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Ian Stevenson

3/4/2022

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​Ian Stevenson MD
Ian Stevenson (1918-2007) was a Canadian-born psychiatrist based at the University of Virginia, who devoted much of his career to psychical research. He is best known for his pioneering work on the phenomenon of past life memories among young children, as described in his landmark study Twenty Cases Suggestive of Reincarnation and other publications. [Source]

Children Who Remember Previous Lives: A Question of Reincarnation

​This is the revised edition of Dr. Stevenson's 1987 book, summarizing for general readers almost forty years of experience in the study of children who claim to remember previous lives. For many Westerners the idea of reincarnation seems remote and bizarre; it is the author's intent to correct some common misconceptions. New material relating to birthmarks and birth defects, independent replication studies with a critique of criticisms, and recent developments in genetic study are included. The work gives an overview of the history of the belief in and evidence for reincarnation. Representative cases of children, research methods used, analyses of the cases and of variations due to different cultures, and the explanatory value of the idea of reincarnation for some unsolved problems in psychology and medicine are reviewed.

Twenty Cases Suggestive of Reincarnation

Can anyone speak a language he or she has not learned normally, in childhood or later? Claims to have accomplished this are made from time to time, but only rarely do they receive support when carefully examined. In this volume, Dr. Stevenson presents detailed reports of two cases that seem authentic.

Authentic instances of speaking a language that has not been learned normally (responsive xenoglossy) suggest that another personality (perhaps one of a previous life) had learned the langauge. Cases of responsive xenoglossy thus add to the evidence concerning the survival of human personality after death.


Reincarnation, Part One: The Research of Ian Stevenson, with Walter Semkiw
​Walter Semkiw, MD, is founder and president of the Institute for the Integration of Science, Intuition, and Spirit. He is author of Born Again, Return of the Revolutionaries: The Case for Reincarnation and Soul Groups Reunited, and Origin of the Soul and the Purpose of Reincarnation.

Here he describes the pioneering research of Dr. Ian Stevenson at the University of Virginia who established the discipline of reincarnation research by focusing on investigations of young children who remember past lives. He points out that Stevenson and his colleagues have investigated over 2,500 cases of the reincarnation type. About half of these are considered “solved” in that a prior lifetime was identified based upon information provided by the child. Most of these cases are from countries where reincarnation is an accepted concept. He argues that, from these cases, we can infer how reincarnation works. In many cases, the families associated with the prior personality accept such children as the reincarnations of their deceased loved ones.

(Recorded on November 22, 2015)

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Ian Stevenson on Psi Encyclopedia

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Raymond Moody

18/3/2022

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The following is Dr Moody's personal statement from LifeAfterLife.com
​In 1975, I coined the term near-death experience in my book Life After Life. For half a century, I have researched some of life’s greatest mysteries. As both a PhD in philosophy and an MD, I have had a strong interest in how medical realities intersect with the ineffable realm of philosophy. In my multiple roles as author, professor, public speaker and grief counselor, I have heard thousands of accounts of near-death, shared-death and after-death experiences. I never expected that my interest in the afterlife would become such a focus of my life’s work, but it has led me to great associations, friendships and insights.

Throughout my five-decade career, I have explored themes related to the trans-personal aspects of death, dying and grief. In my book Glimpses of Eternity, I discuss the phenomena of shared-death experiences. I write about my inquiry into past lives in my book Coming Back and share methods for evoking the dead, from Ancient Greece to modern times, in my book Reunions.

I also have a passion for language, which I share with my colleague and co-founder of the Life After Life Institute, Lisa Smartt. My PhD in philosophy focused on unintelligibility and my new book Making Sense of Nonsense (Llewellyn 2020) discusses what nonsense teaches us about consciousness and altered states of being.

For years, I have imagined a forum in which leading-edge researchers and thinkers could share their most up-to-date investigations into near-death phenomena while also drawing upon the wisdom of the ancients whose practices and customs clearly recognized a life beyond this one. With the help of my friends and colleagues, I will share with each of you all we have discovered at the most fascinating frontiers of life and death.

​Raymond Moody, MD, PhD

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I'm Convinced Consciousness Survives
Dr. Raymond Moody, who coined the term "near-death experience," offers an introduction to The University of Heaven with an overview of why after 50 years of skeptical inquiry, he is convinced that consciousness survives.

