Parapsychological studies Books
Scarecrow Press From Shaman to Scientist
Book SynopsisParapsychologists and self-styled ghost-hunting organizations are just two examples of people who seek out the existence of ghosts. This resource, examines ghost hunting as a cultural and scientific phenomenon, sidestepping the many issues surrounding the reality of ghosts, and discussing the many and varied methods used by ghost hunters. Taking the approach that there is no such thing as the supernatural, only things we don''t yet understand, the ghost experience is examined through case studies; the forms and functions that ghost hunters have taken down through history are analyzed; key historical figures and their influence on the research of ghostly phenomena are reviewed; ghost hunting in the 21st century, including the exploding phenomenon of Internet ghost-hunting organizations, is discussed; and the advances in the theory and technology of the parapsychology field are covered. For those who are skeptical about the reality of ghosts but who want to understand how so many indivTrade ReviewIn Chapter 1, Annekatrin Puhle and Adrian Parker explore 'edges' between the scientific and shamanic worldviews. A brief history of parapsychology emphasizes that the 'experimenter effect,' far from being mere artifact, is 'part of the beast we are investigating.' They point out that the most successful Ganzfeld experiments are those that give prominence to ritualistic and spiritual context. This supports their conclusion that 'our experimental techniques may be the modern day equivalent of rituals for bringing forth the phenomena.' In Chapter 2, a detailed exploration of psi-shamanic associations, James McClenon suggests that many of the core phenomena manifest cross-culturally. Michael Winkelman in the next chapter surmises that 'Spirits are part of thestructure of human consciousness [and]...can be understood as representing psychological complexes, organized personality dynamics that are dissociated from awareness, normal personality and identity.' Christa Tuczay in Chapter 4 explores ghosts in medieval sources, and this is followed by Peter Mulacz in what, for me, was the most fascinating chapter in the book, reviewing the history of poltergeist research and leading theories of the phenomenon. Sylvia Grider's chapter on American children's ghost sto * The Christian Parapsychologist *Ghosts have haunted us from time immemorial. Rationalistic criticism casts them as the poster children of superstitious credulity, yet we still refuse to outgrow them. This persistence under fire has even begun to win a new and more respectful look at these old friends, these shadows in the dark and things that go bump in the night. If few scholars are convinced that ghosts mean the soul survives death, many now regard belief in ghosts as a significant and intriguing subject with cultural and psychological causes worthy of serious study. Any effort to reckon with belief in ghosts must also reckon with prior efforts. They are numerous and reflect hopes and prejudices, fashions and agendas more often than dispassionate scholarship, leaving behind a clutterof confusion for subsequent scholars to overstep. A new book raises a welcome light among the midnight corners of ghostly belief and leads readers through a grand tour of this perennial subject. From Shaman to Scientist collects articles exploring the mystery of ghosts in both breadth and depth. The book illuminates the cultural history of ghosts and the effort of the living to understand them, how they function as the subject of narratives and how old ideas meld with new technology to create a popul -- Thomas E. Bullard, Ph.D., Indiana University, Bloomington CampusThe writing within this volume commendably reflects a diversity of beliefs, and approaches to understanding the fundamentally human experience of spirits and hauntings. This topic benefits considerably from this type of approach. -- Christine Simmonds-Moore * Journal of Scientific Exploration *Anthropologists, psychiatrists, and others who have researched parapsychology phenomena provide a number of case studies in which people have looked for what are popularly called ghosts in various contexts. Among their topics are shamanism in terms of human evolution, dissociation, and anomalous experience; interactions with apparitions, ghosts, and revenants in ancient and medieval sources; American children's ghost stories; and ghost hunting in the 21st century. * Reference and Research Book News *...provocative and well constructed....Recommended. Lower-division undergraduates through faculty. * CHOICE *Highly recommended reading for academic researchers, students of the subject, and those working in the media. -- John Maltby, Ph.D. * Department Of Psychology, University Of Leicester, Uk *In Chapter 1, Annekatrin Puhle and Adrian Parker explore 'edges' between the scientific and shamanic worldviews. A brief history of parapsychology emphasizes that the 'experimenter effect,' far from being mere artifact, is 'part of the beast we are investigating.' They point out that the most successful Ganzfeld experiments are those that give prominence to ritualistic and spiritual context. This supports their conclusion that 'our experimental techniques may be the modern day equivalent of rituals for bringing forth the phenomena.' In Chapter 2, a detailed exploration of psi-shamanic associations, James McClenon suggests that many of the core phenomena manifest cross-culturally. Michael Winkelman in the next chapter surmises that 'Spirits are part of the structure of human consciousness [and]...can be understood as representing psychological complexes, organized personality dynamics that are dissociated from awareness, normal personality and identity.' Christa