AppwouedrEor,.ReWmai2OGWDSI",ns4N)k-RQPS"S fikr Demoskopie,' Allensbach (Lake of Constance) on tfie at titudes of the adult population of Western Germany towards astrology. Whilst about half of those interviewed deny any rela tion between human destiny and the stars, approximately 30% believe it to be a fact and to the rest it seems not impossible. More than half of the population sympathizes more or less with astrology, but in most cases this attitude is derived exclusively from acquaintance with popularized "horoscopes" of the newspapers. Only 7% know their individual horoscopes, but 69% the sign of the Zodiac corresponding to the month of their birth. The sympathizers are classified according to different points of view: sex, schooling, belief in series of luck and ill luck, sensitivity to meteorological influences etc. The investiga tion shows that the belief in astrology which is %despread in all ti b classes of the population presents an impor ant p lem of men- tal hygiene. - DA 110. Jung, Carl Gust . An astrologica experiment. Zeitschrift flir Parapsy ologie und Gre gebiete der Psychologie, 1957, 1 (2/3), 1-92. 2 refs.-Thi paper follows from the second chapter of t author's book, nchronicity: An Acausal Connecting Principle, which he desc es a statistical investigation into the relation f factors of t horoscopes of married people according to th otionsoftra tional astrology. to t The total results exceeded cha e and are ' terpreted by the author as synchronicity; that is, significa t arrangement in duced by the expectations of t experi nter based on ar chetypal conditions. His in ntion has often been misunderstood. Ii was not a questi of a strological research of marriage but of a work on the b avio of figures to which a io certain autonomy is due. In sit tio stimulating an ar- chetype-and astrology belongs to t figures under the in- fluence of an arranging may correspo o the emotional expec- tation. Synchronistical events of th kind have a range of acausality, freedom and meaningf in nature as their background which is complementar coercion, mechanics, and senselessness. - DA 111. Gauquelin, Michel. The i flu cies of the stars and statistics. Zeitschrift flir Paraps hol e und Grenzgebiete der Psychologie, 1957, 1 (2/ , 10 23-Describes his statistical experiments on the inf ence of e stars on humans. He intends to put the controve on the ality or illusion of astrology on a scientific level. On the one hand, his experi ents led hi o the conclusion that astrology as such has n objective rea ; on the other hand, however, he found res s in a definite a onomical field, namely the daily revolution f the stars, whic forced him to recognize, nevertheless, the xistence of a conn ion between human beings and the star The author not only di usses the investigatio which led him to such conclusionns ut also the criticism pro ed by his statements and his ans rs to these objections.-D 112. Bender, Hans. arapsychic phenomena as a fron tier prob 'ern of e ind. Zeitschrift ffir Parapsychologie . I ,tethe und Gre zgebi d Psychologie, 1957/58, 1 (2/3), 124-154. 15 refs. - This paper as given as a lecture at the University of Freiburg in a s,5is conferences on the "Concept and function of the frontier in t universities." He surveys parapsychology r, tier as the :'Zontier nce of the Mind." The historical develop- , utli mentisoutlinedf ra qualitative material (regarded as evidence by Bergson) to antitative-statistical research, the procedure and results of ich are described. The author points out the bearing of the eory of probability and the importance of spon- taneous phen ena and qualitative mediumistic material as a necessary b kground for the interpretation of stati 'stical results, and s an indispensable approach to analyzing the nature of ranormal phenomena. Finally the relations of parapsychology to other branches of science and the elements of current hypotheses are dealt with. - DA 113. Uslar, Detley von. On the dreamlike structure of telepathic assertions. Part 1. Zeitschrift far Parapsychologie und Grenzgebiete der Psychologie, 1957158, 1 (213), 166-188. 1 ref.