…feel scared. (‘It must have been the guardian deity of Nakano village,’ said Genzo, and added, ‘I came up with the idea when Katsugoro said that the bird appeared.’)12Bolitho (2012) made a similar point about the figure Katsugoro encountered resembling a Shinto tutelary deity. As I was playing around, I…
…previously met, when she encountered him praying in a temple. Chari was quick to dismiss this recognition, saying, ‘possibly the police report is mistaken. In India, the policeman’s testimony is sometimes no more reliable or final than the psychiatrist’s’.9Chari (1967, 219), reiterated in Chari (1986). Stevenson asked why then Chari…
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…carrying out instructions silently willed by a person nearby. Early Experiments The encounter with Ostoja began three years of experimentation with telepathy by Craig, which she documented in detail, as was subsequently published in Mental Radio. She began by developing a hypnotic rapport with Ostoja, commanding her subconscious mind to…
…headaches. Based on research by NASA,16NASA Technical Report 19770013810. a key suggestion was that infrasound at a specific frequency range (around 19Hz) could cause eyeball vibration, leading to visual effects that might be interpreted as apparitional encounters. The authors’ hypothesis was based upon a particular incident in which infrasound caused…
…second wicked man is convicted when his guardian angel produces a record of all his sins and calls to the stand the souls of those he murdered or betrayed. This ‘review of deeds’, exposure of secrets and encounter with one’s true self, Zaleski argues, set the pattern for subsequent medieval…
…from Death: An Exploration of the Near-Death Experience. Boston, Masschusetts, USA: Arkana. Grof, S., & Halifax, J. (1977). The Human Encounter with Death. London: Souvenir. Gurney, E., Myers, F.W.H., & Podmore, F. (1886). Phantasms of the Living (2 vols.). London: Trübner. Henson, R.A. (1977). The language of music. In Music…
…the apparatus chosen. Wheeler asked what happens when such a wavicle is aimed towards a detector and the detector is changed mid-flight. This arbitrary decision does affect the outcome: It is as if the wavicle ‘knows’ what kind of detector it is going to encounter, before it actually ‘meets’ it.5Millar…
…anomalous phenomena. His rigorous laboratory-based worldview gradually shifted through repeated encounters with psychokinetic, clairvoyant, and mediumistic manifestations that challenged conventional scientific paradigms. Becoming Psychic documents Tarrant’s systematic investigation of gifted practitioners through electroencephalographic analysis, structured interviews, and controlled assessments. The volume integrates case study methodology with practical applications, concluding each…
