Parapsychology in the Twenty-First Century: Essays on the Future of Psychical ResearchBy now, parapsychology should have become an accepted scientific field of research. However, there is great resistance to parapsychological research despite the strength of evidence in favor of conducting it. This collection of essays focuses on the future of the psychical research field. One essay speculates about a kind of future when psychic phenomena are studied in every university. Another identifies 10 areas of potential difficulty facing parapsychology. Other essays indicate areas where conclusions may need re-examination and refinement and presents possibilities for innovative approaches to future study. Some of the areas of study covered include altered states of consciousness, ESP, Meta-Analysis, the theory of psychopraxia, and sociological and phenomenological issues. |
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Contents
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| 9 | |
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Future Choices | 38 |
Psi and Altered States of ConsciousnessAdrian Parker | 65 |
Psi From Untrodden Ground | 90 |
Their Past and Their | 124 |
Recommendations in Retrospect | 167 |
Tackling the MindMatter Problem from a Consciousness | 220 |
Perspectives for the Future | 242 |
A Socioempirical Perspective on Skepticism about | 275 |
Language and the Study of Parapsychological Phenomena | 305 |
Hypotheses for Psychical | 337 |
Unveiling Psi Through | 361 |
About the Contributors | 377 |
Index | 383 |
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Page 279 - That gravity should be innate, inherent and essential to matter, so that one body may act upon another at a distance through a vacuum, without the mediation of anything else, by and through which their action and force may be conveyed from one to another, is to me so great an absurdity, that I believe no man who has in philosophical matters a competent faculty of thinking, can ever fall into it.
Page 279 - ... a vacuum, without the mediation of anything else, by and through which their action and force may be conveyed from one to another, is to me so great an absurdity, that I believe no man who has in philosophical matters a competent faculty of thinking, can ever fall into it. Gravity must be caused by an agent acting constantly according to certain laws ; but whether this agent be material or immaterial, I have left to the consideration of my readers.
Page 11 - I say it is a scandal that the dispute as to the reality of these phenomena should still be going on, that so many competent witnesses should have declared their belief in them, that so many others should be profoundly interested in having the question determined, and yet that the educated world, as a body, should still be simply in the attitude of incredulity.
Page 336 - Empty parentheses indicate the presence of an unclear fragment on the tape, (guess) The words within a single bracket indicate the transcriber's best guess at an unclear fragment. A full stop indicates a stopping fall in tone. It does not necessarily indicate the end of a sentence. , A comma indicates a continuing intonation.
Page 336 - ... a time gap in tenths of a second. (.) A dot enclosed in a bracket indicates a pause in the talk of less than two-tenths of a second. = The 'equals' sign indicates 'latching
Page 276 - Whereas we now have fairly detailed knowledge of the myths and circumcision rituals of exotic tribes, we remain relatively ignorant of the details of equivalent activity among tribes of scientists whose work is commonly heralded as having startling or at least extremely significant effects on our civilization.
Page 336 - With the exception of proper nouns, capital letters indicate a section of speech noticeably louder than that surrounding it. Degree signs are used to indicate that the talk they encompass is spoken noticeably quieter than the surrounding talk. Thaght A 'gh' indicates that word in which it is placed had a guttural pronunciation. > < 'More than' and 'less than' signs indicate that the talk they encompass was produced noticeably quicker than the surrounding talk.
Page 12 - We must drive the objector into the position of being forced either to admit the phenomena as inexplicable, at least by him, or to accuse the investigators either of lying or cheating or of a blindness or forgetfulness incompatible with any intellectual condition except absolute idiocy.
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| Title | Parapsychology in the Twenty-First Century: Essays on the Future of Psychical Research |
| Editors | Michael A. Thalbourne, Lance Storm |
| Edition | illustrated |
| Publisher | McFarland, 2004 |
| ISBN | 0786484462, 9780786484461 |
| Length | 396 pages |
| Subjects | › › Body, Mind & Spirit / Parapsychology / General |
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