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Exploring Precognitive Dream Experiences: A Qualitative Study

This study delves into the phenomenon of precognitive dreams, examining how individuals experience and interpret these dreams in the short and long term, exploring cultural differences and the theoretical link between déjà vu and precognition. The research includes insights from a qualitative online survey and interviews, shedding light on the subjective nature of these experiences. The findings suggest a potential correlation between dreams and déjà vu, hinting at a deeper connection between the two phenomena.

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Exploring Precognitive Dream Experiences: A Qualitative Study

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  1. Precognitive Dream ExperiencesA qualitative study L.L.R. Vrijsen Hogeschool voor Geesteswetenschappen, Utrecht & dr. D.J. Bierman University of Amsterdam 28 June 2011, Kerkradethe 28th International Conference of theInternational Association for the Study of Dreams

  2. Precognitive Dream ExperiencesA qualitative study • Goal of the Study • Study Method • How do people experience precognitive dreams in the short-term or in the long-term? • How do people with precognitive dreams explain this phenomena regarding to time? • Are there any cultural differences between people with precognitive dreams? • Déjà vu & Precognitive dreamsA theoretical perspective

  3. Goal of the Study • How do people ‘explain’ and ‘understand’ their precognitive dream experiences? • Not: are the precognitive dream experiences veridical? • Theoretical: relation to déjà vu

  4. Study Method • Online survey 2005 by Hermine MensinkPresented at the 24th IASD conference in Sonoma (2007)Many questions, about for example: the content, the number and the time interval of the dreams. • Approached all respondents who could be reached (N=85) • 16 respondents (19%) accepted to be orally interviewed (structured) Type of questions: Do you sometimes know, after remembering a dream, that it is precognitive? How do you recognize this kind of dreams?

  5. How do people experience precognitive dreams in the short-term or in the long-term? Short-term: Two types of dreams: • Mundane dreams (37,5%) • Spectacular dreams (37,5%) Mixed or non-classifiable (25%)

  6. How do people experience precognitive dreams in the short-term or in the long-term? Long-term:Respondents described: • An inner change (62,5%) • Positive change of life view (30%) • Feelings of fear and loneliness (15%)

  7. How do people with precognitive dreams explain this phenomena regarding to time? • Deterministic world view(25%) No responsibility • Able to influence the future (5,3%)Responsibility for eventClinical problems • Time as how we know it, is an illusion (37,5%)

  8. Are there any cultural differences between people with precognitive dreams? • A Greek case-studyPersonal differences between meanings of dream symbols

  9. Déjà vu & Precognitive dreams A theoretical perspective

  10. Is precognition impossible? • Naïve answer: Yes • Cause precedes Effects • Paradoxes similar to the grandfather paradox • BUT physics is time-symmetric: answer is NO • Retarded and Advanced solution • Apparently time-symmetry is broken • So: CIRTS (Consciousness Induced Restoration of Time-symmetry)

  11. Are déjà vu experiences forgotten precognitive dreams? • déjà vu could be CIRTS • Empirical data: Funkhouser’s online database • Online Survey: dreams, déjà vu • N ~ 2600 • Is there a relation between dreams & deja vu

  12. Correlational Analyses • All data: • R = 0.173, N=2133 POSITIVE!! • Odds (p) are smaller than 1 in 100000 • Split for gender: • Female : r=0.206, N=1285   • Male: r=0.099, N=834 • Zdiff = 2.41 (p<0.01)

  13. Conclusion • The positive correlations support the hypothesis that déjà vu are forgotten precognitive dreams.

  14. Thanks • Hermine Mensink • Art Funkhouser • Vernon Neppe • John Palmer

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