…the phenomena by Frederick Robinson in 1941 added a further striking detail: slips of paper with messages on them appearing. He wrote: Held up to the light these slips revealed writing as if done with a pin – the messages were sometimes threatening, and sometimes more sober in character. I…
…and Radclyffe Hall conducted systematic sittings with Gladys Osborne Leonard, alternating as questioner and note-taker. Troubridge also published a detailed account of an apparition she believed she had seen veridically. Her writings on trance and mediumship reveal a practical, observational interest rather than passive belief alone. Life and Career Una…
…in 1929, and started writing books at around that time. In the 1940s, she worked for the British Council. She converted to Catholicism in 1942. She became a member of the Society for Psychical Research in 1946. Psychical Research Haynes’s interest in psychical research began with vivid precognitive dreams. Some…
…reality of a future life.74Hartshorne & Weiss (1931–35), 6.555. Peirce on Miracles Peirce was quite clear on what he took to be the errors in Hume’s discussion of miracles. Writing in about 1901, in a paper called ‘Hume on Miracles’, Peirce argues that an assessment of the evidence for miracles…
…that Tertullian raises in the treatise’s eight chapters. These and writings by other early Christian philosophers arguably played a part in Christianity’s official rejection of reincarnation, decided in 325 at the first Nicean Council, which was convened by the Roman emperor Constantine the Great (274–337).3Matlock (2019), 74. In addition to…
…in this article is drawn from this chapter except where otherwise noted. including Sahay’s pamphlet almost in full, with explanatory annotations. Stevenson considered this case important because statements made by the child were recorded in writing prior to verifications being attempted. He was able to acquire a great deal of…
‘Boggle threshold’ is a colloquial term used to refer to the level of tolerance for anomalous claims or new ideas, which is likely to vary from one person to another. The term was coined by the British historian and psychical researcher Renée Haynes in an article published in 1980, writing…
…occur in the work of all parapsychologists (as Alcock assumes).25Palmer (1991). Other Critical Reviews Adrian Parker, in a review of sceptic Paul Kurtz’s book A Skeptic’s Handbook of Parapsychology,26Kurtz (1985). singles out a chapter by Alcock, writing: ‘This chapter is disappointing in that it consists mainly (18 pages) of a…
René Sudre (1880–1968) was a French science journalist active in psi research during the 1920s. Sudre developed a psychology-based model of psi phenomena, relying on what was then known about altered states of consciousness to reject supernatural interpretations. He deployed his considerable writing skills to popularize psi research and defend…
