The Problems Religious Fundamentalists have with Parapsychology | Christopher Senn : The New Thinking Allowed Foundation

The Problems Religious Fundamentalists havewithParapsychology | Christopher Senn

February 18, 2023

Christopher Senn is a PhD Candidate concentrating in the History of Religions in America and the History of Gnosticism, Esotericism, and Mysticism. Current research focuses on using comparative methodology to examine the historical precedents of parapsychology research.

The Significance of Spiritual EpiphanieswithJeffrey Kripal

April 4, 2022

Jeffrey J. Kripal is the J. Newton Rayzor Professor of Philosophy and Religious Thought and former chair of the Department of Religious Studies at Rice University in Houston, Texas. His books include Kali’s Child, Esalen, Authors of the Impossible, The Serpent’s Gift, Mutants and Mystics, The Supernatural (with Whitley Strieber), and Secret Body. He is [...]

Francis Bacon and the Occult World of the Scientific Revolution

February 9, 2021

Readings: S. Shapin, “The Scientific Revolution”, https://amzn.to/3a23Jbu. J. Henry “Knowledge is Power” (on Bacon and magic), https://amzn.to/3p5D6a6.

Weirdness without Spirits: Poltergeist Phenomena & Science in the 20th Century

February 3, 2021

Readings: Gauld & Cornell, “Poltergeists”, https://amzn.to/38Uvxhv. Fanny Moser, “Spuk. Irrglaube oder Wahrglaube?”, https://amzn.to/3auk0oS

Taming the Poltergeist: “Things that go Bump in the Night” in 19th Century Science.

January 26, 2021

Recommended readings: Gauld & Cornell, “Poltergeists”, https://amzn.to/38Uvxhv. Noakes, Physics & Psychics: https://amzn.to/3qYc0Tp. Sources & further readings for this video: https://www.forbiddenhistories.com/poltergeist2

Poltergeist Phenomena in the Scientific Revolution & the Enlightenment.

April 19, 2020

Sources & recommended readings for this video: https://www.forbiddenhistories.com/poltergeist

Everything you always wanted to know about the history of science & magic (but were afraid to ask)

June 27, 2018

Welcome! I’m Dr. Andreas Sommer, a historian specialising in the hidden history of science & magic. For my academic credentials and links to some of my publications, see https://www.forbiddenhistories.com/about. If you’d like to start doing some background reading, I put together a comprehensive reading list, which you can check out at https://www.forbiddenhistories.com/key-readings.

Teaser – Forbidden Histories

February 24, 2018

Why everything you thought you knew about science and the “supernatural” is probably wrong.

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