Psychokinesis (PK) is a class of psi phenomena in which mental intention is claimed to affect matter – both living and nonliving – sometimes at a distance. Reports of metal bending, healing, and other PK outcomes share a striking feature: the form of the outcome is congruent with the semantic content of the intention. For example, reports indicate that when the target material is metal, and...
The oldest question -of who we are and what it means to be human -is new again, catalyzed by recent major creative works that take different paths to convey consciousness science to the public.A novelist, a journalist, and a corps of researchers examine our beyond-physical aspects in a shared quest for understanding.
Anomalous luminous phenomena (ALP) — long-duration plasma spheroids documented most systematically at Hessdalen, Norway — exhibit physical properties that conventional plasma physics cannot adequately explain such as sustained self-confinement for tens of minutes, periodic pulsation, multi-chromatic emission, and a documented responsiveness to laser stimulation bearing the hallmarks of an...
This two-part essay addressed a two-part question: “If extraterrestrial life exists, then where are they?” and “Is interdimensional travel possible and, if so, how?” Drawing upon the insights of Jane Roberts’s philosophical psychology, the following thesis is advanced and defended: Alternate life planes and reality systems exist and make contact with the spacetime structure of our own physical...
The beneficial effects of meditation have attracted increasing scientific interest, particularly regarding the mechanisms through which this ancient practice may contribute to health recovery and maintenance. Nevertheless, despite the broad range of benefits attributed to meditative practices, the literature also reports numerous unusual experiences related to meditation. This study describes...
In this paper, we propose a trans-materialist information-theoretical approach to a full spectrum of conscious experience, from its normative embodied mode as part of an integrated brain/mind system to altered modes of consciousness, including nonlocal and near-death experiences (NDE). It allows for bridging the Cartesian gap and resolving the “hard problem” of non-material mind arising from...
This study examined thematic correspondence between two independently sourced corpora: trance-channeled communications attributed to extraterrestrial intelligences (ETIs) and a large-scale archival ufological dataset (UFODex). A curated sample of 52 channeled submissions was collected and processed into a structured dataset, while UFODex, an evolving corpus of books, periodicals, and archival...
This article presents exploratory experimental results suggesting that some individuals with remote viewing abilities may be able to describe details of data present in computers located miles away. Building on past U.S. Government psi research, an Internet-hosted experiment allowed participants to try using their psychic powers to describe picture, video, ATM PIN, and passphrase targets stored...
For almost a century since its establishment as a scientific discipline, the field of Parapsychology has been very fruitful in terms of positive experimental outcomes that suggest the existence of psi. However, it has not been possible to integrate this body of results into an appropriate biological framework rooted in evolutionary biology. Some interesting attempts have been proposed...
This online study explored anomalous, trickster-like events reported by researchers while writing about ghostly episodes. A convenience sample of 167 participants (seven credentialed frontier scientists and 160 amateur paranormal investigators) retrospectively endorsed 15 items spanning both subjective experiences (e.g., unusual dreams, emotional shifts) and objective events (e.g., missing...
This paper presents the Cognitive Entropy Shift Model (CESM), a structured framework for exploring how distinct cognitive states, specifically passive emotional attention and goal-directed intention may influence probabilistic systems by reducing entropy. Drawing on principles from information theory and Bayesian-inspired probability updating, CESM conceptualizes consciousness as an...
Trance channeling, a practice steeped in ancient history involving communication with deities, remains prevalent across diverse cultures. This case study examines the adaptation of a structured hypnotic protocol to explore trance channeling, focusing on shifting consciousness to allow “non-physical beings” to communicate through the participant. Utilizing a protocol developed by Pederzoli and...
The purpose of this preliminary study is to explore whether application of consciousness-based procedures whose stated purpose is to influence the natural and social environment, referred to as Maharishi Technologies of Consciousness (MTC), can positively affect weather phenomena. The theoretical framework underlying these procedures is based on a field-theoretic view of consciousness derived...
In Ian Stevenson’s time, little was known about the formation of pigmented birthmarks. Today, this is no longer true due in part to advances made to understand better and combat melanoma, an aggressive form of skin cancer that forms from melanocyte cells (which give the skin pigment and form pigmented birthmarks). Here, we summarize what is now known about the circumstances surrounding the...
Psychotic processes remain poorly understood mental states. This review aims to examine the spiritual challenges and discrepancies surrounding psychosis, and the role cultural backgrounds and beliefs play in determining whether a psychotic episode is considered a pathological condition. The article explores mediumship, shamanism, and mystical experiences, examining their similarities and...
When I was asked to write an obituary for Charles "Charley" Tart, I knew it would be an emotionally wrenching experience because we had been close friends and colleagues for more than half a century.Although we did most of our current work in California, neither of us were born there.I was born in Wisconsin, and Charley was born on April 29, 1937, in Morrisville, Pennsylvania, and grew up in...
Following a near-death experience (NDE) at 28, a woman began to have visions of an apparent past life in the region of southern Norway where she lives presently but set toward the end of the pre-Christian era, in the 900s CE. Altogether, she had five flashbacks triggered by places or views, six memory dreams that may also have been triggered, and two related experiences, all pertaining to the...
Auerbach et al. (2023) proposed an AECKO model to describe the features and dynamics of a poltergeist-like disturbance they investigated with virtual technology during the COVID-19 pandemic. A two-part exercise nonetheless shows that their findings fundamentally support Laythe, Houran, Dagnall et al.’s (2021) grounded theory of Haunted People Syndrome (HP-S), which was independently developed...
A 14-year-old boy reported perceiving transparent colored light fields surrounding human and animal bodies. With drawings and verbal descriptions, he explained the phenomenon in detail. The left side of the body was covered with a transparent blue, and the right side was covered with transparent red, reaching 0.5–2 cm outside the skin. The blue field was attracted towards the north pole of a...
The debate on whether the future is predetermined (fixed) or probabilistic (uncertain) dates back to ancient times but is still ongoing. An essential basis in this paper is the view that a conclusive answer can neither be drawn exclusively from physics nor additionally from philosophical modes of argumentation. It is considered necessary to take a transtemporal process of cognition, which is in...
The experience of being possessed by an invisible and outside spirit seems archaic and outdated to many people today. However, the scientific and medical field of psychiatry contains diagnoses that classify this experience as a form of psychopathology, most notably Dissociative Identity Disorder (DID). Moreover, indigenous peoples and researchers have detailed many accounts of how the...
Experimental evidence and verified individual accounts show that visual and other types of information from distant minds and environments can enter the conscious as well as the unconscious mind of an individual and can measurably affect brain and body function. The information appears to pass through every physical obstacle and does not degrade in quality with increasing distance in the path...
During their evolutionary transition from apes, Homo sapiens developed the capacity to create mental worlds. While conferring a selective advantage and leading to wondrous intellectual achievements and transformative technologies, this capacity set humankind on a historical trajectory that is approaching the potential for its extinction. The genetic and anatomical basis of humankind’s unique...
The objective of this paper is to propose a reference point in the phenomenology of poltergeists either for people who want to know more about these phenomena or for researchers looking for cases and sources associated with some particular phenomenon. In parallel, an ongoing work is conducted aimed at building a global case repository of poltergeist cases with their phenomenological...
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...