In Search Of The Afterlife with Raymond Moody
Here he reflects upon his lifelong quest to better understand the mystery of death. He acknowledges the existence of the afterlife, saying that he could no longer resist the evidential strength of certain cases. He also shares his passion for the philosophical exploration of near-death reports. He explains how he came to develop a classification scheme for levels and degrees of nonsense. He points out how the study of nonsense can lead to a shift in consciousness, required to fully understand the nature of the afterlife. ​

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Raymond Moody on Psi Encyclopedia
Interview with Dr Jeffrey Mishlove on Thinking Allowed​

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William J Peters

18/3/2022

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William J Peters M.Ed, MFT
William Peters founded the Shared Crossing Project in 2011. It is a local organisation with a global vision - to help create a world where death is honoured and where the mysteries surrounding life, death, and possibilities of an afterlife can be openly discussed and explored.

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At Heaven's Door: What Shared Journeys to the Afterlife Teach About Dying Well and Living Better

​A groundbreaking, authoritative exploration—rich with powerful personal stories and convincing research—of the many ways the living can and do accompany the dying on their journey into the afterlife.

In 2000, end-of-life therapist William Peters was volunteering at the Zen Hospice Project in San Francisco when he had an extraordinary experience as he was reading aloud to a patient: he suddenly felt himself floating in midair, completely out of his body. The patient, who was also aloft, looked at him and smiled. The next moment, Peters felt himself return to his body…but the patient never regained consciousness and died.

Perplexed and stunned by what had happened, Peters began searching for other people who’d shared similar experiences. He would spend the next twenty years gathering and meticulously categorizing their stories to identify key patterns and features of what is now known as the “shared crossing” experience. The similarities, which cut across continents and cultures and include awe-inspiring visual and sensory effects, and powerful emotional after-effects, were impossible to ignore.

Long whispered about in the hospice and medical communities, these extraordinary moments of final passage are openly discussed and explained in At Heaven’s Door. The book is filled with powerful tales of spouses on departing this earth after decades together and bereaved parents who share their children’s entry into the afterlife. Applying rigorous research, Peters digs into the effect these shared crossing experiences impart—liberation at the sight of a loved one finding joy, a sense of reconciliation if the relationship was fraught—and explores questions like: What can explain these shared death experiences? How can we increase our likelihood of having one? What do these experiences tell us about what lies beyond? And, most importantly, how can they help take away the sting of death and better prepare us for our own final moments? How can we have both a better life and a better death?

​At Heaven's Door an interview with author William J. Peters
'In this episode of Jump Start Your Joy, I am interviewing William J. Peters. He is the founder of the Shared Crossing Project and the director of its research initiative. He is the author of the new book, At Heaven’s Door: What Shared Journeys to the Afterlife Teach about Dying Well and Living Better. Recognized as a global leader in the field of shared death studies, he has spent decades studying end of life experiences. He is a practicing grief and bereavement therapist, and he holds degrees from Harvard and UC Berkeley. In this interview, we are talking about understanding shared death experiences.'

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Bernard Carr

17/3/2022

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Bernard Carr (b 1949) is a cosmologist and author, Emeritus Professor of Mathematics and Astronomy at Queen Mary University of London. Carr has a long association with the Society for Psychical Research, serving as its president in 2000-2004. He is interested in the role of consciousness in physics and is working towards a new psycho-physical paradigm linking matter and mind, that accommodates both normal and paranormal mental experiences.
Source: Psi Encyclopedia

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Professor Stephen Hawking supervised Carr's PhD.

​The two scientists have written co-authored papers.
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Carr's mentor, Professor Stephen Hawking, wrote the book A Brief History of Time​: From Big Bang To Black Holes
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Was there a beginning of time? Could time run backwards? Is the universe infinite or does it have boundaries? These are just some of the questions considered in the internationally acclaimed masterpiece by the world renowned physicist - generally considered to have been one of the world's greatest thinkers. It begins by reviewing the great theories of the cosmos from Newton to Einstein, before delving into the secrets which still lie at the heart of space and time, from the Big Bang to black holes, via spiral galaxies and strong theory. To this day A Brief History of Time remains a staple of the scientific canon, and its succinct and clear language continues to introduce millions to the universe and its wonders. This new edition includes updates from Stephen Hawking with his latest thoughts about the No Boundary Proposal and offers new information about dark energy, the information paradox, eternal inflation, the microwave background radiation observations, and the discovery of gravitational waves. It was published in tandem with the app, Stephen Hawking's Pocket Universe.

Carr is co-author of the book Quantum Black Holes.
​​Written by foremost experts, this short book gives a clear description of the physics of quantum black holes. The reader will learn about quantum black holes in four and higher dimensions, primordial black holes, the production of black holes in high energy particle collisions, Hawking radiation, black holes in models of low scale quantum gravity and quantum gravitational aspects of black holes.