Tuczay in Chapter 4 explores ghosts in medieval sources, and this is followed by Peter Mulacz in what, for me, was the most fascinating chapter in the book, reviewing the history of poltergeist research and leading theories of the phenomenon. Sylvia Grider's chapter on American children's ghost stories will be of interest to the folklorist, and finally, in Chapter 7, John Potts continues the ethnographic drift by reviewing twenty-first century ghost hunting, including 'ghosts on the web.' Loyd Auerbach's Afterword pulls the diverse streams together, remarking: 'I might never have made the connection between 'ghost hunter' and 'shaman' were it not for the preceding pages.' The ghost hunter or paranormal researcher, he suggests, is in many respects a shamanic figure in our modern world. * The Christian Parapsychologist *Ghosts have haunted us from time immemorial. Rationalistic criticism casts them as the poster children of superstitious credulity, yet we still refuse to outgrow them. This persistence under fire has even begun to win a new and more respectful look at these old friends, these shadows in the dark and things that go bump in the night. If few scholars are convinced that ghosts mean the soul survives death, many now regard belief in ghosts as a significant and intriguing subject with cultural and psychological causes worthy of serious study. Any effort to reckon with belief in ghosts must also reckon with prior efforts. They are numerous and reflect hopes and prejudices, fashions and agendas more often than dispassionate scholarship, leaving behind a clutter of confusion for subsequent scholars to overstep. A new book raises a welcome light among the midnight corners of ghostly belief and leads readers through a grand tour of this perennial subject. From Shaman to Scientist collects articles exploring the mystery of ghosts in both breadth and depth. The book illuminates the cultural history of ghosts and the effort of the living to understand them, how they function as the subject of narratives and how old ideas meld with new technology to create a popular current form of "techno-mysticism." Questions of where belief in ghosts originates find an intriguing answer in shamanism, an archaic relationship between mortals and the spirit world that seems to provide a template throughout history. Asking why these beliefs persist in stubborn defiance of rational skepticism leads to the prospect that innate cognitive structures sustain ghostly experiences as phenomenal realities, whatever their ontological nature may be. The contributors to this book respect the complexity of ghost belief in history and culture even as they advance our understanding along sound scholarly lines. And if the writers are willing to allow now and then that there is still something mysterious about a fine ghostly encounter, well, let us b -- Thomas E. Bullard, Ph.D., Indiana University, Bloomington CampusTable of Contents1 Foreword by Richard Wiseman 2 Introduction by James Houran 3 Science in Search of Spirit by Annekatrin Puhle and Adrian Parker 4 How Shamanism Began: Human Evolution, Dissociation, and Anomalous Experience by James McClenon 5 Spirits as Human Nature and the Fundamental Structures of Consciousness by Michael Winkelman 6 Interactions with Apparitions, Ghosts, and Revenants from Ancient and Medieval Sources by Christa A. Tuczay 7 Historical Profiles in Poltergeist Research by Peter Mulacz 8 American Children's Ghost Stories: Manipulation and Mastery of a Belief System by Sylvia Grider 9 Ghost Hunting in the Twenty First Century by John Potts 10 Afterword by Loyd Auerbach 11 Further Reading 12 Index
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North Star Press of Saint Cloud Inc More Ghostly Tales from Minnesota
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Prometheus Paranormal Borderlands of Science
Book SynopsisAn examination of some of the most publicized and exotic claims of astrology, ESP, psychokinesis, precognition, UFOs, biorhythms, and other phenomena. It presents a skeptical treatment of pseudo scientific claims - an aspect often sorely neglected in sensationalized media reports.Trade Review"Highly entertaining, packed with useful answers." -- New Scientist
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Globe Pequot Ancient Astronauts Cosmic Collisions
Book SynopsisControversial archaeological and astronomical discoveries have been the subject of countless news stories, best-selling books, movies, and television programs. Promoted (but seldom critically evaluated) are the theories that markings in the desert of Peru are the remains of an ancient airfield used by space visitors, that the Great Pyramid of Giza in Egypt exhibits advanced technology unknown to the ancient Egyptians, and that there were near-collisions between planets of our solar system in historical times.This book critically evaluates many of these popular hypotheses about man''s early history. It presents the most important evidence and arguments for and against theories of a universal flood, the lost continent of Atlantis, mysterious pyramid powers, pre-Columbian voyages to America by ancient Egyptians and Phoenicians, and Velikovsky''s cosmic catastrophism.Professor Stiebing stresses the need for careful and objective analysis of the evidence used to support radical reconstructi
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Prometheus Extrasensory Deception
Book SynopsisTakes on psychics, astrologers, myth-makers and other assorted purveyors of the paranormal, and shines the light of common sense into the murky darkness that is the world of paranormal claims. This book collects commentaries on 'The Paranormal', 'Prophecy', 'Spirits', 'Superstition', 'Pseudoscience', 'Higher Life', and 'Truth'.
