Telepathy Between Former Breastfeeding Dyads
Introduction
Some nursing mothers claim that when they are away from their baby they often know when the baby needs them because their milk lets down (Eason, 1992). This let-down reflex is a physiological process mediated by the hormone oxytocin, through which breast milk becomes available to the breastling.
Most women who have had this kind of experience seem to assume that it occurs through a psychic bond. This would imply a form of telepathy more physiological and fundamental than what is usually investigated by experimental psychical researchers (Sheldrake, 2020).
During sleep, the dreamer scans not only the internal environment but also those aspects of the external environment that he or she can perceive by anomalous means such as dream telepathy, clairvoyance or precognition (Krippner et al. 2002). Spontaneous cases of telepathic dreaming occur between people who are emotionally close (Ullman & Krippner, 1974) and parent-child pairs typically produce high hit rates (Broughton & Alexander, 1997). Considering the powerful bond that breastfeeding mothers claim to experience with their babies, this survey aims to explore whether this bond continues after weaning the child off breastmilk, resulting on an even stronger telepathic bond between former breastfeeding dyads than between artificially-fed children and their mothers.
At this point I am carrying out an online survey and a short interview. My main purpose is to collect anecdotal evidence that would substantiate a systematic investigation of this subject as focus for my MSc dissertation.
Method
This survey is being conducted online between May 2020-May 2021, among mothers who have breastfed their children. This study is not restricted to any particular age group. All the women are either encouraged to share anecdotes of telepathic episodes between themselves and their children, or encouraged to explore this potential aspect of their mother-child bond by following a simple five-step method for understanding dreams. The five steps include:
References:
Broughton, R.S. & Alexander, C.H. (1997) Autoganzfeld II: An attempted replication of the PRL ganzfield research. Journal of Parapsychology 61, 09-226
Eason, C. (1992) A Mother’s Instincts. London: Thorsons.
Krippner, S., Bogzaran, F. & Percia de Carvalho, A. (2002) Extraordinary Drams and How to Work with Them, Albany, NY:State University of New York Press.
Maybruck, P. (1989) Pregnancy & Dreams: How to have a peaceful pregnancy by understanding your dreams, fantasies, daydreams and nightmares. Los Angeles, CA: Jeremy P. Tarcher, Inc.
Sheldrake, R. (2020) Apparent Telepathy Between Babies and Nursing Mothers. Retrieved from: https://www.sheldrake.org/research/telepathy/apparent-telepathy-between-babies-and-nursing-mothers-a-survey
Ullman, M. & Krippner, S. (1974) Dream Telepathy: Experiments in Nocturnal ESP. Baltimore, MD: Penguin Books.
Some nursing mothers claim that when they are away from their baby they often know when the baby needs them because their milk lets down (Eason, 1992). This let-down reflex is a physiological process mediated by the hormone oxytocin, through which breast milk becomes available to the breastling.
Most women who have had this kind of experience seem to assume that it occurs through a psychic bond. This would imply a form of telepathy more physiological and fundamental than what is usually investigated by experimental psychical researchers (Sheldrake, 2020).
During sleep, the dreamer scans not only the internal environment but also those aspects of the external environment that he or she can perceive by anomalous means such as dream telepathy, clairvoyance or precognition (Krippner et al. 2002). Spontaneous cases of telepathic dreaming occur between people who are emotionally close (Ullman & Krippner, 1974) and parent-child pairs typically produce high hit rates (Broughton & Alexander, 1997). Considering the powerful bond that breastfeeding mothers claim to experience with their babies, this survey aims to explore whether this bond continues after weaning the child off breastmilk, resulting on an even stronger telepathic bond between former breastfeeding dyads than between artificially-fed children and their mothers.
At this point I am carrying out an online survey and a short interview. My main purpose is to collect anecdotal evidence that would substantiate a systematic investigation of this subject as focus for my MSc dissertation.
Method
This survey is being conducted online between May 2020-May 2021, among mothers who have breastfed their children. This study is not restricted to any particular age group. All the women are either encouraged to share anecdotes of telepathic episodes between themselves and their children, or encouraged to explore this potential aspect of their mother-child bond by following a simple five-step method for understanding dreams. The five steps include:
- 1. Setting the intention to have a telepathic experience with your child before falling asleep.
- 2. Keeping a dream diary for one month to record any dreams from the previous night.
- 3. Understanding dream symbols by
- Noting the principal characters or objects in your dream and your association to them.
- Underline action words to clarify the plot of your dream.
- 4. Noting the way you feel during, and immediately after, your dream.
- 5. Interpreting your dreams by asking your child what is most present for him/her and noticing any correlation with your dream.
References:
Broughton, R.S. & Alexander, C.H. (1997) Autoganzfeld II: An attempted replication of the PRL ganzfield research. Journal of Parapsychology 61, 09-226
Eason, C. (1992) A Mother’s Instincts. London: Thorsons.
Krippner, S., Bogzaran, F. & Percia de Carvalho, A. (2002) Extraordinary Drams and How to Work with Them, Albany, NY:State University of New York Press.
Maybruck, P. (1989) Pregnancy & Dreams: How to have a peaceful pregnancy by understanding your dreams, fantasies, daydreams and nightmares. Los Angeles, CA: Jeremy P. Tarcher, Inc.
Sheldrake, R. (2020) Apparent Telepathy Between Babies and Nursing Mothers. Retrieved from: https://www.sheldrake.org/research/telepathy/apparent-telepathy-between-babies-and-nursing-mothers-a-survey
Ullman, M. & Krippner, S. (1974) Dream Telepathy: Experiments in Nocturnal ESP. Baltimore, MD: Penguin Books.
(*) Sidgwick, H.E. Sidgwick & A. Johnson (1894) Report on the census of hallucinations, Proceedings of the Society for Psychical Research 10. P. 25-422.
All volunteers are encouraged to contact me for free counseling should the need arise, or for clarification of the five-step method. Every participant is guaranteed anonymity. Please email your questions to olga.design.your.self@gmail.com
