by Christine Hardy, Ph.D.
In this model, then, the semantic connections we entertain with people
as well as with objects are underlying and constant, and as such, may
remain largely unconscious. They form webs of interconnectedness between
minds and are the ground of informational as well as empathic exchanges.
They also create networks of mutual influences between people, and
between minds and environmental eco-fields. From the perspective of
semantic fields theory, psi phenomena are the visible breakthroughs of a
much more subtle and constant process: the connective workings of the
mind.
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