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Prometheus Books A Physicists Guide to Skepticism
Book SynopsisThe laws of physics provide principles defining what is possible - and not possible - in the physical world. This book examines and critiques many widely held pseudoscientific beliefs in light of these laws.
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Prometheus Books The Elusive Quarry
Book SynopsisEver since the Society for Psychical Research was founded over a hundred years ago, parapsychologists have been attempting to prove the existence of paranormal phenomena - things like clairvoyance, telepathy, precognition, and remote viewing. This research into what is now often called psi has become increasingly technical. Controlled laboratory experiments have replaced systematic surveys of spontaneous occurrences; complicated statistical analyses have replaced anecdotal data. In short, psychical research has aspired to the standards of hard science.With what results? Ray Hyman is supremely qualified to say. A research psychologist held in the highest esteem by both parapsychologists and skeptics, Ray Hyman here reviews the history and methods of psychical research. The Elusive Quarry is Hyman''s fascinating, fair-minded critique of the field, a book designed not to debunk but to discern.In Part 1, Parapsychology, Hyman gives us a historical overview: Over the past hundred years, wha
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Prometheus The Search for Psychic Power ESP and
Book SynopsisFor centuries both primitive and sophisticated societies have been spellbound by persons who claim to have 'psychic' power. If extrasensory perception(ESP) is to be scientifically established there must be proof in the form of replicable experiments. This book recounts the scientific community's efforts to provide, test, and analyze such evidence.
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Globe Pequot The Hundredth Monkey And Other Paradigms of the
Book SynopsisContains forty-three essays by thirty-nine authors, including Isaac Asmov, Martin Gardner, Carl Sagan, Ray Hyman, Paul Kurtz, and James Randi, that examine aspects of paranormal and fringe-science beliefs from a scientific point of view.
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Prometheus Missing Pieces
Book SynopsisOffers information on checking out various types of mysterious anomalies, including UFO sightings, ghost hauntings, psychic feats, and other events. This book features tactics and techniques that you can use to get at the truth. It also addresses why otherwise intelligent people often accept paranormal claims without question.
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Prometheus Mysterious Realms
Book SynopsisProbes ten tantalizing mysteries that, for decades, have defied rational analysis and convinced many people that supernatural events really do happen. This book scrutinizes the evidence for a variety of strange historical, paranormal, and forensic phenomena.
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Imprint Academic Psi Wars
Book SynopsisAt the heart of the parapsychology (psi) battle are two types of phenomena: extra-sensory perception (ESP) and psycho-kinesis (PK). ESP is reception of information without any normal sensory means; PK is the use of the mind to influence physical states without any direct physical contact. Neither effect can be explained by ordinary science, so parapsychologists with experimental evidence that they are real are accused of bad science or bad faith or both. This collection of essays shows that a simple division into ''sceptics'' and believers' cannot be made. The real struggle, for all researchers, is not with each other, but to get a secure hold on the subject itself.
