- The illustrations and photos on the project pages generally originate from our own publications and/or were taken by us.
- Some picture credits can be found in the respective captions.
- The sources of the other image material are listed below.

Picture credits
Symbol images (icons)
Motif in the blue circle: Wall Frame Vectors by Vecteezy (Author: Daniel Hartanto)
Numbers 1 to 3 and question mark: Matoma; number 4: self-generated (Ulrich Ott)
Motif in blue circle: https://www.flaticon.com/de/kostenloses-icon/globus_900782
All icons with a blue circle that are not listed separately here: Matoma(collection)
Free to use (slightly modified): https://uxwing.com/mobile-rotate-rotation-icon/
Motif in red (or blue) circle: Journal icons created by Darius Dan – Flaticon
Motif (modified from): https://de.cleanpng.com/png-ri6tjl/
Motif in blue rectangle (modified from): https://datascan.de/scan-ocr/
Motif in blue circle: created by Smashicons – Flaticon
Motif in the blue circle (open source): https://iconduck.com/icons/296530/history
Motif in the blue circle: Image by Khai TranQuang on Pixabay
Motif in blue circle: https://www.pngegg.com/en/png-opzmj
Motif in blue circle: Microsoft office Icons created by Good Ware – Flaticon
Motif in blue circle: https://www.cleanpng.com/png-computer-icons-scalable-vector-graphics-informatio-6853798/
Self-created (Ulrich Ott)
Motif in blue circle: https://www.vecteezy.com/free-vector/speech-icon
Photos (portraits)
Employees
All photographs of employees not listed separately: René Reiche (Website: 24degrees)
Eberhard Bauer (provided)
Cyril Costines (private)
Ulrich Ott (private)
Julie Papastamatelou (provided)
Michael Schetsche (provided)
Dieter Vaitl (provided)
Lecturers in the colloquium
All photographs were provided by the speakers.
Other portraits
Theodor W. Adorno. Source: Deutsche Fotothek
Hans Bender. Source: IGPP
Hans Driesch. Source: HU Berlin
Sigmund Freud
Asta Holler. Source: IGPP
Carl Gustav Jung. Source: Wikipedia
Justinus Kerner. Source: Wikipedia
Fanny Moser. Source: IGPP
Wolfgang Pauli. Source: Wikipedia
Carl du Prel. Source: IGPP
Arthur Schopenhauer. Source: [Portrait of Arthur Schopenhauer (1788-1860)] by Leblanc, C. L. – Klassik Stiftung Weimar, Europe – CC BY-NC-SA.
Featured images
Field of research: Mind and matter. Source: Wikipedia
Most of the illustrations in the Mind and Matter research area are our own illustrations or the source is indicated in the caption. For all other illustrations, the source is given here.
– Research focus: Time perception and time consciousness. Source: Pixabay
– Research project: Time experience in Europe’s digital age – TIMe experience in Europe’s Digital age (TIMED). Source: unsplash
– Research project: EEG and behavioral correlates of forward and backward priming. Source: René Reiche (Website: 24degrees)
– Research focus: Dual aspects monism. Source: Wikipedia.
Research area: Society – Knowledge – Discourses. Source: iStock
– Research focus: heterodox stocks of knowledge, experiences and practices. Source: Own illustration based on the cover picture by H. Ehrath for the book “Unser sechster Sinn” by Hans Bender, Deutsche Verlags-Anstalt 1971
– Research focus: Extraterrestrials and UFOs. Source: unsplash
– Research project: exosociology – Extraterrestrial civilizations and the consequences of first contact. Source: Excerpt from the cover of the book “Die Gesellschaft der Außerirdischen” (Schetsche & Anton 2019)
– Research project: The End of Dominion. Human life after contact with extraterrestrial civilizations. Source: Pixabay
– Research project: Reflexive UFO research. Source: unsplash
– Research focus: Dissemination and reception of the paranormal. Source: Own representation
– Research focus: Sociology of conspiracy thinking. Source: Own presentation
– Research focus: Sociological aspects of frontier research. Source: AI-generated with ChatGPT
– Research project: Women and Parapsychology Revisited. Source: Parapsychological Association
– Research project: An online survey among members of two scientific associations dedicated to parapsychology and anomalistics. Source: Society for Anomalistics
– Research focus: Shamanism and neo-shamanism Source: Wikipedia
Field of research: parapsychology and paranormal phenomena. Source: Cover picture by H. Ehrath for the book “Unser sechster Sinn” by Hans Bender, Deutsche Verlags-Anstalt 1971
– Research focus: Experimental parapsychology. Source: René Reiche (Website: 24degrees)
– Research project: EEG and behavioral correlates of forward and backward priming. Source: René Reiche (Website: 24degrees)
– Research focus: History of parapsychology and border areas of psychology. Source: René Reiche (Website: 24degrees)
– Research project: The National Socialist “Action against secret teachings and so-called secret sciences” of June 1941: Procedures – Victims – Perpetrators – Aftermath. Source: IGPP
– Research project: In the shadow of scientism. Source: Own illustration based on the cover picture by H. Ehrath for the book “Unser sechster Sinn” by Hans Bender, Deutsche Verlags-Anstalt 1971
– Research project: Jewish clairvoyants, paragnostics and telepaths in the 19th and 20th centuries. Source: IGPP
– Research project: Freiburg haunting phenomena from 900 years: A collection of cases and sources. Source: Book cover Schellinger, U. and Nahm, M. (new edition 2024). Freiburg’s ghosts: poltergeist phenomena and ghosts in the city from 1800 to the present day. A source and text book.
