Researching The Paranormal

Author : Courtney M. Block
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 343 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2020-06-28
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
ISBN : 9781538131459

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Researching the Paranormal by Courtney M. Block Pdf

The paranormal has long been a hotly contested topic, especially in academia. Most people are entertained by the paranormal or casually read a few books they come across on the topic, perhaps assuming that these topics are nothing more than campfire fodder. Of course, there’s nothing wrong with being entertained by the paranormal, but how many people know that there is a long history of academic, scientific, and credible research into topics such as extrasensory perception, hauntings, poltergeists, cryptozoological sightings, near-death experiences, and more? In Researching the Paranormal, Courtney M. Block provides an overview of paranormal research and introduces readers to an assortment of resources that seriously examine various paranormal topics. She shows readers how to think critically about paranormal sources and how to apply the components of credibility when conducting their own paranormal investigations. Highlighting the long history of serious, academic inquiry into various paranormal topics, Block provides citations to primary source documents, journal articles, helpful databases, encyclopedias, dictionaries, and books. In addition, she provides a historical overview of various paranormal phenomena such as parapsychology, cryptozoology, ufology, divination, ghosts, hauntings, and more.

Author : Brian Sterling-Vete,Helen Wuorio
Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Page : 242 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2018-04-17
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1717392113

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Paranormal Investigation by Brian Sterling-Vete,Helen Wuorio Pdf

This book is an objective look at how to conduct a safe and successful paranormal investigation. it outlines a solid scientific approach that can be used by all paranormal investigators in their research and contains example stories of previously untold paranormal events which have taken place, a ground-breaking UFO sighting, and paranormally active haunted locations. It is ideal for those who are new to paranormal investigation and ghost hunting, and for more experienced investigators who want to learn more about how to apply a critical-path scientific approach. It contains a special scientific critical path graphic page to work from when devising ghost hunting experiments, and to help train team members. The book also contains a step-by-step guide to a complete paranormal investigation, and important information about how to protect yourself from malevolent paranormal entities that can attack you.

Author : Lawrence LeShan
Publisher : Quest Books
Page : 146 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2013-08-15
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
ISBN : 9780835630535

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A New Science of the Paranormal by Lawrence LeShan Pdf

Mainline science rejects the paranormal because it cannot be proven by the classical methods of controlled experiments. But sciences such as geology, astronomy, and anthropology also don’t rely on laboratory testing for repeatable results. Moreover, psi concerns consciousness, which is by definition nonquantitative. "Psi researchers must stop acting like science’s poor relations," says author Lawrence LaShan, "limiting themselves to controlled experiments such as analyzing statistics of people guessing cards being flipped in the next room" This provocative book outlines the principles of making a real study of the large, exciting events — clairvoyance and precognition; mediumship and spirit controls; psychic healing — that would bring mainline science into and revitalize the whole field. "And the issue is not just academic," says LeShan. "The old, materialistic worldview has not worked. Psychic research," he argues, "can transform our sense of reality itself to offer a new and more hopeful picture of ourselves and of the world."

Author : Tony Cornell
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : Ghosts
ISBN : 0912328983

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Investigating the Paranormal by Tony Cornell Pdf

Tony Cornell has opened his case files and shared the fruits of his more than 50 years of labor and expertise in ghost, hauntings and mediumship research, in Investigating the Paranormal. Cornell's magnum opus not only provides a glimpse into a life's work in psychical research and parapsychology but also serves as a guide to field methodology for today's paranormal investigators. From reports of a ghost inhabiting a college dormitory, to a poltergeist with an affinity for fine antiques, the author shares detailed episodes of an extraordinary career.

Author : Celia M.I Morgan
Publisher : Lulu.com
Page : 82 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2024-06-10
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9781447534082

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The Paranormal Research & Investigation HandBook by Celia M.I Morgan Pdf

Author : Brandon Massullo
Publisher : Red Wheel/Weiser
Page : 226 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2017-10-09
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
ISBN : 9781632658852

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The Ghost Studies by Brandon Massullo Pdf

“A genuine attempt by someone who is a trained clinical therapist and parapsychologist to scientifically evaluate reported experiences of the paranormal.” —Magonia Review You’ve just laid down for the night when suddenly doors slam and the curtains shift. The lights begin to flicker and a white mist forms in front of you. You shut your eyes and keep muttering, “ghosts aren’t real.” But then you open your eyes and realize that “harmless” mist has shifted into the form of a man, staring intensely at you, as he floats above your bed. What causes ghostly experiences? Are ghosts real? Why do certain people report numerous ghostly encounters and others none? For centuries these questions have intrigued, puzzled, and bedeviled science, skeptics, and even believers. Based on cutting-edge research and new theories, The Ghost Studies provides insight into some of life’s greatest mysteries. This fascinating book is far more than a compilation of ghost stories. The Ghost Studies provides scientific explanations for paranormal occurrences, including: New and exciting scientific theories that explain apparitions, hauntings, and communications from the dead. The latest research on the role of energy and electricity in hauntings. The role that emotions, bioenergetics, and the environment play in supernatural phenomena. New research into why some individuals are more prone to ghostly encounters. “I highly recommend this book to anyone who wants to expand their knowledge of the paranormal . . . This book is well written and opens the doors for countless areas of study and discussion and it is one that you will find yourself going back to again and again.” —Association of Paranormal Study

