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William on James Telepathy The Bulletin of the Parapsychological Association 7.1 Volume 7 mindfield Issue 1 William on James Telepathy WWW.PARAPSYCH.ORG Volume 7 Issue 1 Mindfield 1 The Bulletin of the Parapsychological Association 7. 1 Volume 7 Mindfield Issue 1 Oh, to Come From the 6 in from 4 Editor’s Desk the Cold by Etzel Cardeña by James Carpenter 2 Mindfield Volume 7 Issue 1 WWW.PARAPSYCH.ORG | Mindfield team | Mindfield Editor Etzel Cardeña Editor Etzel Cardeña, Ph.D. Art&Design Nikolaos Koumartzis Art Director Nikolaos Koumartzis, M.A. Assistant copy-editor David Marcusson-Clavertz | 2014-2015 Board of Directors President:| 2011-2012 BoardJames ofC. Carpenter,Directors Ph.D. ViceOfficers President: President: Christine Alejandro Simmonds-Moore, Parra, Ph.D. Ph.D. SecretaryVP: Gerd H.: JohnHövelmann Palmer, Ph.D. Treasurer:Secretary: ChrisHoyt Edge,Roe, Ph.D. Ph.D. DirectorsTreasurer: Renaud Hoyt Edge, Evrard, Ph.D. Ph.D., Wim Kramer, Ph.D., FatimaDirectors Regina Alexander Machado, Moreira Ph.D., - RogerAlmeida, Nelson, Ph.D., RogerPh.D., Chris D. Nelson, Roe, Ph.D.Ph.D., Stefan Schmidt, Ph.D., Christine PastSimmonds-Moore, President Alejandro Ph.D., Jessica Parra, Utts,Ph.D. Ph.D. Student Representative LoydErika Pratte,Rowson M.A. Executive Director Annalisa VentolaM. Ventola, B.A. 15 Entry in Johnson’s Universal Cyclopedia by William James 20 Special Orientation 28 Some Techniques (U) Forgotten Zeitschrift für Anomalistik Russell Targ, Harold Mesmeric 35 2014 Puthoff, Edwin May, Phenomena and Beverly Humphrey by Gerd H. Hövelmann by Carlos S. Alvarado Summarized and abridged by [ Announcements ] Russell Targ for Mindfield 38 58th Annual PA Publication Summary of Convention of the 25 33 Il Mondo del Parapsychological Survey Paranormale, Association by John Palmer by Maria Luisa Felici Articles Relevant to and Giulio Caratelli Parapsychology in 26 [Reflections] 40 Journals of Various Brian Josephson Fields (XVII) by Gerd H. Hövelmann WWW.PARAPSYCH.ORG Volume 7 Issue 1 Mindfield 3 From the Bulletin of the of Bulletin The Parapsychological Association Editor’s Desk 7 Volume Issue 1h https://carlossalvarado. more psi research is being published wordpress.com/2015/02/15/live- in non-specialized journals. I have parapsychology-mooc-is-over/ a couple of small additions to They are following this course with his column: the first is that the one specialized on OBEs. You can forbears of the field include not only contact them for more information. “fathers” but also “mothers.” I think not only of someone whom I have Harvey Irwin (2015) has just come to admire tremendously for published a survey of the beliefs her formidable intellect, Eleanor of PA members on various issues. Sidgwick, but also the “white Although an estimate of the reality crows” such as Mrs. Leonard and | by ETZEL CARDEÑA, of psi was clearly endorsed (a Mrs. Piper who were indispensable CERCAP, Lund University mean of 79 in a scale of 0 – 100), to initial psi research. The other other items showed about an equal addition is that not only was Hans News split such as belief in survival Berger interested in psi, but also after death and whether the an earlier and arguably even more arlos Alvarado and respondent’s interest in psi was important neuroscientist (and Nobel Nancy Zingrone motivated by spiritual concerns, prizewinner in 1906), Santiago organized a free which belies the evidence-free Ramón y Cajal, who explicated how parapsychology course assertion of James Alcock (1987) neurons communicate and was C that parapsychology is an attempt seriously interested in researching on the net, in which more than 800 people registered. The video to bring back “the soul.” both hypnosis and psi phenomena presentations and posters are (Sala et al., 2008). available to anyone interested who Russel Targ kindly agreed to This Issue registers in www.wiziq.com and summarize a report on remote searches the “Parapsychology” viewing authored by him, Harold im Carpenter has a thoughtful course. There are presentations Puthoff, Edwin May, and Beverly column on finding “a good home” and posters from, among others, Humphrey, in which he goes for psi phenomena. I agree with Carlos Alvarado, Jeff Kripal, Dean J into some detail not only into him that trying to integrate with Radin, Christine Simmonds-Moore, the results but his practice as a more mainstream disciplines will and Charley Tart. You can read more remote viewer facilitator (Ed May be advantageous and little by little about it at: and co-authors have also begun 4 Mindfield Volume 7 Issue 1 WWW.PARAPSYCH.ORG Volume 7 From the Issue 1 Editor’s Desk to publish a number of books of the effects of the change of Paranormale and Gerd Hövelmann on that work). Brian Josephson, policy to no longer publish full contributes the abstracts in the 1973 Nobel Prize winner in papers in the PA proceedings. English of the Zeitschrift für Physics, gives