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Parapsychology Foundation BrainMind and Parapsychology
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Parapsychology Foundation Education and Parapsychology
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Whitford Press,U.S. HUNA A BEGINNERS GUIDE
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Healing Imager Press Let Magic Happen
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Legare Street Press The Charismatic Man
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Hassell Street Press On Spiritual Creatures
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LEGARE STREET PR Contact With the Other World
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Legare Street Press The Emerald City of Oz
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LEGARE STREET PR The Principles of Nature Her Divine Revelations
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Taylor & Francis Introduction to Transpersonal Psychology
Book SynopsisIntroduction to Transpersonal Psychology: Bridging Spirit and Science provides an accessible and engaging introduction to this complex and evolving field. Adopting a modular approach, the book systematically relates key themes of Transpersonal Psychology to three major areas within psychology: general psychology, experimental psychology, and clinical psychology. Covering a wide range of topics including transpersonal states of consciousness, biological foundations, research methods, and cognition, the book also features extensive discussion of transpersonal theorists and the impact of their work on our understanding of psychological concepts. The book also introduces contemporary developments in the field and anticipates future advances such as feminist perspectives and cross-cultural approaches alongside practical experiments designed to give transpersonal theories and concepts psychological roots. A critical evaluation of both mainstream and transpersonal theories and research is applied throughout to foster analytical skills and encourage critical and scientific thinking about humanityâs nature as spiritual creatures and ways to educate for personal and social transformation. Accompanied by an online instructorâs manual, this book will be an essential companion for all students of Transpersonal or Humanistic Psychology, or those interested in applying transpersonal ideas to mainstream psychological research. Trade Review"This book is a landmark event for transpersonal psychology. The field now has its own textbook, and a superb one at that. The book is clearly the culmination of a life’s work of exploration, contemplation, study, and teaching. The scholarship is prodigious, yet the style is lucid and readable. This is a magnificent contribution: an accessible text for students, a rich resource for the field, and a resource to keep returning to. If I could recommend only one transpersonal book for the library of transpersonal psychologists, it would probably be this one."Roger Walsh, Professor of psychiatry, philosophy, and anthropology at the University of California at Irvine.Table of ContentsIntroduction 1 Scope and Outline 18 Variety of Transpersonal Orientations 37 Contemporary Perspectives 54 Modern History and Future Challenges 73 Transpersonal Psychology as a Human Science 92 Knowing, Speaking, and Creating 112 Consciousness: States and Traits 131 Biological Foundations 151 Motivation and Emotion 170 Development 189 Personality 208 Psychological Disorders 226 Psychotherapy 245 The Transpersonal Vision 265
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Themes Issues and Debates in Psychology
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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Taylor & Francis Ltd The Psychology of the Paranormal
Book SynopsisCan mediums communicate with the dead? Do people really believe they've been abducted by aliens? Why do some people make life decisions based on their horoscope?The Psychology of the Paranormal explores some commonly held beliefs regarding experiences so strange they can defy an obvious scientific explanation. The book explains how psychologists have conducted experiments to provide insight into phenomena such as clairvoyance, astrology, and alien abduction, as well as teaching us fundamental truths about human belief systems.From debunking myths about Extra Sensory Perception, to considering whether our lives can truly be fated by the stars, The Psychology of the Paranormal shows us that however unlikely, belief in the paranormal will continue to be widespread. Table of ContentsChapter 1 Introduction Chapter 2 Astrology Chapter 3 Extra-sensory perception Chapter 4 Spirits and mediumsChapter 5 Alien encounters and abductionsChapter 6 Religious beliefs Chapter 7 Explaining paranormal beliefs
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Dark Cognition