Author : Sofie Lachapelle
Publisher : JHU Press
Page : 210 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2011-06-01
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
ISBN : 9781421401171

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Investigating the Supernatural by Sofie Lachapelle Pdf

“A convincing account of science’s flirtation with the marginal and the marvelous” from the author of Conjuring Science (Journal of the History of the Behavioral Sciences). Séances were wildly popular in France between 1850 and 1930, when members of the general public and scholars alike turned to the wondrous as a means of understanding and explaining the world. Sofie Lachapelle explores how five distinct groups attempted to use and legitimize séances: spiritists, who tried to create a new “science” concerned with the spiritual realm and the afterlife; occultists, who hoped to connect ancient revelations with contemporary science; physicians, psychiatrists, and psychologists, who developed a pathology of supernatural experiences; psychical researchers, who drew on the unexplained experiences of the public to create a new field of research; and metapsychists, who attempted to develop a new science of yet-to-be understood natural forces. An enlightening and entertaining narrative that includes colorful people like “Allan Kardec”—a pseudonymous former mathematics teacher from Lyon who wrote successful works on the science of the séance and what happened after death—Investigating the Supernatural reveals the rich and vibrant diversity of unorthodox beliefs and practices that existed at the borders of the French scientific culture in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. “What is science? . . . In her engaging book, Sophie Lachapelle probes for an answer by looking at the liminal realm between science and superstition and the attempt to render the supernatural explicable in naturalistic terms.” —Isis “A welcome addition to the growing literature on spiritism, occultism and physical research in modern France.” —French History

Author : Kendrick Frazier
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 382 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2023-12-15
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781633889651

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Science Confronts the Paranormal by Kendrick Frazier Pdf

A Gallop poll surveyed 506 American teenagers, aged 13 to 18 and discovered the following:- 69% believe in angels - 59% believe in ESP- 55% believe in astrology - 28% believe in clairvoyance- 24% believe in Bigfoot - 22% believe in witchcraft- 20% believe in ghosts - 18% believe in the Loch Ness MonsterCarl Sagan has said that the wonders of real science far surpass the supposed and imagined mysteries of fringe science. Yet, as statistics show, the paranormal is still an endless source of fascination for people around the world.This collection of critical essays and investigative reports examines virtually every area of fringe science and the paranormal from a refreshingly scientific and clear-minded viewpoint. The authors are noted scientists, philosophers, psychologists, and writers. All bring to the task a determination to sift sense from nonsense and fact from fiction in an area notorious for misinformation, misperception, self-delusion, and wishful thinking. They do so in a way that highlights the differences between real science and pseudoscience. They've made special efforts first to find the actual facts behind numerous claims that have popular appeal, and then to explain and communicate what scientific investigation and reasoning reveal about them. Subjects treated to incisive and entertaining examination include astrology, ESP, psychic detectives, psychic predictions, parapsychology, remote-viewing, UFOs, creationism, the Shroud of Turin, coincidences, cult archaeology, palmistry and fringe medicine.There are also explorations of the implications of paranormal beliefs for science education.

Author : Amy Bruni
Publisher : Grand Central Publishing
Page : 175 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2020-10-27
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
ISBN : 9781538754139

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Life with the Afterlife by Amy Bruni Pdf

Star of Kindred Spirits and paranormal investigator Amy Bruni shares stories from her years of experiences with ghosts, organized around thirteen truths that guide her approach to the supernatural. Amy Bruni, co-star of Kindred Spirits and one of the world's leading paranormal investigators, has learned a lot about ghosts over her years of research and first-hand experience. Now, in Life with the Afterlife, she shares the insight she has gleaned and how it has shaped her unique approach to interacting with the spirits of the dead and those who encounter them. From her earliest supernatural encounters as a child, through her years appearing on Ghost Hunters and the creation of her company Strange Escapes, which offers paranormal excursions to some of America's most notoriously haunted destinations, and into her current work on The Travel Channel's Kindred Spirits, this book is full of astonishing and deeply moving stories of Amy's efforts to better understand the dead but not yet departed. With Amy's bright humor and fierce compassion for both those who are haunted and those who are haunting, Life with the Afterlife is an eye-opening look at what connects us as people, in life and beyond. A USA Today Bestseller

Author : Jack Kenna
Publisher : Schiffer Publishing
Page : 192 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2018-06-28
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
ISBN : 0764355260

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Paranormal Research by Jack Kenna Pdf

