…the Advancement of Postmaterialist Sciences.4Schwartz et al. (2020). In 1971, Schwartz began working for the American government, writing speeches for President Richard Nixon, Secretary of Defense James Schlesinger, and US Navy commanders.5Schwartz (n.d.). He was one of a small group that transformed the American armed forces from ‘a racist, elitist,…
Field-based psychical research in late twentieth-century Britain found one of its most energetic advocates in Montague Keen (1925–2004), a journalist-turned-farmer who investigated crop circles, dowsing and physical mediumship. His work reflects a strong preference for real-world case inquiry and survival-focused investigation over laboratory-based approaches. Keen investigated crop circles in the…
…March, 349-51. De Morgan, A. (1863). Preface to “C. D.” [Elizabeth De Morgan], From Matter to Spirit. The Result of Ten Years’ Experience in Spirit Manifestation. Intended as a Guide to Enquirers (v-xlv). London: Longman & Co. Faraday, M. (1859). Experimental Researches in Chemistry and Physics. London: Richard Taylor and…
…(1986). In 1994, Antonia Mills contributed data from three other first nations in British Columbia, the Gitxsan, Beaver and Witsuwit’en.2Mills (1994), 242-46. That same year, Richard Slobodin supplied data for the Kutchin (Gwitchen) of the Canadian Northwest Territories.3Slobodin (1994), 141, 147. We also have figures on some variables for Brazil.4Haraldsson…
…channel HBO and carried out by a CSI (CSICOP) team consisting of Hyman, Andrew Skolnick and Richard Wiseman. In the first test, Demkina interacted with six patients in her usual manner, impressing five out of six of them with her accuracy. However, Hyman and his colleagues argued that she could…
…has been nominated by three Directors b) who has been elected by a unanimous vote of the Membership Committee.14http://www.parapsych.org/join_the_pa.aspx Currently, Honorary Membership has been given to only four people: Richard Adams, Lisette Coly, Robert Franklin, and Luis Portela. All members receive access to the Journal of Parapsychology and Mindfield. Members…
…‘the most balanced book ever written’ on Sai Baba’s ‘miracles’.28Lane (n.d.). Erlendur was interested in trying to distinguish genuine claims to macro-PK from legerdemain and wrote several papers on this topic, some with critic Richard Wiseman.29Haraldsson & Houtkooper (1994); Haraldsson & Wiseman (1995, 1996); Wiseman & Haraldsson (1995). Mediumship Erlendur…
…gold watch as his as soon as he saw it.8Stevenson (1974), 231-41. Bruce Peck Richard Peck was of the Haida First Nation, which is located near the Tlingit. Its people also believe in reincarnation, though the belief is not as strongly developed as the Tlingit’s. A successful fisherman, Peck disliked…
…provided evidence of the ‘Psychic Force’, consistent with Benjamin W Richardson’s theory of a gaseous ‘atmosphere’ within the nervous system, which shrouded the body and mediated sensory experiences.5Noakes (2019), 170; Crookes, Huggins & Cox (1871), 181. Later he became disillusioned with Crookes, believing that he had acted fraudulently in the…
