Saturday, June 10, 2006 History of Telepathy: Chronology to 1950
Although over the centuries various theories have been advanced
to describe the functioning of telepathy, none seem to be
adequate. Telepathy, like other psychic phenomena, transcends
time and space. In the oldest dream book extant, the Egyptian
papyrus of Deral-Madineh dating back to 2000 B.C., there are
examples of divine revelation. The Egyptians practiced dream
incubation, i.e., sleeping in temples in a deliberate effort to
induce divinely inspired dreams which would supply answers
concerning the state of health and the future of the dreamer.
Oracular dreams even affected affairs of state. R.K. Woods (The
World of Dreams, 1947) notes that the Egyptians tried to
communicate with others through their dreams, believing that
homeless spirits carried the message. This suggests that there
was some familiarity with the idea of telepathic communication
One well-known dream, possibly suggestive of telepathic
influence, is the dream of Nebuchadnezzar