Journal of Scientific Exploration
July 9, 2024
James Mcclenon
1 citation
The author conducted weekly online group psychokinesis (PK) experiments between Aug. 9, 2019 and Feb. 25, 2023, with the goal of experiencing collective PK. Participant observation experiments were designed to uncover variables associated with group PK experiences rather than prove the existence of PK. Early experiments seemed to increase individual propensity for spontaneous anomalous...
The Journal of near-death studies
2006
James Mcclenon
9 citations
Analysis of eight Kongo near-death experiences (NDEs) from Central Africa supports the argument that universal features exist within this experiential form. Respondents described leaving their bodies and journeying to afterlife realms, encountering boundaries, and communicating with spiritual beings. Some accounts reveal culturally specific elements, implying that expectations shape...
Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion
December 1, 1995
William Sims Bainbridge, James Mcclenon
64 citations
James McClenon examines the relationship between wondrous events-extrasensory perception, apparitions, out-of-body and near-death experiences, sleep paralysis, psychokinesis, firewalking, psychic surgery, and spiritual healing-and the foundations of religious belief.
Sociological Analysis
1990
James Mcclenon
25 citations
Random samples of dormitory residents at three colleges in Xían, People's Republic of China (N = 314), and at the University of Maryland (N = 214), were polled regarding frequency of déjà vu, night paralysis, extrasensory perception (ESP), contact with the dead, out-of-body experiences, and belief in ESP. American respondents were also requested to evaluate their self-perceived religiosity and...