Is Spiritualism a form of shamanism? Are critics of non-local consciousness addressing all the research? How do you make psi disappear? What happens when two veterans of Project Star Gate come together for a public seminar? These questions and more in this weeks Psi in the News!
- This Friday, May 17th, Carlos Alvarado will be presenting a talk on Psychic Lights: Auras and Other Luminous Phenomena in Psychical Research for the Rhine Research Center in Durham, North Carolina. If you are unable to attend in person, the talk will also be available via web-cast. (Rhine Research Center)
- On May 29th, David Gordon Wilson will be presenting a talk addressing the questions ‘Why is Spiritualism a Shamanism, and What Does Foucault Have to do With It?’ for the Anthropology, Consciousness and Culture lecture series hosted by Jack Hunter, editor of the Paranthropology Journal. The talk will be available for free as a recording on the Anthropology, Consciousness and Culture website after the event. (Anthropology, Consciousness and Culture)
- Starting Friday, May 31st the Rhine Research Center will be presenting a rare opportunity with Edwin C. May, former director of Project Star Gate, and Joseph McMoneagle, the Army’s number 1 Remote Viewer, coming together to present a series of talks on Friday and Saturday that reflect on their long experience in psychical research in the government and military circles. The two day event includes a 6 hour Remote Viewing course. (Rhine Research Center)
- Registration is now open for the 5th Annual Exploring the Extraordinary Conference scheduled for 20th-22nd September, 2013 in York, UK. (Exploring the Extraordinary)
- June 8th London’s Conway Hall hosts a panel discussion on the question “Can science solve every mystery?” featuring “a scientist, a philosopher and a Christian.” (Center for Inquiry)
- The 14th issue of EdgeScience Magazine, published by the Society for Scientific Exploration, is now available for download. This issue includes submissions from Loyd Auerbach, Robert Van de Castle, David Pratt, Michael Prescott and William Corliss. (SSE)
- Paul Devereux, who presented a phenomenal tandem session with Randall Carlson of Sacred Geometry International for our Evolver Learning Labs Sacred Geometry seminar, has announced the launch of a new website for the Dragon Project Trust. The project is an educational charity that looks at “Researches into rumours about the power and properties of ancient “sacred” sites,” and has been active since 1977 in challenging myths and preconceptions in this field of inquiry. One of the unique aspects of the project, and Paul’s work overall, is that for every false idea he dispells, he opens new ground and raises compelling new questions that deepen the mystery. (The Dragon Project Trust)
- Stephan Shwartz has a timely piece up which addresses criticisms of non-local consciousness, and presents some of examples of research which refutes the nay-sayers. (Explore Journal)
- Carlos Alvarado revisits the psychical research of psychologist William James in a new post on his personal blog. (Parapsychology – News, History, Research)
- Larry Burke, former associate professor of radiology and director of integrative medicine education at Duke University Medical Center, has a new blog up at Huffington Post on changes in therapeutic models which are opening the doors for alternative treatments. (Huffington Post)
- Ralph Metzner discusses additional alternatives in a review of Spiritism and Mental Health, ed. by Emma Bragdon, which includes contributions from Brazilian medical, mental health, and spiritual healing practitioners working between the boundaries of contemporary medicine and Spiritist metaphysics. (Ralph Metzner’s Blog)
- In a recent blog post Fortean Malcom Smith touches on the alluring engima of collective hallucinations, a concept almost as elusive as psi itself, yet a more comfortable explanation to some who are unable to accept alternatives that drift into more anomalous territories. (Malcom’s Musings)
- Sharon Hill, curator of Doubtful News, gets sociological in a recent article on the politics of popular skepticism and belief. (I Doubt It)
- Peter Rogerson reviews Rosemary Pilkington’s recent book Men and Women of Parapsychology, Personal Reflections: ESPRIT Volume 2, with a revery on his own path through anomaly studies. (Magonia)
- How do you make psi disappear? Robert Mcluhan discusses issues with temporary madness, selective experiment design and reinterpretation of data in some instances of replications run to debunk psychical research. (Paranormalia)
- Discovery Health Channel’s show, Transplanting Memories, has inspired a new blog post from the International Academy of Consciousness on how this reported anomaly relates to their developing theory of projectology. (International Academy of Consciousness)
- Writing for Express, Simon Edge explores the pleasures of Near Death Experiences, and why researchers are taking the phenomena more seriously. (Express)
- Researchers have discovered a potential quantum level effect that may allow for interaction between two points without any medium between them. (Nature Middle East)
Note: Special thanks to Tom Ruffles, of the Society for Psychical Research, John Kruth, of the Rhine Research Center, and Jack Hunter, Editor at Paranthropology Journal, for a number of links included in this edition of Reality Sandwich’s Psi-in-the-News.
