Welcome to Mindfield 17(2) on neurodivergence and communication. In their editorial, Jacob W. Glazier and Anastasia Wasko highlight the popularity of The Telepathy Tapes, connecting public interest and research in neurodivergence with extrasensory communication. They urge honoring the humanity of neurodivergent people while imagining a future that integrates psi into everyday life. They also present a special interview with Diane Hennacy, who reflects on her groundbreaking work in neuroscience, psychiatry, and parapsychology—exploring the intersections of neurodivergence, extrasensory perception, and human potential. Julia Mossbridge, Maria Welch, and Jeff Tarrant argue that by presuming competence and engaging nonspeaking individuals as co-researchers, emerging methods such as “mind-discovery” and telepathy trials challenge long-standing assumptions about their cognitive abilities and open new ways of understanding their inner lives. David S. B. Mitchell defends The Telepathy Tapes against dismissals rooted in scientism and pseudo-skepticism, arguing that open inquiry into psi and nonspeakers’ reported telepathic abilities is both scientifically valuable and ethically necessary. Craig Weiler argues that the Center for Inquiry and its affiliates are orchestrating a media campaign to discredit The Telepathy Tapes through biased articles, Wikipedia control, and SEO tactics, revealing both the power of organized skepticism and the cultural impact of the podcast.
Mel Larrosa explores how insight experiences—sudden realizations often linked to creativity and intuition—manifest differently in neurodivergent individuals with ADHD and autism, and considers whether such insights may reflect access to non-local informational fields. Bob Davis argues for a scientific paradigm shift by presenting evidence that extraordinary human experiences, such as telepathy, near-death experiences, and kundalini awakenings, may reflect nonlocal aspects of consciousness. Anastasia Wasko examines how telepathy may serve as a legitimate and transformative mode of communication within therapeutic relationships, supporting a post-materialist framework that integrates intuition, emotional resonance, and nonlocal consciousness. Óscar Iborra traces the historical development, key figures, institutions, and challenges of parapsychology in Spain, from its popular rise in the 1970s to its current status in academia and research. Maurice van Luijtelaar and Renaud Evrard present their forty-sixth installment of “Articles Relevant to Parapsychology in Journals of Various Fields,” which includes 283 articles from 225 different journals.
Everton Maraldi’s 2025 Presidential Address calls for parapsychology to critically confront its internal challenges, strengthen its institutional foundations, and pursue greater integration with global, interdisciplinary, and open-science initiatives to ensure its survival and future relevance. Kelly E. Hayes highlights, in the 2025 J.B. Rhine Address, how Brazil’s Valley of the Dawn systematically cultivates extraordinary experiences through structured training, material embodiment, and community practice, offering valuable insights for parapsychology and consciousness research into how subjective phenomena become socially real.
