Author: Stacy Horn

I’m sorry to be so last minute about what looks like an interesting lecture about mediums Leonora Piper and Eusapia Palladino, presented by the Rhine Research Center. From the website about Leonora Piper:

“We shall look at the life of this remarkable woman and the evidence which convinced so many esteemed figures of her authenticity and ability to communicate with the dead. Some stunning transcripts will be presented as well as pictures of Mrs. Piper in a trance and what automatic writing looks like.”

And about Eusapia Palladino: “Palldino’s early and later life will be discussed as well as some of the controversies which swirled around her. Evidence for telekinesis and materialization will be presented as well as the historical significance of these fascinating individuals.”

It’s this Friday, July 26th, 7:00 PM through 9:00 PM, at the Stedman Auditorium on the Duke Center for Living Campus 3475 Erwin Road Durham, NC.

The great thing is, especially since I posted about this so late, is you can sign up to watch it live from your computer.

More info here.

I’m going to be attending this lecture given by by George Hansen on Saturday, June 15 at 5pm, titled History of Parapsychology and Psychical Research. This lecture will be immediately followed by another titled: The Decline of Parapsychology, or Whatever Happened to Parapsychology?

George Hansen worked for three years at the Rhine Research Center in Durham, North Carolina, and for five at Psychophysical Research Laboratories in Princeton, New Jersey. He is also the author of The Trickster and the Parnormal.

Coincidentally, I’ve been meaning to post a link to Carlos Alvarado’s blog post, Distortions of Parapsychological History: I. It will be interesting to see if there is any overlap or disagreement.

And, I’ve also been meaning to post Dean Radin’s excellent collection of links titled, Selected Peer-Reviewed Journal Publications on Psi Research.

The picture below is of scientists from the former Parapsychology Laboratory of Duke University, now the Rhine Research Center.

Carlos S. Alvarado, PhD, and visiting scholar at the Rhine Research Center, has a new blog called Parapsychology: News, History, Research. I love the sections he has: Education, Recent Publications, and Voices from the Past. His initial posts are about Larry Dossey and the lack of familiarity with the literature of parapsychology among people in the field (and like fields), B. J. Williams’s book Extrasensory Perception and the Brain Hemispheres: Where Does the Issue Stand Now?, and French physician Gustave Geley and ectoplasm,

And Anomalist Books has a new book out about parapsychology researchers called Men and Women of Parapsychology, Volume 2, edited by Rosemarie Pilkington. From their website: “In this second volume of personal reflections by Men and Women of Parapsychology, Rosemarie Pilkington has asked some brilliant, talented people who have spent most of their lives exploring the mysteries of consciousness why they entered the realm of parapsychology, why they persisted in investigating it even though they might be ridiculed or ostracized by many mainstream scientists, and what advice they have for young people entering the field.”

Mitch Horowitz is going to give a one-hour + walking tour of the occult influences/designs behind Grand Central Station. Mitch wrote “Occult America,” and he’s the vice-president and editor-in-chief at Tarcher/Penguin, a division of Penguin books that is dedicated to metaphysical literature. You have to hurry for this one. As of this writing, there’s only one spot left for this Sunday’s tour and five spots for the one in May.

The second cool thing is an online course offered by the Rhine Research Center titled, An Introduction to Parapsychology, and taught by Dr. Nancy Zingrone, with a guest lecture by a prominent parapsychologist. The course will be held from April 29th to June 17th. From the course description:

“Dr. Nancy Zingrone will present a series of seven (7) online classes to introduce students to the basics of parapsychology; the scientific study of paranormal experiences. This interesting course will use case studies and experiments to explore extrasensory perception (ESP), psychokinesis (mind over matter), near death and out of body experiences, apparitions (including ghosts), and modern research in parapsychology. Students taking this course will gain a deeper understanding of subjective paranormal experiences and the nature of consciousness, and learn that there are a variety of ways to explore these fascinating experiences.”

I planned to post about TED’s removal of the Sheldrake and Hancock videos from YouTube, but Greg Taylor over at The Daily Grail has done such a wonderful job I’m just going to refer everyone over to his posts. The most recent one is here, and his initial post (I believe) is here. If I’m understanding correctly, the videos are back now, but TED has removed them from their distribution channel.

Rupert Sheldrake at TEDx.

Take this with a great big grain of salt, because these were the results I got when I searched on the word “parapsychology.” When you search using “parapsychology books” you get different results, and of course you would get different results if you searched under “paranormal,” or ESP and so on. Still, I was very happy to see my book made the list.

1. Parapsychology by Richard S. Broughton Ph.D. (Sep 1, 1992)

2. I Believe by Patti Roberts (Nov 30, 2011)

3. An Introduction to Parapsychology by Harvey J. Irwin and Caroline A. Watt (Feb 21, 2007)

4. Unbelievable: Investigations into Ghosts, Poltergeists, Telepathy, and Other Unseen Phenomena, from the Duke Parapsychology… by Stacy Horn (Mar 9, 2010)

5. The Parapsychology Revolution: A Concise Anthology of Paranormal and Psychical Research by Robert M. Schoch and Logan Yonavjak (Jan 31, 2008)

6. The Conscious Universe: The Scientific Truth of Psychic Phenomena by Dean Radin (Jun 30, 2009)

7. Science and Psychic Phenomena: The Fall of the House of Skeptics by Chris Carter and Rupert Sheldrake (Feb 22, 2012)

8. Your Psychic Potential: A Guide to Psychic Development by Richard Ireland and Mark Ireland (Jan 11, 2011)

9. Parapsychology: Research on Exceptional Experiences by Jane Henry (Dec 31, 2004)

10. Entangled Minds: Extrasensory Experiences in a Quantum Reality by Dean Radin (Apr 25, 2006)