Beyond Physicalism: Toward Reconciliation of Science and Spirituality
by Edward Kelly, Adam Crabtree and Paul Marshall (eds.) From the publisher’s website: The rise of modern science has brought with it increasing acceptance among intellectual elites of a worldview that...
View ArticleFree PDF of Book on Clinical Parapsychology
A PDF of the book Perspectives of Clinical Parapsychology: An Introductory Reader (Bunnik, 2012) is now freely available on the Parapsychological Association website, thanks to the generosity of the...
View ArticleMrs Guppy Takes A Flight: A Scandal of Victorian Spiritualism
Molly Whittington-Egan From the publisher’s website: Many moons ago, in the high Victorian era, Mrs. Guppy, the famous medium, was enjoying a sparkling success. Over the rooftops of Bloomsbury she...
View ArticleIf the Spirit Moves You: Life and Love After Death
Justine Picardie From the publisher’s website: When I think about her now, which is most of the time, it's like rewinding a silent film in my head: I see the crucial scenes in our lives together. But...
View ArticleNo Better Place: Arthur Conan Doyle, Windlesham and Communication with the...
Alistair Duncan From the publisher’s website: Following his second marriage in 1907 Arthur Conan Doyle was looking to the future. The years ahead would see the birth of three children, fresh literary...
View ArticleStanley Krippner: A Life of Dreams, Myths, and Visions - Essays on His...
Jeannine A Davies and Daniel B Pitchford (eds.) From Prof. Krippner: Stanley Krippner: A Life of Dreams, Myths and Visions explores the intellectual contributions and personal influence of a...
View ArticleDetails of 2016 Bial Foundation Symposium
The Koestler Parapsychology Unit blog carries details of the 2016 Bial Foundation Symposium. The 11th, it is on the theme of placebo, healing and meditation. The Koestler Parapsychology Unit blog...
View ArticleGod’s Magic: An Aspect of Spiritualism
Air Chief Marshal Lord Dowding From the publisher’s website: In God’s Magic, Lord Dowding, whose name will be forever synonymous with the Battle Of Britain, puts forward a strong case for life after...
View ArticleAustralian Poltergeist: The Stone-Throwing Spook of Humpty Doo and Many Other...
Tony Healey and Paul Cropper From the authors’ website: Objects thrown by invisible hands, showers of stones that pass through solid walls and ceilings, sudden, inexplicable fires, wall-shaking raps...
View ArticleSPR visits Bisbee - in 1905
In November 1905 the Rev. C. Hall Cook of the SPR visited Bisbee, Arizona, USA. His visit is the subject of a report on the Examiner.com website: 'The Society for Psychical Research visited Bisbee'....
View ArticleAdventures in Psychical Research: A medical doctor's exploration of the...
Piero Calvi-Parisetti From the publisher’s website: The 57 articles that form this book are individual, stand-alone pieces that can be read in isolation. However, they also belong to a greater,...
View ArticleArticle in The Public Domain Review
An article in The Public Domain Review, 'Worlds Without End', discusses the early work of the SPR An article in The Public Domain Review, 'Worlds Without End', discusses the early work of the SPR:...
View ArticleKen Batcheldor's notebooks donated to the SPR
The SPR recently received an important donation of Ken Batcheldor‘s notebooks describing his numerous table-turning experiments. The SPR recently received an important donation of Ken Batcheldor‘s...
View ArticleCouncil member John Fraser on KTPF Talk Show
SPR Council member and member of the Spontaneous Cases Committee John Fraser will be a guest on KTPF Paranormal Community & Talk Show radio on Sunday 20th December at 8.30 pm. SPR Council member...
View ArticleNew research study on voice & communication experiences
Researchers at Durham University and University College, London are conducting a new study on what happens in the brain when we recognise unusual sounds. Researchers at Durham University and...
View ArticleMusic From Beyond the Veil - BBC Radio 4 Extra
'Music From Beyond the Veil' - a Radio 4 Extra programme about musical mediumship. It features interviews with Prof Peter Fenwick and SPR Councill member Dr Melvyn Willin. 'Music From Beyond the Veil'...
View ArticleThe Myth of an Afterlife: The Case against Life After Death
Michael Martin and Keith Augustine From the publisher’s website: Because every single one of us will die, most of us would like to know what—if anything—awaits us afterward, not to mention the fate of...
View ArticleSPR Presidents listed with their Photographs
The Survival After Death / Ciencias Psíquicas blog has listed every SPR President, with photographs. The Survival After Death / Ciencias Psíquicas blog has listed every SPR President, with summary...
View ArticleCelebrating the archives of the College of Psychic Studies
SPR member Leslie Price is also archivist at the College of Psychic Studies, and he will be giving a talk about the College in London on Friday 22 January. SPR member Leslie Price is also archivist at...
View ArticleMemoir of a Trance Therapist: Hypnosis and the Evocation of Human Potentials
Adam Crabtree From the publisher’s website: As individuals bring their raw potentials into existence, the human race evolves.Trance states are the means through which these transformations take place....
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