…criticized by Rogo is the case of Mallika Aroumougam from Twenty Cases. Rogo charges that this case indicates that Stevenson ‘sometimes deletes important information when writing his reports’ because Stevenson does not mention that the subject’s father and grandfather publicly refuted a reincarnation interpretation of the case, or that he…
…me the importance of identifying and sharing the skills necessary to make dreams generally accessible.3Ullman (1988). This ‘accidental exposure’ was membership during the early 1930s in a group of teens who held attempted successfully to generate psychokinetic phenomena such as raps, table levitations and automatic writing (see Bindelof Phenomena). In…
…his first appearance on 4 January 1943, this communicator was belligerent, railing against religion. However, the group exercised forebearance and on two subsequent appearances his demeanour changed to friendly and forthcoming. Facts about him were confirmed by Gauld, who recalled having read writings by a psychologist of the same name….
…met Geraldine Cummins, an Irish medium, who later sent him material that she had received by automatic writing that purported to originate with Ambrose Pratt, a recently deceased Australian novelist, politician and businessman whom Johnson had known intimately. Pratt, whom Johnson considered a man of considerable integrity as well as…
…fallen; and was performing automatic writing. The most frequent circumstances found in a more recent study were: physically relaxed (79%), mentally calmed (79%), dreaming (36%), meditating (27%), and emotional stress (23%).45Gabbard & Twemlow (1984). But there were more rare circumstances such as childbirth (4%), having an orgasm (3%), drinking alcohol…
…days at a time. Margaret finally disappeared in April 1914, leaving Doris integrated for the first time in 22 years.7Prince (1929). Mediumistic Experiments In 1911, Prince experimented with automatic writing. He placed a pencil in Doris’s hand above a piece of paper, while Margaret was in control, sleeping. Shortly the…
…‘recurrent processes’ as there may be will themselves automatically be but manifestations – ie, instances of exercise – of dispositions of those minute constituents; so that if all dispositions really need some underlying categorical ‘carrier’, then the dispositions of those minute constituents too will need one; and so on, ad…
…(1853).. Rogers postulated the exteriorization from the body of a nerve force which he believed accounted for physical phenomena in séances and for poltergeist disturbances. This could take place through unconscious guidance by a living agent or with no specific direction – basically an automatic process. He believed this force…
…College of Science, Dublin. From 1908 he was an associate member of the SPR assisting Oliver Lodge; he also acted as honorary secretary of the Council of the SPR Dublin Section,2Unsigned (1909-1910), 40. presenting it with a modified planchette for testing automatic writing in mediums.3SPR Dublin Section (1909), 64. Fournier…
