What are the statistics for people interested in psychic phenomena?

According to a MORI survey made in 1998 more than nine out of ten people- an astonishing 92 per cent of the population- believe in the paranormal yet only 64 per cent believe in God.

The pollsters also discovered that four out of ten believe in ghosts and one in seven claim to have been spooked by one. Six in ten believe in premonitions, 30 per cent are convinced dreams can tell the future and 54 per cent say telepathy works. Over half of the UK population have experienced deja-vu. Also, just over ten percent have been to a fortune teller, the same number who have been to a medium. Eight per cent say the future has been predicted to them in a dream and eight per cent have visited a faith healer. I believe that the figures for America are even higher than these from the UK.

Craig Hamilton-Parker

Craig's Book The Psychic Casebook includes some real life investigations into psychic stories including How a murdered man came through during a private consultation and Craig & Jane's work with a Private Investigator

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TELEPATHIC TWINS DREAM IN UNISON

I have had a recurring dream for over 6 years of a hooded figure. He is silent and just stands and watches. I am petrified when he appears in my dreams.

One evening my twin sister and brother were talking about their dreams and we realised that we all have exactly the same dreams about this hooded figure. Why do you think this happens?

Gloria S

Telepathy is often reported to occur frequently between twins and family members with close emotional bonds. This may be responsible for your shared dream imagery. Recently published experiments by psychologists at Edinburgh University reveal interesting new statistical evidence in support of the existence of telepathy.

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