Santa Barbara Parapsychology Collection

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Guide to the Santa Barbara Parapsychology Collection

Preliminary arrangement and description by Special Collections staff, latest revision A. Demeter Department of Special Collections Davidson Library University of California, Santa Barbara Santa Barbara, CA 93106 Phone: (805) 893-3062 Fax: (805) 893-5749 Email: [email protected] URL: http://www.library.ucsb.edu/special-collections/ © 2012 The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved.

Guide to the Santa Barbara ARC Mss 48 1 Parapsychology Collection Santa Barbara Parapsychology Collection, ca. 1955-1987 [bulk dates 1970-1980]

Collection number: ARC Mss 48

Department of Special Collections, Davidson Library, University of California, Santa Barbara

Descriptive Summary Title: Santa Barbara Parapsychology Collection Dates: ca. 1955-1987 Bulk Dates: 1970-1980 Collection number: ARC Mss 48 Creator: Phillips, David T. Collection Size: 6.6 linear feet (4 cartons, 1 document box and 1 half-sized document box). Repository: University of California, Santa Barbara. Library. Dept. of Special Collections Santa Barbara, CA 93106 Abstract: Newsletters, magazines, catalogs, flyers, articles, records of experiments, correspondence, subject files, and other material, mainly printed, collected by Santa Barbara resident Dr. David T. Phillips and primarily pertaining to parapsychology-related groups, studies, and issues in Santa Barbara, southern California, and elsewhere in the United States. Physical location: Annex 2. Languages: English Access Restrictions Box 6 restricted pending staff review. Collection is stored off-site; advance notice required for retrieval. Publication Rights Copyright has not been assigned to the Department of Special Collections, UCSB. All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Head of Special Collections. Permission for publication is given on behalf of the Department of Special Collections as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which also must be obtained. Preferred Citation Santa Barbara Parapsychology Collection. ARC Mss 48. Department of Special Collections, Davidson Library, University of California, Santa Barbara. Acquisition Information Donor unknown; donated via Gordon Melton, 9/29/05. Scope and Content Notes Newsletters, magazines, catalogs, flyers, articles, records of experiments, correspondence, subject files, and other material, mainly printed, collected by Santa Barbara resident Dr. David T. Phillips and primarily pertaining to parapsychology-related groups, studies, and issues in Santa Barbara, southern California, and elsewhere in the United States. Arrangement The collection is arranged into the following sections: Research - by subject area; notes, test data, etc. Includes materials on Phillips' Glendan Company and their product the Acupointer. Subject files - includes articles, clippings, etc. on parapsychology and related areas.

Guide to the Santa Barbara ARC Mss 48 2 Parapsychology Collection Organizations - flyers, brochures, some newsletters, etc. Indexing Terms The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog. Phillips, David T. Glendan Company Parapsychology. Psychics. Metaphysics. California. Related Materials in Special Collections Have transferred large runs of serials like Rosicrucian Forum to ARC Serials. These can be searched in the library catalog. See also: Records relating to parapsychology in the American Religions Collection, ARC Mss 1. File on the parapsychology program at UCSB in the UCSB College of Letters and Science Records, UArch 66. Books and serials on parapsychology in the American Religions Collection, searchable in the library catalog.

Research

Box 1: 1 11 November 1974 (experiment data) Acupointer Box 1: 2 Advanced literature - Master copies, 1972-1973 Box 1: 3 Advertising, 1972-1973 Box 1: 4 Digest of Chiropractic Economics, Today's Chiropractic, 1972-1973 Box 1: 5 Magazine list for Acupointer advertising, n.d. Box 1: 6 Production, n.d. Box 1: 7 Bibliographic materials - Parapsychology, 1973 Box 1: 8 Bibliographic materials - D. T. Phillips, 1978-1980 Box 1: 9 "Caucasian Yoga Walewski," 1973 Box 1: 10 Chinese parapsychology research, 1982 Box 1: 11 Clairvoyance Test Method, 1971-1974 Box 1: 12 Conferences, 1973-1981 Correspondence Box 1: 13 B - incl. Raymond Bayless, 1972-1974 Box 1: 14 C - incl. James Crenshaw, 1973-1974 Box 1: 15 D-G - incl. John Duke, 1973-1974 Box 1: 16 H-J - incl. Hastings Associates, 1973-1980 Box 1: 17 K-L - incl. Kabrina Kincade, Irving Laucks, 1972-1976 Box 1: 18 M-R, 1972-1984 Box 1: 19 S - incl. Spurnley, 1955-1980 Box 1: 20 T-Z - incl. Charles Tart, Frances Zeff, 1973-1977 Box 1: 21 Uphoff, Walter, 1972-1973 Box 1: 22 Criminology proposal, 1974 Box 1: 23 Current (experiment data), 1971-1978 Box 1: 24 Dean, Douglas; John Mihalasky, 1965-1972 Box 1: 25 ESP testing, 1974 Box 1: 26 Harrison - Biofeedback and Self-Hypnosis, Dec. 1979 Box 1: 27 History (experiment data), 1971-1974 Box 1: 28 International Cooperation Council - Directory, 1978 Box 1: 29 Kirlian photography, n.d. Box 1: 30 Manual for Introductory Experiments in Parapsychology, Louisa E. Rhine, Institute for Parapsychology, n.d. Box 1: 31 MCTS (Modular Communications Testing System), 1976 Box 1: 32 Morris, Robert - Circuits, 1975-1976

