…Virginia, in search of ideas for non-fiction writing and encountered books about reincarnation, a topic he had previously been intrigued by. Entrance into Parapsychology Matlock began collecting past-life regression accounts, recording each in detail on an index card. He noticed books by Ian Stevenson in the library stacks, but left…
…day, in particular the relationship of mind and brain.1Cook [Kelly] (1994), Kelly (2001a, 2007). Near Death Experiences Kelly’s research and writing on NDEs has focused primarily on whether NDEs provide evidence for survival after death. Medical records connected with NDE reports collected by her and DOPS colleagues have shown that,…
…so doing, probably destroyed the electric or magnetic influence by which it was working; for the pencil dropped and the hand vanished. The writing was afterwards examined, and proved to be the name, in her own proper handwriting, of a relative and intimate lady friend of one in the circle,…
…mysteries of life and death, purportedly from the spirits of Emanuel Swedenborg and Francis Bacon. These were communicated initially through Dexter’s writing and later by Dexter’s trance voice. Edmonds observed that Dexter’s handwriting changed with each communicator and was unlike his own handwriting. Moreover, the communications were taken down with…
…order to dedicate himself to research, writing, and private practice as a psychiatrist.3Wehr (1987). In 1907, Jung first met Sigmund Freud, the beginning of a six-year collaboration that ended in a decisive break (see below). In 1917, Jung joined the London Society for Psychical Research.4Society for Psychical Research (1917). In…
…acquainted with theosophical literature of Annie Bessant, Henry S Olcott, and other leaders of Helena Blavatsky’s movement. Following his return to Mexico in 1903, Madero began to experiment systematically as a scribe medium receiving communications in writing, guided by Kardec’s Book of Mediums. According to the memoir he wrote in…
…construct in people’s minds. Because of the danger that denying the supernatural might lead to disbelief in key tenets of Christian doctrine, Glanvill saw his writings on the subject as: necessary for our Age, in which Atheism is begun in Sadducism. And those that dare not bluntly say, There is…
…he could engage full time in research and writing. Parapsychology Foundation grants helped to compensate for income from his clinical practice and allowed him to stop seeing patients, but he was still spending a good deal of time on administrative tasks. Chester Carlson, the multi-millionaire inventor of the dry copying…
…(Parapsychology Union) of Zurich in 1972. In 1980 she joined the council of the Society for Psychical Research, serving for five years as honorary secretary. Gregory (writing as Kohsen) translated Russian researcher LL Vasiliev’s writings into English for publication under the title Experiments in Distant Influence in 1963.1Grattan-Guinness (1985), 61….
