The Psychic Personality

By Gertrude Schmeidler

Descriptions of the lives of some great psychics show that they share no single obvious common factor like sex, intellectual brilliance, asceticism, or spiritual devotion. This raises the problem of whether there are psy­chological concomitants of the psychic personality. This essay, chapter 3 from Psychic Exploration, discusses the psychic personality. The full volume of Psychic Exploration can be purchased as an ebook or paperback version from all major online retailers and at cosimobooks.com.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Cosimo Books
• Release date: May 1, 2016
• ISBN: 9781944529093

Gertrude Schmeidler

GERTRUDE SCHMEIDLER, Ph.D. (1912–2009), was a professor in the psychology department at City College of the City University of New York. In 1964 she was awarded the Wil­liam McDougall Award for distinguished work in parapsychology. She is author of more than a hundred scientific articles and two books: ESP (Yale University Press, 1958), which she co-authored with Robert A. McConnell, and Extrasensory Perception ( Aldine-Atherton, 1969).

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PSYCHIC

EXPLORATION

The Psychic Personality

Gertrude Schmeidler

New York

The Psychic Personality, copyright © 1974 by Gertrude Schmeidler. First published by G.P. Putnam’s Sons in 1974 as part of Psychic Exploration: A Challenge for Science. Current edition published by Cosimo Classics in 2015.

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ISBN: 978-1-94452-909-3

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Note to the Readers: This mini-ebook was earlier published as part of a compilation of essays in Psychic Exploration: A Challenge for Science, Understanding the Nature and Power of Consciousness (originally published in 1974; reprinted by Cosimo Books in 2011), edited by Apollo 14 astronaut, moonwalker, and founder of the Institute of Noetic Sciences, Edgar Mitchell.

Each of the 28 chapters in the original Psychic Exploration was dedicated to a specific field of research in parapsychology, written by leading experts and scientists, such as Stanley Krippner, Montague Ullman, Charles Tart, Russel Targ, William Roll, Jean Houston, Willis Harman, and many others. With the advent of ebook technology, we feel that each of these unique essays deserve attention as a dedicated mini-ebook in addition to the complete version of Psychic Exploration.

If you prefer exploring specific subjects or authors, below is a complete list of the individual essays, all available as mini-ebooks. On the other hand, if you are interested in all of the essays and the field of parapsychology in general, we encourage you to read the original Psychic Exploration, available at online bookstores in both paperback and ebook versions.

However you decide to read these essays, we know you will receive a thorough introduction to psychic research in its many forms, from what is now considered a classic in the parapsychology genre. Part of the proceeds of this mini-ebook will benefit the Institute of Noetic Sciences (www.noetic.org).

INDIVIDUAL ESSAYS FROM PSYCHIC EXPLORATION

A History of Parapsychology, by Martin Ebon (978-1-94452-907-9)

Famous Western Sensitives, by Alan Vaughan (978-1-94452-908-6)

The Psychic Personality, by Gertrude Schmeidler (978-1-94452-909-3)

Telepathy, by Stanley Krippner (978-1-94452-910-9)

Clairvoyance, by Rex