This presentation reports on an ongoing project analyzing a growing database of spontaneously reported self-transcendent experiences. This analysis used experiences (N = 236) that could be classified as mystical by James’ (1902) definition (e.g., transiency, ineffability, passivity, noetic quality), or involved a dramatic change in the person’s sense of self, time, or space (e.g., Stace, [...]

Which are the signs that favor diagnosis as “a child who perceives reality differently, embracing non-ordinary experiences”, as opposed to “a child with psychological or mental conditions”? How these so-called psi phenomena affect individuals during childhood and later in their adult lives?