…was found to be the encounter with mystical beings and a life review. However, contrary to predictions, the sense of disembodiment often reported by experiencers was not associated with changes in death attitudes. The authors discuss these findings in the context of Terror Management Theory, concluding that they have implications…
…most famous of which would have been ‘Most Haunted’ which ran from 2002 to 2019. In more recent times ‘Uncanny’ originally a highly successful radio show and podcast is now a well-known TV production which perhaps re-balances the need for entertainment and information. The result of this has been that…
…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…
…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 published work comprises 27 book chapters, 55 journal articles and 24 book reviews. Psi-mediated Instrumental Response Parapsychologists have assumed that psi aims to consciously encode the…
…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…
…current case reports as well as rare and hard-to-access historical texts about ghost encounters, including paranormal episodes described by Goethe. Puhle has also specialised in related subjects and written extensively about lucid dreaming, extraordinary light phenomena, thoughtforms and related topics.7Puhle (2013); Puhle (2017); Parker & Puhle (2018); Puhle (n.d.-c). Puhle…
…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…
…parapsychology involve developing a theory of multidimensional geometry to explain remote viewing experiences.She was part of the initiation of the Psychotronics Association,2https://www.psychotronics.org/about/a group of academics seeking to unify metaphysics and physics. Rauscher was born on 18 March 1937 and died on 3 July 2019, at age 82. Macroscopic PK In…
