Abstract

Presents 4 case studies of 26-57 yr olds seen by the author in psychotherapy, and considers how possible spontaneous psi phenomena reported by the Ss related to ostensible transference issues. The 4 clients had been active practitioners of self-regulated altered states of consciousness (e.g., yoga, meditation), and had read widely in associated topics (e.g., parapsychology). These interests and practices may have provided the matrix for the purported psi explanation for ordinary events or coincidences or the sensitivity needed for psi communication or influence actually to occur. Each S had great dependency needs and expected outside sources to assist their passage through life. It is suggested that this may have predisposed them to transference phenomena, and this situation may have been favorable for the occurrence of psi phenomena.