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Notebooks Box 2: 1 UCSB Parapsychology, plethysmograph, Agi Ban / D. T. Phillips, Dec. 1974 Box 2: 2 Glendan, David T. Phillips, Dec. 1978-Dec. 1979 Box 2: 3 Audio circuits, 1982-June 1984 Box 2: 4 Experiments, July 1984-Nov. 1985 Box 2: 5 Experiment data, 1973 Box 2: 6 PK, n.d. Box 2: 7 Santa Barbara Technology Model 1700 - Parts / order / production planning, 1975 Box 2: 8 Parapsychology Information Network, 1983 Box 2: 9 Paratronics Electronics for Parapsychology, 1981 Box 2: 10 PK Study I, 1969-1975 Box 2: 11 PK Study II, 1977-1978 Psychometry testing, Richard Spurnley Box 2: 10 General, 1973 Box 2: 11 ESP handwriting ("ESPelling"), 1973 Box 2: 12 ESP scanning / triangulation, 1974 Box 2: 13 Psychometric ESP Training Manual, c. 1974 Box 2: 14 Psychometry score sheets, 1974 Box 6: 1 Release forms (confidential) Box 6: 2 Police and parapsychology (confidential) Box 2: 15 Research data, notes, 1975-1979 Box 2: 16 "SCSPR/AjPR," 1972-1973 Box 2: 17 Survival proposal, 1970-1974 Box 2: 18 Synchronicity, Consciousness, and the Quantum, 1974 Box 2: 19 Thermograph studies, n.d. Box 2: 20 UCSB psychic / teaching, 1972-1975 Box 2: 21 Williamson, Sherry, 1973 Box 2: 22 Miscellaneous, 1974-1975 Subject Files

Box 2: 23 Acupuncture, 1971-1973 Box 3: 1 Acupuncture (cont.) Box 3: 2 AHP (Association for Humanistic Psychology), 1982 Box 3: 3 Art, n.d. Box 3: 4 Astroprojection, 1975 Box 3: 5 Aurobindo, 1972 Box 3: 6 Bach, Richard, 1972 Box 3: 7 BFT (Bio-Feedback Training) / mind training, n.d. Box 3: 8 Book & film catalogs, 1971-1981 Box 3: 9 Brain waves / ESB (electrical stimulation of the brain), 1970-1976 Box 3: 10 Cabalah, 1978 Box 3: 11 Castaneda, Carlos, 1973 Box 3: 12 Communication with animals, 1974-1981 Box 3: 13 Communications / electronics, 1973-1975 Box 3: 14 Death, 1975-1983 Box 3: 15 The Digest of Chiropractic Economics, 1973 Box 3: 16 Dowsing, 1976-1977 Box 3: 17 Education and parapsychology, 1972-1980 Box 3: 18 Electro-bioluminescence (EBL), n.d. Box 3: 19 ESP (Extra-sensory perception), 1974-1985 Box 3: 20 ESP Orbit, 1972-1973 Box 3: 21 EST (Erhand Seminars Training), 1975 Box 3: 22 Geller, Uri, 1973-1974 Box 3: 23 Ghosts, haunting/poltergeists, c. 1976 Box 3: 24 Human Behavior: The Newsmagazine of the Social Sciences, 1978 Box 3: 25 Innerspace Foundation, 1979 Box 3: 26 Kirlian photography, 1972-1974 Box 3: 27 Krishnamurti, 1985

