Publications

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‘Raymond’ by Oliver Lodge

The soldier son of Sir Oliver Lodge who was killed in battle in 1915 and subsequently communicated with his family through mediums.

photo of Alex Malarkey

‘The Boy Who Came Back from Heaven’ (recanted NDE)

Best-selling American book describing the supposed NDE of a 6-year-old child.

photograph of Sylvan Muldoon, author of books on 'astral projection'

‘The Phenomena of Astral Projection’ (1951)

Classic study of OBEs, described in the context of the occult idea of 'astral projection'.

photograph of painting by Gabriel von Max, the Seeress of Prevorst (1892)

Ernesto Bozzano’s ‘Phénomènes Psychiques au Moment de la Mort’ (Psychic Phenomena at the Moment of Death)

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Journal of Parapsychology (JP)

Journal founded by JB Rhine at Duke University in 1937, historically devoted to experimental parapsychology.

book cover of Podmore's 'Apparitions and Thought-Transference' (1894) Cambridge Library Collection, 2011

Podmore’s ‘Apparitions and Thought-Transference’

Argues that apparitions may be explained through telepathy.

Psychische Studien (journal)

Early German psychical research journal (1874–1925) that contained reports of experiences and investigations.

Charles Richet, physiologist and psi researcher

Richet’s ‘La Suggestion Mentale’

In a 1884 paper, physiologist Charles Richet pioneered the use of statistics in telepathy tests.

Charles Richet -Traite de Metapsychique and English translation Thirty Years of Psychical Research

Richet’s ‘Traité de Métapsychique’ (‘Thirty Years of Psychical Research’)

A classic review of the literature, published in 1922.