Frank Goad
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Can self hypnosis bring out all your psychic powers?Yes or No?![Smile :) :)](data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7)
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Define "psychic powers."
Indeed.OK, thanks. We're on the same page now.
Personally, I haven't seen convincing evidence for psychic powers. Can you link to any studies?
Do you feel or think they exist? The wording of the OP seems to presuppose them.I haven't read any studies on self hypnosis and psychic powers.![]()
I don't know if they exist.Do you feel or think they exist? The wording of the OP seems to presuppose them.
If so, what do you base the belief on?
OK, thanks. We're on the same page now.
Personally, I haven't seen convincing evidence for psychic powers. Can you link to any studies?
This is folklore. There's no corroborating evidence. It's many times repeated hearsay, at best.They exist. Teleportation in spirit. Read thoughts. Discover the Future. Etc... 1) The first problem is that these manifestations are not always under control or happen rationally over constant periods. 2) The second problem is that people won't believe you if you said it before, and if you said it later, neither will they, and leaving material evidence (videos, writings) will be reinterpreted or even ignored. (without taking into account authenticity or veracity of the writings). A typical example:
John 7:19-20 King James Version
Did not Moses give you the law, and yet none of you keepeth the law? Why go ye about to kill me? The people answered and said, Thou hast a devil: who goeth about to kill thee?
This is folklore. There's no corroborating evidence. It's many times repeated hearsay, at best.
Can you link to any modern, controlled, scientific research evidencing spirits?
With all due respect, those who say "no" should also explain how a tribe completely isolated from civilization arrived at the concept of inferior spirits, a universal concept in the history of human civilization.
Can self hypnosis bring out all your psychic powers?Yes or No?![]()
No.
There is absolutely no scientific evidence that psychic powers exist (despite spending millions on research in the 60s to 90s.)
So how can hypnosis bring out something that doesn't exist.
A good film to watch (or book to read) on this subject is "The men who stare at goats" by Jon Ronson. It's loosely based on the US militaries attempts to harness psychic powers.
Dreams and visions are important to indigenous tribal cultures. If you witness a dream you are seeing the spirits of the unconscious mind, which may have processed some data and is offering a symbolic solution. The Dreams of the Chief were often considered important for the tribe, since he is thinking about the bigger picture for all of them. Dream analysis is often important in Psychology since this internal data, that we can watch in dreams, offers an internal perspective from the preconscious level. Talking about it can trigger a rapport.Pirahã people
If we consider a hunter-gatherer people who have never had contact with modern human beings and do not believe in anything beyond the material, yet believe in lesser spirits, the explanation for this belief can be found in their perceptual and interpretative experiences of the natural world.
Anthropologically, beliefs in spirits or supernatural entities often arise as a way of attributing meaning and agency to events and phenomena that cannot be easily explained by a materialistic understanding. These beliefs frequently develop as part of complex cultural systems that help guide behaviors, social practices, and the relationship with the natural environment.
From an anthropomorphic perspective, the conception of spirits as entities with human or animal characteristics reflects an attempt to personify unknown forces or natural phenomena to better understand and interact with them. This anthropomorphic view not only describes a cultural and symbolic aspect of beliefs but can also be interpreted in light of scientific theories about the cognitive and cultural evolution of humanity. The ability to attribute intentions and human characteristics to non-human entities may have offered adaptive advantages in prehistoric contexts, influencing the cultural and social development of these groups over time.
Thus, the existence of anthropomorphic views of spirits can be understood within a cultural and evolutionary context and can also be explored through scientific lenses to better understand the cultural and psychological dynamics underlying human beliefs.