Transpersonal Psychology and an Agnostic Experiential Exploration of Mediumship and the Ostensible Phenomenon of Life after Death
Elliot Benjamin
International Journal of Transpersonal Studies 2015 DOI: 10.24972/ijts.2015.34.1-2.34 (opens in new tab)
Study at a glance
AI-extracted from the abstract| Characteristics | Autoethnographic personal experiential research study Peer reviewed |
|---|---|
| Sample size | 1 |
| Population | The researcher himself |
| Citations | 4 |
| Key findings | The researcher concludes that medium-facilitated communications regarding the deceased are likely to involve cold reading, sensory cues, coincidence, and subjective validation rather than constituting genuine evidence of life after death. He leaves room for a paranormal interpretation but does not favor it. |
Abstract
Transpersonal Psychology and an Agnostic Experiential Exploration of Mediumship and the Ostensible Phenomenon of Life after DeathThis paper presents results of an autoethnographic personal experiential research study of mediumship and the ostensible phenomenon of life after death.The researcher's experiences center on his attempt to make contact with his deceased brother, as part of a doctoral research project.The researcher concludes with a skeptical interpretation of the phenomenon of medium-facilitated communications regarding the deceased; he suggests these are likely to involve cold reading, sensory cues, coincidence, and subjective validation rather than constituting genuine evidence of life after death.The researcher's conclusions leave room for the possibility of a paranormal interpretation, though this is not favored.