He is also editor of the anthology Universe or Multiverse?
Recent developments in cosmology and particle physics, such as the string landscape picture, have led to the remarkable realization that our universe - rather than being unique - could be just one of many universes. The multiverse proposal helps to explain the origin of the universe and some of its observational features. Since the physical constants can be different in other universes, the fine-tunings which appear necessary for the emergence of life may also be explained. Nevertheless, many physicists remain uncomfortable with the multiverse proposal, since it is highly speculative and perhaps untestable. In this volume, a number of active and eminent researchers in the field - mainly cosmologists and particle physicists but also some philosophers - address these issues and describe recent developments. The articles represent the full spectrum of views, providing for the first time an overview of the subject. They are written at different academic levels, engaging lay-readers and researchers alike.

In his capacity as a Council member of the Society for Psychical Research, Professor Carr attended The Scole Experiment as a member of the investigating team.

The Scole Experiment: Scientific Evidence for Life After Death​

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The Scole Report (Proceedings of the Society for Psychical Research Vol. 58, Part 220) is a comprehensive record of the conduct of the investigation of The Scole Experiment, which includes Professor Carr's contribution.

​The Scole Report: An account of an investigation into the Genuineness of a range of Physical Phenomena associated with a Mediumistic Group in Norfolk, England

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In the video Hyperspace, Consciousness, and Time with Bernard Carr he shares, with Jeffrey Mishlove PhD, his thinking about how consciousness and psychic phenomena can best be integrated into theoretical physics. He describes the history of thinking regarding hyperspace as well as his own preferred models of consciousness. He also shares some insights into the nature of time and the "specious present" that we experience as human organisms.
At 40:20 on this video, Carr discusses the hypothesis that 'biofields' could be an explanation for some psi phenomena like ESP or miraculous healing, but there is no current way of measuring them.

Our book, Harry Oldfield's Invisible Universe, a biography of biologist and inventor, Harry Oldfield, discusses Harry's journey of discovery in attempting to detect, measure, and reveal biofields, and other fields.

Measure what is measurable, and make measurable what is not so.
—Galileo Galilei
Harry Oldfield (1953-2019), was a British biologist with a keen interest in the physics of light. He aimed to demonstrate that there is an invisible universe vibrating below the surface of the visible universe which can be be both measured and 'tuned'. 

Psychical Research and Parapsychology with Bernard Carr
​Here he shares his passion for parapsychology and psychical research and describes several of his own experiments. He also reviews the history of these disciplines, from his unique perspective as a physicist and astronomer. The discussion touches on questions of postmortem survival, reincarnation, telepathy, and UFOs. He shares his memories of the late Professor Ian Stevenson as well as his admiration for Sir Oliver Lodge.

Consciousness and Cosmology with Bernard Carr
Here he explains how he has endeavored to maintain professional interests in psychical research, spirituality, physics, and cosmology. He notes that his own interest in the paranormal was stimulated by a series of out-of-body experiences. He suggests that a physical understanding of consciousness will most likely entail a theory incorporating higher dimensions of space. He also describes his work on the anthropic cosmological principle as well as primordial black holes.

Consciousness and Cosmology with Bernard Carr
Here he explains how he has endeavored to maintain professional interests in psychical research, spirituality, physics, and cosmology. He notes that his own interest in the paranormal was stimulated by a series of out-of-body experiences. He suggests that a physical understanding of consciousness will most likely entail a theory incorporating higher dimensions of space. He also describes his work on the anthropic cosmological principle as well as primordial black holes.

Bernard Carr - Can Science and Theology Find Deep Reality?
Some say that science and theology together reveal deep reality. Others say that only science makes sense; theology is myth. Which maximizes knowledge of the most profound issues of existence and human experience? Science alone?

Bernard Carr - Why Cosmic Fine-tuning Demands Explanation
​The universe works for us because deep physical laws seem to work. But if the values of these laws would much change, in either direction, then all we see and know could not exist. No galaxies. No stars. No planets. No people. Do such special physical laws cry out for explanation?

Bernard Carr - Alien Intelligences
Whether there are other intelligences in the vast cosmos is one of the big questions of human existence and perhaps of existence in general. Estimates using probabilities almost always portray a universe teeming with sentient creatures.  Any implication of human uniqueness seems to contradict basic assumptions of science. And yet, there is no sign of alien intelligences, none whatsoever.  Why?

Bernard Carr - Ultimate Questions: Do They Evolve?
​Ask the most fundamental questions; make the most penetrating inquires; probe the deep essence of existence. Push boundaries. Search the foundations of reality. Imagine all that may exist in physics and cosmology, even beyond current understanding. Then ask how such ultimate questions may change over time.

