The Observatory-Brooklyn opens its doors to a day with The Trickster and the Paranormal, Ryan Jordan introduces us to the subtle secrets of retro-death-telegraphy, Communist mind training music is now available on MP3, and Shannon Taggart captures the mysteries of physical mediumship in this edition of Psi in the News!
- Friday, June 14th, the Rhine Research Center will be hosting a panel discussion on parapsychology research, with Benton Bogle, President of the Rhine Board of Directors, Christine Simmonds-Moore, University of West Georgia, and John Kruth, Executive Director at the Rhine. (Parapsychology – News, History, Research)
- Saturday, June 15th, get ready for a parapsychology double feature at Brooklyn’s Observatory with George Hansen, author of Trickster and the Paranormal, (Shannon Taggart & Liminal Analytics)
- Julie Beischel, Windbridge Institute will be presenting on Mediumship: Information, Operation, Application.” at the upcoming Afterlife Conference. (Afterlife Conference)
- In this recent piece for Spirit Today, Mike Ganley discusses the physical mediumship of Gordon Garforth, a contemporary UK medium, and includes some stunning images from Shannon Taggart’s visit to Garforth during one of his trance sessions. (Spirit Today)
- Dark Horse comics has announced they are reviving Brain Boy, a Dell Comics character from the 1960’s whose story centered around his recruitment and life as a psychic spy for the U.S. government. Someone at the Dell office must have been tapping the same vein that Jack Kirby was, since the character’s creation significantly predates the first SRI remote viewing work which began in 1974. (Digital Spy)
- In the 1970’s East German olympians were treated to some sound based brain entrainment via Martin Zeichnete’s Kosmisher Laufer compositions, which are now available via digital download. (Kosmisher Laufer)
- Josh Homme, lead singer for Queens of the Stone Age, has become one of the many artists, writers and celebrities laying claim to inspiration from Near Death Experiences. As detailed in this promotional interview for their latest album, Homme’s experience lead to a deeper sense of life that wasn’t necessarily compatible with how he previously viewed his career as a rock star. (Chieftain)
- NDE’s have also bolstered book, as shown in this promotional piece for 7 books based on their author’s reported near death experiences. (ODDEE)
- Nick Redfern reviews Rosemarie Pilkington’s latest book Men and Women of Parapsychology, Personal Reflections, Volume 2 in a recent post at Mysterious Universe. (Mysterious Universe)
- For a web mag that’s supposed to support avant garde music, The Quietus gives us disappointingly confused piece that puts Uri Geller and Derren Brown in the same camp regarding remote viewing, and stumbles through some odd ideas about RV being a “belief.” Thankfully, once it makes it out of the fog of confusion, it does give a nice overview of musician Alessio Natalizia of Walls latest project which uses Remote Viewing as a thematic base. (The Quietus)
- The last Psi in the News featured the first part of the International Academy of Consciousness’ Q&A regarding Out of Body Experiences, and they have since posted two additional follow ups. ??
- Isn’t OBE caused by the brain? Part 2
- ??Isn’t OBE caused by the brain? Part 3
- An article up on New Scientists highlights the complexity of our self perception through an interview with Graham, a man who suffers from a rare syndrome that makes him feel as if he is dead. (New Scientist)
- Another project that is highlighting this is the False Memory Archive, which hosts submissions of memories that people feel or know are actually false. (False Memory Archive)
- The increased public awareness caused by TED’s reaction to Rupert Sheldrake and Graham Hancock continues to reverberate with a new Huffington Post piece from former NASA researcher David Pruett. Pruett looks at how contemporary science could benefit from a wider, and more honest perspective about it’s place in society. (Huffington Post)
- Kerrian Flanagan writing for the Huntington Patch discusses another form of physical mediumship, table tipping, and her experiences with Scottish medisum Bill Coller. (Huntington Patch)
- The International Association for the Study of Dreams has launched Dreams Cloud, allowing their annual psi dreaming contest to go online. (PR Web)
- Dangerous Minds features a short piece on the Hett Art Gallery and Museum in Chesterfield, Indiana. The museum features a one of a kind collection of Spiritualist and mediumistic art works. (Dangerous Minds)
- Peter Rogerson reviews Carl Watkins’ The Undiscovered Country, tracing the history of English death practices from the 16th century to World War 1. (Magonia)
- Researcher Michael Sword’s gets nostalgic in his new blog post recapping the recent Society for Scientific Exploration conference. This post is a good indication that it’s time to get some fresh blood in the field. The reports coming out of these conferences on bleeding edge science are sounding more and more like reminiscences from a high school reunion. (The Biggest Study)
- A new post up on Medical Xpress discusses the differences between induced and spontaneous Out of Body Experiences. (MedicalXpress)
- A transcript of Leslie Price’s talk on Fraud and Psychical Research for the Society is available for free in the latest issue of PsyPioneer. (Society for Psychical Research)
- Reader, before you proceed, ask yourself…are you strong enough to learn more about the wonders of retro-death-telegraphy? (Huffington Post)
- Mind Body Spirit magazine recently featured an excerpt from Russell Targ’s book, The Reality of ESP. (Quest Books)
- An autobiography from Andrea Holzer, daughter of the psychical researcher Hanz Holzer, has been optioned for film rights, and Holzer is also discussing a reality television show centered on her life. (Shoot Online)
Note: Special thanks to Chris French, Goldsmiths College, Grahame Mackenzie, Spirit Today Magazine, 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.
