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“With these words I
indicate what seems to me the greatest
danger of the present, the greatest threat
of the future. This danger has already taken
shape in America, where, in the name of
science, many thousands of young people are
every year taught to believe that man is
literally nothing more than a piece of
mechanism, without power or influence on his
destiny. Against this fatalistic dogma, so
destructive of aspiration and so weakening
to all higher effort, I have not ceased to
wage war in my own little corner since I
first began to write.” -- William
McDougall, Character and the Conduct of Life
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Editorial Overview
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A Glimpse of Science History and Its Consequences on Psi
Research
by Mark A. Schroll, Ph.D.
with historical comments from Sally Rhine Feather, Ph.D.
The articles in this issue represent various
perspectives on science and psi’s attempt to find common
ground, yet historically reconciliation has not been
among the process shaping scientific discourse. But what
about (and you are wise to ask) the scientific method?
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Why Are (Some)
Scientists So Opposed to Parapsychology?
by
Mark Leary, Ph. D.
From the earliest days of psychic research in the
late 1800s, a deep and broad schism has separated
scientists who study psychic or parapsychological
phenomena from those who view such outlandish
investigations as outside the realm of real science.
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New Cable Channel to
Feature A.R.E. - An Interview with Sandra Martin by
Todd Burgin with
Editors’ Note
by
Mark A. Schroll, Ph.D. You can reach
Sandra Martin by
email. In this interview with
Sandra Martin (reprinted with permission from Edgar
Cayce’s Association for Research and
Enlightenment (A.R.E.)
Venture Inward Magazine, March/April,
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