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All cases (n = 93) of putative subjective psi experiences that contained the day, month, and year of occurrence were determined from the 1922 Sidgwick collection. Multivariate analysis of variance for telepathic experiences concerning death and crisis (n = 43), telepathic experiences concerning more mundane events (n = 28) and experiences (case controls) involved with temporal discrepancies (n = 22) showed that only telepathic experiences concerning death and crisis occurred on days when the geomagnetic activity was significantly less than the 3 days before or the 3 days after the experiences. The other two classes of cases did not demonstrate this effect. The V-shaped pattern in geomagnetic activity was similar to that found in the Gurney-Podmore-Myers collection (1868 through 1886) and the Fate collection (1920 through 1980) as well as the strongest Maimonides experimental dream telepathy cases.

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Geophysical Variables and Behavior: LII. Decreased Geomagnetic Activity and Spontaneous Telepathic Experiences from the Sidgwick Collection

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