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Box 3: 28 Magicians, 1973-1980 Box 3: 29 Mathematics, 1975-1983 Box 3: 30 Mead, Margaret, 1970-1974 Box 3: 31 Medical Self-Care, 1979 Box 3: 32 Medicine and parapsychology, 1970-1976 Box 3: 33 Mediums, 1975 Box 3: 34 Meher Baba, n.d. Box 3: 35 Mystic Trader, n.d. Box 3: 36 Navajo, 1977 Box 3: 37 Police and psychics, 1973-1987 Box 3: 38 Premonition, 1975-1980 Box 3: 39 PSE (Psychological Stress Evaluator), 1976 Box 3: 40 Psience, n.d. Box 3: 41 Psychic ...Exploring the Extended Nature of Man, 1972 Box 3: 42 Psychic healing / faith healing, 1974-1975 Box 3: 43 Psychic phenomena / general parapsychology, 1966-1981 Box 3: 44 The Psychic Researcher & Spiritualist Gazette, 1973 Box 3: 45 Psychics, 1974-1980 Box 3: 46 Psychokinesis, n.d. Box 3: 47 Psychology Today, 1973-1976 Box 3: 48 Publications (reviews, advertisements, notes on), 1973-1982 Box 3: 49 Pyramids, 1972 Box 3: 50 Quantum physics, n.d. Box 3: 51 Reincarnation, 1976-1978 Box 3: 52 Santa Barbara Magazine, 1978 Box 3: 53 Santeria, 1988 Box 3: 54 Science of Mind, 1974 Box 3: 55 Senoi people, 1981 Box 3: 56 Spying and parapsychology, c. 1977-1979 Box 3: 57 Stanford Research Institute, 1973-1980 Box 3: 58 Superstition, 1974 Box 3: 59 Tape recorder voices, 1972 Box 3: 60 Transcendental meditation, 1970-1974 Box 3: 61 Yoga, 1973-1977 Box 3: 62 Zepell, Nathan, 1974-1975 Box 3: 63 Zetetic Scholar, c. 1978 Box 3: 64 Zygon: The Journal of Religion & Science, 1979 Box 3: 65 Miscellaneous, 1971-1979 Organizations

Box 3: 66 Academy of Parapsychology, Healing & Psychic Sciences, El Cajon, CA, n.d. Box 3: 67 Academy of Parapsychology and Medicine, Los Altos, CA, 1973 Box 3: 68 ALPHA-PSIgenics Research Institute, Inc., North Hollywood, CA, 1977 Box 3: 69 American Parapsychological Research Foundation, Sherman Oaks, CA, n.d. Box 4: 1 American Society for Psychical Research, Inc., New York, NY, 1970-1981 Box 4: 2 Aquarian Educational Group, Agoura, CA, n.d. Box 4: 3 A.R.E. (Association for Research and Enlightenment, Inc.), Virginia Beach, VA, c. 1980-1981 Box 4: 4 Association for Humanistic Psychology, San Francisco, CA, 1985 Box 4: 5 Association for the Integration of Man, Everett, WA, 1976 Box 4: 6 Association for the Integration of the Whole Person, Los Angeles, CA, 1976 Box 4: 7 Association for the Scientific Study of Near-Death Phenomena, Inc., East Peoria, IL, n.d. Box 4: 8 Association for the Understanding of Man, n.d. Box 4: 9 Astara, Upland, CA, 1980-1983 Box 4: 10 La Bérgerie - Inner Space Foundation, Santa Barbara, CA, 1979-1981 Box 4: 11 Biometric Research Foundation, Inc., Beverly Hills, CA, 1958 Box 4: 12 Blaisdell Institute (Claremont University Center), Claremont, CA, 1981

