…looked like a cross on top of a pile of rocks, and then writing that his name was on the cross. Interestingly, Thompson had encountered such a cross near the sea, one month before this sitting. The cross was part of a wrecked ship, and although Thompson thought he saw…
…is similar to luminous energy’.12Richet (1922), 597–98. Finally, Richet argues for the need to conduct more research, writing, ‘then Metapsychics will come out of Occultism, as Chemistry was separated from Alchemy’.13Richet (1922), 793. Regardless of difficulties, he hopes the work would go on: ‘The task is so beautiful that, even…
…and theoretical writings in parapsychology, many of which explored the subtle manifestations of ESP in both clinical and everyday contexts. Eisenbud also conducted an extended series of careful experiments with Ted Serios, a Chicago bellhop who apparently projected his mental images onto photographic film. Early involvement with the paranormal In…
…xv. While supervising master’s and doctoral candidates at Columbia, Murphy began writing the books that would cement his reputation as a prominent voice in personality, social and cognitive psychology. Several of his books have been used as textbooks throughout the United States. Murphy returned to parapsychology in 1934 after a…
…checks that participants are attending to the task to the exclusion of all distractions; it is not possible to verify that participants are not cheating by writing down the words as they appear; there is no facility to check whether participants are selectively withdrawing from the study (for example, if…
…Research, by A. MacKenzie (1967). Journal of the Society for Psychical Research 44, 38-41. The Strange Life of Ivan Osokin, by P.D. Ouspensky (1967). Journal of the Society for Psychical Research 44, 207-8. Parapsychology Today. New Writings on ESP, Telepathy, Clairvoyance, Precognition, PK, Mind over Matter, ed. by J.B. Rhine…
…Gnanatilleka Baddewithana In this Sri Lankan case, the recognitions were carried out under the guidance of careful investigators, first the Sri Lankan scholar and journalist HSS Nissanka, then Stevenson. Nissanka recorded Gnanatilleka’s statements in writing before he set about verifying them. He brought three teachers to Gnanatilleka’s home, only one…
…because she consulted it in writing the narrative she provided the GIMC producers in April 2013, her emails allow for the reconstruction of the early timeline of events. Furthermore, because Cindy kept the producers apprised of new developments on a near-daily basis, her emails furnish a record of the case…
…survives? An essay review of Goswami’s Physics of the Soul (2003). Journal of the Society for Psychical Research 67, 143-54. Long shadow over psychical research: An essay review of Johnson’s Kant on Swedenborg: Dreams of a Spirit-Seer and Other Writings (2004). Journal of the Society for Psychical Research 68, 262-68….
