Mysticism and the paranormal have long been associated in two ways: in the repeated reports of mystically trained individuals acquiring paranormal abilities and in the warnings given in all serious mystical training schools that students who become interested in these abilities will cease to make progress. This essay, chapter 24 of Psychic Exploration, discusses those associations. The full volume of Psychic Exploration can be purchased as an ebook or paperback version from all major online retailers and at cosimobooks.com. LAWRENCE L. LESHAN, Ph.D., is psychologist, former professor, and author. Besides more than 50 articles in professional journals, Dr. LeShan is the author of Toward a General Theory of the Paranormal, The Medium, the Mystic and the Physicist, and How to Meditate. He was the chief investigator for the research project on paranormal phenomena sponsored by the Ayer Foundation. He spent five years in the U. S. Army as a clinical psychologist during World War II and the Korean War. In the 1980s, Dr. Leshan began providing psychotherapy for cancer patients, a field in which he is considered a pioneer.
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April 12, 2016
Psychic Phenomena and Mystical Experience (Psychic Exploration)
Mysticism and the paranormal have long been associated in two ways: in the repeated reports of mystically trained individuals acquiring paranormal abilities and in the warnings given in all serious mystical training schools that students who become interested in these abilities will cease to make progress. This essay, chapter 24 of Psychic Exploration, discusses those associations. The full volume of Psychic Exploration can be purchased as an ebook or paperback version from all major online retailers and at cosimobooks.com. LAWRENCE L. LESHAN, Ph.D., is psychologist, former professor, and author. Besides more than 50 articles in professional journals, Dr. LeShan is the author of Toward a General Theory of the Paranormal, The Medium, the Mystic and the Physicist, and How to Meditate. He was the chief investigator for the research project on paranormal phenomena sponsored by the Ayer Foundation. He spent five years in the U. S. Army as a clinical psychologist during World War II and the Korean War. In the 1980s, Dr. Leshan began providing psychotherapy for cancer patients, a field in which he is considered a pioneer.