The Journal of Parapsychology back issues from September 2005:
Parapsychology's contribution to psychology: a view from the front line (1).
Sep 22, 2005; ... Many of us have happy memories of the 2004 PA Convention in Vienna, where Bob Morris was his usual sociable self. No one could have guessed then, as Nancy Zingrone handed over the Presidency to me, that Bob would tragically die less than a week after the convention ended and exactly a year ...
Solar-periodic full moon effect in the Fourmilab RetroPsychoKinesis Project experiment data: an exploratory study.
Sep 22, 2005; ... The lore about the moon's effect on the animal and human behavior has existed for centuries. The full moon seems to be connected with a higher accident rate. The notions of "full moon madness," "lunacy," and "lunatic" imply a relationship of altered states of consciousness with lunar ...
Personality and motivations to believe, misbelieve, and disbelieve in paranormal phenomena.(Viewpoint essay)
Sep 22, 2005; ... The striking diversity of beliefs about paranormal phenomena is a noteworthy and poorly understood characteristic of humanity. On the extremes, some people are almost violently opposed to the very concept of paranormal phenomena and others are equally adamant that such phenomena are real ....
Paranormal belief and religiosity.
Sep 22, 2005; ... A number of studies have examined the relationship between paranormal belief and religiosity. In accordance with the hypothesis that paranormal belief functions as a substitute for religious belief, some authors have reported a negative relationship between paranormal belief and measures ...
A preliminary survey of paranormal experiences with psychoactive drugs.
Sep 22, 2005; ... Since the earliest anthropological reports began relating the traditional use of psychoactive plants with shamanism, witchcraft, and magic (e.g., see Schultes & Hofmann, 1992), there has been an association between such substances and paranormal phenomena. Following the discovery of the ...
Anomalous cognition in hypnagogic state with OBE induction: an experimental study.(out-of-body experiences)
Sep 22, 2005; ... Among the so-called altered states of consciousness, hypnosis is considered one of the psi-favorable states. In his review of the physical, physiological, and psychological psi-favorable conditions, William Braud (2002) considered the relaxed condition that accompanies it as well as the ...
Does precognition foresee the future? Series 4: a postal replication.
Sep 22, 2005; ... A methodological issue early on in precognition research has been to devise a procedure to rule out real-time alternatives in experimental tests for precognition. Even in the very early tests for precognition, it was soon understood that good results in tests could be explained through ...
Toward a replication of the "finger-reading" effect.
Sep 22, 2005; ... The present paper builds on work described in previous papers on the finger-reading effect (Lee, 1998, 1999, 2002, 2003; Lee & Chang, 2001; Lee, Chen,& Tang, 2000; Lee, Tang, & Kuo, 2004; Tang, Lee, & Hsu, 2000). The detailed finger-reading literature review can be seen in the author's ...
Note: a shorthand term for "psychopraxia".(Viewpoint essay)
Sep 22, 2005; ... When Robert H. Thouless and B. P. Wiesner (1947) suggested the 23rd letter of the Greek alphabet--"psi"--to denote so-called "paranormal" phenomena, the suggestion fell on fertile ground, and "psi" is now perhaps the premier term in all of parapsychology, constantly being used as a noun or ...
Unleashed. Of Poltergeists and Murder: The Curious Story of Tina Resch.(Book review)
Sep 22, 2005; ... UNLEASHED. OF POLTERGEISTS AND MURDER: THE CURIOUS STORY OF TINA RESCH by William Roll and Valerie Storey. New York: Paraview Pocket Books, 2004. Pp. 309. $14.00 (paperback). ISBN 0-7434-8294-8. The long-awaited book describing the Tina Resch poltergeist case was published in ...
The New Paradigm: A Confrontation Between Physics and the Paranormal Phenomena.(Book review)
Sep 22, 2005; ... THE NEW PARADIGM: A CONFRONTATION BETWEEN PHYSICS AND THE PARANORMAL PHENOMENA by John O'M. Bockris. College Station, TX: D&M Enterprises, 2004. Pp. xxxiv + 503. $34.95 (paperback). ISBN 0-9767444-0-6. The New Paradigm is an encyclopedic romp through all things paranormal as ...
Is There an Afterlife? A Comprehensive Overview of the Evidence.(Book review)
Sep 22, 2005; ... Is THERE AN AFTERLIFE? A COMPREHENSIVE OVERVIEW OF THE EVIDENCE by David Fontana. Ropley, Hants, U.K.: O Books, 2005. Pp. 496. $19.95 (paperback). ISBN 1 903816 90 4. This book is subtitled "A Comprehensive Overview of the Evidence," and in some ways it is just that: All the ...
Is There Life After Death: An Examination of the Empirical Evidence.(Book review)
Sep 22, 2005; ... IS THERE LIFE AFTER DEATH: AN EXAMINATION OF THE EMPIRICAL EVIDENCE by David Lester. McFarland, 2005. Pp. 250. $39.95 (paperback). ISBN 0786421169. The back cover of this book informs us that the book objectively examines the large body of empirical research devoted to answering ...
The Reluctant Spiritualist: The Life of Maggie Fox.(Book review)
Sep 22, 2005; ... THE RELUCTANT SPIRITUALIST: THE LIFE OF MAGGIE Fox by Nancy Rubin Stuart. Orlando, FL: Harcourt, 2005. Pp. xiii + 393. $25.00 (hardback). ISBN 0-15-101013-7. In 1848, in the town of Hydesville, New York, not far from Rochester, the sounds of disembodied rappings were produced in ...
Correspondence.(Letter to the editor)
Sep 22, 2005; ... To the Editor: I recently read--and enjoyed--Cooper and Thalbourne's article (JP, 69, 139-150), which detailed a study that sought to test various predictions of McClenon's Ritual Healing Theory (e.g., McClenon, 2002). While I am pleased to see that researchers are examining ...
Glossary.(Glossary)
Sep 22, 2005 ... The definitions of most of the following terms have been borrowed or adapted from A Glossary of Terms Used in Parapsychology by Michael A. Thalbourne (republished by Puente Publications, Charlottesville, VA, USA, 2003). We highly recommend this book to those who seek a more complete ...