(11/ AW*vecKiFert,R*kwAwQ000/08/11 : CIA-RDP96-00792ROO0700660006-3 ,;cd a -during GERMAN LANGUAGE It 1,000 .Viilcm (Editor: Gerd Hbvclmann) ed his !reason- ZEITSCHRIFT FOR PARAPSYCHOLOGIE UND GRENZGEBIETE DER PSYCHOLOGIE _5 who -at her -ved 32 Note: The first abstract below was le had inadvertently omitted ill f rom Vol. 4(l), which covered Vol. 15 of this journal. - Ed. . Dry k care rise omo. Hammers, Alwin J., and Rosin, of Ulrich. Parapsy- chology as judged by German theologians. Zeitschrift - given fdr Parapsychologie und Grenzgebiete the der Psychologie, i n 1973, 15(l), 15-35. (two g Selected results of a survey of a nething representative ran- c a lot dom sample of Catholic and Protestant theologians of the ad was Federal Republic of Germany are reported which was Nicurs. taken in March, 1972. So far as the general attitude towards parapsychology is concerned, the questions about money the value and scientific character of parapsychology and angry fraud. about the factuality of its phenomena were answered on ,thcnticthe average very positively. The representatives of a sitic general "occult believine' or "anti-occult of believing" at- titude are only -indicated sporadically. All in all, the pen to theologians prove to be the professional tion group most prob- or ably best informed on the field of parapsychology. Accord- :h mat- the main importance of parapsy- ing to the theologians at Pij- i chology lies in the fie d of anthropology. In spite of the affinity of parapsychical phenomena to the religious ex- ts were perience, the former is given its own meaning independent for her of the religious sphere. This affinity should be the reason, house however, for a positive attitude of the theologians towards s fami- parapsychology. The expectation that parapsychical phe- n hys- nomena are readily drawn on as a support for the the- imation 'olo-ical system is not confirmed. A clear skepticism of the 0 rtcd theologians in regard to parapsychology to only then appears started when they suspect that parapsychology will break into k some their own field. There are definite differences between liece the theologians of the two confessions of in the answers .,stericalgiven to the quettions. Although more Protestant the- ,;e wereologians answered the questionnaire and also have a bet- ,e on ter knowledge of the literature at it their disposal, their rops positive statements on parapsychology of and its phenomena are generally somewhat more reserved than those of the isit Catholic theologians. - DA her .~ drink. r to 01911. Mischo, Johannes. Are psychic be phenomena when Engcltjctreated according to quantitative and statistical models ple had a "roulette" for "supernatural" consequences? 11t. 11: A it. On critical examination of call sequences. Zeitschrift fVr ipointedParapsychologie und Grenzgebiete der Psychologie, ingettic,1975, 17(l), 1-28. 13 refs; 19 tables he four In this article the objections to the quantitative and written statistical model of ESP experiments are summarized as Itje follows: (1) in ESP card-guessing had experiments subjects are En- ng. not able to produce random call sequences, ay food (2) it has not becit shown that target sequences are stochastic se- .irs. quences, (3) dependence on calls and target sequence.% leads to pscudosignificant results due to its bordering on hit sequences and is thus wrongly interpreted as a para- psychic phenomenon. Extensive empirical material for calls (closed decks, open decks, experiments with random number generators) is analyzed. Even in RNG experiments subjects are not able to produce stochastic sequences. According to these results the first thesis is fully verified. - DA 01912. Bjarsch, Hubert. Case history relating to pr- oblems of paranormal faculties in schizophrenia. Zeitschrift f~r Parapsychologie und Grenzgebiere der Psychologie, 1975, 17(l), 41419. 1 ref A 34-year old schizophrenic is described. Under the impact of incestuous ideas she imagines her father being re-born in her own son; she also reports a number of al- legedly psychokinctic phenomena which partly appeared spontaneously, partly in connection with performances by Uri Geller on television. This case description forms the basis for a discussion of special factors of uncertainty which are concomitants of schizophrenia and that have to be taken into consideration, if necessary, when judging reports on allegedly paratiormal occurrences. After the author had finished this paper the schizo- phrenic committed suicide. - DA/G.11 01913. Lucadou, Walter von, and Kornwachs, Klaus. Fundamentals of a theory of paranormal phenomena. Zeitschrift flir Parapsychologie und Grenzgebiete der Psychologie, 1975, 17(2/3), 73-87. 32 refs In this article a basis for a new understanding of psi phenomena is outlined. It is centered in the fundamental discussion of how complex systems can be described in terms of positivism. By these considerations the authors are led to demand a macroscopic function of probability, phi, by means of which psi phenomena can be 'explained as being dependent on physical and psychological condi- tions. Although a concept of a function of probability cannot be fully understood within the categories of ciassi- cat ontology it is shown tq be able to make possible a formal and thus quantifiable theory of parapsychology. Al- though, moreover, psychological effects cannot be reduced to physical descriptions the concept of a psi function enables us to establish a relation and connection between psychological and physical data. This is illustrated by an analysis of psychokinctic phenomena. The theory discussed here is not a physical theory in the traditional sense but is based on a concept of physics that is able to take psychological variables into account. - DA 01914. Brand, Illo. The spectrum of UFO sightings. Zeitschrift flir Parapsychologie und Grenzgebiete der Psychologie, 1975, 17(2/3), 89-124. 2 figs; 79 refs The author demonstrates that the prejudices prohi- biting scientific research on UFO phenomena are based on sociopsychological reasons. Most reports come from laypersons, are of anecdotal character, and do not reach scientific journals. The UFO problem, on the other hand, fulfills the requirements claimed by a science-theorctical view. The personality structure of the UFO withesses is different from that of the witnesses of paranormal phenomena. A paranoia that could be induced by the UFO theme is not observed (in contradiction to the opinion of the press). Resistance of scientists to UFO re- search is based on the difficulty encountered in the acqui- sition of reliable data, in the premature declaration of public opinion that UFOs are extraterrestrial space ships, in the allegedly reduced reliability connected with the engagement in obscure observations and observers, and in the shortage of getting well-founded information. The aim of the examination by E. Condon and his co-workers in 1969 was to trace back all the UFO observations to natural phenomena, frauds, or illusions and hallucinations. In the spectrum of UFO sightings, in which the author had put the sizes of the objects versus the physical reac- tion on the environment in a diagram, the Condon-UFO cases reveal the smallest degrees of significance and are cancelled out by definition from "physical UFO phenome- na." Only when the distribution of frequencies of sight- ings in a spectrum based on 50,000 computerized data is known can it be decided without any doubt whether the UFO phenomenon is primarily a physical or a parapsy- chological phenomenon. - DA 25 -00792ROO0700660006-3