…0.1 to 30 Hz in the castle’s Tapestry Room. They concluded that ghostly occurrences reported by individuals lying on the bed were caused by interactions between the ambient electromagnetic fields and the iron bedframe.18Townsend (2004). Parapsychologists from the University of Hertfordshire and the University of Edinburgh, led by Richard Wiseman,…
…research on community psychokinesis and retrocausation, helping to link PEAR’s empirical programme to broader theoretical debates. Life and Career York Dobyns was born in 1960 to anthropologists Henry Dobyns and Cara Richards. He obtained a degree from Ohio State University in 1982, and a Masters in physics and PhD in…
…and aggression, revealing positive links between universal love and spirituality while showing negative connections with aggression.15Dyer et al (2019). Criticism and Controversy Considerable media publicity and controversy followed the appearance of The Afterlife Experiments. Detailed criticisms were made by sceptics James Randi,16Randi (2001). Ray Hyman,17Hyman (2003a). Richard Wiseman18Wiseman & O’Keefe…
…to competing world views, dealing with the data as it comes. Some Christian writers concur with parapsychologists in considering psychokinesis, including levitation, to be a natural human ability.36Heaney (1984). 37Schwebel (2004). Others such as Richard Ravalli argue that the preference on the part of parapsychologists for naturalistic explanations is more…
…sentenced to be transported to the American colonies for his previous crimes. Interpretations Following the publication of Glanvill’s description of the case in A Blow at Modern Sadducism, nonconformist minister Richard Baxter wrote asking for further particulars. Baxter said he had heard it said in court and in legal circles…
…task with auditory and visual feedback. In Research in Parapsychology 1975, ed. by J.D. Morris, W.G. Roll, & R.L. Morris, 90–91. Metuchen, New Jersey, USA: Scarecrow Press. Ivtzan, I. (2008). Meditation on consciousness. Journal of Scientific Exploration 22, 147-60. Kozak, L., Johnson, L.C., Richards, T., King, H., Standish, L.J., Schlitz,…
The idea that ‘something leaves the body’ during an out-of-body experience (OBE) has a long history in the literatures of spiritualistic and psychical research. ‘Projection’ theories suggesting that consciousness can function outside of the physical body and the idea that OBEs supported the notion of postmortem survival were common from…
…Fisher (2004). Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press. Hoggart, S., & Hutchinson, M. (1988). Bizarre Beliefs. London: Richard Cohen Books. Kearney, B. (n.d.). Who was Doris Stokes? [Web page.] Plummer, M. (1981). Doris Stokes Wrong – Police. The Skeptic 1, 1. Stokes, D., with L. Dearsley…
…insert. Clinching testimony came from eyewitnesses who had seen the plane was hit in the engine, which exploded in a ball of fire before it crashed, confirming James’s account.9E.g., John Richardson; see Leininger & Leininger (2009), 217. A unit logbook recording the crash can now be viewed online (scroll to…
