…Zaleski identifies various literary influences in this late-medieval trend: the Bible, apocalyptic tales of late antiquity, classical works such as Vergil’s Aeneid and Plutarch’s Moralia, and the earlier medieval writings summarized in the next section. Earlier Medieval Writings The Vision of Saint Paul Zaleski names St Paul as ‘the pioneer…
…Research Gertrude Schmeidler In the early 1970s, Swann was tested for PK (psychokinetic) abilities by Gertrude Schmeidler at the American Society for Psychical Research. In this experiment, Swann repeatedly produced significant PK changes in continuous, automatic recordings of temperature variations of graphite samples. Extensive controls included insulating the thermistor in…
…a pre-registered confirmatory experiment, in which volunteers achieved winning outcomes 52.7% of the time when they used the CardioAlert. A conceptual replication experiment that allowed the CardioAlert to automatically avoid negative outcomes gave a yet higher winning outcome of 56.3% – an extremely significant finding (p = 10 x 10-6).3Tressoldi…
…through collaboration with Thomas Rabeyron. Research revealed strong evidence for PK effects in subjective trials (Bayes Factor: 17.14) where participants recalled their scores, while objective trials with automatic data storage showed no effects. This supports theoretical arguments about the relationship between measurement objectivity and psi manifestation, leading to concepts of…
…(2008). On the other hand, it could be argued that concepts like ‘fantasy proneness’94Wilson & Barber (1983). are based upon a normative model of a psychology that automatically assumes that anomalous experiences are entirely subjective; similar objections can be made concerning anomalistic psychology as a whole. This does not mean,…
…Lorraine. In trials where data were recorded subjectively (participants recalled their scores) versus objectively (automatic data storage), strong evidence for PK effects emerged only in subjective trials (Bayes Factor: 17.14), while objective trials showed no effect. A fortuitous data preservation error allowed validation of these findings, supporting the concept of…
…automatically recorded, as well as their target choices and resulting hits or misses. High hit rates were often in the 40% range where 25% was expected by chance, and significant personality and belief correlations found in the data.1Morris et al. (1998). Direct Mental Influence of Living Systems (DMILS) In a…
…Lennon lyrics commented, ‘John never wrote songs as bad as that’.20Barry (1986). Rosalind Heywood, a writer on ESP and a member of the Society for Psychical Research, created a psychological profile of Brown, concluding that the medium was driven to the automatic production of material beyond her normal capacity by…
…mentation is automatically stored to a digital audio file, enabling synchronized playback of the verbal report with the videos. This facilitates evaluation: specific events in a video can be associated with changes in the receiver’s mentation, indicating real time telepathy. The system was tested on 64 pairs of volunteers who…
