Category: Parapsychology

  • ESP: What can science say?

    ESP: What can science say?

    Ever answer a phone call, only to hear the person you were just thinking of on the other end? Ever had a dream about something that later actually happened? Ever felt like somebody read your mind? Some people may interpret these sorts of experiences as extrasensory perception, or ESP. ESP…

  • The 9 Most Convincing Parapsychology Studies Ever Conducted

    The 9 Most Convincing Parapsychology Studies Ever Conducted

    The existence of paranormal research suggests that even the most hardened of skeptics want to believe that “there are more things on heaven and earth that are dreamt of in their philosophies,” to paraphrase Shakespeare. However, accredited scientific research into the paranormal remains controversial. Even comprehensive and evidence-heavy studies are often still considered…

  • Introduction to Parapsychology

    Introduction to Parapsychology

    Fundamentals of paranormal research About Parapsychology and Psychical Research Psychical Research and Parapsychology are scientific approaches to the study of apparently paranormal phenomena. The “paranormal” (beside or beyond the normal) refers to unusual experiences that do not seem to be explainable in terms of our everyday understanding or known scientific…

  • 30 Witnesses Say: “No One Really Dies”

    30 Witnesses Say: “No One Really Dies”

    When an aging friend appeared to be suffering from “existential angst” as he recovered from serious health challenges, I gave him one of my books, No One Really Dies, in the hope that he might see a larger and brighter picture of what’s ahead if he didn’t survive much longer in…

  • Feuds & Regrets in the Afterlife

    Feuds & Regrets in the Afterlife

    The story of the Ross sisters, as communicated through the mediumship of Geraldine Cummins, (below) perhaps the most accomplished automatist of the 20th Century, suggests that family grudges and feuds carry over into the afterlife if not resolved before death. The story also suggests that we can have concerns and…

  • Alien Bases In The Mountains! The Remarkable Remote-Viewing Revelations Of Pat Price

    Alien Bases In The Mountains! The Remarkable Remote-Viewing Revelations Of Pat Price

    While many people find the idea of alien visitors as at least something plausible, the notion of extraterrestrial bases right here on Earth providing a permanent presence to these otherworldly beings is quite simply a step too far. The fact is, though, there are many claims and suggestions of just…

  • Science of the Paranormal: Can You Trust Your Own Mind?

    Science of the Paranormal: Can You Trust Your Own Mind?

    (Image credit: © Michal Bednarek | Dreamstime.com) “No live organism can continue for long to exist sanely under conditions of absolute reality; even larks and katydids are supposed, by some, to dream. Hill House, not sane, stood by itself against its hills, holding darkness within; it had stood for eighty…

  • The Real Science Behind Paranormal Phenomena

    The Real Science Behind Paranormal Phenomena

    MANY PEOPLE ACCEPT AS TRUE, or at least partially true, numerous assertions that seem laughable or absurd to critics. A Harris poll a few years back reported that only 47 percent of adult Americans accepted the reality of evolution: more than half the population still denies the basic lynchpin of scientific biology.…

  • Is it possible to study ghosts & apparitions?

    Is it possible to study ghosts & apparitions?

    If we are considering studying from a scientific perspective based on hypothesis and replication, then we will certainly be facing major issues. A considerable number of anomalous experiences are subjective, deeply personal, and meaningful to the individual. Scientific observations and studies do not generally include `pseudoscientific` theories. Therefore, the study…

  • Physicists probe the paranormal

    Physicists probe the paranormal

    “The question of whether paranormal phenomena actually exist probably divides educated members of modern Western civilization as sharply as any other single issue. If it is true that the human brain can receive messages and control things in ways that cannot be explained normally, then this undermines the belief of…