JUNG, CARL GUSTAV. AN ASTROLOGICAL EXPERIMENT.

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fOr Demoskopie," Allensbach (Lake of Constance) on the at- "the sensitive O. demonstrates such a dreamlike structure and
titudes of the adult population of Western Germany towards the method of its interpretation. Psychometric object was a
astrology. Whilst about half of those interviewed denyany 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 ?4'o 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 widespread in all
classes of the population presents an important problem of men-
tal hygiene.-DA
110. Jung, Carl Gustav. An astrological experiment.
Zeitschrift fur Parapsychologie and Grenzgebiete der'
Psychologie, 1957, 1 (2/3), 81-92. 2 refs.-This paper follows
from the second chapter of the author's book, Synchronicity: An
Accusal Connecting Principle, in which he describes a statistical
investigation into the relation of factors of the horoscopes of
married people according to the notions of traditional astrology.
The total results exceeded chance and are interpreted by the
author as Synchronicity; that is, a significant arrangement in-
duced by the expectations of the experimenter based on ar-
chetypal conditions. His intention has often been
misunderstood. It was not a question of an astrological research
of marriage but ofa.wock on the behavior of figures to which a
certain autonomy is due. In situations stimulating an ar-
chetype-and astrology belongs to them-figures under the in-
fluence of an arranging may correspond to the emotional expec-
tation. Synchronistical events of this kind have a range of
acausality, freedom and meaningful in nature as their
background which is complementary to coercion, mechanics,
and senselessness.-DA ,
111. Gauquelin, Michel. The influences of the stars and
statistics. Zeitschrift fur Parapsychologie urrd Grenzgebiete
der Psychologie, 1957, 1 (213), 102.123.-Describes his
statistical experiments on the influence of the stars on humans.
He intends to put the controversy on the reality or illusion of
astrology on a scientific level.
On the one hand, his experiments led him to the conclusion
that astrology as such has no objective reality; on the other
hand, however, he found results in a definite astronomical field,
namely the daily revolution of the stars, which forced him to
recognize, nevertheless, the existence of a connection between
human beings and the stars.
The author not only discusses the investigations which led
him to such conclusionns, but also the criticism provoked by his
statements and his answers to these objections. - DA
112. Bender, Hansa Parapsychic phenomena as a fron-
tier problem of the mind. Zeitschrift fu"r Parapsychologie
and Grenzgebiete der Psychologie, 1957/58, 1 (2i3), 124-154.
15 refs.-This paper was given as a lecture at the University of
Freiburg in a series of conferences on the "Concept and function
of the frontier in the universities." He surveys parapsychology
as the "Frontier Science of the Mind:' The historical develop-
ment is outlined from qualitative material (regarded as evidence
by Bergson) to quantitative-statistical research, the procedure
and results of which are described. The author points out the
bearing of the theory of probability and the importance of spon-
taneous phenomena and qualitative mediumistic material as a
necessary background for the interpretation of statistical
results, and as an indispensable approach to analyzing the
nature of paranormal phenomena. Finally the relations of
parapsychology to other branches of science and the elements
of current hypotheses are dealt with.-DA
113. Uslar, Detlev von. On the dreamlike structure of
telepathic assertions. Part I. Zeitschrift fur Parapsychologie
and Grenzgebiete der Psychologie, 1957/58, 1 (2i3), 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.
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. Zeitschrift jur Parapsychologie and Grenzgebeite
der Psychologie, 1957158, 1 (2i3), 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 (mass, energy) existing in different states ex-
cluding each other-e.g., a house that is both in an intact and in
a demolished state-then there is time as mode of succession. In
the case of a sensitive foreseeing a future event-e.g., the crash
of the house-he is in fact not able to see the real crash of the
real house. He can only see an image of the future event. The
conception of ideal images of the future does not include the
condition of their coercive power. They can be outruled by fac-
tors not contained in the determining structure. Human
freedom would be such a factor. The decision for or against
human freedom lies beyond the acceptance or refusal of
precognition.-DA
115. Servadio, Emilio. Parapsychology and the reaction
of incredulity. Zeitschrift fiir Parapsychologie and Gren-
zgebiete der Psychologie, 1958, 2 (1), i-9. 3refs.-Parapsychic
phenorena differ from recognized and familiar experiences
through their irrationality, through their divergence from the
ordinary patterns, through their improbability and their relation
to mythical and magical positions in the history of the mind.
Analyzing the reaction of incredulity towards parapsychic
phenomena, the author introduces apsycho-dynamic concep-
tion: Rational thinking having superseded the magic mentalit}'
with difficulty, is defended to-day by awell-functioning mental
apparatus whenever stimulated, to the effect of a regression to
former levels of conscience. Parapsychic phenomena in their
mostly archaic structure are taken as a threat to the very basis of
the individual personality. These mechanisms of denial have to
be recognized in the same way as the opposite tendencies of an
uncritical credulity. It is only in this way that an approach to
scientific objectivity is made possible.-DA
116. Tenhaeff, Wilhelm H.C. On the practical use of
paranormal faculties: Performances by sensitives when
.used by the police or for other purposes. Zeitschrift fur
Parapsychologie and Grenzgebiete der Psychologie, 1958, 2
(1), 10-29. 3 refs. -The author discusses a series of cases concer-
ningthe use of sensitives by the police or for other practical pur-
poses. Apart from the relatively rare cases in which complete
success was obtained, 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 fur Parapsy-
chologie and Grenzgebiete der Psychologie, 1958, 2 (1), 30-40.
11 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
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