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Book Synopsis*AS HEARD ON THE OPRAH PODCAST*A TRANSFORMATIONAL PROGRAM TO HEAL YOUR PAST, REMAKE YOUR PRESENT, AND CREATE THE FUTURE YOU DESERVE.A consultant to billion-dollar companies and the brightest lights of Hollywood, Laura Day—in her bestselling, breakthrough book Practical Intuition—explained how anyone can train themselves to gain full access to the powers of their intuitive mind. Only Day’s closest friends, however, knew that behind the book’s phenomenal success was a dark family history—one that provided her with profound insights into human nature and an understanding of what it takes to achieve your dreams, no matter how challenging your past or present.Now, Day has combined those insights with her intuitive program to create a life-changing method of self-discovery and renewal. Developed over a decade with thousands of students and based on a unique approach that combines scientific principles, wisdom from ancient traditions, and her own remarkable intuitive gifts, The Prism reveals seven points in our development that can either hinder us or be harnessed to create healthy lives. Day teaches us how to resolve our vulnerabilities and replace them with potent new structures that will help us find joy, attract success, and materialize our goals.Every human is born to thrive, according to Day. The Prism is your guide to creating that future.

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Book SynopsisPsychic/medium and bestselling author Jade-Sky shows you howto develop your hidden sixth sense and become attuned to the spirit world. Are you interested in becoming more intuitive? Do you want to open up your psychic abilities or learn more about the spiritual world? Unlock your sixth sense, connect with your intuition and navigate your way through life with a little help from your spirit guides. Psychic/medium Jade-Sky will help you meet your spirit guides, open yourself up psychically, see and feel auras and sense things intuitively. Easy-to-follow activities, exercises and information will help you discover the secrets of your psychic world.

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Book SynopsisA guide to understand, support, and honor the soul missions of our animal companions• 2023 Coalition of Visionary Resources Silver Award• Explains how animals that live alongside humans are lightworkers helping to raise the vibration of collective consciousness and aid in humanity’s ascension process• Shares example stories of incredible animal Wayshowers from around the world whose actions and sacrifices on behalf of their human companions changed them all for the better• Offers meditations, rituals, and transformational soul practices to embrace 5D frequencies, intuit heart intelligence, connect to the Higher Self, and heal the shadowAnimals are natural holders of 5D consciousness. The extraordinary animals who have chosen, at a soul level, to live alongside humans are lightworkers on the front lines of the animal kingdom’s mission to help people to heal, evolve, and assist in raising the vibration of the planet and collective consciousness to 5D.As Tammy Billups reveals, once we become aware of the soul path of our animal companions, we are then able to connect with them soul-to-soul, not only supporting their soul missions but also finding the healing we need to let go of 3D reality. Sharing stories of incredible animal wayshowers from around the world, she explores the many levels of service your beloved animal friends are providing you every day, including during disasters, storms, and pandemics. She shows how they help shoulder the psychological and emotional burdens we are not yet capable of holding on our own and show us the way back to our own hearts. The author offers meditations, rituals, and exercises for applying the teachings of the animal stories shared, including transformational soul practices to embrace 5D frequencies, intuit heart intelligence, connect to the Higher Self, and heal the shadow. Offering ways to embrace and emulate the soul teachings of our animal companions, Tammy Billups shows that, by honoring animals as courageous guides on our ascension to 5D consciousness, we too can become wayshowers in our own rightTrade Review“Shows how to let animals teach you, help you heal trauma, awaken to your purpose in life, and make your soul journey on Earth lighter and full of joy.” * Penelope Smith, author of Animal Talk *“Billups provides unique insights as to the sacred purpose of the animals in our lives that demonstrate how powerful they are and will leave you no doubt about their direct connection to Source.” * Steven Farmer, Ph.D., author of Animal Spirit Guides *“Animal wayshowers are the much-needed guides of these uncertain times. Tammy thoughtfully shares how they invite us to raise our energetic vibration and enter the joy of fifth-dimensional awareness.” * Dawn Brunke, author of Animal Voices and Shadow Animals *“A timely and spot-on guide to the vitally sacred roles that animals play in raising the consciousness of humanity, complete with a road map to get you there. Bravo!” * Lynn McKenzie, author of Bark, Neigh, Meow *“Animal Wayshowers is a well-crafted lighthouse of a book, awakening our path forward beyond 3D into the 5D consciousness of truly living a life of unconditional love and service to humanity. Billups skillfully communicates through each example story our own capacity to love deeper when we open our hearts and minds to the greater possibilities of how our fur friends are guiding us to a world more amazing than we could ever imagine. Time and time again the book moved me to tears and broke my soul open into a deeper understanding of just how perfect our animal companions are. Animal Wayshowers is a road map into ascension, if you are ready, to living in a 5D world.” * Don Reed Simmons, sound therapist and shamanic practitioner and teacher *“Animal Wayshowers is life changing! You will never see animals in the same way again. Billups takes us to a new level of understanding our complex relationship with animals that breaks through the old paradigm of the myth of human superiority as it invites us to recognize them as fifth-dimensional wayshowers for humanity. Through teachings, a stellar illustration of the dimensions, animal stories, and a subtle but profound shift in perspective, you will see with new eyes. Brilliant!” * Carley Mattimore, MS, LCPC, coauthor of Sacred Messengers of Shamanic Africa *“Tammy Billups helps us embark upon a journey to higher consciousness by learning from our beloved animal companions. Animal Wayshowers is filled with heartwarming stories that illustrate the power that animals have on our healing and personal growth. From cats and dogs to rabbits and turtles, we learn that animals are ambassadors of higher consciousness. Throughout the book Tammy demonstrates how the compassion, unconditional love, and pure presence of animals can change us inside and out, while providing practical techniques and approaches for partnering with our animal companions to bring greater healing to the world at large.” * Nicholas Pearson, author of Crystal Basics and Foundations of Reiki Ryoho *“Tammy Billups has done it again, giving us yet another wonderful book filled with profound wisdom, transformative exercises, and inspiring, heartopening stories. Just as the animals in this book hold a higher vibration for their human companions, the energy in these pages will shift you into a higher frequency way of being, and the words will guide and lovingly support you on your ascension path.” * Judith Corvin-Blackburn, LCSW, DMin, author of Activating Your 5D Frequency and Empowering the Spiri *“Tammy Billups has managed to effortlessly capture what we instinctively knew was already true and illustrates it through dozens of real-life stories from around the globe. As a lifelong empath and animal lover, I have experienced what Tammy highlights in her book, and I know the truth of it in my bones. Animals have consciousness, self-awareness, purpose, and soul. Her book gives heartwarming validation, yet also real-world, actionable advice and practices to engage with your companion more intimately and raise your personal frequency. If you want a deeper understanding of the role our animals play in our lives and how they help us heal and evolve, you must read this book!” * Rev. Stephanie Red Feather, Ph.D., author of The Evolutionary Empath *“In her third book, animal healer extraordinaire Tammy Billups once again raises our collective understanding of what underlies the extraordinary connections that many of us have with our animal companions. Billups reveals the biggest insight she’s gained through thousands of healing sessions with animals and people--our animal partners can be our ‘pathfinders,’ too. Packed with too many heartwarming examples to ignore, Billups makes the case that the animals with whom we are destined to share our lives are here for the highest of purposes--to help us heal and evolve.” * Paul Chen, Publisher of Natural Awakenings magazine Atlanta *“Animal Wayshowers will nourish your soul, bring you joy, and subconsciously begin to transform you into an incredible guardian for your animal companion. Highly Recommended!” * Jesse Sternberg, author of Enlightened Dog Training *"I suspect anyone reading this has shared an intensely close relationship with an animal.?Those of us who have wanted to delve more deeply into those relationships on spiritual and sacred levels will find the author, an internationally recognized soul healer, to be a warm and compassionate guide Readers who are skeptical about metaphysics and spirituality can read Animal Wayshowers for the stories alone, but they might find themselves opening to a different world view.?Others already in tune with the principles Tammy expounds will find confirmation.?My advice to all readers, however, is to read this book with an open mind and an open heart." * Sally Rosenthal, Best Friends Animal Society *Table of ContentsForeword: The Bodhisattva Hearts of Our Animal Kin Linda Star Wolf, Ph.D. Introduction: Your Ascension Guides Part I Their Sacred Purpose1 What Is an Animal Wayshower? 2 5D Consciousness Is in the House (or Barn) 3 The Light Warriors of the Animal KingdomAn Expression of Gratitude 4 Wired to Serve Raising Consciousness 5 Disaster ReliefPart II The Sacred Partnership 6 The Divine Collaboration7 Transformational Deep Dives Jumping Hurdles of the Heart: Stephanie & Unicum Transformational Soul Practice: Healing the HeartAngels and Lifesavers: Andrea & Monty Transformational Soul Practice: Releasing Fear 8 The Enlightened Luminaries Shamanic Joy-Bringer: Ruby & Bella Transformational Soul Practice: Connecting to Your Higher Self The Noble One: Elaine & MaverickTransformational Soul Practice: Invoking Self-Forgiveness 9 Sacred Service of the Heart Compassionate Master Healers: Maura & Blue Transformational Soul Practice: Creating Good Karma Healing Sound Maestros: elicity & Bear Transformational Soul Practice: Replenishing Self-Care The Miracle Wolfs: Star Wolf & Vision Wolf Transformational Soul Practice: Connecting with Your Soul PackPart III Your Sacred Work 10 Ease Their Journey 11 Creating Habits and Rituals through 5D Practices 12 5D Healing Modalities for People and AnimalsSound Therapy Interview with Don Reed SimmonsCrystal TherapyInterview with Nicholas Pearson Afterword: The Heart of a Wayshower AcknowledgmentsResources About the Author Index

