A number of SPR members will be participating in the forthcoming Science Weekend at the Arthur Findlay Centre, Stone Road, Stafford, 13-15 May 2016.
Course tutors are Chris Connelly, Prof. Chris Roe, David Saunders and Rachel Evenden. The weekend is subtitled 'Practical experience of research with mediumship'.
The Arthur Findlay Centre promotional flyer:
Spiritualism is grounded in providing verifiable evidence for the survival of bodily death. However, mediumistic phenomena are a challenge to the materialistic world view that underpins much of modern day science and many scientists are quite happy to dismiss the evidence out of hand. However, a small but dedicated community of scientists do take the claims of Spiritualism seriously and have conducted extensive research into its phenomena using rigorous — and at times ingenious — methods.
This three day course will introduce you to some of these approaches, and give you an opportunity to work with them as you investigate the relationship between states of consciousness (as measured by EEG) and trance phenomena; ways of testing the evidence for “normal” explanations such as cold reading; using technology to explore the physiology of healing; and qualitative approaches to understanding the therapeutic role of mediumship.
All classes will involve practical workshops and sharing of discoveries and will be facilitated by experts in the field from the University of Northampton. As part of the course Dr David Luke from Greenwich University will give a lecture on Saturday evening which will consider the relationship between mediumship and Shamanism and he will also talk about his research on spirit communication in Shamanic cultures in South America.
Course Fee includes lunch, refreshments and all tuition fees plus entrance to the Saturday evening lecture An evening meal can be purchased by prior arrangement with the Centre at a cost of £7.50 13th - 15th May, 2016 • Number of Days: 3 • Course Fee: £150 Lunch and refreshments are inclusive. Duration: 10:00am - 5:00pm each day.
The Arthur Findlay Centre's website is here:
http://www.arthurfindlaycentre.org/
(Posted 29 April 2016)