PARAPSYCHOLOGY IN THE TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY: ESSAYS ON THE FUTURE OF PSYCHICAL RESEARCH edited by Michael A. Thalbourne and Lance Storm. Jefferson, NC: McFarland, 2005. Pp. vii + 387. ISBN 0-7864-1938-8
According to its preface, the main purpose of Parapsychology in the Twenty-First Century is "to explore future directions of parapsychology" but that declaration is qualified by the statement: "reports of the current status of the field were considered crucial to the overall feel of the book" (p. 5). The preface also states that the book's advantage is that "it does not present the overarching viewpoint of a single author. Instead, through the wide-ranging interests and ...