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Box 4: 13 Brotherhood of Temple B'nai B'rith, Santa Barbara, CA, 1980 Box 4: 14 California Institute of Transpersonal Psychology, Menlo Park, CA, n.d. Box 4: 15 California Society for Psychical Study, Inc., Berkeley, CA, c. 1979 Box 4: 16 Center for the Healing Arts, Los Angeles, CA, 1977-1980 Box 4: 17 Dialogue House, New York, NY, 1980 Box 4: 18 East West Academy of Healing Arts, San Francisco, CA, 1977 Box 4: 19 Ernest Holmes Memorial Research Foundation, Los Angeles, CA, n.d. Box 4: 20 Esalen Institute, San Francisco, CA, 1974 Box 4: 21 Far Horizons Theosophical Sierra Camp, Ojai, CA, c. 1980 Box 4: 22 Foundation for the Study of Consciousness, Santa Barbara, CA - Nous Letter: Studies in Noetics, 1974 Box 4: 23 Healing Center of the Advanced Spiritual Church of all Religions, North Hollywood, CA, 1981 Box 4: 24 Health Integration Center, Santa Monica, CA, c. 1980 Box 4: 25 Holistic Life University, San Francisco, CA, 1980 Box 4: 26 Holmes Center for Research in Holistic Healing, Los Angeles, CA, 1980-1981 Box 4: 27 Human Dimensions Institute / West, Ojai, CA, 1980 Box 4: 28 Human Freedom Center, n.d. Box 4: 29 Humanistic Psychology Institute, San Francisco, CA, 1976-1980 Box 4: 30 Illinois Society for Psychic Research, Oak Park, IL, 1980 Box 4: 31 Institute of Human Development, Ojai, CA, 1985 Box 4: 32 Institute of Noetic Sciences, 1973-1981 Box 4: 33 Institute for Parapsychology, Durham, NC, c. 1980-1984 Box 4: 34 Institute for the Study of Human Knowledge, Los Altos, CA, c. 1980 Box 4: 35 International Association for Near-Death Studies, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT, 1981 Box 4: 36 International Cooperation Council - Santa Barbara area, CA, 1979 Box 4: 37 International Health Alliances, Inc., Cotati, CA, n.d. Box 4: 38 Ishi Research Center for Consciousness Studies, Cambridge, MA, 1973 Box 4: 39 Japanese Society for Parapsychology, Tokyo, Japan, 1979 Box 4: 40 John F. Kennedy University, Institute for Mystical and Parapsychological Studies, Orinda, CA, 1979 Box 4: 41 Mandala Society, Del Mar, CA, 1979-1981 Box 4: 42 Mankind Research Unlimited, Inc., Washington, DC, n.d. Box 4: 43 Meditation Center, Durham, NC, n.d. Box 4: 44 Midori-Land, Inc. / Abrahamsen, Applegate, OR, 1973 Box 4: 45 Midwest Psi Research Institute, Northbrook, IL, 1981 Box 4: 46 Mind Frontiers, Chicago, IL, n.d. Box 4: 47 Mobius Society, Los Angeles, CA, 1986-1987 Box 4: 48 Naropa Institute, Boulder, CO, 1975 Box 4: 49 National Academy of Applied Awareness, Inc., Hollywood, CA, n.d. Box 4: 50 National Center for the Exploration of Human Potential, La Jolla, CA, n.d. Box 4: 51 New Age Forum of Santa Barbara, CA, c. 1980 Box 4: 52 New Horizons (radio program), KPFA, San Francisco, CA, 1980 Box 4: 53 Nyingma Institute, Berkeley, CA, 1980 Parapsychological Association, Durham, NC Box 4: 54 General, 1977-1985 Box 4: 55 PA Convention, 1975 Box 4: 56 Parapsychology Research Group, Inc., San Francisco, CA, 1981-1985 Box 4: 57 Phenomenological Sciences Institute, 1972 Box 4: 58 Phoenix Associates, Palo Alto, CA - Phoenix: New Directions in the Study of Man, 1979-1981 Box 4: 59 Progressions Growth Center, Santa Barbara, CA, 1981 Box 4: 60 Psi Network, Santa Barbara, CA, c. 1985 Psi SEARCH Box 4: 61 General, 1974-1981 Box 4: 62 Psi-SEARCH Exhibition, with the California Museum of Science and Industry, 1974 Box 4: 63 Psychical Research Foundation, Chapel Hill & Durham, NC, 1979-1981

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Box 4: 64 Quality Longevity Research Institute, Pasadena, CA, 1980 Box 4: 65 Rajneesh Meditation and Growth Institute, Lucerne Valley, CA, c. 1982 Box 4: 66 Research Association for Regeneration, Berkeley, CA, n.d. Rosicrucian Order, San Jose, CA Box 4: 67 General, c. 1963-1975 Box 4: 68 Rosicrucian pamphlets, c. 1974 Box 5: 1 Santa Barbara Parapsychology Research Society, CA, n.d. Box 5: 2 Santa Barbara Zen Priory, CA, 1981 Box 5: 3 Shanti Nilaya, Escondido, CA, 1980 Box 5: 4 SISAM (Società Internazionale per lo Studio dell'Altra Medicina), Italy, 1973 Box 5: 5 Sivananda Ashram Yoga Camp, Val Morin, Quebec, 1979 Box 5: 6 Society for Psychical Research, London, England, 1981-1982 Box 5: 7 Sonoma Institute, Bodega, CA, 1980 Box 5: 8 Southern California Society for Psychical Research, Inc., Beverly Hills, CA, 1972-1975 Box 5: 9 Spectrum Foundation, San Francisco, CA, 1982 Box 5: 10 Spiritual Frontiers Fellowship, Inc., Independence, MO / Evanston, IL, 1974-1982 Box 5: 11 Survival Research Foundation, Towson, MD, 1977-1979 Theosophical Society Box 5: 12 Theosophical Publishing House, Wheaton, IL, 1981 Box 5: 13 Theosophical Society in America, Wheaton, IL, c. 1973-1974 Box 5: 14 Theosophical Society in Los Angeles, CA, n.d. Box 5: 15 Touch for Health Foundation, Pasadena, CA, 1980 Box 5: 16 UDC, Canoga Park, CA, n.d. Box 5: 17 Universal Mind Science Church, Long Beach, CA, n.d. Box 5: 18 Vereins für Tonbandstimmenforschung (VTF), Düsseldorf-Wersten, Germany, 1976-1977 Box 5: 19 Well Spring, Phoenix, AZ, n.d. Box 5: 20 World Institute of Avasthology, Ojai, CA, 1976 Box 5: 21 World Institute Council, New York, NY, 1974

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