ABSTRACT
Modem science does not challenge a priori the existence of so-called “occult” phenomena. It does, however, view them with justifiable skepticism, and demands proofs and explanations. It investigates individual experiences which cannot be explained by means of conscious volition, until it locates their place of origin and, thus, discovers the explanation of the "mysterious" in internal happenings. The psychoanalyst understands and interprets a psychological event by dissecting it with the help of the subtly accurate technique of psychoanalysis. During psychoanalysis the psychic contact between analyst and analysand is so intimate, and the psychic processes which unfold themselves in that situation are so manifold, that the analytic situation may very well include all conditions which especially facilitate the occurrence of such phenomena. A close scrutiny of processes occurring during analysis enable one to recognize that they satisfy rather fully the conditions necessary for the occurrence of occult phenomena.
