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Horowitz says Freud’s interest in telepathy and ESP was downplayed

By Egleze Editorial Desk · Published August 20, 2026 · The Why Files · The Basement: Mitch Horowitz | Gandhi, Reagan, and the Occultists History Erased
Horowitz says Freud’s interest in telepathy and ESP was downplayed
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The Basement: Mitch Horowitz | Gandhi, Reagan, and the Occultists History Erased

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"Freud, the great rationalist, you will find a man who was deeply interested in dream telepathy, ESP, clairvoyance, and even delayed the publication of some of his some of his papers on these subjects to avoid public opinion fallout."

Horowitz argues that Sigmund Freud’s engagement with parapsychology was minimised in how Freud is commonly taught, including in university psychology courses. He attributes part of this to Freud biographer Ernest Jones, who Horowitz says feared Freud’s parapsychology interests would undermine psychoanalysis’ status as a medical science, and to material reportedly withheld until after Freud’s death.

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