…called Mireille, he induced out-of-body travels in which she said she visited other planets and encountered spiritual entities. In Mars, ‘she discerned canals of an enormous size’.60de Rochas (1896), 229. In some tests, de Rochas claimed the subject was induced to leave the body by hypnosis61de Rochas (1905; 1906; 1910)….
…between 1885 and 1887, the last on his own, the other three accompanied by his brother Arthur, a physician (Gurney was present on two of these visits).30Hamilton (2009), 52-5. See also Myers (1887b), 496-514; Myers (1888b), 359-73; Myers (1888a), 374-97. These encounters convinced him that hypnosis offered another powerful tool…
…was reported by two English women who said that, while walking in the grounds of the Palace of Versailles one afternoon in 1901, they encountered people dressed in late eighteenth-century dress and observed landmarks from the time that no longer existed. Their published account of the experience aroused considerable controversy….
…be viable.3Balanovski & Taylor (1978).. In his 1980 book, Science and the Supernatural, Taylor’s volte face is complete: ‘We have searched for the supernatural and not found it. In the main, only poor experimentation, shoddy theory, and human gullibility have been encountered.’4Taylor (1980). John Hasted More detailed research was carried…
…for Psychical Research 50, 309. Encounters with the Past by P. Moss with J. Keeton (1980). Journal of the Society for Psychical Research 50, 312-14. Stars and Rumours of Stars by K. & S. McClure (1980). Journal of the Society for Psychical Research 50, 412-13. The Gate of Remembrance by…
…a revised epistemology that embraces ‘radical empiricism’. Spirit Release Today and in the Future Mental health professionals increasingly encounter people suffering from a wide variety of problems that do not respond to medical or traditional psychological interventions. Some who are sceptical of the existence of spirits, such as hypnotherapist Roy…
…and psi phenomena, yet to date there has been no experimental research in this area.If consciousness has the ability to divide and extend itself, this provides a context for understanding many reported psi phenomena, notably apparitional appearances and the entities encountered in mediumship and poltergeists episodes. Cross-cultural Background Tulpa The…
…by the celebrated conjuror Jean-Eugene Robert-Houdin were made at the request of the Marquis de Mirville, author of books on spiritualism. De Mirville, who was present at the encounter, subsequently published a verbatim account, including letters written to him by Robert-Houdin.8De Mirville (1855), 19-32; also in Wallace (1899), from which…
…personality. For example, subjects reportedly weep bitterly or display great joy at being reunited with loved ones of the deceased, or they might exhibit antipathy toward the previous personality’s enemies, or they might display reticence about discussing matters that the previous personality would have considered sensitive. Moreover, when they encounter…
