Thought-Forms Gone Rogue: A Theory for Psi-Critics and Parapsychologists
Journal of Scientific Exploration March 8, 2021 Adrian Parker 1 citation
The author argues that critics Reber and Alcock have shifted the debate from whether psi phenomena exist to understanding their nature, requiring evidence that statistical findings reflect real causal relationships and a common theoretical framework. The author claims the causal demand is already met by methodology using real-time recordings of changing target imagery alongside receiver mentation. In response to the theoretical demand, the author proposes that diverse "rogue phenomena" in psychology and parapsychology—including automatic writing, lucid dream characters, spirit possessions, and entity experiences in psychedelic states—are dissociated thought-forms with varying degrees of co-consciousness, sometimes developing genuine autonomy and identity.