…(2005), 285. In contrast, earlier in that century, also in France, the Baron and Baroness de Beausolail, who had made a career out of dowsing on behalf of miners, fell foul of the civic authorities and died in prison having been charged with witchcraft (after having writing seminal books on…
…theme at the University of Wisconsin. But his ultimate concern was, perhaps, human personality as a whole. His early views about this issue owed much to the writings of FWH Myers – although he did not share Myers’s interest in the possibility of human survival after bodily death. Jastrow believed…
…E. (1997). At the Hour of Death. New York: Avon. Lusseyran, J. (2007). And There Was Light. Gateshead, UK: Athenaeum Press. Parnia, S., with Young, J. (2013). Erasing Death: The Science That Is Rewriting the Boundaries Between Life and Death. New York: HarperCollins. Pasricha, S.K. (2008). Near-death experiences in India:…
…(1991).His activities and writings brought him public recognition, which grew following a 1986 appearance on the BBC’s Wogan.6https://www.facebook.com/BBCArchive/videos/1986-wogan-lyall-watson/1126100821352477/ Supernature Watson’s 1973 book Supernature spent almost a year on the best-seller list in Britain and sold over 750,000 copies in paperback.7Grimes (2008). A reviewer for the Society for Psychical Research noted…
…‘A rational guide to the best evidence of post-mortem survival’, which was a runner-up in the 2021 Bigelow Institute for Consciousness Studies (BICS) essay contest. Much of Braude’s other writing also bears on the question of survival in various ways. Living-Agent Psi Hypothesis In Immortal Remains, Braude concludes that ‘the…
…she saw ‘a silvery shimmer’ leave her mother, travel to John and descend onto him’.6Ruffles (2011), 173. In his writings he questioned the comparative lack of interest in near-death experiences shown by parapsychologists, but expressed optimism that science would ‘throw some light on the world beyond death’. 7Randall (2009), 11….
…publications of the Society for Psychical Research). Psychical Research Aksakov was greatly impressed by the writings of Emanuel Swedenborg, first translating his Heaven and Hell from Latin into Russian,1Swedenborg (2010). then publishing his own books about Swedenborg.2Great Biographical Encyclopedia (2009). Beginning in the 1860s, together with Alexander Butlerov and Nikolai…
…of his witnesses, as interpreter with another witness, Mallika’s father, without having stated that he had done so. For Rogo, this indicated that Stevenson ‘sometimes deletes important information when writing his reports’ and was suggestive of larger problems with Stevenson’s work. In reply, Stevenson acknowledged that he could have handled…
…bed, in easy reach of your hand, so that you can pick them up, one at a time, while you are stretched out on the bed, or couch, beside them. … You must have also a writing pad and pencil beside you … The next step, after having turned off…
