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...
View ArticleA 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...
View ArticleScience, 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...
View ArticleEleanor 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...
View ArticleCarlos 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...
View ArticleMore 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...
View ArticlePhD 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...
View Article'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...
View ArticleCaroline 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...
View ArticleThe 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...
View ArticleFrederic 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...
View ArticleThe 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...
View ArticleA 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...
View ArticleGhost 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...
View Article‘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...
View ArticleFunding 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...
View ArticlePsychical 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...
View ArticleScience, 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...
View ArticleMusic, 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...
View ArticleGhosts 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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