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Book SynopsisExplains how people who are clinically dead can have a transformative experience, illustrating the stories of people who have gone through a Near Death Experience (NDE). This title states that our consciousness does not always coincide with brain functions, and shows that consciousness can even be experienced separate from the body.Trade Review"Dr. Pim van Lommel's Consciousness Beyond Life is an exciting, informative, and thorough overview of near-death experiences. As one of the foremost experts in the field, his work moves us closer to rational comprehension of human kind's deepest mystery- life after death." -- Raymond A. Moody MD,PhD, author of Life After Life "In Consciousness Beyond Life, cardiologist Pim van Lommel constructs a model of consciousness that courageously builds on all we know. The resulting view is... bright and hopeful... and has the redeeming feature of being consistent with scientific data, which in our era makes all the difference." -- Dr. Larry Dossey "Pim van Lommel shows that the symphony of human consciousness does continue... [even] at the portals of death. His evidence is robust, and can no longer be ignored either by the science community, or by society at large." -- Dr. Ervin Laszlo "Most books on NDEs only touch on some of the ideas that are presented, but the distinctive contribution of this book is that it presents and defends a complete theory of consciousness... What a brilliant, erudite and magisterial book. A magnificent achievement, clearly a landmark book. " -- Dr. Kenneth Ring, Professor Emeritus of Psychology, University of Connecticut "Consciousness Beyond Life confronts the apparent enigma of clear thinking, accurate perception, and enhanced memory in people who are clinically dead. This rigorous and provocative book may change our ideas about the mind and how we practice medicine." -- Bruce Greyson, M.D., Carlson Professor of Psychiatry & Neurobehavioral Sciences at the University of Virginia School of Medicine "I highly recommend Consciousness Beyond Life. Van Lommel is convinced that NDEs are real experiences, not just some sort of brain malfunction. He... has studied NDEs for more than 20 years and this is an authoritative look, with solid medical background. " -- Dr. Charles T. Tart, Ph.D. "There have been several books published which explore consciousness, the near-death experience, or the brain, but van Lommel's book is the most comprehensive... Human beings are something more than physical bodies. There is life after death. Read Consciousness Beyond Life and expand your mind with hope." -- Basil & Spice "The most significant contribution to the field to appear in many years, containing as it does [van Lommel's] mature philosophical reflections on the implications of the findings of his study on near-death experiences in survivors of cardiac arrest." -- David Lorimer, editor of the Network Review

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Book Synopsis?Russell Targ?s Third Eye Spies is a masterwork in the history and practice of remote viewing.? ?Dean Radin, MS, PhD, chief scientist at the Institute of Noetic Sciences and author of Real Magic and other books Explore the evidence of psychic powers and learn the skills of remote viewing from the masters for yourself. Russell Targ has been successfully teaching people how to tap into their psychic abilities for more than fifty years. This began in 1972 when he cofounded a CIA-sponsored ESP research program at Stanford Research Institute. The program yielded such incredible results as the description of a secret Russian weapons factory in Siberia and the location of several kidnapped US officials, including the ambassador to Iran. The founders also trained six Army intelligence officers to create an Army psychic corps that became known as Stargate.Third Eye Spies will introduce you to the most successful and gifted remote viewers in the world along with the evidence of their psychic abilities. Remote viewing is the opportunity to describe and experience objects and events in the distance, the past, and the future. Targ shares the simple techniques masters of remote viewing use to expand the mind?s eye beyond one?s physical location. With Third Eye Spies, you will be able to step beyond the boundaries of your physical body and learn to live with psychic abilities.