us his reflections on I am particularly satisfied with Anomalistik, in addition to his his work and experiences on psi. the results because this was an always valuable bibliographies. It is sad to read that not even the initiative that I pushed for hard And check the announcement for highest recognition in his field has while I was in the PA Board. One the next PA Convention! prevented others from attacking of the rationales for the change in and censoring him for his long-time policy was what John describes, References interest in parapsychology. that it would it make more likely In his blog Forbidden Histories that authors would publish Alcock, J. E. (1987) Parapsychology: Science of the anomalous or search for (https://forbiddenhistories. their results in peer-reviewed the soul, Behavioral and Brain Sciences wordpress.com), Andreas Sommer publications. The other was that 10, 553–565. has published fascinating articles on I think that if parapsychologists Cardeña, E. & Alvarado, C. (2011). the history of parapsychology and want to be taken seriously they Altered consciousness from the Age of related phenomena. Among them is need to fulfill at least the same Enlightenment through mid 20th century. an entry on telepathy by the always criteria expected of other areas In E. Cardeña, & M. Winkelman (Eds.), Altering consciousness. Multidiscipli- lucid William James (also published of inquiry. I was, and remain, nary perspectives. Volume I. History, in his Essays in Psychical Research, surprised that so many important culture, and the humanities (pp. 89- edited by Robert A. McDermott). parapsychology studies have only 112). Santa Barbara, CA: Praeger. I am grateful for Andreas’s been published in the Proceedings Irwin, H. (2015). The views of parapsy- permission to use the scans of the of the PA. Although conference chologists: A survey of members of the images in the article. I corrected proceedings may at times undergo Parapsychological Association. Journal of the Society for Psychical Research, a couple of typos in the Sommer stringent review procedures and 78, 85-101. text, the substantial one being one there are journal articles that Sala, J., Cardeña, E., Holgado, M. C., in which “35 per cent.” was written seemed to have received none, Añez, C., Pérez, P., Periñán, R., & Ca- instead of “3.5 per cent.” Also on overall other scientists do not take pafons, A. (2008). The contributions of historical matters, Carlos Alvarado nearly as seriously publications Ramón y Cajal and other Spanish au- has a scholarly piece on some in proceedings (with a couple of thors to hypnosis. International Journal of Clinical and Experimental Hypnosis, “forgotten mesmeric phenomena” exceptions such as those from the 56, 361-372. that include reports of perceiving New York Academy of Sciences) animal magnetism, affecting plants, as in peer-reviewed journals. I and mediumistic expressions. hope that parapsychologists will Carlos and I have a chapter on the go into their archives and submit connections between mesmerism their Proceedings-only publications and mediumship (Cardeña & to a good journal. We include a Alvarado, 2011). summary by Maria Luisa Felici John Palmer presents a survey and Giulio Caratelli of Il Mondo del WWW.PARAPSYCH.ORG Volume 7 Issue 1 Mindfield 5 Oh, to Come in from the Cold onsider a fictional Would she only be rejected again? woman named Susan. Would her existence cause them She is twenty-years- great turmoil? Perhaps her father C old, with one son. has gotten on well with another She is employed happily enough family who never knew about and married happily enough, her. If they found out, would he dark blonde hair, medium height. lose his wife and children, or his Pay attention to her because mind? Is her mother deranged in a moment she will become a or chronically irresponsible? If metaphor for parapsychology. Susan found that woman, would it Susan was abandoned by her only open a terrible can of worms? parents at birth. She does not Susan does not know what to do, know the story, or even who | by JAMES CARPENTER but she feels a growing need to do the parents were. Her adopted something. parents were loving and well- as quick to ask the uncomfortable If facts are the children of meaning, and although their question? Her adopted parents science, parapsychology is temperaments were not in sync always had trouble understanding an orphanage of abandoned too well with Susan’s, because those things. And she wonders children. Like someone known of the dice roll of adoption, they if the original parents ever have to be an orphan, parapsychology all get on together, and love and wondered about her. Did she is defined by the parents it respect each other. Recently she mean anything to them? Why does not have. Rhine and Pratt has become curious about the did they give her up? Were their (1957) pointed to physics as the parents who abandoned her.
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