Bernard Carr - Fine-Tuning in Cosmology
​What enables structures to form in the universe?  How did galaxies, stars and planets develop from the primeval plasma soup?  What are the laws of nature that bring about these cosmic bodies and did those laws have to be just so?  Is it legitimate science to see fine-tuning in cosmology?

More Bernard Carr videos on Closer to Truth
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Making space and time for matter and mind
Presentation by Bernard Carr during Essentia Foundation's 2020 online work conference.

Can an Extended Science Bridge the Worlds of Matter, Mind, and Spirit?
A full understanding of the universe must encompass the three worlds of matter, mind and spirit, as well as building bridges between them. While physics has been remarkably successful in describing the material world, from the smallest scales of particle physics to the largest scales of cosmology, it currently makes no reference to consciousness and associated mental or spiritual experiences. Indeed, most physicists adopt a materialist and reductionist view in which consciousness is just an incidental by-product of the brain. However, many arguments from physics itself suggest that consciousness is a fundamental rather than incidental feature of the Universe, so it is natural to extend physics to accommodate it. This is especially true if one believes in certain anomalous interactions between consciousness and the physical world. However, this will require a radically different physical paradigm from the one that currently prevails. Bernard Carr is Emeritus Professor of Mathematics and Astronomy at Queen Mary University of London. His professional area of research is cosmology and relativistic astrophysics and includes such topics as the early universe, black holes, dark matter, and the anthropic principle. His recent books are Universe or Multiverse? (2007) and Quantum Black Holes (2014). He believes that physics must expand to accommodate consciousness and mental phenomena. Professor Carr is President of the Scientific and Medical Network and former president of the Society for Psychical Research.
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Walter Schnittger and Karin Schnittger

16/3/2022

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'I oversaw the security at The Scole Experiment for the "padlocked box" photographic experiments. I have no normal explanation for how the images got onto the film'.
—Dr Walter Schnittger

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From an interview with authors Grant & Jane at the (Society for Psychical Research) Scole Debate in 1999.


​German investigator, Walter Schnittger, is a consultant automotive engineer and his wife, Karin, is an interpreter. They attended a number of experimental sessions at Scole. In his witness testimony to The Scole Experiment authors, Grant & Jane Solomon - at The Scole Debate in London - Walter describes how he bought a roll of film, put the unopened film in the locked security box, and held the box in his hands throughout the session, neither putting it on the table nor allowing anyone else to touch it. He then supervised the development procedure. Despite the film he purchased being unopened and in a locked box in Walter's hand for the whole session, there was writing along the length of the film in the form a German poem. The Schnittger's testimony, and the images from this photographic film, are included in the updated 2006 edition of ​The Scole Experiment: Scientific Evidence for Life After Death

The Dragon Film 'transmitted' to The Scole Experiment 17 Jan 1997.
Walter and Karin also travelled from Germany to supervise the experimental session where the 'Dragon Film' appeared on a film secured in a padlocked box.
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​Below is the transcript of Dr Walter Schnittger's witness testimony from: The Scole Experiment: Scientific Evidence for Life After Death.
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Discover more... read The Scole Experiment and The Scole Report
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TheScoleExperiment.com

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Gary Lachman aka Gary Valentine

12/3/2022

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Gary Lachman [aka Gary Valentine] (1955-) 
Gary Joseph Lachman (born 24 December 1955), also known as Gary Valentine, is an American psi writer and musician. He came to prominence in the mid-1970s as the bass guitarist for rock band Blondie. Since the 1990s, Lachman has written full-time, often about mysticism, occultism, and other psi themes.

The Return of Holy Russia: Apocalyptic History, Mystical Awakening, and the Struggle for the Soul of the World

​A history of how mystical and spiritual influences have shaped Russia’s identity and politics and what it means for the future of world civilisation. This book:
  • Examines Russia’s spiritual history, from its pagan origins and Eastern Orthodox mysticism to secret societies, Rasputin, Roerich, Blavatsky, and Dostoyevsky
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  • Explains the visionary writings of the spiritual philosophers of Russia’s Silver Age, which greatly influence Putin today
 
  • Explores what Russia’s unique identity and its history of messianic politics and apocalyptic thought mean for its future on the world stage

At the turn of the 20th century, a period known as the Silver Age, Russia was undergoing a powerful spiritual and cultural rebirth. It was a time of magic and mysticism that saw a vital resurgence of interest in the occult and a creative intensity not seen in the West since the Renaissance. This was the time of the God-Seekers, pilgrims of the soul and explorers of the spirit who sought the salvation of the world through art and ideas. These sages and their visions of Holy Russia are returning to prominence now through Russian president Vladimir Putin, who, inspired by their ideas, envisions a new “Eurasian” civilization with Russia as its leader.