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Book SynopsisUpdated to showcase color photographs, this spiritual classic presents the history and philosophy of Scotland’s Findhorn Community. Findhorn was founded more than 40 years ago in far northeast Scotland on windswept and barren sand dunes that happened to sprout a miraculous garden. Plants, flowers, trees, and organic vegetables of enormous sizes began to grow in a small plot around the 30-foot caravan trailer inhabited by three adults and three children living on meager unemployment benefits. Guidance by God and absolute faith in the art of manifestation led the occupants to this unlikely locale to create a magnetic center that would draw people from all over the world. Their discovery of how to contact and cooperate with the nature spirits and devas that made the garden possible sparked a phenomenon that continues today, as Findhorn has grown into a thriving village housing hundreds of people from all over the world and an internationally recognized spiritual-learning center.

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Book SynopsisTrade Review"A truly important and courageous book that will help many people to understand their soul's journey, to heal grief, and to let go of fear." -- -- Brian L. Weiss, M.D., author of Many Lives, Many Masters

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Book SynopsisFrom premonitions to apparitions, spoon-bending to mind-reading, the paranormal has bemused and mystified humans for millennia. In this Beginner’s Guide, renowned author and scientist Dr Caroline Watt explores the evidence behind such phenomena. In the last one hundred years, parapsychologists have tried to determine whether it is possible to examine paranormal activity using scientific methods. Packed full of interesting characters, surprising incidents and novel experiments, this book takes the reader on a journey through this fascinating research. Parapsychology: A Beginner’s Guide traces the history and evolution of parapsychology as a science, and provides a thorough and critical analysis of the research and evidence in the field today.Trade Review'It’s good to see this complex subject laid out with such clarity and without bias. A fully rounded introduction to the topic.' * Skeptical Intelligencer *"A wonderfully clear and engagingly written introduction to the domain of parapsychology, that manages to be broadly encompassing, rigorous, and scholarly, but yet remain nontechnical. In a highly controversial domain of science in which many scientists have been quite closed-minded and dogmatic, this book presents a balanced, open-minded, and data-driven overview of the domain and its controversial nature... an excellent read for those who just want to know what's been studied, how it's been studied, and what's been learned so far, as well as for those who want to go on and conduct serious research of their own on the topics covered." -- Robert Rosenthal, Distinguished Professor of Psychology, University of California, Riverside

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Book SynopsisEver wondered if your intentions, prayers or wishes have a real, calculable effect on the world? Here, from Lynne McTaggart, groundbreaking author of The Field', comes riveting accounts of scientific investigations and real case histories with evidence that we are all connected and our intentions can be harnessed as a collective force for good.For the last 40 years renegade scientists, experimenting with the limits of quantum physics, have made seemingly impossible discoveries. 1966: a lie-detector expert accidentally discovers that plants can read thoughts. 1982: meditating Buddhist monks in the Himalayas turn their bodies into a human furnace. 1994: a psychologist''s experiments reveal a stream of light flowing from healers during healing.These events form part of an extraordinary scientific story and revolutionary discovery that thought is a thing that affects other things.In The Intention Experiment, Lynne McTaggart, author of the international bestseller The Field, joins forces wTrade ReviewPrevious praise for The Field: "This important book…makes a good case that we are on the verge of another revolution in our understanding of the universe-perhaps even greater than the one that heralded the Atomic Age." Arthur C. Clarke "Fascinating, provocative, and highly readable….One of the most thought-provoking reads of [the year]." The Ecologist

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Book SynopsisThemes, Issues and Debates in Psychology presents an integrated view of Psychology by identifying underlying themes (such as the scientific nature of Psychology, cultural and gender differences), issues (ethical, methodological and conceptual), and debates (such as heredity vs. environment, free will vs. determinism, normality vs. abnormality) which permeate the discipline as a whole.The text adopts a critical approach to mainstream Psychology', attempting to identify and challenge some of the underlying assumptions that are traditionally made about human nature' and how it can be investigated in ways based on the scientific study of the natural world. What makes Psychology unique is the view of Psychologists as part of their own subject-matter: trying to study other people cannot be done by copying the methods of the physicist or chemist. Psychology draws on and brings together a number of different theories and methodologies from a wide range of other disciplines, Table of Contents1 The person as Psychologist 2 Psychology as science 3 The idiographic and nomothetic approaches to the study of behaviour 4 Traits and situations as causes of behaviour 5 What should the subject-matter of Psychology be? 6 Psychology and ethics 7 Consciousness and the mind-brain relationship 8 Free will and determinism 9 Normality and abnormality10 Positive Psychology 11 Heredity and environment 12 Sex and gender issues in Psychology 13 Cultural issues in Psychology 14 Parapsychology15 Psychology, religion and spirituality

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Book SynopsisUsing information from the cutting edge of modern science, Peake presents startling evidence that the inner worlds of our mystics and shamans are as real, or possibly even more real, than the reality we experience in waking life. As his starting point, Peake examines the widespread historical belief that the mid-brain’s pine-cone shaped pineal gland activates the third eye described by mystics and seers. Through careful analysis of ancient religious texts and artifacts, he gives evidence that the spiritual properties of the pineal gland have been embedded in myths and cultures across the globe. (Why else would the Buddha so often be found wearing a pine cone hat?) Peake then shows that it is through this small organ that we experience lucid dreaming, out-of-body experiences, hypnagogic imagery, near-death experiences, astral travel and the kundalini experience. The book ends with the mind-blowing conclusion that all living beings are one unitary consciousness experiencing itse

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Book SynopsisThe extraordinary story of the Chicago bellhop who attempted to transfer mental images to Polaroid film Our thoughts are known to us, and us alone. But for a brief period in the 1960s, Ted Serios (1918–2006) attempted to prove that his inner reality could be documented. Serios demonstrated an ostensibly psychic act termed “thoughtography,” involving the transfer of mental images onto undeveloped Polaroid film. In studies supervised by respected Denver-based psychiatrist Dr. Jule Eisenbud, Serios produced over 1,000 anomalous photographs, a feat that has never been fully dismissed or wholly verified. Existing as an uncomfortable knot in time, the details of the Serios phenomenon can’t be disentangled without questioning the social conditions that produced it in the first place. Contextualizing Serios’ story within the twilight zone of 1960s America, Ted Serios: The Mind’s Eye considers the reaches and restraints of belief and explores the multiple dimensions at play in the Serios phenomenon, including interpersonal relationships, scientific methods, photographic technologies, state militaristic operations and popular culture. Rather than seeking absolute truth, the volume allows the reader to arrive at their own conclusions through a series of thematic essays, narrative photographic stories, select ephemera and contemporary cultural artifacts.

