Telepathy in the Clinical Process A Century of Psychoanalytic Mystery

Contributer’s Biographies

Acknowledgments

Introduction

Richard Reichbart

1. Where Are You, My Beloved? On Absence, Loss, and the Enigma of Telepathic Dreams

Ofra Eshel

2. To Approach What Is Radically Other: Ofra’s Eshel’s “Where Are You, My Beloved?”

Mary Tennes

3. Piercing the Veil: From Intuition to Telepathic Receptivity

Janine de Peyer

4. Discussion of Janine de Peyer’s “Piercing the Veil: From Intuition to Telepathic Receptivity”

Richard Reichbart

5. Parapsychology Explained to Psychoanalysts: A Guide for My Misinformed Colleagues

Renaud Evrard

6. Sándor Ferenczi and the Problem of Telepathy

Júlia Gyimesi

7. The Too Often Ignored Principles that Freud Enunciated about Telepathy

Richard Reichbart

8. Telepathy—An Expanded Perspective: Implications for Clinical Practice and Beyond

Ruth Rosenbaum

9. When Our Hair Stands on End: Encounters with Non-Ordinary States

Karen Peoples

10. Telepathic Communications in Dreams and in the Psychoanalytic Process: Who Creates Them, and How Do They Happen?

Fonya Lord Helm

11. Thinking of Mystics and Mysticism with Bion

João Carlos Braga

12. Psychoanalysis and Magic: Then and Now

Mikita Brottman

13. Rethinking Telepathy: The Orpheus Model

Thomas Rabeyron

Conclusion

Richard Reichbart

Biography

Richard Reichbart, Ph.D., is a Fellow and Training Analyst at the Institute for Psychoanalytic Training and Research, a component society of the International Psychoanalytic Association. He has published extensively on psychoanalysis and maintains a private psychology practice in Ho-Ho-Kus, New Jersey.

"This collection stands as a remarkable contribution to the ongoing dialogue between psychoanalysis and parapsychology. The authors’ commitment to exploring telepathy and its implications for clinical practice is both courageous and thought-provoking, challenging traditional boundaries and encouraging fresh perspectives. By weaving together historical context, theoretical innovation, and vivid clinical examples, the book invites readers to reconsider the depth and complexity of the analyst–patient relationship. I recommend this work for anyone seeking to expand their understanding of the mind’s hidden potential and the transformative possibilities within psychoanalytic treatment.” - Stanley Krippner, PhD; Research Professor, California institute for Human Sciences

 

“Based on a remarkable two-day international teleconference on Telepathy sponsored by IPTAR in NYC, this book is a worthy sequel to George Devereux’s (1953) classic, Psychoanalysis and the occult. This rich collection combines research of leading clinicians, theorists and historians on the intriguing and ever controversial subject of “thought transference.” Recurring but always unexpected, telepathy is sometimes so uncanny it makes your hair stand on end. A feature of clinical practice since the days of Freud, Ferenczi and Jung, telepathy is currently experiencing a resurgence of interest. This volume provides a comprehensive introduction to contemporary work on this fascinating topic.” - Dan Gilhooley, Psy.D.; Research Faculty, Boston Graduate School of Psychoanalysis