Book Synopsis*Winner of the Parapsychological Association Book Award 2021*Outlining the scientific evidence behind psi research, Dark Cognition expertly reveals that such anomalous phenomena clearly exist, highlighting that the prevailing view of consciousness, purely as a phenomenon of the brain, fails to account for the empirical findings.David Vernon provides essential coverage of information and evidence for a variety of anomalous psi phenomena, calling for a paradigm shift in how we view consciousness: from seeing it as something solely reliant on the brain to something that is enigmatic, fundamental and all pervasive. The book examines the nature of psi research showing that, despite claims to the contrary, it is clearly a scientific endeavour. It explores evidence from telepathy and scopaesthesia, clairvoyance and remote viewing, precognition, psychokinesis, fields of consciousness, energy healing, out of body experiences, near-death experienceTrade Review"David Vernon’s book Dark Cognition is an impressive overview of research in parapsychology. There could be no better guide to the basic issues in this field and the scientific literature on these subjects. Not only does Vernon masterfully summarise and discuss what is known, but just as importantly, points out what is not known. The questions at the end of each chapter should lead to many thoughtful discussions. I strongly recommend this book."— Rupert Sheldrake, PhD, biologist and author of The Science Delusion."Dark Cognition is an accurate and comprehensive overview of the scientific evidence, scholarly debates, and implications of psychic phenomena. Anyone interested in this perennially fascinating and controversial topic will benefit by studying David Vernon's book."— Dean Radin, PhD, Chief Scientist, Institute of Noetic Sciences."Dark Cognition brings together some of the main research areas within the field of parapsychology. The book covers an interesting range of topics, addressing many issues with a seriousness and clarity that makes them accessible to the non-specialist. David Vernon makes a good job of showing how important these findings are for any theory of consciousness." —Renaud Evrard, Assistant Professor of Psychology, University of Lorraine and President of the Parapsychological Association."David Vernon’s book Dark Cognition is an impressive overview of research in parapsychology. There could be no better guide to the basic issues in this field and the scientific literature on these subjects. Not only does Vernon masterfully summarise and discuss what is known, but just as importantly, points out what is not known. The questions at the end of each chapter should lead to many thoughtful discussions. I strongly recommend this book."— Rupert Sheldrake, PhD, biologist and author of The Science Delusion."Dark Cognition is an accurate and comprehensive overview of the scientific evidence, scholarly debates, and implications of psychic phenomena. Anyone interested in this perennially fascinating and controversial topic will benefit by studying David Vernon's book."— Dean Radin, PhD, Chief Scientist, Institute of Noetic Sciences."Dark Cognition brings together some of the main research areas within the field of parapsychology. The book covers an interesting range of topics, addressing many issues with a seriousness and clarity that makes them accessible to the non-specialist. David Vernon makes a good job of showing how important these findings are for any theory of consciousness." —Renaud Evrard, Assistant Professor of Psychology, University of Lorraine and President of the Parapsychological Association."As a serious, thorough and fair-minded presentation of psi, Dark Cognition should prove a formidable resource in persuading a new generation of open-minded students to reject the old paradigm and adopt a new one." — Michael Prescott, reviewed in Journal of the Society for Psychical Research, 2021, 86(2)Table of Contents1. Introduction 2. Psi as science 3. Telepathy and scopaesthesia4. Clairvoyance and remote viewing5. Precognition6. Psychokinesis7. Fields of consciousness8. Energy healing9. Out of body experiences10. Near death experiences11. Post death phenomena12. Implications for consciousness
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Hay House Inc Mirrors of Time
Book SynopsisThe benefits of regression therapy extend far beyond the clearing of symptoms. Often, the result is healing at all levels—physical, emotional, and spiritual. Mirrors of Time, by Brian Weiss, M.D., allows you to take regression therapy to the next level. Now you can go back through time by recalling past events that may have led to difficulties in the present. Through the process of remembering, symptoms diminish, and a strong sense of relaxation and well-being often emerges. Even past-life memories can be elicited by these exercises, and regular practice will enhance your physical and emotional health and open up spiritual vistas that can bring new meaning to your life. An audio download is included that goes beyond meditation and visualization exercises—it contains the actual regression techniques Dr. Weiss uses with his patients. By reading Mirrors of Time and practicing the exercises on the accompanying audio, you’ll find that you’ll be filled with more peace, joy, and love—and virtually all aspects of your everyday life will benefit!