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Book Synopsis Parapsychology is a science made controversial by its subjects: extrasensory perception, psychokinesis (mind over matter) and disembodied minds, which imply life after death. Moreover, these parapsychological phenomena (called psi) challenge physicalism, the philosophy that everything can be completely understood in terms of physics. This book is a snapshot of the parapsychological field, with essays written by authors of diverse academic backgrounds and experiences. Essays examine parapsychological phenomena from prehistory, through the founding of the science by intellectuals distressed by physicalism, to the postmodern present. It includes both experimental and theoretical evaluations of the phenomena. Parapsychology is a science which may overturn the philosophy which has dominated science since Newton and may inspire curious readers who are disheartened by the consequent denial of the spirit.Table of Contents Table of Contents Acknowledgments Foreword Jay Harold Ellens Preface Grant R. Shafer Introduction Stanley Krippner and Everton Maraldi The History of Parapsychology V.G. Miller Extrasensory Perception: Telepathy, Clairvoyance, Precognition, and Retrocognition Grant R. Shafer Psychokinesis: Famous Cases Around the World V.G. Miller Reincarnation and ­Past-Life Memory James G. Matlock An Overview of Research on Mediums: History and Cautions Stephen J. Pullum, Carole M. Van Camp, and Wendy Donlin Washington Talking to Your Dead Uncle Teddy: Probing the Validity and Persuasiveness of TV Mediums Stephen J. Pullum ­Serpent-Handling as ­Near-Death Experience Ralph W. Hood, Jr. ­Near-Death Experiences 1: History, Explanations, Anecdotes Grant R. Shafer ­Near-Death Experiences 2: More Rigorous Studies Grant R. Shafer Revising Our Concepts About Reality: The Challenge of Consciousness Dean Radin Theoretical Criticism of Psychic Research Grant R. Shafer Conclusion Jay Harold Ellens Epilogue Grant R. Shafer About the Contributors Index

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Book SynopsisIndigenous healers and shamans have known since antiquity that plants possess a spirit essence that can communicate through light, sound, and vibration. Now scientific studies are verifying this understanding. Plant Spirit Healingreveals the power of plant spirits to join with human intelligence to bring about profound healing. These spirits take us beyond mere symptomatic treatment to aligning us with the vast web of nature. Plants are more than their chemical constituents. They are intelligent beings that have the capacity to raise consciousness to a level where true healing can take place. In this book, herbalist Pam Montgomery offers an understanding of the origins of disease and the therapeutic use of plant spirits to bring balance and healing. She offers a process engaging heart, soul, and spirit that she calls the triple spiral path. In our modern existence, we are increasingly challenged with broken hearts, souls in exile, and malnourished spirits. By working through the heart, we connect with the soul and gain access to spirit. She explains that the evolution of plants has always preceded their animal counterparts and that plant spirits offer a guide to our spiritual evolution--a stage of growth imperative not only for the healing of humans but also the healing of the earth.Trade Review“This is a profound work. Written with a clarity and depth of understanding that only someone deeply attuned to their subject could master. Pam Montgomery weaves indigenous wisdom, modern research, science, and quantum physics into a vibrant testament of the sacred and powerful nature inherent in plant medicine. The message transmitted through every page in this amazing book is bound to change our perception of herbal healing--and of medicine in general.” * Rosemary Gladstar, herbalist and founder of United Plant Savers and author of Rosemary Gladstar&rsqu *“A blessing of a book. Pam Montgomery’s writing shines with what Hildegard of Bingen called viriditas--the healing power of the Green. It is filled with the wisdom of a real herbalist.” * David Hoffmann, FNIMH, AHG, author of Medical Herbalism and Herbal Prescriptions after 50 *“Pam Montgomery lives the way of life she writes about in Plant Spirit Healing. Her extensive knowledge of plants is conveyed in the context of a wider spiritual path of healing and transformation. It honors and utilizes her direct intuitive experience as well as her rigorous studies as a highly respected herbalist and teacher.” * Nicki Scully, author of Alchemical Healing and Power Animal Meditations *“If you’ve ever found yourself having a conversation with a plant, feeling emotional towards a mountain, or hearing whispers on the wind this book is for you. We are urged to listen very carefully to the primal conversation of plants and join in, widening our community to really include them. Plant Spirit Healing offers practical icebreakers to establish relationships with our green friends, not just those currently used in herbal medicine traditions, but all plants.” * John Seed, rainforest activist, founder of the Rainforest Information Centre and coauthor of Thinkin *“Plant Spirit Healing is a book about communicating with the spirits of plants, and enlisting plant spirits to heal. Pam Montgomery presents a portrait of what it is like to live immersed in a living Nature. Plant Spirit Healing is an antidote to the excesses of modern life, stripped of meaning, spirit, and relationship. Words like love, joy, spirit, and life can be abstractions, but here they are real.” * Matthew Wood, AHG, author of The Book of Herbal Wisdom *“Pam’s new book, Plant Spirit Healing, gets to the root of a profound way to wholeness--from modern physics to native tradition--then takes us through a growing process of learning and deepening our trust in connections with the loving power of the green world. She ultimately helps us create a flowering of this wonderful way of healing in our own lives and with our clients. In my mind, it is already a classic.” * Brooke Medicine Eagle, author of Buffalo Woman Comes Singing and The Last Ghost Dance *“Every soul searching for truth will drink in the words on these pages like a healing potion, whether or not one has any experience using herbs. And for those who love Latin names and chemistry, this door opens a way to the power of plants that goes far beyond the physical.” * Amanda McQuade Crawford, MNIMH, RH(AHG), author of Herbal Remedies for Women and The Herbal Menopaus *“Pam Montgomery has built a tangible bridge between the spiritual needs of people and the spiritual powers of plants. She shows us how to work with these powerful allies to heal our bodies and nourish our souls. This work presents a whole new arena for plant lovers and herbalists. At this time in our evolution, plant spirits can and will be our partners in a new paradigm of mutual understanding that might just save us all. Pam is a spiritual ambassador for the plant kingdom, urging us to view and sense plants in a profoundly deep way that honors their much overlooked spiritual gifts, and she shows us how to tap into this power for healing of ourselves and the planet.” * Rosita Arvigo, ND, author of Sastun and Spiritual Bathing *"You've heard of gardeners talking to their plants to help them grow. What about letting plants talk to us? . . . Montgomery explores the many avenues for gaining information and insight from the plant world . . . " * Rutland Herald *" . . . contains many personal accounts of interactions with plants with both herself and her students." * Richard D. Wright, New Age Retailer *"This book weaves in modern research and quantum physics, but does not stop there. It becomes an experiential lesson to lead readers into deepening their relationship with healing plants. Anyone with an open mind can follow Montgomery's directions, much of which involves developing a keen sense of observation and attention." * The American Herb Association Quarterly Newsletter, Vol. XXIII, Issue 3, Summer 2008 *"This groundbreaking book is based on the author's own research and experience. She explains how readers can bring about wellness and balance by joining with the spirit essence of the plants. At the same time, this accomplishes other important goals, such as healing the earth and providing experiences with nature." * BellaOnline, March 2009 *"That Plant Spirit Healing is a top seller for its publisher signals that not only is it written in an accessible way, but that the modern audience resonates with the idea that people and plants share root and bough." * Cascade Anderson Geller, Herbalist, Nov 2009 *"Herbalist Pam Montgomery not only gives us a concise glimpse into origins of disease and the therapeutic use of plant spirits, she gives us ways we can heal our own body, mind and spirit though the healing powers. . . Montgomery will give you, in lay-terms, inspiration to make changes within your own life and reflect the importance of plant life in human survival and healing our planet." * Irene Watson, Reader Views, August 2010 *"Plants lead the way in the creation of the Earth and now they guide us in our evolving spiritual awakening in our co-creative partnership with them. Plants become an evolutionary imperative both for us and the Earth. This book is a very important read for us as we go into the New Age, a book with which I deeply resonate in my own work with ecstatic trance that I use for journeying into the spirit world of plants." * Nicholas Brink, author of Ecstatic Soul Retrieval *Table of ContentsForeword: Reclaiming the Invisible by Stephen Harrod BuhnerAcknowledgmentsIntroductionPart OneThe Theoretical Basis for Plant Spirit Healing1 Spiritual Ecology2 The Essential Nature of Plants3 The Triple Spiral Path4 The Heart of the Matter5 The Connecting Link--Our Soul6 Spirit HealingPart TwoThe Practical Application of Plant Spirit Healing7 The Dreamtime of Plants8 Building Relationships with Plants9 Healing Oneself, Others, and the Planet with Plant Spirits10 Building Personal Power11 Foundational Healing Modalities12 Origins of Dis-ease and the Therapeutic Use of Plant SpiritsPart ThreeThe Healing Gifts of Plants13 Plant AlliesEpilogueBibliographyAbout the AuthorIndex

