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The Afterlife Unveiled: What the Dead are Telling Us About Their World

Stafford Betty From the publisher’s website: What happens after we die? Spirits speaking through mediums know. They want us to know. This book unveils their world.Stafford Betty earned his PhD in...

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A Philosophical Critique of Empirical Arguments for Postmortem Survival

Michael Sudduth From the author’s website: Michael Sudduth provides a critical exploration of classical empirical arguments for post-mortem survival—arguments that purport to show that data collected...

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Science, Mysticism and Psychical Research: The Revolutionary Synthesis of...

John Poynton From the publisher’s website: Science, mysticism, and psychical research are generally thought to be irreconcilable; this book centres on a towering synthesis achieved by the late Michael...

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Eleanor Sidgwick -'The Original Female Ghostbuster'

An online article using the new all-female 'Ghostbusters' film as a peg discusses the contributions of Eleanor Sidgwick, an important early SPR member, to psychical research. An online article using...

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Carlos Alvarado on psychical research not written in Enlgish

Dr Carlos Alvarado has produced a blog post which discusses the large quantity of psychical research written in languages other than English, 'All Our Past is Not in English'. Dr Carlos Alvarado has...

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More Things you Can do When You’re Dead: What Can You Truly Believe?

Tricia. J. Robertson From the publisher’s website: In this eagerly awaited sequel to her successful Things You Can Do When You’re Dead, foremost psychical investigator Tricia Robertson digs deeper...

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PhD research project - volunteers needed

Volunteers aged over 18 are needed for a PhD research project at the University of Central Lancashire. The study will investigate what people report hearing when listening to sound clips where it is...

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'From the Casefiles of the Society for Psychical Research (1899)'

A blogger has been delving into the publications of the SPR:'Since its founding in 1882, the Society for Psychical Research has extensively studied everything from psychic abilities to run-of-the-mill...

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Caroline Watt promoted to Professor, Koestler Chair of Parapsychology

Caroline Watt of the Koestler Parapsychology Unit has been promoted to a full professorship, with effect from 1 August 2016. Caroline Watt of the Koestler Parapsychology Unit has been promoted to a...

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The Man Who Could Fly: St. Joseph of Copertino and the Mystery of Levitation

Michael Grosso From the publisher’s website: St. Joseph of Copertino began having mystical visions at the age of seven, but it was not until he began practicing his faith as a Franciscan priest that...

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Frederic Myers and Psychical Research

Dr Terence Palmer has appeared in Dr Jeffrey Mishlove's video series 'Thinking Allowed', discussing 'Frederic Myers and Psychical Research'. Dr Terence Palmer has appeared in Dr Jeffrey Mishlove's...

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The Light of the Mystery internet programme

Journalist and SPR member Julio Barroso presents a Spanish-language internet radio programme from London every Wednesday, The Light of the Mystery. Journalist and SPR member Julio Barroso presents a...

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A fresh look at the Morton case at Cheltenham

Sue Demeter-St Clair of PSICAN, Paranormal Studies & Inquiry Canada, has written a long article on the famous Morton case at Cheltenham, which was reported in the SPR's Proceedings. Sue Demeter-St...

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Ghost Hunting, A Practical Guide: The New Edition

Andrew Green and Alan Murdie (ed.) From the publisher’s website: Ghost Hunting – A Practical Guide is the book which every ghost hunter should read. First published in 1973, it was the first book in...

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‘An Adventure’ - A purported time-slip by two Edwardian blue-stockings at the...

On 10 August 2016, Roger J. Morgan and Alice Dass recreated the famous visit Miss Charlotte Moberly and Miss Eleanor Jourdain made to the Petit Trianon at Versailles on 10 August 1901, in which they...

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Funding for research in Australia

Applications are being accepted until September 30th for Cardigan Fund grants to fund parapsychological research or events in Australia. Applications are being accepted until September 30th for...

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Psychical Research and the Scientific Revolution

In my last letter, I wrote of the need to understand how paranormal disbelief has come about; why cognitive pathologies insert themselves in a thinking style. The later seventeenth century provides a...

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Science, Mysticism and Psychical Research: The Revolutionary Synthesis of...

Science, Mysticism and Psychical Research: The Revolutionary Synthesis of Michael Whiteman, by John PoyntonPublication Details: Cambridge Scholars Publishing, ISBN-13: 978-1443880190From the...

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Music, Witchcraft and the Paranormal, by Melvyn Willin

Music, Witchcraft and the Paranormal, by Melvyn WillinPublication Details: Melrose Books, ISBN-13: 978-1905226184Synopsis: "Music, Witchcraft And The Paranormal" is a series of essays on parapsychology...

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Ghosts Caught on Film, by Melvyn Willin

Ghosts Caught on Film, by Melvyn WillinPublication Details: David and Charles, ISBN-13: 978-0715327289Collection of strange and unexplained photographs which might represent ghosts and paranormal...

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