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Hay House Inc Infinite Life Infinite Lessons
Book SynopsisProfound insights into your soul''s journey, healing from grief, and the afterlife from Soul Healer Susan Grau, who shares her deeply personal struggles, near-death experience, and stories of the thousands she''s helped as an Evidential Medium.In this compassionate, insightful guide into the often-misunderstood realm of the spirit world, you will gain a deeper understanding of the afterlife and tools for connecting with angels, spirit guides, and souls on the other side. Susan Grau shares her spiritual journeyincluding her decades of experiences as a Soul Healer and certified counselor, struggles with loss, and personal traumaas an inspirational roadmap for those seeking enlightenment and healing. You will be captivated by the stories of some of the thousands of clients she has helped over the years as an evidential medium, each one containing a lesson for your soul. Whether you're grappling with the loss of a loved one, seeking answers to life''s mysterie
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Simon & Schuster The Men Who Stare at Goats
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ABC-CLIO Extrasensory Perception
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HarperCollins Strange Spooky and Supernatural
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Union Square & Co. A Glitch in the Matrix
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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Sterling Ethos A Little Bit of Intuition
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Authorhouse UK Zones of Strangeness
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Sourcebooks, Inc The Complete Shadow Work Workbook Journal
Book SynopsisEmbrace inner healing and go deeper on your mental health journey with this 2-in-1 shadow work journal and workbook.***If you're looking to boost your confidence or gain a fresh perspective, this book is for you. With sensitivity and clarity, The Complete Shadow Work Workbook & Journal teaches you how to navigate your shadow mind to improve self-esteem, grow in self-love and heal from the past, in an all-in-one journal and workbook format.Here you will find exercises, journal prompts, off-the-page practices, affirmations, and case studies with plenty of space for reflection, healing and growth.Explore your hidden self and heal old wounds. Meet your shadow self Start with a detailed introduction that makes it simple to understand shadow work, even if you''ve never practised it before. Journey into self-discovery Open your mind with prompts and exercises that encourage self development,
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McFarland & Co Inc The Elements of Parapsychology
Book Synopsis Psychic phenomena, recorded throughout human history, remained a mystery or a matter of faith rather than a subject of serious study until scientists began to investigate them roughly a century and a half ago. Systematic experimentation began with the work of J.B. Rhine at Duke University, resulting in the publication of Extra-Sensory Perception (1934) followed by Extra-Sensory Perception After Sixty Years (1940). Rhine and researchers who came after him struggled to present sufficient evidence to gain scientific credibility for the existence of extrasensory abilities. Yet despite tight experimental controls and numerous significant results the subject remains controversial. Parapsychologists argue that the impasse is not due to a lack of evidence but to the challenge their claims pose to the worldview of science in general. This comprehensive overview of the discipline of parapsychology, written by one of its most notable investigators, offers the reader a
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McFarland & Co Inc Probing Parapsychology
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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McFarland & Co Inc The Spirit Transcendent
Book Synopsis What are we to make of direct spiritual experience? Of accounts of going to heaven or meeting angels? Traditional science would call these hallucinations or delusions. Clinical psychologist Dr. Mark Yama argues the opposite. Through interviews with his patients, he shows that underneath the visions and experiences there is a unifying spiritual reality apart from the material world. One of the stories recounted in this book is the experience of a woman who could see the future. In a spiritual transport, she was taken to heaven where truths were revealed to her that she later discovered were already written in Gnostic scripture. Another woman lived a life marked by a spiritual sensitivity that defied materialist explanation. After she passed away of cancer, she came to inhabit the consciousness of another of Dr. Yama''s patients in the form of a benign possession. These stories, and many others, argue for a deeper reality that places spirituality on an equal footing with t
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McFarland & Co Inc Radio Psychics
