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Twin telepathy
by Mark Russell Bell
http://metaphysicalarticles.blogspot.com
I’ve finished reading the revised, enlarged 2008 edition of Guy Lyon Playfair’s Twin Telepathy.
A simple definition of ‘telepathy’ is thought transference. Being a twin myself who has done extensive research into psychic phenomena, I would like to share my perspective on this subject.
In particular, Playfair cited the 1987 Rosambeau Survey, which resulted with completed questionnaires from six hundred twins or parents of twins.
There were questions about “any experience which might be explained as being able to read each other’s minds” and “Have you ever been surprised by both of you having the same illness or pain at the same time?” A total of 183 people replied in the affirmative to at least one of these questions, or just over 30 per cent, as Playfair mentioned. I’ll answer these questions myself.
As far as I know, Mike and I are identical twins although a formal genetics test hasn’t been done. We lived together until beginning our careers and now we occasionally speak on the telephone and see each other a couple times a year.
There have been many ‘co-incidences’ over the years but I recall one incident in recent years. I've occasionally made him artwork and there was one summer when I contemplated doing a new painting for him.
The idea that came to me was the image of a hand. I didn’t have any further ideas and didn’t manage to find the time to create something. Then, when I visited Mike, he gave me as a birthday gift a mousepad where the primary object was an upraised palm and I realized that this was very close to the image that had come into my mind.
Concerning illness, it seems that Mike and I have to be careful about conditions arising from high uric acid, which is
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