenomena and Psychoanalysis Six Psi and Psychoanalysis I: Rescuing Sisyphus Seven Psi and Psychoanalysis II: Rescuing Sisyphus Today III. Psi Phenomena and Culture Eight The Navajo Hand Trembler: Multiple Roles of the Psychic in Traditional Navajo Society Nine Magic and Psi: Some Speculations on Their Relationship Ten Western Law and Parapsychology Conclusion Afterword by Michael Prescott Appendix A: Jule Eisenbud: Explorer Appendix B: Correspondence with Elizabeth Lloyd Mayer Appendix C: A Cloak and Dagger Psi Mystery Story Glossary Index
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