-Images induced by telepathy for the most part do not represent reality in a distinct and conscious way, but rather real facts are elaborated in a dreamlike way. In verifying these im- ages we have to use the experiences and methods of dream- psychology. periment with R the se at c"qmll structure and the method of its interpretation. Psychometric object was a marriage-ring. it became evident that the material elaborated in the telepath- ic assertions had its origin in the conscious and subconscious memory of two persons: the owner of the ring and his wife. In this case the telepathic communication appears as a texture of relations, with a marked preference for affectively accentuat- ed material. - DA 114. Neuhausler, Anton. Precognition, time and freedom. Zeltschrift fi7r Parapsychologie und Grenzgebeite der Psychologie, 1957158,1 (213). 189-201- If we acknowledge the existence of precognition, the idea of a fixed future is con nected to it. This would entail a denial of freedom as ability to determine what is not yet determined. The elimination of time from reality, however, is impossible. Whenever there are material quanta Imass, energy) existing in different states ex cluding each other- e.g., a house that is both irkan intact and in a demolished state- th rither is imo,,_asmo,~e succession. In _ P tu,e ev the case of a sensitive forese g a fu n f eg .1 the crash ct of the house-he is in fact no ble t t h, rash of the real house. He can only see a ut-re 'vent. The conception of ideal images of e fut of thl ure Ino, include the condition of their coercive pow Th,~yicaf ste orutrru ed by fac in nru_t. e tors not contained in the de rm ,. Human freedom would be such a facto The dicision for or against a 'acto human freedom lies beyond t ace tance or refusal of precognition- DA 115. Servadio, Emilio. Paraps logy and the reaction of incredulity. Zeitschrift ffir P sychologie und Gren zgebiete der Psychologie, 1958, 2 J1 1-9. 3 refs.- Parapsychic phenomena differ from recognize d familiar experiences through their irrationality, throug t ir divergence from the ordinary patterns, through their im ro bility and their relation I Psitiori~ . to mythical and magic, e is ory o Ji at pos!ition in hi t f the mind. Analyzing the reaction o incr ulit towards parapsychic "on 0 me phenomena, the author introdu s a ps cho-dynamic concep- ",,,,g tion: Rational thinkin havin QrsQC the magic mentality g I" v I,- rs - unctioning menta.1 with difficulty, is defended t. y by acw If tim.l.t, apparatus whenever stimu at , to the 71~, ct of a regression to I C former levels of conscience. arapsychi h 0 a in their mostly archaic structure are en as a thr t to the very basis of the individual personality. ese mechani s of denial have to be recognized in the same ay as the opp ite tendencies of an uncritical credulity. It is nly in this way at an approach to scientific objectivity is de possible. - D 116. Tenhaeff, W' eirn H.C. On the practical use of paranormal faculti Performances by sensitives when used by the police r for other purposes. Zeitschrift fi7r Parapsychologie u Grenzgebiete der Psychologie, 1958~, 2 (1), 0-29.3refs.- author discusses a series of cases concer " - e ning2e.seicfsen ives by the police or for other practical pur- poses. Apart fro he relatively, rare cases in which complete success was obtaffie , there are many where the statements of the sensitives were of no practical value but proved to be of parapsychological interest. The contribution deals mainly with the depth analysis of such failures. The author follows up the motivation of the paranormal impressions in connection with the sensitives' history of life. Affective factors often seem to divert the sensitives from the task in question. Laymen should not consult sensitives for only experts can make allowance for the many sources of errors (e.g. telepathic transference of ex- pectations). - DA 117. Binski, Sigurd. Performances by a single subject in exploratory PK experiments. Zeitschrift Nr Parapsy- chologie und Grenzgebiete der Psychologie, 1958, 2 (1), 30-40. I I refs. - The author briefly reports two series of exploratory PK experiments carried out at the Psychological Institute of Bonn University. In the first series, 153,000 coins were thrown in tosses of a hundred at a time. The subjects tried to determine in advance the side onto which the coins fell through psychic in- fluence (by willing it). In the second series, the subjects tried to direct 26,200 balls to the targets 'black* or 'red' of a roulette wheel. The total results were not beyond chance expectation but one subject went considerably beyond the conventional chance limits especially in the first series. This confirms some 14 Approved For Release 2000108111 : CIA-RDP96-00792ROO0700660008-1 Approved- For-R616i7t6 conclusions of importance for psi investigations. - DA 1.18.