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Book SynopsisThis is a book about English art like no other. Forget the tired rogues’ gallery of lords and ladies, forget the tall ships and haywains. These images cut to the heart of England’s psychic landscapes to portray an Albion unhinged, where magic and rebellion and destruction are the horses to which the country is hitched. On these fabled shores we are all castaways, whether our family has lived here for four thousand years or for four. Here you will find depictions of ancient trackways, chalk carvings and standing stones, of animal-masked community rituals, of streets set ablaze in protest, of occult dreams and psychedelic prophecies. There are over 200 images by artists ranging from William Blake, J.M.W. Turner and Samuel Palmer to Paul Nash, Louis Wain, Bill Brandt, Derek Jarman and Ithell Colquhoun to present-day visionaries such as Paula Rego, Cathy de Monchaux, George Shaw, Jamie Reid, Matt Collishaw, Tacita Dean, Lina Iris Viktor, Yinka Shonibare, Nick Waplington, Dan Hillier, Nicola Tyson, Sutapa Biswas and Chila Kumari Burman. The mind-blowing selection of images is accompanied by short texts by Mat Osman, exploring magic and mazes, ghosts and gardens, shipwrecks and cities. These poetic renderings of a spectral isle, together with Stephen Ellcock’s hallucinatory visual journey, reclaim Albion as an eternally inspiring and anarchic domain – an England on fire.Trade Review"Fascinating, vibrant, and overwhelmingly powerful, this is a unique look at England in its magical and rebellious glory ... A LoveReading Star book, England on Fire is truly beautiful, it’s astute, inclusive, and absolutely magical." - Liz Robinson, LoveReading.co.uk "Ellcock resurfaces the work of a wide range of artists, from overlooked 19th century printmakers to female surrealists. In the place of sedentary lords and ladies, he offers saturnalia. In the place of haywains; standing stones, the Cottingley fairies and scenes from anti-fascist marches." - India Bourke, New Statesman"England On Fire will change the way you see England, not for showing anything new, but for showing you what has been there all along." - Thomas Overlook, Exquisite Terror"not just mind blowing, but mind defining – approaching the heights of epiphanic beauty ... This deep, wild England also contains the euphoria of possibility – therein lies the importance and joy of this book, the pages of which mingle with our dreams." - Richard Cabut, International Times"England on Fire is definitely thought-provoking. As you flick through the pages, you really do get a sense of the subconscious and often poignant undercurrent of England's 'jousting and days out' heritage." - Love British History"A fantastical wander through English art, customs and rituals [...] an insightful visual map of a strange and fascinating world." – Sinéad Gleeson

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Book SynopsisSome say there is a world beyond this one, and from time to time, reality parts and we see beyond the veil: strange things happen, we question what is real, and our assumptions about the order of this universe are thrown aside.

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Book SynopsisUpdating and expanding the materials from the first edition, Anomalistic Psychology, Second Edition integrates and systematically treats phenomena of human consciousness and behaviors that appear to violate the laws of nature. The authors present and detail a new explanatory concept they developed that provides a naturalistic interpretation for these phenomena -- Magical Thinking. For undergraduate and graduate students and professionals in cognitive psychology, research methods, thinking, and parapsychology.Trade Review"Those interested in social psychology or personality will also find the book useful, perhaps not so much for the particular topics covered as for an introduction to the fascinating question of why anomalistic phenomena and magical explanations are so ubiquitous in human societies."—Contemporary Psychology"As before, the great strength of Anomalistic Psychology is its range of coverage both of types of anomalous phenomena and of psychological concepts that might account for them....The book is generally excellent as a sourcebook of references...plenty of fascinating and informative material."—The Journal of the American Society for Psychical Research"The book is recommended for both libraries...and...Upper-division undergraduates and up."—CHOICETable of ContentsContents: Introduction to Anomalistic Psychology. Magical Thinking. Psychophysiology. Perception. Divided Consciousness and Imagery. Memory. Cognitive Processes. Personality. Beliefs. Psychopathology.

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Book Synopsis Throughout the 20th century and into the new millennium, humanity has made enormous advancements in science and technology. Spiritual enlightenment, however, has gone relatively neglected, as fascination with material progress tends to keep us focused on the physical world, giving less importance to universal values, to being, to spiritual life. Parapsychological research has produced significant findings over the last few decades, and science has the obligation to continue exploring this area, seeking to contribute to the spiritual enlightenment of humanity. This book examines evidence of traditional psychic phenomena, promoting a more comprehensive understanding of them, and offering new perspective to see ourselves as particles of universal energy, interconnected with all others.Table of ContentsFrom Science to Love (by way of introduction) 1 2  Towards Enlightenment 4 3  Particles of Energy 8 4  Consciousness 12 5  Spiritual Evolution 18 6  Grains of Sand 25 7  Thought Transmission 28 8  Psychokinesis 35 9  Willpower 3910  Neurosciences and Parapsychology 4311  Near-Death Experiences 4912  Successive Lives 5313  Survival and Instrumental TransCommunication 6014  Astral Body 6515  Regression and Progression 6916  Mediumship 7617  Intuition 8318  Self-Healing and Healing 8619  Paradigm Shift 9220  Transparency 9721  Discernment 10322  Discovering the Path 10923  Universal Values 11424  Responsibility 12025  Learning to Think 12726  Whole Truth 13227  Happiness 13628  Harmony 14029  Impersonal Life 14630  Unconditional Love 153Bibliography 157Index 173