Exploring Russia’s long history of mysticism and apocalyptic thought, Gary Lachman examines Russia’s unique position between East and West and its potential role in the future of the world. Lachman discusses Russia’s original Slavic paganism and its eager adoption of mystical and apocalyptic Eastern Orthodox Christianity. He explores the Silver Age and its “occult revival” with a look at Rasputin’s prophecies, Blavatsky’s Theosophy, Roerich’s “Red Shambhala,” and the philosophies of Berdyaev and Solovyov. He looks at Russian Rosicrucianism, the Illuminati Scare, Russian Freemasonry, and the rise of other secret societies in Russia. He explores the Russian character as that of the “holy fool,” as seen in the great Russian literature of the 19th century, especially Dostoyevsky. He also examines the psychic research performed by the Russian government throughout the 20th century and the influence of Evola and the esoteric right on the spiritual and political milieus in Russia.

Through in-depth exploration of the philosophies that inspire Putin’s political regime and a look at Russia’s unique cultural identity, Lachman ponders what they will mean for the future of Russia and the world. What drives the Russian soul to pursue the apocalypse? Will these philosophers lead Russia to dominate the world, or will they lead it into a new cultural epoch centered on spiritual power and mystical wisdom?

Reviews: The Return of Holy Russia
​“Russia is neither the West nor the East. It is both. And it participates in deep Christian mystical, indigenous, esoteric, and occult currents that were mostly lost or forgotten in Western Christianity and actively suppressed in secular modernity. In his new book, Gary Lachman shows us why the return of these esoteric currents via the new (and old) claim of a ‘Holy Russia’ is so important, why such nationalist theologies cannot really be our answer, but also why particular Russian thinkers can point us in the right direction--toward a ‘third way’ beyond pure reason and past faith toward a new or future gnosis, or knowing-with, that ‘all is good.’ This sounds outrageous to many a modern ear, of course. Hence the importance of this book.” Jeffrey J. Kripal, author of Secret Body: Erotic and Esoteric Currents in the History of Religions
“Gary Lachman’s The Return of Holy Russia, gives us perspectives on Russia’s spiritual history we sorely need. It helps us understand why the Putin administration has trouble giving up its entanglements with Ukraine, why many Russians will match their claims of ‘exceptionalism’ against America’s, why Russian thinkers reject America’s claim to worldwide moral leadership, and why Transpersonal Psychology is flourishing to a greater degree in Russia than it is in American where it was born. Today, as Russia and the West sink into confrontations that threaten the world with accidental nuclear war, we need the rich understandings of Russia’s culture that Lachman’s book provides.” Michael Murphy, cofounder and Chairman Emeritus of the Board of the Esalen Institute

Gary Lachman books
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Gary Lachman Video Interviews on New Thinking Allowed with Jeffrey Mishlove
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The Life and Work of Rudolf Steiner
Magick and Politics
Madame Blavatsky and Theosophy
Colin Wilson: Existentialism Meets The Occult
The Life and Ideas of Emanuel Swedenborg
The Magickal Legacy of Aleister Crowley
P. D. Ouspensky and the Gurdjieff Work
The Hermetic Tradition and Hermes Trismegistus
Lost Knowledge of the Imagination
Esoteric Dimensions of Carl Jung
Unraveling the Mystery of Holy Russia
Dreamtime
What Is Time?

Gary Lachman links

GaryLachman.co.uk
California Institute of Integral Studies
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Blondie
New Thinking Allowed

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Chris Carter

11/3/2022

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Chris Carter (1956-)
​Christopher Carl Carter (born 13 October 1956) is an American television and film producer, director, and writer who gained fame in the 1990s as the creator of the Fox science fiction supernatural drama series The X-Files. This series contains many psi themes which qualify it for inclusion in the 'psi-fi genre'.

The X-Files
An American science fiction drama television series created by Chris Carter. The series revolves around Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) special agents Fox Mulder (David Duchovny), and Dana Scully (Gillian Anderson) who investigate X-Files: marginalized, unsolved cases involving psi phenomena.

