Offers a snapshot of the parapsychological field, with essays written by authors of diverse academic backgrounds and experiences. Essays examine parapsychological phenomena from prehistory, through the founding of the science by intellectuals distressed by physicalism, to the postmodern present.
Offers a snapshot of the parapsychological field, with essays written by authors of diverse academic backgrounds and experiences. Essays examine parapsychological phenomena from prehistory, through the founding of the science by intellectuals distressed by physicalism, to the postmodern present.
Grant R. Shafer has taught at the University of Michigan, Siena Heights University, Eastern Michigan University, Washtenaw Community College, and Henry Ford College, and published on ancient Rome, Islam, Buddhism, Judaism, and early Christianity. He lives near Ann Arbor, Michigan.
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Table of Contents Acknowledgments Foreword Jay Harold Ellens Preface Grant R. Shafer Introduction Stanley Krippner and Everton Maraldi The History of Parapsychology V.G. Miller Extrasensory Perception: Telepathy, Clairvoyance, Precognition, and Retrocognition Grant R. Shafer Psychokinesis: Famous Cases Around the World V.G. Miller Reincarnation and Past-Life Memory James G. Matlock An Overview of Research on Mediums: History and Cautions Stephen J. Pullum, Carole M. Van Camp, and Wendy Donlin Washington Talking to Your Dead Uncle Teddy: Probing the Validity and Persuasiveness of TV Mediums Stephen J. Pullum Serpent-Handling as Near-Death Experience Ralph W. Hood, Jr. Near-Death Experiences 1: History, Explanations, Anecdotes Grant R. Shafer Near-Death Experiences 2: More Rigorous Studies Grant R. Shafer Revising Our Concepts About Reality: The Challenge of Consciousness Dean Radin Theoretical Criticism of Psychic Research Grant R. Shafer Conclusion Jay Harold Ellens Epilogue Grant R. Shafer About the Contributors Index
Table of Contents Acknowledgments Foreword Jay Harold Ellens Preface Grant R. Shafer Introduction Stanley Krippner and Everton Maraldi The History of Parapsychology V.G. Miller Extrasensory Perception: Telepathy, Clairvoyance, Precognition, and Retrocognition Grant R. Shafer Psychokinesis: Famous Cases Around the World V.G. Miller Reincarnation and Past-Life Memory James G. Matlock An Overview of Research on Mediums: History and Cautions Stephen J. Pullum, Carole M. Van Camp, and Wendy Donlin Washington Talking to Your Dead Uncle Teddy: Probing the Validity and Persuasiveness of TV Mediums Stephen J. Pullum Serpent-Handling as Near-Death Experience Ralph W. Hood, Jr. Near-Death Experiences 1: History, Explanations, Anecdotes Grant R. Shafer Near-Death Experiences 2: More Rigorous Studies Grant R. Shafer Revising Our Concepts About Reality: The Challenge of Consciousness Dean Radin Theoretical Criticism of Psychic Research Grant R. Shafer Conclusion Jay Harold Ellens Epilogue Grant R. Shafer About the Contributors Index
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