Download or read book Psience Fiction written by Damien Broderick and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2018-05-31 with total page 246 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Science fiction has often been considered the literature of futuristic technology: fantastic warfare among the stars or ruinous apocalypses on Earth. The last century, however, saw, through John W. Campbell, the introduction of "psience fiction," which explores such themes of mental powers as telepathy, precognition of the future, teleportation, etc.--and symbolic machines that react to such forces. The author surveys this long-ignored literary shift through a series of influential novels and short stories published between the 1930s and the present. This discussion is framed by the sudden surge of interest in parapsychology and its absorption not only into the SF genre, but also into the real world through military experiments such as the Star Gate Program.

Download or read book Encyclopedia of Occultism and Parapsychology written by Leslie A. Shepard and published by . This book was released on 1978 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Parapsychology written by John Beloff and published by . This book was released on 1997 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Extrasensory Perception written by Edwin C. May and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2015-06-23 with total page 873 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Scholars from around the world collaborate to explain the history of parapsychology, the study of extrasensory perception (ESP), and the arguments of skeptics and supporters in this fascinating collection. This two-volume set introduces ESP—also known as anomalous cognition—and psychokinesis, addressing the history, research, philosophy, and scientific theories surrounding the phenomena. With contributions from leading research scientists from within the field of parapsychology and other areas of study, this reference addresses the fundamental questions that the evidence of ESP evokes; examines parapsychology research from all over the world; and explores the controversies, skepticism, and contemporary criticism disparaging the field. Written for a multidisciplinary audience ranging from physicists to psychologists to lay persons, the volumes present the scientific validity of the field. Volume 1 addresses the historical, philosophical, skeptical, and research viewpoints; volume 2 lays out the current theories on ESP. Chapters reveal how strict scientific protocols and state-of-the-art technologies enable scientists—at sites such as Harvard and Cornell universities to their international counterparts in Amsterdam, Austria, and Asia—to pinpoint and investigate ESP abilities. Appendices include a glossary of key terms in parapsychology, ESP research protocol, ESP research organizations, skeptic associations, and recommended reading.

Download or read book The Psychology of the Paranormal written by David Groome and published by Psychology of Everything. This book was released on 2019 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Explores some commonly held beliefs regarding experiences so strange they can defy an obvious scientific explanation. The book explains how psychologists have conducted experiments to provide insight into phenomena such as clairvoyance, astrology, and alien abduction, as well as teaching us fundamental truths about human belief systems

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Download or read book Pseudoscience and the Paranormal written by Terence Hines and published by Prometheus Books. This book was released on 2010-09-30 with total page 516 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Television, the movies, and computer games fill the minds of their viewers with a daily staple of fantasy, from tales of UFO landings, haunted houses, and communication with the dead to claims of miraculous cures by gifted healers or breakthrough treatments by means of fringe medicine. The paranormal is so ubiquitous in one form of entertainment or another that many people easily lose sight of the distinction between the real and the imaginary, or they never learn to make the distinction in the first place. In this thorough review of pseudoscience and the paranormal in contemporary life, psychologist Terence Hines teaches readers how to carefully evaluate all such claims in terms of scientific evidence.Hines devotes separate chapters to psychics; life after death; parapsychology; astrology; UFOs; ancient astronauts, cosmic collisions, and the Bermuda Triangle; faith healing; and more. New to this second edition are extended sections on psychoanalysis and pseudopsychologies, especially recovered memory therapy, satanic ritual abuse, facilitated communication, and other questionable psychotherapies. There are also new chapters on alternative medicine, which is now marketed in our drug stores, and on environmental pseudoscience, with special emphasis on the evidence that certain technologies like cell phones or environmental agents like asbestos cause cancer.Finally, Hines discusses the psychological causes for belief in the paranormal despite overwhelming evidence to the contrary. This valuable, highly interesting, and completely accessible analysis critiques the whole range of current paranormal claims.

Download or read book Book of Knowledge Psychic Facts written by Nellie Craib Beighle and published by . This book was released on 1911 with total page 598 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

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Download or read book An Introduction to the Psychology of Paranormal Belief and Experience written by Tony Jinks and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2011-10-19 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When someone admits to a strange experience, such as witnessing an unidentified flying object, having telepathic hunches, or seeing angels or ghosts, listeners usually explain it away as mistaken perception, intoxication, ignorance, or even mental illness. Though these unsympathetic psychology-based explanations remain the most popular responses to claims of the supernatural, those who use them often have little understanding of what such dismissive "solutions" actually entail. This study offers a balanced and accessible analysis of various explanations for the paranormal. By providing insight into how these theories are applied, or misapplied, to inquiry into the paranormal, it clarifies the relationship between the field of psychology and the supernatural. Instructors considering this book for use in a course may request an examination copy here.

Download or read book Manual of Psychometry written by Joseph Rodes Buchanan and published by . This book was released on 1885 with total page 528 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

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Download or read book Highest Echelons written by Ken A. Jackson and published by Exposure Publishing. This book was released on 2006-07-01 with total page 212 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the first book to be published from Ken A. Jackson's Highest Echelons series. This book is about my perceptions of the paranormal. It asks the questions and opens debate on ghosts and aliens, it ponders the idea of a universal energy that guides us, and asks 'is this God?' It contemplates the responsibility of science in the paranormal, and looks at our perceptions of truth and reality.

Download or read book The Inner Life of Objects written by Maxine Gauthier Combs and published by CALYX Books. This book was released on 2000 with total page 196 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A look at the search for meaning and the bizarre ways in which lives and objects are interconnected.

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Download or read book Paranormal Realities III written by Keith Edward Johnson and published by . This book was released on 2014-04-02 with total page 290 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Paranormal Realities III, the third installment in the series, demonologist Keith Johnson (formerly of TAPS and SyFy's Ghost Hunters) shares more of his most intriguing experiences from over four decades of investigating the paranormal. In these short stories Keith describes assisting clients and families with malevolent hauntings and shares interesting accounts of local New England folklore.