The X-Files Story Arc(s)
At the start of their investigations, Mulder believes in the existence of aliens and the paranormal while Scully, a medical doctor and a skeptic, is assigned to scientifically analyze Mulder's discoveries, offer alternate rational theories to his work, and thus return him to mainstream cases. Early in the series, both agents become pawns in a larger conflict and come to trust only each other and a few select people. The agents also discover an agenda of the government to keep secret the existence of extraterrestrial life. They develop a close relationship which begins as a platonic friendship, but becomes a romance by the end of the series. In addition to the series-spanning story arc, 'monster of the week' episodes form roughly two-thirds of all episodes.

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Alan Gauld

10/3/2022

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​Alan Gauld (1932-)
A British psychologist who taught biological psychology and neuropsychology at the University of Nottingham. Dr Gauld is well-known in the psi research community for his investigations and commentary, notably in the areas of poltergeists, mediumship and the early history of psychical research. He is a past president of the Society for Psychical Research (SPR). He is author of the critically-acclaimed A History of Hypnotism. Also author of Mediumship and Survival and The Founders of Psychical Research.

A History of Hypnotism
In 1778, Franz Anton Mesmer introduced to Paris his theory of 'animal magnetism' and so began a school of thought which gradually spread across Europe and America. This book traces the history of the phenomena, practice and theory of mesmerism, hypnotism and multiple personality disorder. It discusses the ideas and influences of leading figures in the movement and decribes the use of the techniques in medical practice. Case histories and anecdotal accounts are used throughout to provide a fascinating insight into this controversial subject. In his epilogue, Gauld discusses modern approaches to hypnotism and multiple personality disorder, the role of hypnotism in clinical practice, and offers some ideas for understanding these intriguing phenomena. This detailed and scholarly work will be of interest to psychiatrists, psychologists and medical historians, as well as to the interested general reader.

Mediumship and Survival: A Century of Investigations
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(The Paranormal series)*
Whether or not we survive physical death is one of humanity's most fundamental concerns. Here Dr Gauld draws on a century of evidence - mediumship, reincarnation, obsession, possession, hauntings and apparitions all seem to indicate survival. This is a compulsively readable assessment of evidence for and against survival and an excellent introduction to the field of psychical research.

​The Founders of Psychical Research
Originally published in 1968. Centred upon the lives and work of Henry Sidgwick, Edmund Gurney, and Frederic Myers—prominent in the Society for Psychical Research (SPR)—during its early years: it is not a history of the Society. It passes over important aspects of the S.P.R.’s story and deals at some length with matters quite outside it. The book frequently gives accounts of ‘paranormal’ phenomena which if indeed they occurred, would not be explainable through any recognisable hypothesis, but are treated throughout as unexplained.

*The Paranormal is an ebook series from F&W Media International Ltd, resurrecting rare titles, classic publications and out-of-print texts, as well as new ebook titles on the supernatural - other-worldly books for the digital age. The series includes a range of paranormal subjects from angels, fairies and UFOs to near-death experiences, vampires, ghosts and witchcraft.
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Philip K Dick

2/3/2022

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Philip K Dick: the writer who witnessed the future

By Adam Scovell - 2nd March 2022


Writers of science fiction often feel more prescient than others. Whether it's the threat to women's rights in the work of Margaret Atwood, the architectural and social dystopias of JG Ballard's novels, or the internet-predicting world of E M Forster's The Machine Stops (1909), the genre is replete with prophetic writers dealing with ever more familiar issues.

Out of all such writers, few seem a more unlikely seer of our times than the US author Philip K Dick, who died 40 years ago today at the age of 53. In a remarkably prolific 30-year period of work, Dick authored 44 novels and countless short stories, adaptations of which went on to redefine science fiction on screen – in particular Ridley Scott's Blade Runner (1982), which was based on Dick's story Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? and Paul Verhoeven's Total Recall (1990), which took his 1966 short story We Can Remember It for You Wholesale as its source material. More recently Dick's novel The Man in the High Castle (1962) has been turned into a hit Amazon series.

The man behind the visionary worlds

Dick was not simply an effective writer of strange fictions, but an unusual person in his own right. Burdened by deteriorating mental health, visions, and what he alleged were all manner of paranormal experiences – many of which were woven into his expansive oeuvre – Dick had a troubled and fragmented relationship with reality. In the 1970s, the author began to experience two parallel timelines of his own life, his thoughts invaded in 1974 by what he told interviewer Charles Platt was a "transcendentally rational mind", something he had many names for, but chiefly VALIS; an acronym for Vast Active Living Intelligence System. It became the subject of one of his late semi-autobiographical works, the 1981 novel VALIS, published not long before his death.

Read more... Source - BBC

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Al-Masudi

25/2/2022

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​Al-Masudi (c. 896-956)
An Arab historian, geographer, and traveler. He is sometimes referred to as the 'Herodotus of the Arabs'.

