Subjective Forms of Spontaneous Psi Experiences
Journal of Parapsychology May 14, 2019 Louisa E. Rhine 4 citations
An analysis of roughly one thousand spontaneous psychic experiences identified four main types: intuitive (a simple, unreasoned hunch), hallucinatory (projected as if a sensation), unrealistic dreaming (characterized by fantasy), and realistic dreaming (photographically realistic imagery). The first two types occurred only in the waking state. These four forms are common in mental life, not unique to psychic experiences, which helps understand the process. The main acquisition of knowledge appears to occur unconsciously, with the conscious form representing a mental mechanism that carries the information across the threshold. Some act of selective judgment is inferred below consciousness.