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| Welcome to the Parapsychology Information Portal. Your Internet resource for all matters of the study of parapsychology / applied parapsychology and its related disciplines.
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| Call for Submissions - Parapsychology Information Portal |
We are looking for true accounts of paranormal or ghostly occurences experienced by those who work in a healthcare setting (ie, nurses, doctors, paramedics, lab technicians) or in law enforcement. They will appear in an upcoming book featuring the exceptional experiences of those who work in health care and law enforcement. Accounts will be verified however, confidentiality will be respected.
Accounts shoud be no longer than 1000 words in length. (If we use your account in our upcoming publication, fees for participation will be at 1 cent per word (CAN).
For further information or to submit your experience(s) please email admin@parapsych.info |
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| Research Participation Opportunity- Rhine Research Centre |
As listed on the rhine.org web site:
Mind Over Matter Study: Unexplained Physical Events Related to Crisis and Death, by Sally Rhine Feather, Ph.D., Christine Simmonds-Moore, Ph.D., and Jean Hamilton, M.D.
“Psychokinesis” (PK) was first studied in the early years of the Duke Parapsychology Lab when participants attempted to influence the outcome of falling dice by mental intention. Studies of PK have continued with more modern techniques at the Rhine Center and other laboratories around the world. However, except for the occasional poltergeist investigation, there has been little attention directed to PK experiences that occur spontaneously in everyday life.
Our present study is designed to learn more about the broad general range of possible spontaneous PK experiences. In the current phase of this study, our focus is on those unexplained physical events that seem to occur specifically around the time of crisis, death or near-death. Typical reports in our collection include the falling or breaking of objects, unusual noises, unexplained behavior of animals, or the malfunctioning of electronic equipment that occur around the time of a crisis, near-death, or death of a family member or loved one.
*** Research Participation Opportunity!***
If you have noted this type of unexplained physical event, we would very much appreciate hearing about your experiences by email or postal mail. All reports are confidential.
Please send your experiences to Sally@Rhine.org or by postal mail to:
Sally Rhine Feather, Ph.D.
Rhine Research Center
2741 Campus Walk Avenue, Building 500
Durham, NC 27705
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| Introduction to Parapsychology |
Parapsychology is a discipline that seeks to investigate the existence and causes of psychic abilities and life after death using the scientific method. Laboratory and field research is conducted by privately funded laboratories and some universities around the world,[1] although there are fewer universities actively sponsoring parapsychological research today than in years past. Such research is usually published in parapsychological publications, and some articles have appeared in more mainstream journals. Experiments have included the use of random number generators to test for evidence of precognition and psychokinesis with both human and animal subjects,[2][3][4] sensory-deprivation and Ganzfeld experiments to test for extrasensory perception, and research trials conducted under contract to the United States government to investigate whether remote viewing would provide useful intelligence information.
The position of many parapsychologists is that the existence of some forms of psi such as psychokinesis and ESP has good supporting evidence.[5]
Terminology
The term parapsychology was coined in or before 1889 by psychologist Max Dessoir. It was adopted by J.B. Rhine in the 1930s as a replacement for the term psychical research, to indicate a significant shift toward laboratory methodologies in their work.[6] The term originates from the Greek: παρά para meaning "alongside", and psychology. Parapsychologists call the psychic phenomena that they search for psi, a term intended to be descriptive without implying a mechanism.[7]
References
1"Parapsychological Association FAQ". Parapsychological Association (1995).
2 Schmidt, Helmut (1969). "Clairvoyance Tests with a Machine'". Journal of Parapsychology 33.
3 Schmidt, Helmut (1970). "PK Experiments with Animals as Subjects". Journal of Parapsychology 34.
4 Schmidt, Helmut (1973). "PK Tests with a High Speed Random Number Generator'". Journal of Parapsychology 37.
5 What is the state-of-the-evidence for psi?, FAQ of the Parapsychological Association. Retrieved: 2009-01-07
6Melton, J. G. (1996). Parapsychology. In Encyclopedia of Occultism & Parapsychology. Thomson Gale. ISBN 978-0810394872.
7Bem, D. J.; Honorton, C. (1994). "Does psi exist? Replicable evidence for an anomalous process of information transfer". Psychological Bulletin 115: 4–18
Applied Parapsychology
Applied Parapsychology is the study of the practical uses of Parapsychology such as remote viewing, distance healing, psychic archaeology, psychic criminology and healing research. |
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