Daedalus Ignored: The Risks of Developing Psychic Abilities

This article is a continuation of my presentation and analysis of Alois Wiesinger’s book, Occult Phenomena in the Light of Theology. Read part 1 here and part 2 here.

Wiesinger says that the preternatural gifts of the soul (i.e., “psychic gifts”) can be won back through “true mysticism,” but he is wary of other contexts in which they may be developed:

The harm done in the aggregate to mental health by spiritualism and occultism is so great that it justifies the avoidance of certain practices which...