Al-Masudi was a polymath and prolific author of over twenty works on theology, history (Islamic and universal), geography, natural science, and philosophy, his celebrated magnum opus Murūj al-Dhahab wa-Ma'ādin al-Jawhar, combines universal history with scientific geography, social commentary and biography, and is published in English as The Meadows of Gold.

Al-Masudi and The Arabian Nights
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​The Arabian Nights aren’t just from Arabia. Dating back as far as the C10th, these tales have origins in North African, Arabic, Turkish, Persian, Indian, and East Asian cultures. ​In 947, Al-Masudi describes a large collection of a thousand tales from all over the ancient world that he calls the Persian Hazar afsana (A Thousand Stories). The stories circulated for centuries, with new folk tales and renditions being added to the mix over the years.

​The Arabian Nights by Richard Francis Burton
Psi plays a major part in Asian art and literature. In A Thousand and One Nights, (aka The Arabian Nights), newlywed, Scheherazade, captivates her husband with bedtime tales of djinns (jinns/genies) and other psi mysteries in order to stay alive.

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PSI PEOPLE A-Z


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​AESCHYLUS: Aeschylus (525-456 BCE)
AKSAKOV: Alexander Aksakov {aka Aksakof} (1832–1903)
AL-MASUDI: Al-Masudi (c. 896-956)
​AUERBACH: Loyd Auerbach (1956-)

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​BACKSTER: Cleve Backster (1924-2013)
BALFOUR: Arthur Balfour (1848-1930)
BALFOUR: Gerald Balfour (1853-1945)
BARRETT: William Barrett (1845-1925)
BELOFF: John Beloff (1920-2006)
BENDER: Hans Bender (1907-1991)
BERGSON Henri Bergson (1859-1941)
BESTERMAN: Theodore Besterman (1904-1976)
BOSANQUET: Theodora Bosanquet (1881-1961)
BOZZANO: Ernesto Bozzano (1862-1943)
BRAUD: William G Braud ((1942-2012)

C
CARINGTON: Whately Carington (1892-1947)
CARR: Bernard Carr (1949-)

CARRINGTON: Hereward Carrington (1880-1958)
​CARTER: Chris Carter (1956-)

CASSIRER: Manfred Cassirer (1920-2003)
CHRISTIE-MURRAY: David Christie-Murray (1913-2010)
CORNELL: Tony Cornell (1923-2010)
CROOKES: William Crookes (1832-1919)
CURIE: Marie Curie (1867-1934)
CURIE: Pierre Curie (1859-1906)

D
​DAVIS: Andrew Jackson Davis (1826-1910)
DESSOIR: Max Dessoir (1867-1941)
DICK: Philip K Dick

DINGWALL: Eric Dingwall (1890-1986)
DODDS: ER Dodds (1893-1979)
DOYLE: Arthur Conan Doyle (1859-1930)
DRAYTON THOMAS: Charles Drayton Thomas (1868-1953)
DRIESCH: Hans Driesch (1867-1941)
DUCASSE: CJ Ducasse (1881-1969)

E
​​EDMONDS: John W Edmonds (1799-1874)
EISENBUDD: Jule Eisenbud (1908-1999)
ELLISON: Arthur Ellison (1920-2000)
EVANS: Hilary Evans (1929-2011)

F
FAIRFIELD: Letitia Fairfield (1885-1978)
FENWICK: Peter Fenwick
FIELDING: Everard Feilding (1867-1936)
FLAMMARION: Camille Flammarion (1842-1925)
FLOURNOY: Théodore Flournoy (1854-1920)
FODOR: Nandor Fodor (1895-1964)
FONTANA: David Fontana (1934-2010)

G
​GARLAND: Hamlin Garland (1861-1940)
GAULD: Alan Gauld (1932-)

GELEY: Gustave Geley (1868-1924)
GILBERT: Mostyn Gilbert (1924-1992)
GOLDNEY: Mollie Goldney (1895-1992)
GREEN: Andrew Green (1927-2004)
GREGORY: Anita Gregory (1925-1984)
GROSSE: Maurice Grosse (1919-2006)
GURNEY: Edmund Gurney (1847-1888)

H
​HARDY: Alister Hardy (1896-1985)
HARE: Robert Hare (1781-1858)
HERBERT: Benson Herbert (1912-1991)
HEYWOOD: Rosalind Heywood (1895-1980)
HODGSON: Richard Hodgson (1855-1905)
HONORTON: Charles Honorton (1946-1992)
HYSLOP: James Hyslop (1854-1920)