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Book SynopsisA useful manual for any magician, or for anyone who wonders why the tricks seem so real, this guide examines the psychological aspects of a magician''s work. Exploring the ways in which human psychology plays into the methods of conjuring, rather than focusing on the individual tricks themselves, the book explains general principles of magic. Chapters on the use of misdirection, sleight of hand, and reconstruction, provide a better understanding of this ancient art and a section on psychics warns of their deceptive magic skills.Trade Review""Magic in Theory" is charmingly clear, admirably erudite and highly readable. The chapters are gently authoritative without being numbingly complex, and sober while avoiding 'academic' sterility. Highly recommended." --"Fortean Times "

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Book SynopsisSéances, clairvoyance, and telepathy captivated public imagination in the United States from the 1850s well into the twentieth century. Though skeptics dismissed these experiences as delusions, a new kind of investigator emerged to seek the science behind such phenomena. With new technologies like the telegraph collapsing the boundaries of time and space, an explanation seemed within reach. As Americans took up psychical experiments in their homes, the boundaries of the mind began to waver. Common Phantoms brings these experiments back to life while modeling a new approach to the history of psychology and the mind sciences. Drawing on previously untapped archives of participant-reported data, Alicia Puglionesi recounts how an eclectic group of investigators tried to capture the most elusive dimensions of human consciousness. A vast though flawed experiment in democratic science, psychical research gave participants valuable tools with which to study their experiences on their own terms. Academic psychology would ultimately disown this effort as both a scientific failure and a remnant of magical thinking, but its challenge to the limits of science, the mind, and the soul still reverberates today.Trade Review"A fresh perspective on the goals and failures, friendships and rivalries, methods and dreams of those who investigated the interconnected powers of the human mind." -- Pamela Klassen * University of Toronto, author of The Story of Radio Mind: A Missionary's Journey on Indigenous Land *"Common Phantoms is sophisticated, engaging, and at times moving. This important book complements recent studies on psychical research but also breaks new ground on topics such as gender, mental illness, empiricism, and race." -- Christopher White * Vassar College, author of Other Worlds: Spirituality and the Search for Invisible Dimensions *"Common Phantoms offers an insightful, entertaining look at America's haunted history and Americans' hunger to understand the invisible forces that shape their lives. Alicia Puglionesi's artful examination of psychic science—its investigators and experiments, its skeptics and true believers—provides a fascinating view of the empirical study of spiritual pursuits." -- Peter Manseau * Smithsonian Curator of American Religious History and author of The Apparitionists: A Tale of Phantoms, Fraud, Photography, and the Man Who Captured Lincoln's Ghost *Table of ContentsContents and AbstractsIntroduction: At Home, with Ghosts chapter abstractProvides an overview of the book's contents. Broadly, the book tracks the séances, deathbed communions, flashes of clairvoyance, and telepathic experiments that bound together the lives of ordinary Americans from the 1860s well into the twentieth century. Or rather, it follows Americans as they chased these strange phenomena across boundaries of gender, race, and mental illness. Psychical research, a field of study that emerged specifically to make sense of experiences that defied explanation, relied on a far-flung network of participants to collect its "wild facts." Most were not trained scientists, but all believed that a scientific approach was the best way to discover the true nature of the mind and, perhaps, the soul. This book tells the story of their failure to produce an orthodox science and explores the often neglected relational phenomena that they did successfully generate. 1The Weather Map at the Bottom of the Mind chapter abstractThe American Society for Psychical Research (ASPR) looked to the iconic field sciences of the nineteenth century for both methods and metaphors, organizational strategies, and epistemological foundations. This chapter considers the influence of meteorology and astronomy on psychical research. All three sciences faced a similar challenge: how to identify and fix fleeting phenomena encountered only in their indirect emanations. They all grappled with the problem of the "personal equation," a certain degree of inevitable perceptual variability among observers. By self-consciously adopting meteorology and astronomy as models, ASPR leaders not only asserted the feasibility of capturing the invisible, they also sought to counter the materialist orthodoxy of the lab. William James, especially, saw individual mental events as inextricable from the context in which they occurred—a context impossible to reproduce under artificially controlled conditions. It was no more realistic to study the mind in a laboratory than to study a tornado in a test tube. 2Machines That Dream Together chapter abstractThe scientific study of dreams offers a window into nineteenth-century views about the unconscious and the nature of the mind. Competing models of mind proposed by psychologists and psychical researchers had serious implications for human relations, politics, and commerce. New communication channels like the telegraph facilitated the spread of ideas and impressions with unprecedented speed. Psychical research suggested that ideas could spread of their own accord, along mysterious wavelengths that eluded human control. This would badly undermine the notion of intellectual property, not to mention the "marketplace of ideas" where rational consumers deliberate over their commitments. Radical utopians saw a path to progress and uplift, while conservatives saw a volatile threat to the social order. Though some dismissed thought-transference and telepathy as preposterous, the strength of the anecdotal tradition around such events led serious psychologists and philosophers to speculate on their meaning. 3Drawings from the Other Side chapter abstractPsychical researchers did not merely imitate the techniques of objectivity emerging in academic psychology, they helped to articulate new experimental practices for accessing the unconscious mind. This chapter explores the influence of psychical research on the development of drawing tasks as a psychometric and clinical tool. While psychical researchers used drawing to test the permeability of the mind, it was embraced in mainstream psychology as a way to bypass the patient's subjectivity and access the brain's inner workings. The widespread use of drawing in psychometrics, neuropsychology, and psychotherapy takes on a new significance when we understand its roots in psychical research: an experiment meant to join two minds in communion became a routine tool for examining solitary brains. 4Psychic Domesticity chapter abstractThis chapter focuses on the role of intimacy in the psychical research career of Mary Craig Sinclair and her husband, the novelist Upton Sinclair. Mary Craig Sinclair's story encapsulates issues of gender, witnessing, and subjectivity. She began with studies of a stage medium, Count Ostoja, which reversed the Gothic script of Svengali-like psychic invasion by placing Sinclair in the position of superior mental power. After this scandalous episode, Sinclair retreated to the home and to the dyad of the married couple, where she began a long-running experiment as a recipient of her husband's telepathic messages. Returning to the normative gender dynamic that her initial research had disrupted, she was able to win the acceptance of leading psychical researchers and psychologists. 5The Wilderness of Insanity chapter abstractPsychical research was constantly negotiating the boundaries of sanity—sometimes in a communal and democratic way, sometimes in a clinical and authoritarian way. To pursue the real into a wilderness where perceptions could deceive, it had to standardize its sources within a certain range of reliability. The concept of neurasthenia allowed investigators to distinguish between subjects with compromised mental faculties and those with physiological troubles that did not negate their ability to testify. However, this differentiation had no fixed or clearly articulated criteria. Widespread anxiety over neurasthenia was chipping away at the very notion of mental normalcy, and radical experiments in Spiritualism, psychical research, and parapsychology further blurred the "vague boundary" between the well and the sick, scientists and subjects. Conclusion: To Keep Alive and Heap Up Data chapter abstractHistories of psychology have long framed psychical research as a necessary failure, a last gasp of magical thinking that had to be purified out in order for the mind sciences to become truly scientific. The book's conclusion reevaluates the failure narrative, arguing that psychical research gave participants valuable tools with which to probe their experiences on their own terms. In its successes as well as its struggles for legitimacy, psychical research illustrates the contextual nature of science and the permeability of the self. James and his many correspondents tried to stabilize a normative understanding of what it means to be an experiencer, an observer, and a citizen. At the same time, their intimate exposures transgressed the boundaries of the individual and called into question the unity of reality itself.