Book Synopsis When radio broadcasting began in the early 1920s, the radio was a magic box aglow with the future, drawing humanity into a new age. Some thought it would dissolve the distance between time and place, others that human minds would become transparent, one tuned to another. Performers claiming psychic powers turned radio broadcasting into a fabulous money machine. These mentalists, born from vaudeville, circuses, sideshows, and the Spiritualist and New Thought movements of the mid-late 19th century, used the language of wireless technology to explain their ability to see the past, present, and future. Casting their mystical knowledge as a scientifically honed craft, these mentalists persuaded millions to pay for dubious advice until governmental and public pressures forced them off the air. This book is a history of over 25 performers who practiced their art behind studio microphones during the early years of radio broadcasting, from about 1920 to 1940. Here, laid out for Table of ContentsAcknowledgments ixPreface 1Introduction: Broadcasts from the Borderland 7The Mentalist Performance 7 • Magicians, Mediums, Magnetists and Astrologers 9 • Wireless Millennium 23 • Human Radios 36 • Transmitting Secrets 42 • The Rise and Fall of Radio Mentalism 451. First on the Air 49Hope Eden 49 • Julius Zancig 63 • Paul Kara 682. Front Yard Burial 78Leona Lamar 78 • Hamid Bey 863. Sex Secrets Revealed 93Signa Serene 934. Who Am We? 103Princess Wahletka 103 • Joveddah De Rajah 1135. Hypnotized by Radio 119Vishnu and Zinnia 119 • Charles Harad 1246. The Long Blindfold Drive 133Francill 1337. Persuaded by Shadows 151Norman Baker 154 • Gayle Norman II 168 • Phenomena 1728. Spirits of the Air 177Ethel Duncan 177 • Alma and Zandra 1839. Across the Border 197Mel-Roy 197 • Ralph Richards 206 • Marjah 21610. Bank on Belief 221Koran and Rose Dawn 22111. A Family of Troupers 244Alburtus 24412. Wizards' War 267Rajah Raboid 267 • Princess Yvonne and Doc Irving 286 • Bob and Larry Nelson 29813. What the Audience Will Bear 320Gene Dennis 320 • Joseph Dunninger 339Coda 345Appendix: Some Other Mentalists in Early Radio 351Chapter Notes 361Bibliography 405Index 413
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McFarland & Co Inc J.B. Rhine
Book Synopsis During the 1930s a new approach to exploring human consciousness began at Duke University with Professor J. B. Rhine''s experimental research on extra-sensory perception, or ESP. His findings on telepathy, clairvoyance, precognition and psychokinesis challenged conventional disbelief. Rhine''s findings and his first popular book, New Frontiers of the Mind, ignited excitement and controversy--among not only scientists but the public at large. Rhine''s letters chronicle his efforts to find reliable evidence of psychic ability, from the seance room to psychic animals and finally to a university research laboratory. Covering the years 1923-1939, they reveal a gripping story of groundbreaking research, told in the words of the main player as he worked with his team, subjects, critics and supporters alike.Table of ContentsAcknowledgments vForeword (Larry Dossey, M.D.) 1Preface (Sally Rhine Feather) 3Introduction (Barbara Ensrud) 5Selected Letters, 1923–19391923–1929: A Change in Direction 91930–1933: The Work Begins 731934: A Turning Point 991935: The Parapsychological Laboratory at Duke 1651936: Successes and Advances 2551937: The New Frontier for Science: The Human Mind 3631938: A Year of Challenges 4331939: End of an Era 533Epilogue 538Glossary of Terms and Acronyms 539Bibliography 541Index 543
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McFarland & Co Inc Music and the Paranormal
Book Synopsis Exploring the paranormal through musical phenomena, this encyclopedia covers a range of anomalies, from musical mediumship to locations throughout the world where music has been heard with no obvious source. Other manifestations, such as the abilities of musical savants and the anesthetic use of music during surgical procedures, are included with a focus on paraphysical aspects. Entries describe examples from earliest history up to the present--interpretation is left to the reader. Broader themes and concepts are discussed in appendices, with additional references provided for further study.Table of Contents Acknowledgments vi Preface 1 The Encyclopedia 5 Appendix 1: A Selection of References to Rosemary Brown 217 Appendix 2: The Cases Explored in D. Scott Rogo's NAD Books 219 Appendix 3: Selected Books and Articles Devoted to the Sound-Music Hypotheses 225 Bibliography 227 Index 235
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McFarland & Co Inc Ghostly North Carolina
Book Synopsis Readers of this book will venture deep into the dark and mysterious side of the American South and discover the heart-palpitating, eyewitness accounts of ghosts, poltergeists, and voices from beyond the grave which still linger. Included are the horrifying stories that have left their blood-stained imprints on North Carolina''s history, as well as modern, never-before-told hauntings from prominent individuals, businesses, and other locations.
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Simon & Schuster You Cant Make This Stuff Up
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Stanford University Press Common Phantoms: An American History of Psychic
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.
