Parapsychology: Frontier Science of the Mind

Parapsychology: Frontier Science of the Mind
Author: J. B. Rhine
Publisher: Lulu.com
Total Pages: 232
Release: 2010-06-01
Genre: Literary Collections
ISBN: 0557287170

Master magician Harry Houdini and English ghost researcher Harry Price were true pioneers in both establishing skepticism and scientific methods in the newly created field of paranormal research. They set the foundation for future 20th Century researchers such as J.B. Rhine. Joseph Banks Rhine was a botanist who later developed an interest in parapsychology and psychology. Rhine founded the parapsychology lab at Duke University, the Journal of Parapsychology, and the Foundation for Research on the Nature of Man. He also initiated the Parapsychological Association. Rhine also coined the term ESP.I think the reader will find that 1957's Parapsychology: Frontier Science of the Mind is as relevent today as it was when it first written.

Parapsychology

Parapsychology
Author: J. B. Rhine
Publisher:
Total Pages: 234
Release: 2013-10
Genre:
ISBN: 9781494052638

This is a new release of the original 1957 edition.

Parapsychology Frontier Science of the Mind

Parapsychology Frontier Science of the Mind
Author: J B Rhine
Publisher: Legare Street Press
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2023-07-22
Genre:
ISBN: 9781022885172

For those who are curious about the limits of human consciousness, this book offers a fascinating glimpse into the world of parapsychology. Drawing on years of rigorous research, Rhine and Pratt explore topics such as telepathy, precognition, and psychokinesis, and present compelling evidence for the existence of supernatural phenomena. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

First Sight

First Sight
Author: James C. Carpenter
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
Total Pages: 503
Release: 2015-07-08
Genre: Body, Mind & Spirit
ISBN: 1442213914

Often seen as supernatural, unpredictable, illusory and possibly dangerous, ESP, telepathy, clairvoyance and other parapsychological activities are actually happening all the time and help us make sense of everyday experiences. First Sight provides a new way of understanding such experiences and describes a way of thinking about the unconscious mind that makes it clear that these abilities are not rare and anomalous, but instead are used by all of us all the time, unconsciously and efficiently. Drawing upon a broad array of studies in contemporary psychology, the author integrates a new model for understanding these unusual abilities with the best research in psychology on problems as diverse as memory, perception, personality, creativity and fear. In doing so, he illustrates how the field of parapsychology, which, historically, has been riddled with confusion, skepticism and false claims, can move from the edges of science to its center, where it will offer fascinating new knowledge about unmapped aspects of our nature. The author demonstrates that the new model accounts for accumulated findings very well, and explains previous mysteries, resolves apparent contradictions, and offers clear directions for further study. First Sight also ventures beyond the laboratory to explain such things as why apparent paranormal experiences are so rare, why they need not be feared, and how they can be more intentionally accessed. Further study of this theory is likely to lead to a "technology" of parapsychological processes while drastically revising our conception of the science of the mind toward a new science more humane and more replete with possibility than we have imagined in the past.

The Elements of Parapsychology

The Elements of Parapsychology
Author: K. Ramakrishna Rao
Publisher: McFarland
Total Pages: 338
Release: 2017-11-29
Genre: Body, Mind & Spirit
ISBN: 1476671222

Psychic phenomena, recorded throughout human history, remained a mystery or a matter of faith rather than a subject of serious study until scientists began to investigate them roughly a century and a half ago. Systematic experimentation began with the work of J.B. Rhine at Duke University, resulting in the publication of Extra-Sensory Perception (1934) followed by Extra-Sensory Perception After Sixty Years (1940). Rhine and researchers who came after him struggled to present sufficient evidence to gain scientific credibility for the existence of extrasensory abilities. Yet despite tight experimental controls and numerous significant results the subject remains controversial. Parapsychologists argue that the impasse is not due to a lack of evidence but to the challenge their claims pose to the worldview of science in general. This comprehensive overview of the discipline of parapsychology, written by one of its most notable investigators, offers the reader a full understanding of both its concepts, theories and methods, and its controversies, problems and prospects.