Qualitative researchers may consider the psychological, social, and cultural significance of paranormal occurrences and their impact on the individual.Thematic Analysis is a method for identifying, examining, and reporting themes/configurations within datasets, providing an accessible, systematic, and rigorous approach to coding and theme development.The main aim of the present study was to...
Here, we reexamine Jack Houck's work on the deformation of metal by intention (termed "warm forming") and present a speculative hypothesis to explain the phenomenon motivated by recent advances in materials science and parapsychology.We hypothesize that when a metal object deforms during warm forming, this is due to micro-PK influences affecting the movement of the specific crystalline defects...
In this presentation, I will explore the idea that [receptive] psi emerges in the context of healthy mind-body-other systems that are open, porous, sensitive, and strongly interconnected.Such systems may also be associated with richer fractal signatures.Syncretic tendencies (including synesthesia) contribute to facilitating the conscious awareness of some usually invisible or intangible...
A Gathering of Consciousness Explorers Celebrating half a century of Remote Viewing, OBEs and Consciousness ExplorationsThe Monroe Institute is the world leader in human consciousness exploration, offering life-changing training and audio technologies to millions around the globe.The International Remote Viewing Association is one of the few professional organizations in the world designed to...
This paper presents some results of a qualitative interview study with contemporary magicians that was carried out in two phases in German-speaking countries.The greater part of the data was collected in 2004-2005 and covered a broad range of topics.The topics presented here include (1) paranormal experiences of magicians, (2) evaluation of magical practice, and (3) magic in the laboratory.To...
The study's research objective was to assess readiness for formalized structure within the US mediumship/channeling field.The specific aims were to: identify beliefs and practices related to research, education, and training within the field; and identify beliefs related to ethical standards and scope of practice.A cross-sectional, quantitative, and qualitative survey captured demographics and...
Ambitious researchers in the fields of parapsychology and edge science dream of the day when the knowledge that we uncover will help society to solve some of the many mysteries of the world and to improve our daily lives.Some scientists delve into the human psyche to probe the nature of unusual encounters or anomalous experiences.Others are seeking a reliable psi switch or definitive evidence...
It was my great pleasure to chair the first major online conference presented jointly by the Society for Scientific Exploration and the Parapsychological Association.The conference was held July [23][24][25][26][27][28][29][30][31] 2021, in an online forum hosted by HealthySeminars.com, and featured speakers from around the world.In both 2020 and 2021, there were plans to meet for a physical...
This paper presents two experiments in which an experimental paradigm developed to examine the efficacy of filtering mechanisms of attention, Latent Inhibition (LI), was adapted to include a psi component. LI assesses the processing of irrelevant stimuli, thus we tested whether a psi-stimulus might be processed akin to the irrelevant stimulus. Because the processing of the irrelevant stimulus...
This study is the first to contribute to a registration-based prospective meta-analysis of ganzfeld Extrasensory Perception (ESP) studies. We sought to maximize the anticipated psi effect size by selecting participants for self-reported creativity, prior psi experience or belief, or practice of a mental discipline. We also employed an automated precognition design for simplicity and security,...
In this study, approximately one thousand cases of spontaneous psychic experiences were analyzed to find out what range of forms the experiences more commonly took.Four main types were found: (1) Intuitive, in which the subject's experience was a simple, unreasoned impression or hunch.(2) Hallucinatory, in which the experience was projected as if it were a sensation.(3) Unrealistic dreaming, in...