Helmut Schmidt (1928–2011) was a German-born US-based parapsychologist who pioneered the use of random event generators in psychokinesis research, often achieving highly significant scoring rates in his experiments. He also contributed to theory, arguing that psi is not some transcendent property of mind but rather involves a natural neural quantum…
…at scientific conferences, provides a free monthly email newsletter, and produces an annual ‘Best of’ list highlighting the year’s significant contributions by other researchers and organizations in the field. The list acknowledges books, published research, films, and open-access resources related to the Institute’s mission.8https://windbridgeinstitute.com/best-of-2019/ In 2019, the Institute launched the…
Daryl Bem occupies an unusual place in psi research: a mainstream social psychologist whose work on retroactive influence dragged precognition into one of psychology’s most visible journals. The debate around his experiments became a test case for questions about replication, statistics, publication bias and the evidential standards applied to psi….
Persistent memories of another life can shape emotions, identity and decisions over decades. In one of the best known modern reincarnation cases, Jenny Cockell’s childhood memories of dying young in Ireland led her to a verifiable family she later felt compelled to find and reconnect. The case nonetheless has come…
American author Mark Twain (1835–1910) wrote about psychic experiences in his own life, notably telepathic interactions with people at a distance. Life and Career Samuel Langhorne Clemens was born on 30 November 1835 in Florida, Missouri.1Biographical details from Powers (2005). He adopted the pen name Mark Twain (a nautical term…
Arthur J Ellison (1920–2000) was an engineer-administrator who helped keep psychical research institutionally respectable while also backing controversial field investigations. Not only did he have a leadership position at the SPR, he studied Uri Geller, Matthew Manning and the Scole Circle, moving easily between laboratory-minded inquiry to fieldwork on macro-PK…
Titus Rivas is a Dutch theoretical psychologist, who works as an independent researcher, author and teacher with a particular focus on parapsychology. He has written books and papers about evidential aspects of near-death experiences and past life memories. Career Titus Rivas was born on 20 June 1964. He graduated from…
Swarnlata Tiwari (née Mishra) is an Indian woman who, as a girl, remembered many facts and people from her previous life, and whose former home was identified purely from her description, written down before her memories were verified. She also performed dances accompanied by songs in a language she had…
Stephen E Braude (1945–2026) was a combative philosopher of parapsychology who pressed the evidential significance of macro-PK, mediumship and spontaneous cases while challenging mechanistic assumptions. He combined conceptual analysis with field investigation, arguing that the best physical phenomena are often found ‘in the wild’ rather than the laboratory. Braude argued…
