Abstract

Notes that among Dr. L. E. Rhine's collection of over 30,000 letters of spontaneous adult psi experiences were separate files containing 216 acceptable cases received between 1961 and 1977 from school-age children (aged 10-18 yrs). 148 of the letters specifically recounted 157 spontaneous psi experiences; these cases were compared with S. A. Schouten's (1982) analysis of 1,620 randomly selected adult-only psi experience letters for the "Rhine collection." The children's experiences were analyzed according to Schouten's categories, resulting in Precognitive Dreams (PDs; 52.2%) and Intuitive Experiences (IEs; 25.1%). Chi-square analyses yielded a significant difference between the 2 samples for PDs, IEs and Waking Sensory Experiences. Two thirds of the children's letters were from females, the highest connection for the percipient with acquaintances, and very low reporting of experiences with parents. Same -sex target person prevailed in PDs and IEs for male and female percipients. 14.8% of the reported PDs were about the children themselves, and 8.9% about their pets. The highest percentage of precognitive content was around trivial events (54.1%) compared with death (18.5%) or serious injury (19.3%), also in contrast to Schouten's data. Several case examples are provided.