Channeling: A Non-pathological Possession and Dissociative Identity Experience or Something Else?

Pederzoli, Luciano; Tressoldi, Patrizio; Wahbeh, Helané

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“…This suggests that the noetic experience of inner knowing or intuition may be associated with the personality traits of empathy and sensitivity. For psychotic and dissociative symptoms, as expected, the NSI was not highly correlated with either the CAPE-P15 or the DEST-T. Interestingly, both measures were slightly correlated with the NSI factor 2 (i.e., Embodied Sensations), a factor that may be associated with such experiences as hearing voices or disembodied sensations ( Aron and Aron, 1997b ; Lewandowski et al, 2009 ; Moreira-Almeida and Cardeña, 2011 ; Roxburgh and Roe, 2011 ; Irwin, 2017 ; Sagher et al, 2019 ; Wahbeh et al, 2020b ; Pederzoli et al, 2021 ). After 3 weeks, the 44-item NSI test–retest reliability evaluation showed high consistency.…”

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“…Noetic experiences are gaining increased acceptance in many areas, yet skepticism and intense criticism for even bringing up the topics are intense ( Cardeña, 2015 ). Many clinicians have highlighted the importance of depathologizing noetic experiences in high functioning individuals ( Hearing Voices Network: Welcome, n.d. ; Home | Yale COPE Project, n.d. ; Pederzoli et al, 2021 ), inspiring the integrative, meaning, and improved quality of life the phenomena often bring ( Sagher et al, 2019 ). Clinicians could use the NSI as a tool for exploration with their clients in a supportive container of the therapeutic relationship.…”

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“…For example, one item on the Dissociative Experiences Scale—Taxon ( Waller et al, 1996 ) is “Some people sometimes find that they hear voices inside their head which tell them to do things or comment on things that they are doing,” which someone might endorse who hears an apparent spiritual guide speaking to them and is otherwise highly functional and well-adjusted. Furthermore, it is important to note that although some psychotic and dissociative symptoms resemble noetic experiences (e.g., hearing voices or disembodied sensations), the crucial distinction is that the vast majority of people who have noetic experiences do not have pathological levels of these symptoms, are highly functional, and find the experiences meaningful and beneficial ( Richards, 1991 ; Castillo, 2003 ; Moreira-Almeida et al, 2008 ; Seligman and Kirmayer, 2008 ; Moreira-Almeida and Koss-Chioino, 2009 ; Rabeyron and Watt, 2010 ; Moreira-Almeida and Cardeña, 2011 ; Roxburgh and Roe, 2011 ; Dein, 2012 ; Stolovy et al, 2015 ; Pederzoli et al, 2021 ).…”

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The Noetic Signature Inventory: Development, Exploration, and Initial Validation

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Noetic comes from the Greek word noēsis, meaning inner wisdom or direct knowing. Noetic experiences often transcend the perception of our five senses and are ubiquitous worldwide, although no instrument exists to evaluate noetic characteristics both within and between individuals. We developed the Noetic Signature Inventory (NSI) through an iterative qualitative and statistical process as a tool to subjectively assess noetic characteristics. Study 1 developed and evaluated a 175-item NSI using 521 self-selected research participants, resulting in a 46-item NSI with an 11-factor model solution. Study 2 examined the 11-factor solution, construct validity, and test–retest reliability, resulting in a 44-item NSI with a 12-factor model solution. Study 3 confirmed the final 44-item NSI in a diverse population. The 12-factors were: (1) Inner Knowing, (2) Embodied Sensations, (3) Visualizing to Access or Affect, (4) Inner Knowing Through Touch, (5) Healing, (6) Knowing the Future, (7) Physical Sensations from Other People, (8) Knowing Yourself, (9) Knowing Other’s Minds, (10) Apparent Communication with Non-physical Beings, (11) Knowing Through Dreams, and (12) Inner Voice. The NSI demonstrated internal consistency, convergent and divergent content validity, and test–retest reliability. The NSI can be used for the future studies to evaluate intra- and inter-individual variation of noetic experiences.