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Book SynopsisSéances, clairvoyance, and telepathy captivated public imagination in the United States from the 1850s well into the twentieth century. Though skeptics dismissed these experiences as delusions, a new kind of investigator emerged to seek the science behind such phenomena. With new technologies like the telegraph collapsing the boundaries of time and space, an explanation seemed within reach. As Americans took up psychical experiments in their homes, the boundaries of the mind began to waver. Common Phantoms brings these experiments back to life while modeling a new approach to the history of psychology and the mind sciences. Drawing on previously untapped archives of participant-reported data, Alicia Puglionesi recounts how an eclectic group of investigators tried to capture the most elusive dimensions of human consciousness. A vast though flawed experiment in democratic science, psychical research gave participants valuable tools with which to study their experiences on their own terms. Academic psychology would ultimately disown this effort as both a scientific failure and a remnant of magical thinking, but its challenge to the limits of science, the mind, and the soul still reverberates today.Trade Review"A fresh perspective on the goals and failures, friendships and rivalries, methods and dreams of those who investigated the interconnected powers of the human mind." -- Pamela Klassen * University of Toronto, author of The Story of Radio Mind: A Missionary's Journey on Indigenous Land *"Common Phantoms is sophisticated, engaging, and at times moving. This important book complements recent studies on psychical research but also breaks new ground on topics such as gender, mental illness, empiricism, and race." -- Christopher White * Vassar College, author of Other Worlds: Spirituality and the Search for Invisible Dimensions *"Common Phantoms offers an insightful, entertaining look at America's haunted history and Americans' hunger to understand the invisible forces that shape their lives. Alicia Puglionesi's artful examination of psychic science—its investigators and experiments, its skeptics and true believers—provides a fascinating view of the empirical study of spiritual pursuits." -- Peter Manseau * Smithsonian Curator of American Religious History and author of The Apparitionists: A Tale of Phantoms, Fraud, Photography, and the Man Who Captured Lincoln's Ghost *Table of ContentsContents and AbstractsIntroduction: At Home, with Ghosts chapter abstractProvides an overview of the book's contents. Broadly, the book tracks the séances, deathbed communions, flashes of clairvoyance, and telepathic experiments that bound together the lives of ordinary Americans from the 1860s well into the twentieth century. Or rather, it follows Americans as they chased these strange phenomena across boundaries of gender, race, and mental illness. Psychical research, a field of study that emerged specifically to make sense of experiences that defied explanation, relied on a far-flung network of participants to collect its "wild facts." Most were not trained scientists, but all believed that a scientific approach was the best way to discover the true nature of the mind and, perhaps, the soul. This book tells the story of their failure to produce an orthodox science and explores the often neglected relational phenomena that they did successfully generate. 1The Weather Map at the Bottom of the Mind chapter abstractThe American Society for Psychical Research (ASPR) looked to the iconic field sciences of the nineteenth century for both methods and metaphors, organizational strategies, and epistemological foundations. This chapter considers the influence of meteorology and astronomy on psychical research. All three sciences faced a similar challenge: how to identify and fix fleeting phenomena encountered only in their indirect emanations. They all grappled with the problem of the "personal equation," a certain degree of inevitable perceptual variability among observers. By self-consciously adopting meteorology and astronomy as models, ASPR leaders not only asserted the feasibility of capturing the invisible, they also sought to counter the materialist orthodoxy of the lab. William James, especially, saw individual mental events as inextricable from the context in which they occurred—a context impossible to reproduce under artificially controlled conditions. It was no more realistic to study the mind in a laboratory than to study a tornado in a test tube. 2Machines That Dream Together chapter abstractThe scientific study of dreams offers a window into nineteenth-century views about the unconscious and the nature of the mind. Competing models of mind proposed by psychologists and psychical researchers had serious implications for human relations, politics, and commerce. New communication channels like the telegraph facilitated the spread of ideas and impressions with unprecedented speed. Psychical research suggested that ideas could spread of their own accord, along mysterious wavelengths that eluded human control. This would badly undermine the notion of intellectual property, not to mention the "marketplace of ideas" where rational consumers deliberate over their commitments. Radical utopians saw a path to progress and uplift, while conservatives saw a volatile threat to the social order. Though some dismissed thought-transference and telepathy as preposterous, the strength of the anecdotal tradition around such events led serious psychologists and philosophers to speculate on their meaning. 3Drawings from the Other Side chapter abstractPsychical researchers did not merely imitate the techniques of objectivity emerging in academic psychology, they helped to articulate new experimental practices for accessing the unconscious mind. This chapter explores the influence of psychical research on the development of drawing tasks as a psychometric and clinical tool. While psychical researchers used drawing to test the permeability of the mind, it was embraced in mainstream psychology as a way to bypass the patient's subjectivity and access the brain's inner workings. The widespread use of drawing in psychometrics, neuropsychology, and psychotherapy takes on a new significance when we understand its roots in psychical research: an experiment meant to join two minds in communion became a routine tool for examining solitary brains. 4Psychic Domesticity chapter abstractThis chapter focuses on the role of intimacy in the psychical research career of Mary Craig Sinclair and her husband, the novelist Upton Sinclair. Mary Craig Sinclair's story encapsulates issues of gender, witnessing, and subjectivity. She began with studies of a stage medium, Count Ostoja, which reversed the Gothic script of Svengali-like psychic invasion by placing Sinclair in the position of superior mental power. After this scandalous episode, Sinclair retreated to the home and to the dyad of the married couple, where she began a long-running experiment as a recipient of her husband's telepathic messages. Returning to the normative gender dynamic that her initial research had disrupted, she was able to win the acceptance of leading psychical researchers and psychologists. 5The Wilderness of Insanity chapter abstractPsychical research was constantly negotiating the boundaries of sanity—sometimes in a communal and democratic way, sometimes in a clinical and authoritarian way. To pursue the real into a wilderness where perceptions could deceive, it had to standardize its sources within a certain range of reliability. The concept of neurasthenia allowed investigators to distinguish between subjects with compromised mental faculties and those with physiological troubles that did not negate their ability to testify. However, this differentiation had no fixed or clearly articulated criteria. Widespread anxiety over neurasthenia was chipping away at the very notion of mental normalcy, and radical experiments in Spiritualism, psychical research, and parapsychology further blurred the "vague boundary" between the well and the sick, scientists and subjects. Conclusion: To Keep Alive and Heap Up Data chapter abstractHistories of psychology have long framed psychical research as a necessary failure, a last gasp of magical thinking that had to be purified out in order for the mind sciences to become truly scientific. The book's conclusion reevaluates the failure narrative, arguing that psychical research gave participants valuable tools with which to probe their experiences on their own terms. In its successes as well as its struggles for legitimacy, psychical research illustrates the contextual nature of science and the permeability of the self. James and his many correspondents tried to stabilize a normative understanding of what it means to be an experiencer, an observer, and a citizen. At the same time, their intimate exposures transgressed the boundaries of the individual and called into question the unity of reality itself.

