Parapsychology Revolution : A Concise Anthology of Paranormal and Psychical Research

by Schoch, Robert M. (Author); Yonavjak, Logan (Author)

• ISBN13: 9781585426164
• ISBN10: 1585426164
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2008-01-31
• Publisher: Tarcher

Summary

Grounded in both scientific acumen and constructive inquiry, this anthology shines a rare, clarifying light on the controversial realms of psychical and paranormal research, surveying reports, essays, and arguments from more than a century of investigation into matters such as clairvoyance, telepathy, and past-life regression. In the past one hundred and twenty-five years-despite a relative paucity of funding and the troubling persistence of fraud-serious inquiry into the paranormal, particularly as it relates to clairvoyance and psychical perception, has successfully entered the scientific age. Studies in the modern laboratory, employing rigorous methodology and peer-reviewed oversight, have conclusively detected statistical anomalies that suggest the presence of some not yet understood faculty of the human mind. In The Parapsychology Revolution, Robert M. Schoch, Ph.D.-a scholar widely known for his geological theories that question the conventional dating of the Great Sphinx-and researcher Logan Yonavjak introduce and anthologize core writings that underscore the range and continuing challenges of psychical research. The book's extensive introduction and the editors' commentary on individual essays and sections highlight milestones, feuds, and key players that mark the nascent history of this fascinating and important field of research. Finally, The Parapsychology Revolutionaddresses and clarifies the all-important question: Is there legitimate evidence for a world beyond the ordinary?

Author Biography

Robert M. Schoch, Ph.D., a full-time faculty member at the College of General Studies at Boston University since 1984, earned his Ph.D. in geology and geophysics at Yale University. A graduate of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill,

LOGAN YONAVJAK has been active with the Rhine Research Center in Durham, North Carolina, the nation's premier facility for studying the paranormal.

Table of Contents

Introduction: Taking the Paranormal Seriously	p. 1
Spontaneous Instances of the Paranormal	p. 59
Telepathy and Monitions	p. 65
Crisis Apparitions and the Theory of Chance-Coincidence, 1886	p. 65
On the Frequency of Monitions, 1923	p. 87
Mediumship: Quasi-Spontaneous Psi	p. 94
On Trance Phenomena of Mrs. Piper, 1890	p. 94
Poltergeists: Spontaneous Psychokinesis	p. 103
Poltergeists, Electromagnetism and Consciousness, 2003	p. 105
Notes on Reincarnation	p. 123
Experimental and Laboratory Work on the Paranormal	p. 127
Extra-Sensory Perception, 1934	p. 131
The Psychokinetic Effect, 1943	p. 137
Information, Consciousness, and Health, 1996	p. 144
Replication and Meta-Analysis in Parapsychology, 1991	p. 163
Some Practical Applications of Psi Studies	p. 205
Biology and Healing	p. 212
Distance Healing: Evidence, 2007	p. 216
Remote Viewing	p. 232
Unconventional Human Intelligence Support: Transcendent and Asymmetric Warfare Implications of Remote Viewing, 2001	p. 232
Overviews and Reflections on Psi	p. 253
Skeptics and Debunkers of the Paranormal	p. 255
On Some Unfair Practices Towards Claims of the Paranormal, 1998	p. 255
The Elusive Nature of Psi	p. 265
What Is Beyond the Edge of the Known World?, 2003	p. 265
Theories of Psi	p. 300
Theories on the Physical Basis of Psi, 1997	p. 300
Psi, Science, and Society	p. 309
Some Thoughts Inspired by the Essay Title: "How the Scientific Establishment's Acceptance of ESP and PK Would Influence Contemporary Society,", 1992	p. 309
Concluding Remarks	p. 329
Thinking Clearly About the Paranormal. Where Do We, the Compilers, Stand? The Future of Parapsychology, and the Future of the Planet	p. 329
Acknowledgments	p. 355
Permissions	p. 357
Sources and Readings	p. 359
Index	p. 403
About the Compilers	p. 421
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