Summary: Over the last two decades, the phenomenon of time has come under increased scrutiny by the physics community. While the fundamental equations of physics are time-symmetric — that is, elementary processes can be described equally well using time-forward or time-reversed mathematics — reality and consciousness unfold in a decidedly unidirectional, time-forward manner, indicating a [...]

Summary: I will consider the role of theory in organizing observations and directing further research. I will argue that no single theory will be adequate since psi needs to be understood at multiple levels of explanation, including at the level of accounting for the lived experience of ordinary people. I will illustrate the desirable properties [...]

Summary: Dr. Bowie will argue that a first-hand subjective encounter with angelic energy healing can suggest areas for parapsychology to investigate, but also that such encounters do not necessarily demand or provide the kind of proof that parapsychology seeks. Epistemological embodiment of healing energies moves the recipient from a state of ‘believing’ to one of [...]

Summary: The bi-hemispheric model of the brain shifts the focus away from supernatural entities entirely and centers the discussion of paranormal occurrences on the human. While this position has been regarded with suspicion by many religious authorities in Abrahamic traditions – as it negates that such happenings are evidence of God, demons, or any corresponding [...]

Summary: This study was designed to test hypotheses derived from Batcheldor’s artefact induction theory and the ritual healing theory, a sociology of religion orientation; and it argues that Paleolithic shamanism involved group psychokinesis. A PK research group began on-line weekly Zoom meetings in August 2019, seeking to induce collective PK experiences. The group experienced a [...]

Etzel Cardeña has advanced degrees from Canada and the US, and was a postdoctoral fellow at Stanford University. He holds the endowed Thorsen Chair in psychology at Lund University in Sweden, where he directs the Center for Research on Consciousness and Anomalous Psychology. His areas of research include anomalous experiences (including psi), dissociative processes and [...]

Introduction: Many studies on paranormal experiences suggest that human beings have a common ability to experience paranormal experiences and that those experiences are based on different biological mechanisms. It is necessary to clarify which kinds of experiences are more susceptible to which environmental factors. For example, since the beginning of the 21st century, new discoveries [...]

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A private investor and executive manager of Documatica Financial, Jacques F. Vallee has had a long-term private interest in astronomy. He received a B.S in Mathematics at the Sorbonne and an M.S in Astrophysics at Lille University. Vallee moved to the USA, to the University of Texas as an astronomer where he co-developed the first [...]

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