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“…The NSI factors had negligible correlations with psychotic and dissociative symptomology except for the Embodied Sensations factor, which had a low correlation with psychotic symptoms. Psychotic symptoms are typically higher in people who have noetic experiences than controls but not beyond clinical pathology thresholds (Moreira-Almeida & Cardeña, 2011;Pederzoli et al, 2021;Roxburgh & Roe, 2011). The CAPE-15 questionnaire does not explicitly ask about embodied sensations, although tactile hallucinations are a known symptom of psychotic disorders (Lewandowski et al, 2009).…”

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The Noetic Signature Inventory: Development, Exploration, and Initial Validation

Wahbeh¹,

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2022

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“Noetic” comes from the Greek word noēsis, meaning inner wisdom or direct knowing. Noetic experiences often transcend the perception of our five senses and are ubiquitous worldwide, although no instrument exists to evaluate their unique trait aspects. We developed the Noetic Signature Inventory (NSI) through an iterative qualitative and statistical process as a tool to subjectively assess people’s noetic experience characteristics. Study 1 developed and evaluated a 175-item NSI, resulting in a 46-item NSI with an 11-factor model solution. Study 2 examined the 11-factor solution, construct validity and test-retest reliability, resulting in a 44-item NSI with a 12-factor model solution. Study 3 confirmed the final 44-item NSI in a diverse population. The 12-factors were: 1. Inner Knowing; 2. Embodied Sensations; 3. Visualizing to Access or Affect; 4. Inner Knowing Through Touch; 5. Healing; 6. Knowing the Future; 7. Physical Sensations from Other People; 8. Knowing Yourself; 9. Knowing Other’s Minds; 10. Apparent Communication with Non-Physical Beings; 11. Knowing Through Dreams; and 12. Inner Voice. The NSI demonstrated internal consistency, convergent and divergent content validity, and test-retest reliability. The NSI can be used for future studies to evaluate intra- and inter-individual variation on these personal qualities.

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“…These episodes are not uncommon in the general population and have strong supernatural connotations for many people ( Hill et al, 2018 , 2019 ; Houran et al, 2020 ). Research indicates that singular or sporadic haunt-type experiences can be induced for clinical, leisure, research, or transpersonal purposes by means of suggestion – expectancy effects ( Houran et al, 2020 ), transcerebral magnetic stimulation ( Persinger et al, 2000 ), creative dissociation ( Maraldi and Krippner, 2013 ), psychedelic use ( Davis et al, 2020 ), channeling activities ( Pederzoli et al, 2022 ), ritual settings ( Caputo et al, 2021 ), and environmental psychology ( Dagnall et al, 2020 ). However, individuals with recurrent encounter experiences or ghostly episodes over time and under naturalistic and spontaneous conditions possibly represent a more complex or nuanced process.…”

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Case Study of Recognition Patterns in Haunted People Syndrome

Houran

Laythe²

2022

Front. Psychol.

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Haunted People Syndrome (HP-S) denotes individuals who recurrently report various “supernatural” encounters in everyday settings ostensibly due to heightened somatic-sensory sensitivities to dis-ease states (e.g., marked but sub-clinical levels of distress), which are contextualized by paranormal beliefs and reinforced by perceptual contagion effects. This view helps to explain why these anomalous experiences often appear to be idioms of stress or trauma. We tested the validity and practical utility of the HP-S concept in an empirical study of an active and reportedly intense ghostly episode that was a clinical referral. The case centered on the life story of the primary percipient, a retired female healthcare worker. Secondary percipients included her husband and adult daughter, all of whom reported an array of benign and threatening anomalies (psychological and physical in nature) across five successive residences. Guided by prior research, we administered the family online measures of transliminality, sensory-processing sensitivity, paranormal belief, locus of control, desirability for control, and a standardized checklist of haunt-type phenomena. The primary percipient also completed a measure of adverse childhood events and supplied an event diary of her anomalous experiences. We found reasonably consistent support for HP-S from a set of quantitative observations that compared five proposed syndrome features against the family members’ psychometric profiles and the structure and contents of their anomalous experiences. Specifically, the reported anomalies both correlated with the family’s scores on transliminality and paranormal belief, as well as elicited attributions and reaction patterns aligned with threat (agency) detection. There was also some evidence of perceptual congruency among the family members’ anomalous experiences. Putative psi cannot be ruled out, but we conclude that the family’s ordeal fundamentally involved the symptoms and manifestations of thin (or “permeable”) mental boundary functioning in the face of unfavorable circumstances or overstimulating environments and subsequently acerbated by poor emotion regulation, histrionic and catastrophizing reactions, and active confirmation biases.

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Channeling: A Non-pathological Possession and Dissociative Identity Experience or Something Else?

Cited by 24 publications

References 28 publications

The Noetic Signature Inventory: Development, Exploration, and Initial Validation

The Noetic Signature Inventory: Development, Exploration, and Initial Validation

The Noetic Signature Inventory: Development, Exploration, and Initial Validation

Case Study of Recognition Patterns in Haunted People Syndrome

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