- Strauch, Inge. A contribution to the problem of .spiritual healing!': Preliminary report on a medico psychological investigation. Part 1. Zeitschriff Nr Parapsy chologie und Grenzgebiete der Psychologie, 1958, 2 (1), 41-64. 20 refs.-Starting from the definition f " ' it al healing" given by Thouless, the author report the!2-sir-Itui. the methods '-- - ~hicrwas per' v'r and the results of an in .tig.1 formed by the Medizinische Poliklh I F Ursity and the Freiburg Institut f(ir Grenzegebtot dreer% P.- g-ei e u e r~y nd Psychohygiene (Institute for Border ty ?y, logy and Mental Hygiene), ~ re, a s,~ ~ P of sp___ concerning the activi _V, healer." 6SO patients were medically and psych ~logichally, f Iked and the results of the I . w contact with the "spirim, e observed up to 14 mon ths. About 52% subjective ' "e%-n6 'ere stated, scattered "arn I with about 15% on th ~, , s. disealeNce quarters of the ever patients were chronically I In contrast to these improvements y iv~ there were only few obj ive improvements. b Finally, the psycholo al structure of positive reactors is ex- al s ) /j amined, improved me ods are proposed and the agencies of .ds .spiritual healing"are discussed.-DA 119. Sexauer, Hans. A contribution to the phenomenology If P~nd s 1.,o gy olie poltergeist. ,.11ko Zeitschrift ffir 'i .d _ nzgebiete der syr .,.p Psychologie, 1958, 2 4-'06.4'efs;,- Ptollergei,t '22" 'V s 1e i e phenomena are of a very complex ature. At t 'a in , they er show an objective aspect concern,V, he pe pted data and a _C enit otin subjective one, consisting of a spe _C .tinal resonance. 'h 1~ -'rhe description of the pheno nena nd the course make ob- a scenic C C vious the illusionary and ha er of any forms of pol ,f ,e tergeist phenomena. The perception t se phenomena in- ion ~na ,, e 0 cludes qualities in close relation to thA zrcssion of anxiety. Poltergeist phenomena may be divid into two different groups: those of a dynamic character as 'ated with persons, and those apparently attached to certai ations. The emo- tional qualities of these experiences ha ecific parallels to the events studied by the psychology of ligi . As yet, there is no parapsychological theory of polterg t ph omena. Former attempts of explanation do not seem to t the y nature of t hc occurrences. Depth-psychology contri tes im rtant marginal clues. There are striking analogies to he catat mic pseudo- hallucinations and to dream expericn . But fro the parapsy- chological point of view the decisive uestion is hether the phenomena do exceed the frame of t subjectivi; nd if so, in which way do they. -DA 120. Ehrenwald, Jan. Do rinal comp nce in psychotherapy and problems o scientific met dology. Zeitschriff ffir Parapsycholog* und Grenzgeb re der Psychologie, 1958, 2 (213), 127- 4. 21 refs.-Doctri I com pliance in psychotherapy is desc ed as compliance be pa tient with the therapist's precon ious wishes and expec tions concerning the validity of his wn theoretical concept and favorite scientific hypotheses. may be due to suggestion, con scious or unconscious, to 'o ant reinforcement," but it may also be aided by telepathic le age from the therapist to the pa tient. Influences of this ty may be compared with the in evitable interference by th observer in the physical sciences with objects studied n th icrophysical plane. Further points 01, of comparison between odern physics and psychology are various other causal and atiotemporal anomalies, common to both quantum mechani and psychoanalytic theory brought up to date by integrati the psi factor with its system of thought.-DA 121. Uslar, Detlev von. On the dreamlike structure of telepathic assertions. Part 11. Zeitschrift ffir Parapsy- chologie und Grenzgehiete der Psychologie, 1958/59, 2 (213J, 145-172. -The sensitive's impressions induced by the telepathic situation often present important deviations in relation to the material which seems to provoke the parapsychic perception. In analyzing these deviations it becomes obvious that they repre- sent a meaningful and interpretable product of dream mechanisms le.g. concentration, displacement, etc.). The author poses the question of their origin: are these deviations produced by the mind of the sensitive or are they elaborated by the sub- Conscious of the subject (the presumable "agent"), or are these deviationsAlArMuftyp f thea Md rx-. 