Join paranormal investigator Jack Kenna from Paranormal Survivor and Haunted Case Files as he provides the steps necessary to build and grow a successful paranormal team and to research and investigate haunted locales. Find out how to find and work with clients. Examine the most common equipment used؅--including how the tools work, when to use them, and tips and techniques for optimizing their use to improve capturing quality evidence. Jack and his S.P.I.R.I.T.S. team also take you on several exclusive investigations, offering insights by team members: Visit the Deane Winthrop House to hear a ghostly sea captain telling stories--is his shadow still roaming the basement? Meet a child spirit at Houghton Mansion--did she really die in a fire? This comprehensive, easy-to-understand guide brings a common-sense approach to ghost hunting and offers a wealth of knowledge and experience for a start-to-finish setup for paranormal investigations.

Author : Richard Estep
Publisher : Llewellyn Worldwide
Page : 175 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2015-09-08
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
ISBN : 9780738747002

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In Search of the Paranormal by Richard Estep Pdf

From exploring the Tower of London to investigating a haunted Colorado firehouse, paranormal researcher Richard Estep takes you behind the scenes for an up-close-and-personal encounter with a fascinating legion of hauntings. This collection reveals some of the most chilling, captivating, and weird cases that Richard has investigated over the past twenty years, in England and in the United States. In Search of the Paranormal is filled with rich historical detail, present-day research, and compelling eyewitness accounts. You are there with the team at each haunted location: walking through a desecrated graveyard, shivering in a dark basement, getting thrown into The Clink, watching a "ghost-lit" stage in an old theater. Employing a variety of investigative methods—from high-tech gadgets to old-fashioned practices such as dowsing, table tipping, and Ouija boards—Richard Estep and his team uncover the dark mysteries of the paranormal realm. Praise: "This book is written from the heart. Believe in the paranormal or not, Richard Estep's words ring out with sincerity and integrity."—Patrick Burns, star of Haunting Evidence "Within these pages, you can join Richard on his ghostly adventures, from the UK to the US and experience with him what it's like to be a Paranormal Investigator."—Paul Bradford, star of Ghost Hunters International

Author : Beth Brown
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2008-04
Category : Parapsychology
ISBN : 0615204562

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Conducting a Paranormal Investigation - A Training Guide by Beth Brown Pdf

Originally developed as a training manual for the Virginia Society of Paranormal Education and Research (VASPER), this guide is now available to all beginners and would-be ghost-hunters hoping to capture evidence of the supernatural for themselves. The book takes a step-by-step approach and teaches readers the fundamentals of planning investigations, researching haunted locations, collecting data in the field, and analyzing that data following an investigation. Topics covered include: interviewing witnesses, surveying a site, safety tips, investigation etiquette, data analysis, and advising clients of your findings. A handy resource section features sample interview questions, a Site Access Agreement, an Investigation Activity Log, and a collection of recommended websites to keep readers informed of current events in the world of paranormal research.

Author : Christopher D. Bader,Joseph O. Baker,F. Carson Mencken
Publisher : NYU Press
Page : 319 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2017-04-18
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
ISBN : 9781479819652

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Paranormal America (second Edition) by Christopher D. Bader,Joseph O. Baker,F. Carson Mencken Pdf

"Based on extensive research and their own unique personal experiences, the authors reveal that a significant number of Americans hold these beliefs, and that for better or worse, we undoubtedly live in a paranormal America. Readers will join the authors as they participate in psychic and palm readings, and have their auras photographed, join a Bigfoot hunt, follow a group of celebrity ghost hunters as they investigate claims of a haunted classroom, and visit a support group for alien abductees."--Provided by publisher.

Author : Valerie Hope,Maurice Townsend
Publisher : Sterling
Page : 156 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 1999
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
ISBN : PSU:000046239877

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The Paranormal Investigator's Handbook by Valerie Hope,Maurice Townsend Pdf

Get closer to the truth about anomalous phenomena! This extraordinary volume draws together a team of experts to provide the latest techniques for investigating cases, interviewing witnesses, researching background information, and recognizing a hoax. Real-life studies and actual photos are presented, along with helpful checklists, diagrams, and instructions for leading your own investigations. Read about documented ghost and poltergeist hauntings, and conduct your own vigil. Delve into earth mysteries, like ley lines--locate them on a map and prove them in the field. Try remote viewing or use telepathy to "see" a distant place or event, then arrange your own session. Plus: UFOs, out-of-body experiences, life after death, street-light interference, premonitions and other mysterious occurrences. 144 pages, 40 b/w illus., 7 1/8 x 9 11/16.

Author : Eric Lord
Publisher : Lulu.com
Page : 371 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2009-03-28
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
ISBN : 9781435747395

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Science, Mind and Paranormal Experience by Eric Lord Pdf

Speculations about paranormal phenomena and how they might be reconciled with modern scientific knowledge.