…farming, anthrosophy, psychodrama, palmistry, graphology, JB Rhine, Upton Sinclair, unconventional sexual theories, the Bridey Murphy reincarnation case, and many other topics. In 1975, Gardner wrote a short satirical book under the pseudonym ‘Uriah Fuller’ entitled Confessions of a Psychic, poking fun at the celebrity psychic Uri Geller. In 1976, he…
…death experiences, mediumship, and reincarnation. The paper concludes by providing possible applications and topics for future research. Works Book In Foundations of Chinese Psychotherapies: Towards Self-Enlightenment (2021), Shiah provides an overview of the foundations of Chinese psychotherapy, based on a consideration of Confucian, Taoist, and Buddhist teachings. This book is…
…or the experimental conditions were unfavourable. Complementing this work, surveys of academic attitudes toward survival research have revealed that research probing near-death occurrences, mediumship, and reincarnation garner the highest persuasiveness ratings among scholars.35Wahbeh, Delorme, & Radin (2023). Mass Testing Radin has been at the forefront of online testing for psi…
…teens, if not earlier, he was handing out sweets, flowers and ice cream that appeared to form in the palm of his hand or from the air around him. When he was thirteen, he declared he was the reincarnation of Sai Baba of Shirdi (1837–1918), a holy man from a…
…Arigo’s life and practice is a culture sympathetic to religion and the supernatural, one in which his psychic healing activity could flourish. The strong Brazilian belief in mediumship, reincarnation and after-death communication evolved from two main sources. Spiritist ideas derived from the teachings of the nineteenth century French educator and…
…The first book is short, the second more substantial. Both cover the central theme of humankind’s progression after death: the averagely-decent soul first inhabits an illusory world which reassuringly resembles their earthly existence and gradually progresses to higher spiritual levels interspersed by a number of reincarnations.21Cummins (1967), 35-49; Cummins (2013),…
…their presentation of the other world, notably regarding matters relating to reincarnation. Writers in Italian psychiatry journals were more positive, expressing the hope that Morselli’s example would encourage other scientists to engage with the subject,50Bergamasco (1908). and that the importance of the field would gradually come to be recognized.51Tamburini (1908),…
…criteria was 48.8% – indicating significant disagreement. This difference is explained by higher evidential weighting given by the Bigelow judges to NDE research; possibly influenced by the fact that such research is often published in mainstream medical journals. Conversely, Houran and coauthors gave more weight to well-conducted research on reincarnation…
…other planets, the topic of La Pluralité des Mondes Habités (1862)9Flammarion (1862c). to which he returned in later writings10e.g., Flammarion (1865b; 1877). and in fiction.11e.g., Flammarion (1873). In his last novel he explored spiritual dimensions and topics such as reincarnation and extraterrestrial life. Flammarion founded the Society of Astronomy of…