£86.40
Stanford University Press Common Phantoms: An American History of Psychic
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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Createspace Independent Publishing Platform The Rochdale Poltergeist: A True Story
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Random House USA Inc Real Magic: Unlocking Your Natural Psychic
Book SynopsisThe chief scientist at the Institute of Noetic Sciences (IONS) turns a critical eye toward such practices as telepathy, clairvoyance, precognition and psychokinesis. Are such powers really possible? Science says yes.According to noted scientist and bestselling author of The Conscious Universe, Dean Radin, magic is a natural aspect of reality, and each of us can tap into this power with diligent practice.But wait, aren''t things like ESP and telepathy just wishful thinking and flights of the imagination? Not according to the author, who worked on the US government''s top secret psychic espionage program known as Stargate. Radin has spent the last forty years conducting controlled experiments that demonstrate that thoughts are things, that we can sense others'' emotions and intentions from a distance, that intuition is more powerful than we thought, and that we can tap into the power of intention (think The Secret, only on a more realistic and scientific level). These dormant powers can help us to lead more interesting and fulfilling lives. Beginning with a brief history of magic over the centuries (what was called magic two thousand years ago is turning out to be scientific fact today), a review of the scientific evidence for magic, a series of simple but effective magical techniques (the key is mental focus, something elite athletes know a lot about), Radin then offers a vision of a scientifically-informed magic and explains why magic will play a key role in frontiers of science.
£13.29
Nova Science Publishers Inc Advances in Psychology Research. Volume 119:
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Rowman & Littlefield The Shape of the Soul: What Mystical Experience
Book SynopsisWhen Paul Marshall began to pay attention to his dreams, he could not have anticipated the transformative experience that would follow. A tremendous expansion of consciousness exposed the insignificance of his everyday self but also revealed unsuspected depths of mind and hinted at a deeper self that holds the universe within. In The Shape of the Soul, Marshall—now a mysticism scholar—draws on personal experiences, along with a wealth of religious, philosophical, and scientific ideas, to explore this deeper self, sometimes experienced in mystical and near-death states as spherical in form. Drawing inspiration from the philosophers Plotinus and Leibniz, Marshall takes mind to be more fundamental than matter and views the basic units of nature as perceptual beings. We ourselves are such beings, striving for fulfilment in a long evolutionary journey of soul-making. Bringing together mysticism, philosophy, biology, and even some physics, The Shape of the Soul offers a deeply integrated vision of the self and the universe. Addressing the mind–body problem, the origin of the world, evolution, reincarnation, suffering, and the nature of God, Marshall delivers what will surely prove an intellectual classic.Trade ReviewPaul Marshall invites us to embark on a supreme adventure of self-knowledge. He articulates a vision of the potential self we all are, a vision of ourselves transformed, in harmony with each other and, crucially, with the natural world. Highly recommended. -- Michael Grosso, independent scholar and author of The Man Who Could Fly: St. Joseph of Copertino and the Mystery of LevitationIn this remarkable book, Marshall persuasively enchants us with the recognition that we are not a world of separate selves but are all intimately interconnected in a cosmic unity that is our divine self. -- Ralph W. Hood Jr., professor of psychology at the University of Texas Austin and professor of religious studies at the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga“Materialism” in its philosophic and socioeconomic guises threatens the very survival of modern civilization, and we desperately need an enlarged conception of nature that can overcome the contemporary alienation between science and spirituality. In this beautifully written book Paul Marshall addresses that need by bringing to bear both an uncommon knowledge of the world’s religious and mystical traditions, directly informed by mystical experiences of his own, and a deep understanding of relevant developments in modern physics. An outstanding contribution. -- Edward F. Kelly, professor of research, Division of Perceptual Studies, University of Virginia, and co-editor of Beyond Physicalism: Toward Reconciliation of Science and SpiritualityThe Shape of the Soul explores the practical message of mystical experience: clues not only to who we are but also to the nature of reality and how we fit into it. Marshall shows us how honoring our mystical potential lifts us out of our self-imposed estrangement from the world and breathes meaning and depth to our lives. This book will put you back in touch with who you really are. -- Bruce Greyson, M.D., Carlson Professor Emeritus of Psychiatry & Neurobehavioral Sciences, University of VirginiaTable of ContentsPreface Chapter 1: Mystical Perceptions Chapter 2: The Land Beyond the Sea Chapter 3: Into the House of Death Chapter 4: Who Do You Think You Are? Chapter 5: Soul Spheres Chapter 6: The Logic of Unity Chapter 7: Worlds Within Worlds Chapter 8: The Physics of Experience Chapter 9: Meet the World Parents Chapter 10: Where Do You Think You’re Going? Chapter 11: The Making of God Epilogue Notes Selected Bibliography Index About the Author
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