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ALTERNATIVE RESEARCH
For example, Caroline Watt from the Psychology Department at
Edinburgh did a study on "Defensiveness and PSI".
Results
indicated that individuals who were rated as highly defensive
following a Defense Mechanism Test tended to score below chance on
ESP measure.
Conversely, those who were rated as low defensive
individuals tended to have above chance ESP scores.
Indicative
that there is a relationship between defensiveness and PSI
scoring.
Ego, stress, and an inability to relax can detract from
the viewing process and the overall outcome of information.
Ganzfeld Sudies of creativity indicate that emotionally
stimulating targets provide powerful and interesting stimuli.
A ganzfeld study on "ESP and Creativity in an Exceptional
Population" was conducted by Marilyn Schlits from the Mind
Science Foundation and Charles Horton of Psychological Research
Laboratories (PRL) .
In this study, twenty undergraduate students
from the Juilliard School for performing Arts served as a Receiver
in a single telepathy Ganzfeld session at (PRL).
The students
achieved a significant success rate of 50% double the chance
expectation of 25%.
The students of music demonstrated the most
outstanding performance.
Six of the eight musicians obtained
direct hits.
As a group, the Juilliard students' performance was
significantly superior to the PRL general population.
In other
words, creative people such as Artists etc .. have a tendency to
score higher than non-artists or non-creative people on psi tests.
Frederick Myers in 1961 was the first to make a connection between
genius and psychic ability.
He believed that mental imagery is a
mediating vehicle for the transition of information from thee
unconscious mind into conscious awareness.
A link between PSI
experiences and creative ability was found in people like Mark
Twain and Robert Browning.
There are certain shared characteristics of people conducive to
PSI experiences.
Creativity and psychic experiences are
expressions of a dynamic unconscious emotional and instinctual
life. These people are open to experience and one with their
environment.
They have high self-esteem, empathy, and self-
understanding.
They also demonstrate an ability for relaxation
and dissociation.
In fact, they demand openness to new and
unusual experiences and have a tolerance for the unrealistic.
People with PSI potential show high confidence levels and usually
have success early in life.
They have high expectations with
regard to success and are, in general, high achievers.
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