1 F%v 1151,81 9'soe -206 all P96-00792ROO0700660008-1 118-124 amples shows that the deviation had its origin in the mind of the subject. However, these considerations do not seem to exhaust the complexity of the telepathic phenomena, which possibly might be understood as an intrinsic reciprocity between the psyches involved. Further research should also stress the analysis of the unverifiable "mediumistic material" which could perhaps indicate how I lepalhic ocess is imbedded in the s,,.,.teCte. s_ nd psychism of the thus pen the path to under- standing the relations between lepathy and individual psychic life. - DA 122. Bender, Hans. diumi ic psychoses: A contribu- tion to the pathology o pirit listic practices. Zeiischrift ffl, Parapsychologie un Gr zgebiete der Psychologie, 1958/59, 2 12131, 173-201.2 ef -This paper on the pathology of spiritualistic practices (t -tilting, ouija-board, automatic writing,. pendulum, etc.) des es, by a series of characteristic cases, typical mental distur ces arising in connection with the alleged spirit-communi i . The emotional shock, caused by the misinterpreted exp len of the spiritual world by the subject, is important for t pat genesis of these disturbances which in the German iterat are termed "mediumistic psychoses," This misint pretatio is induced by subconscious anifestations which * ply cha cteristic features of an in- in telligent activity. This ubconsci S activity is a sort of "in dependent thinking," ot controll by the conscious mind. Such a mental a t CS in the frame of the normal u 0ism may r but there is the da er of patholo Cal degenerations arising, which are characte ed by auditor hallucinations, delusions, compulsions, etc., hich are often misinterpreted as symptoms of schizophrenia ut with the exception of transition-cases they are rather attributable to hysterical manifestations lego- weakness, deintegration, autonomous complexes). - DA ITALIAN LANGUAGE Spearheaded by Paola Giovetti, Ph.D., a group of Italian para psychologists have promised to prepare English- language ab stracts of the Italian parapsychological literature. In the mean time, Michela. Alf' * f the Met sichica Rivista Italiana di Para h a r c psicologia has gone,. Ir. t~! p 1) 1 i7d,h,Para sychology Sources it of Information C tr" 11, of ck i sues. Since 1965 it a b a k h c has published Eneglie,-%' guaige ..~r:cts, four of which are u a r b s t c s g g given below. 123. Inardi, Massimo piritism in razil. Metapsichica 0 r t in r a n p 0 r 5 Rivista Italiana di Parap ologia, 1 5 Uul/Decl, 20 (3/4), P g Cs, r 65-84-Based on the book, ' itis i Brazil, by a Capuchin 0 0 k t B 2 Cr. 'a b t f a friar, Bonaventuie Kloppenbu tCatholic University of C t p p r Rio de Janeiro, this paper d ~;~Ul~cri e situation of spiritism in ,e d b e i t s d t Brazil. Shows by means Of dir ct indirect statistical data f in d w a that such practices are widely s aroughout the country. id c u y i ,~andh He describes the doctrinal pict andt ches, upon three prin- 1 icttC ~'- 1p cipal currents or movements to whic piritism has split in esh in rit towjcp he.twhich -a Brazil and also the branches" owhichea movementhasfur C s-e ther divided over a period ime. He als nsiders the general 'o 'o od0irrie He 'is 0, 's 's and particular cases whic ave brought or may have brought .c ve r..ght or about such a wide and eply rooted diffusion of these prac- Ieply rooted diff., -in an ethnological point of view-the tices. Briefly dv~ crib, , inCthriolgical spiritistic-fetishistic rit , principally of African origin, with pim cipilly of Af, American interaction and with Christian religious syncretism, which are commonly known by the name of "Umbanda."-DA/R.A.W. 124. Riccardi, Nicola. An orientation considering the re- establishment of Psychical research. Metapsichica Rivista Italiana di Parapsicologia, 1965, Uul/Dec), 22 (314), 102-111. - In an article recently published in Luce e Ombra, the author proposes that the vitalistic concept of the "aura" is the turning point of paranormal phenomenology. He urges large scientific institutions to conduct controlled research into the aura, enlisting many teams uncompromised with spiritualism or parapsychology to engage in free interdisciplinary operational research in this subject. Longitudinal repetitions of mediumistic apports in the laboratory would be likely to make it possible to identify the permanent presence of psychical transmutations in the mechanism of sensory perception as well. We can see, then, the gradual nullification of the artificial walls between the nor- mal and the paranormal. The basic hypothesis is that the events pacholo *Cal S here, enlar d t 'in lude all sensations, 96e 0 0C 08pik-RDF 9 6107 2R 007 0660008-1 1 t;