I
​​INGLIS: Brian Inglis (1916-1993)

J
​​JAMES: William James (1842-1910)
JOAD: CEM Joad (1891-1953

K
​KEEN: Montague Keen (1926-2004)
KOESTLER: Arthur Koestler (1905-1983)

L
LACHMAN: Gary Lachman [aka Gary Valentine] (1955-)
LAMBERT: Guy Lambert (1889-1984)
LANG: Andrew Lang (1844-1912)
LOMBROSO: Cesare Lombroso (1835-1909)
LYTTELTON: Edith Lyttelton (1865-1948)

M
MACKENZIE: Andrew Mackenzie (1911-2001)
MARCEL: Gabriel Marcel (1889-1973)
MCCONNELL: Robert A McConnell (1914-2006)
MCDOUGAL: William McDougall (1871-1938)
MEDHURST: George Medhurst (1920-1971)
​MISHLOVE: Jeffrey Mishlove (1946-)
MOODY: Raymond Moody (1944-)
MORRIS: Robert Morris (1942-2004)
MORSELLI: Enrico Morselli (1852-1929)
MUNDLE: Clement Mundle (1916-1989)
MURPHY: Gardner Murphy (1895-1979)
MURRAY: Gilbert Murray (1866-1957)
MYERS: Frederic WH Myers (1843-1901) ​

N
​​NICOL: John Fraser Nicol (?-1989)
NOYES: Ralph Noyes (1923-1998)

O
​OSIS: Karlis Osis (1917-1997)
OWEN: ARG Owen (1919-2003)

P
​​PETERS: William J Peters
PEROVSKY-PETROVO-SOLOVONO: Count Perovsky-Petrovo-Solovovo (1868-1954)
PHILLIMORE: Mercy Phillimore (1885-1975)​
PIDDINGTON: John Piddington (1869-1952)
PIERCE: Charles Peirce (1839–1914)
PODMORE: Frank Podmore (1856-1910)
PRATT: JG Pratt (1910-1979)
PRICE: Harry Price (1881-1948)
PRICE: HH Price (1899-1984)
PRIESTLY: JB Priestley (1894-1984)
PRINCE: Walter Franklin Prince (1863-1934)
PUHARICH: Andrija Puharich (1918-1995)

Q
​

R
​RHINE: JB Rhine (1895-1980)
RHINE: Louisa E Rhine (1891-1983)
RICHET: Charles Richet (1850-1935)
ROBINSON: Chris Robinson (1951)

ROGO: David Scott Rogo (1950-1990)
ROLL: William Roll (1926-2012)
ROY: Archie Roy (1924-2012)

S
​SALTER: William Salter (1880-1969)
SALTMARSH: HF Saltmarsh (1881-1943)
SCHMEIDLER: Gertrude Schmeidler (1912-2009)
​SCHNITTGER: Karin Schnittger
SCHNITTGER: Walter Schnittger
SCHRENK-NOTZING: Albert von Schrenck-Notzing (1862-1929)
SEMKIW: Walter Semkiw
SHELDRAKE: Rupert Sheldrake (1942)
SHRODER: Tom Shroder
SIDGWICK: Eleanor Sidgwick (1845-1936)
SIDGWICK: Henry Sidgwick (1838-1900)
SOAL: SG Soal (1890-1975)
STEAD: William T Stead (1849-1912)
STEVENSON: Ian Stevenson, (1918-2007)
STRATTON: FJM Stratton (1881-1960)
STRUTT: John Strutt, 3rd Baron Rayleigh (1842-1919)
STRUTT: Robert Strutt, 4th Baron Rayleigh (1875-1947) 
SUDRE: René Sudre (1880-1968)

T
​TENHAEFF: WHC Tenhaeff (1894-1981)
THALBOURNE: Michael A Thalbourne (1955-2010)
THOULESS: Robert Thouless (1894-1984)
THURSTON: Herbert Thurston (1856-1939)
TYRELL: GNM Tyrrell (1879-1952)

U
​
ULLMAN: Montague Ullman (1916-2008)
UNDERWOOD: Peter Underwood (1923-2014)

V
VALENTINE: Gary Valentine [aka Gary Lachman] (1955-)
VERRALL: Margaret Verrall (1857-1916)

W
​WALLACE: Alfred Russel Wallace (1823-1913)
WARCOLLIER: René Warcollier (1881-1962)
WHITEMAN: Michael Whiteman (1906-2007)

X

Y
​

Z
ZÖLLNER: Johann Friedrich Zöllner (1834–1882)
ZORAB: George Zorab (1898-1990)
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