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Annual Convention of
Parapsychologists was held in Paris in July 2010
 The principal international scientific organization studying the
nature of consciousness, the Parapsychological Association (PA), held
its 53rd annual convention in Paris, France on July 22-25, 2010.
Members of the PA who are engaged in the study of psychic (psi)
experiences, including extrasensory perception (ESP) , psychokinesis
(PK), psychic
healing, precognition and survival of bodily death. Leading scientists
and scholars from universities and laboratories around the world
gathered to present and discuss their latest research findings on
these sometimes controversial, but always fascinating, aspects of
human consciousness.
Sally Rhine Feather, John Palmer, Sandra
Shelton and Annette LePoris attended the conference. The event
featured over 30 presentations on a variety of parapsychological
topics. Sally Rhine Feather presented the results of a
survey
on psychokinesis
conducted at the the Rhine Research Center by
Dr. Feather and Dr. Christine Simmonds-Moore, a Research Associate at
the Rhine Research Center.
Other presentations included historical and case studies of
mediums, including a neuroimaging study of mediumistic trance, the
effects of geomagnetic activity on psi, meditation and psychic
functioning, anomalous mental phenomena studied in South America and
Tibet, telephone telepathy, psychokinetic experiences, and the
application of psi in archeology.
The convention’s keynote
speaker was Paul Devereux, managing editor and co-founder of the
peer-reviewed publication, Time & Mind - The Journal of Archaeology,
Consciousness and Culture. A research associate at the Royal College
of Art and a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts, Devereux was a
Senior Research Fellow with the International Consciousness Research
Laboratories (ICRL) in Princeton for twelve years. He has written 27
books since 1979. His latest work, Sacred Geography, a look at ancient
and traditional mindscapes, is due out in October 2010.
 Other
notable speakers included Russell Targ, a physicist and author who was
a pioneer in the development of the laser and laser applications, and
is best known in parapsychology for his pioneering research on "remote
viewing," a form of ESP, sponsored by U.S. government intelligence
agencies in the 1970s and 1980s.
The winner of PA’s 2009 Career Award, Targ’s invited address was
titled, Why I am absolutely convinced of the reality of psychic
abilities, and why you should be, too. Stanley Krippner, Ph.D., a
professor of psychology at Saybrook University, fellow of the American
Psychological Association, and author of numerous articles and books
on dreams, hypnosis, altered states of consciousness, led a workshop
on psi and creativity. Sally Rhine Feather was the recipient of the
PA's 2010 Outstanding Career Award.
The conference was hosted by the
Institut Métapsychique International and held at Enclos Rey in Paris.
About the Parapsychological Association:
The
Parapsychological Association is the international professional
organization of scientists and scholars engaged in the study of
consciousness-related experiences and phenomena known as 'psi'’ (or
'psychic') experiences. The primary objective of such studies is to
achieve a scientific understanding of these experiences. The PA was
first established in 1957, and has been an affiliated organization of
the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) since
1969. It provides an international forum for scholarly exchange
through annual conferences, generally held in North America or in
Europe, and through the publication of its Mindfield bulletin. There
are approximately 300 PA members around the world.
Photos courtesy of Sandra Shelton |
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