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Routledge
272 Pages
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Routledge
272 Pages
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Routledge
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Psychic and other exceptional experiences are surprisingly common but opinions as to their causes vary widely. Can tricks of the mind such as hallucinations, mistaken perception and errors of judgement explain such phenomena or does some yet to be understood non-sensory means of communication come into play? In Parapsychology, leading researchers from both the UK and the USA combine their... Read more
List of Illustrations. About the authors. Acknowledgements. Introduction. Part 1. Parapsychology. J. Henry, Parapsychology. J. Milton, Methodology. D. Delanoy, Meta-analyses. C. Watt, Psychological Factors. C.C. French, Scepticism. Part 2. Paranormal Cognition. S.A. Cohn-Simmen, Second Sight. J. Beloff, J. Henry, Extra-sensory Perception. K. Hearne, J. Henry, Precognition and Premonitions. R. Sheldrake, Animal Psi. Part 3. Paranormal Action. J. Henry, Psychokinesis. D. Benor, Healing. S. Krippner, Shamanism. Part 4. Anomalous Experience. J. Henry, Coincidence. A. MacKenzie, J. Henry, Apparitions and Encounters. S. Blackmore, Out-of-body Experiences. S. Blackmore, Near-death Experiences. R. Taylor, Imagery. Part 5. After-life Associations. A. Gauld, Survival. I. Stevenson, Reincarnation. M. Perry, Religion. Appendices. Glossary. W. Poynton, Websites, Organisations and Journals. Index.
Biography
Jane Henry is a psychologist and senior lecturer at the Open University where she chairs the Experiential Research Group. She was founding Chair of the British Psychological Society's Consciousness and Experiential Psychology Section.
'..the later chapters manage to be minor masterpieces of concise, authoritative exposition.' - by Dr. Roger Straughan, in The Christian Parapsychologist v.16 no.7, Sep 2005.