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Book SynopsisThis book divides into two parts. The first is a personal narrative of the impact of the death of the author''s son Ralph on him and his family and his efforts to see if there was any evidence for his continued existence (generated largely through visits to mediums) that a thinking person could take seriously. The second is an attempt to evaluate that evidence objectively (based on an extensive survey of current and past scientific research in the UK and the USA). The title reflects the inevitable tension between emotion and intellect in such an enquiry.

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Book SynopsisThis is an exciting new introduction to the key techniques of psychic protection. It not only explores the history behind its use, and its intrinsic relationship with our natural enviroment, but includes practical, easy-to-use techniques.Psychic Protection explores the human need to open up consciousness and develop its unrealised potential against negative energies. This introductory guide combines practical, easy-to-use techniques, such as visualizations and flower essences, with actual case studies. It also explains:what psychic protection is and why everyone needs it psychic protection in everyday life psychic attachment and how to guard against psychic attack

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Book SynopsisA foremost authority on the history of religion and of esoteric practice, especially in eastern England, Francis Young gained a PhD in history from the University of Cambridge and is a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society. He is the author and editor of several previous books. These include English Catholics and the Supernatural, 1553-1829 (2013), The Gages of Hengrave and Suffolk Catholicism, 1640-1767 (2015), The Abbey of Bury St Edmunds: History, Legacy and Discovery (2016), Catholic East Anglia: A History of the Catholic Faith in Norfolk, Suffolk, Cambridgeshire and Peterborough (2016), A History of Exorcism in Catholic Christianity (2016), Magic as a Political Crime in Medieval and Early Modern England (I.B.Tauris. 2017) and Edmund: In Search of England's Lost King (I.B.Tauris, 2018). He broadcasts regularly for the BBC on historical and religious topics.Trade ReviewThis is an academic study of a subject that is much too important to be left to the fertile imagination of a sub-genre of horror fiction. * Anvil Journal *Young’s book is a significant contribution to the history of the Anglican Church and to the literature on exorcism and demonology. Summing Up: Highly recommended. Lower-division undergraduates through faculty. * R. M. Kollar, St. Vincent College, CHOICE *

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Book SynopsisThis work is divided into three sections and each section has three papers: ""Parasychology, Philosophy and the Mind"", ""Parasychology, Self and Survival"", and ""Parasychology, Religion and Spirituality"".Table of Contents Preface Parapsychology, Philosophy And The Mind Body and Soul: Another Look at the Mind-Brain Problem Mechanism Overruled by Mentality? Parapsychology and the Principle of Causal Closure Dualism and the Self: A Cross-Cultural Perspective Parapsychology, Self And Survival Parapsychological Phenomena and the Sense of Self Could Chrysalid Telepathy Survive? The Problem of Super Psi Parapsychology, Religion And Spirituality Hume’s “Of Miracles” and Parapsychology Could Parapsychology Have Any Bearing on Religion? Kant’s Criticism of Swedenborg: Parapsychology and the Origin of the Copernican Hypothesis John Beloff’s Publications About the Contributors Index

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Book SynopsisThis collection of essays focuses on the future of the psychical research field. Some of the areas of study covered include altered states of consciousness, ESP, Meta-Analysis, the theory of psychopraxia, and sociological and phenomenological issues.

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Book Synopsis This is a thoroughly updated and revised edition of our highly acclaimed university textbook on the science of parapsychology. The objective of this book is to provide an introductory survey of parapsychologists'' efforts to explore the authenticity and bases of anomalous, apparently paranormal phenomena. It outlines the origins of parapsychological research and critically reviews investigations of extrasensory perception, psychokinesis, poltergeist phenomena, near-death and out-of-body experiences, and the evaluation of parapsychology as a scientific enterprise. Instructors considering this book for use in a course may request an examination copy here.Trade ReviewExcellent, comprehensive, well written, high quality, recommended for public, college and university libraries.” —Choice“Highly recommended...give[s] an intelligent overview...clear...organization is excellent.” —The Journal of Parapsychology“Fills the gap because it is up to date, formally written, and wide in scope...a particularly useful resource for students and teachers alike...as a textbook, Irwin's book is the best of its kind.” —Journal of the American Society for Psychical Research“An invaluable source book for students and would-be students of parapsychology...highly recommended.” —The College of Psychic StudiesTable of Contents Acknowledgments List of Figures Introduction Origins of Parapsychological Research The Phenomenology of Extrasensory Perception Experimental Research on Extrasensory Perception Extrasensory Perception and Time Psychokinesis Special Topics in PK Research Theories of Psi The Survival Hypothesis Poltergeist Experiences Near-Death Experiences Out-of-Body Experiences Apparitional Experiences Reincarnation Experiences Belief in the Paranormal Matters of Relevance Evaluation of Parapsychology as a Scientific Enterprise References Name Index Subject Index

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Book SynopsisExamines why parapsychology has been held in disdain by scientists, philosophers, and theologians, explores the evidence for ESP, psychokinesis, and life after death, and suggests that these phenomena provide support for a meaningful postmodern spirituality.In this book, David Ray Griffin, best known for his work on the problem of evil, turns his attention to the even more controversial topic of parapsychology. Griffin examines why scientists, philosophers, and theologians have held parapsychology in disdain and argues that neither a priori philosophical attacks nor wholesale rejection of the evidence can withstand scrutiny.After articulating a constructive postmodern philosophy that allows the parapsychological evidence to be taken seriously, Griffin examines this evidence extensively. He identifies four types of repeatable phenomena that suggest the reality of extrasensory perception and psychokinesis. Then, on the basis of a nondualistic distinction between mind and brain, which makes the idea of life after death conceivable, he examines five types of evidence for the reality of life after death: messages from mediums; apparitions; cases of the possession type; cases of the reincarnation type; and out-of-body experiences. His philosophical and empirical examinations of these phenomena suggest that they provide support for a postmodern spirituality that overcomes the thinness of modern religion without returning to supernaturalism.

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