…of death, noting that this has been found in numerous studies to decline dramatically following a near-death experience, and seeking to uncover which of its features is mainly responsible. The strongest predictor was found to be the encounter with mystical beings and a life review. However, contrary to predictions, the…
…carried by Michael Persinger at the Laurentian University in Ontario, Canada. Persinger considered that electromagnetism might provide sufficient energy to cause experiences such as apparitions, poltergeists, precognition and UFO encounters. He thought that extremely low frequency (<60Hz) electromagnetic fields from both natural and man-made sources might be a likely cause,12Persinger…
…non-parapsychological scientific disciplines. He won the PA’s Outstanding Contribution Award (1993), largely for an in-depth book chapter)2Stanford (1990). reviewing research and concepts from parapsychology and psychology with relevance to the extrasensory part of his Psi-mediated Instrumental Response (PMIR) model.3Stanford (1974a). In 2019 he won the PA’s Outstanding Career Award. Stanford’s…
…is of particular importance, suggesting as it does that as brain functioning decreased, mental functioning increased, contrary to what a materialist view of mind-brain relations predicts. In 2010, Greyson published a review of historical and contemporary NDEs in which the experiencers encountered the apparent spirits of deceased persons who were…
…Focused healing intent appears to induce order (described as ‘negentropy’) in random physical systems.18Carpenter et al. (2020). Helene Wahbeh Helene Wahbeh joined IONS in 2019 as director of research. She is also adjunct assistant professor in the department of neurology at Oregon Health & Science University. Wahbeh is a clinically…
The London Dialectical Society was a nineteenth-century rationalist debating club composed of prominent professionals. It is notable for its 1871 report of an investigation of spiritualism, which was carried out by a committee of largely sceptical members and which concluded by confirming certain claims of psychokinetic phenomena as genuine. The…
It is more common than generally realized for people to have what they feel are memories of previous lives. In the better cases of this nature, memories can be confirmed and the previous incarnations identified. This article presents a series of investigated claims of children’s past-life memories from Brazil, reported…
The German philosopher Carl du Prel (1839–99) was a prominent theoretician and proponent of research into postmortem survival, psychic phenomena and the unconscious mind. He was a major pre-Freudian theorist of the unconscious and his transcendental psychology shaped later debates over spiritism, subliminal mind and postmortem individuality. The article shows…
…Liberating Mind from the Tyranny of Materialism, is currently in development.9Personal communication from Edward F. Kelly, October 2019. Consciousness Unbound Kelly and Marshall recently issued a third volume, Consciousness Unbound: Liberating Mind from the Tyranny of Materialism, which carries forward the main themes of its predecessors. Its main contents include…