– Research project: Parapsychology and frontier areas of psychology: Biographical studies. Source: IGPP
– Research project: Occult Freiburg in the 19th and 20th centuries – a topography. Source: IGPP
– Research focus: Art and occultism. Source: Cover of the exhibition volume Fischer, A. & Vaitl, D. (2021).
– Research focus: Clinical parapsychology. Source: René Reiche (Website: 24degrees)
– Research project: exceptional experiences and psychoticism. Source: iStock, Alexey Yaremenko (license acquired from Annette Zwickel).
– Research project: Attachment styles among people seeking advice at ExE. Source: Pixabay
– Research project: Plan-analytical studies on exceptional experiences. Source: Pixabay
Research area: Spirituality and health. Source: Matoma
– Research focus: Health risks of spiritual practices. Source: pixabay
– Research project: Risks and negative effects of meditation. Source: AI-generated with Gemini
– Research project: Counseling focus on “spiritual and meditation-induced crises”. Source: AI-generated with Gemini
– Research focus: Spirituality, well-being and self-realization. Source: pixabay
– Research project: Yoga breathing techniques for self-regulation. Source: Ott, U. & Epe, J. (2018). Healthy through breathing. O. W. Barth.
– Research focus: Transcultural perspectives. Source: pixabay
– Research focus: Psychotherapy and spirituality. Source: AI-generated with Gemini
Field of research: Exceptional experiences & altered states of consciousness. Source: AI-generated with Gemini
– Research focus: Phenomenology of exceptional experiences. Source: Pixabay
– Research focus: Altered states of consciousness – meditation research. Source: AI-generated with Gemini
– Research project: Neuronal correlates of mindfulness. Source: Ulrich Ott
– Research project: Risks and negative effects of meditation. Source: AI-generated with Gemini
– Research focus: Phenomena near death. Source: AI-generated with ChatGPT
– Research project: Terminal mental lucidity. Source: AI-generated with ChatGPT
– Research project: Near-death experiences. Source: Wikipedia
– Research focus: Floatation-REST. Source: © Tommi Nübling
– Research focus: Biographical integration of exceptional experiences. Source: AI-generated with Gemini
– Research focus: Meditation. Source: AI-generated with Gemini
– Research focus: sleep paralysis. Source: Wikipedia
– Research project: Sleep paralysis and extraordinary experiences. Source: AI-generated with ChatGPT
Focus areas and projects
Explanations
Main research areas
– Research focus: Dual aspects monism. Source: Pixabay.
– Research focus: Art and occultism. Source: Cover of the exhibition volume Cheroux, C. (ed.) (2005).
– Research focus: Art and occultism. Source: Cover of the exhibition volume Fischer, A. & Vaitl, D. (2021).
Research projects
– Research project: An online survey among members of two scientific associations dedicated to parapsychology and anomalistics. Source: Society for Anomalistics
– Research project: An online survey among members of two scientific associations dedicated to parapsychology and anomalistics. Source: René Reiche (Website: 24degrees)
– Research project: An online survey among members of two scientific associations dedicated to parapsychology and anomalistics. Source: Scientific Society for the Advancement of Parapsychology
– Research focus: Altered states of consciousness – meditation research. Source: Ulrich Ott