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Spring 2006 Table of Contents
Volume 70 / Number 1 Spring 2006
PARAPSYCHOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION
Abstracts of Presented Papers from the 48th Parapsychological Association Annual Convention, Petaluma, CA, USA, August 11–15, 2005 3
ARTICLES
Remarkable Correspondences Between Ganzfeld Mentation and Target Content — A Psychical or Psychological Effect? 23
Joakim Westerlund, Adrian Parker, Jan Dalkvist, and Gergo Hadlaczky
The Sender as a PK Agent in ESP Studies: The Effects of Agent and Target System Lability Upon Performance at a Novel PK Task 49
Nicola J. Holt and Chris A. Roe
The Effects of Strategy (“Willing” versusAbsorption) and Feedback (Intermediate versus Delayed) on Performance at a PK Task 69
Chris A. Roe and Nicola Holt
Yogic Attainment in Relation to Awareness of Precognitive Targets 91
S. M. Roney-Dougal and Jerry Solfvin
A Parapsychological Investigation of the I Ching: The Relationships Between Psi, Intuition, and Time Perspective 121
Lance Storm
Psychiatry, the Mystical, and the Paranormal 143
Michael A. Thalbourne
Jung and Rhine 167
William Sloane
OBITUARY
John Beloff
by Richard S. Broughton 173
BOOK REVIEWS
Entangled Minds: Extrasensory Experiences in a Quantum Reality by Dean Radin 177
Roger Nelson
The Survival of Human Consciousness: Essays on the Possibility of Life After Death
edited by Lance Storm and Michael A. Thalbourne 179
Etzel Cardena
Autism and the God Connection. Redefining the Autistic Experience Through Extraordinary Accounts of Spiritual Giftedness by William Stillman 185
Athena A. Drewes
Correspondence (Fontana, Kelly, and Alvarado) 189
Fall 2006 Table of Contents
Volume 70 / Number 2 Fall 2006
PARAPSYCHOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION
Abstracts of Presented Papers from the
49th Parapsychological Association Annual
Convention, Stockholm, Sweden,
August 4–6, 2006 203
ARTICLES
A Bias Caused by Inappropriate Averaging
in Experiments With Randomized Stimuli 233
Jan Dalkvist and Joakim Westerlund
Memory, Emotion, and the Receptive
Psi Process 255
Richard S. Broughton
Geomagnetic Fields and the Relationship
Between Human Intentionality and the
Hemolysis of Red Blood Cells 275
John Palmer, Christine A. Simmonds-Moore,
and Stephen Baumann
Kundalini and the Output of a
Random Number Generator 303
Michael A. Thalbourne
Research Assistants or Budding Scientists?
A Review of 96 Undergraduate Student Projects
at the Koestler Parapsychology Unit 335
Caroline Watt
“Seeing and Feeling Ghosts”: Absorption,
Fantasy Proneness, and Healthy Schizotypy
as Predictors of Crisis Apparition Experiences 357
Alejandro Parra
BOOK REVIEWS
Irreducible Mind: Toward a Psychology
for the 21st Century
by Edward Kelly, Emily Williams Kelly,
Adam Crabtree, Alan Gauld, Michael Grosse,
and Bruce Greyson 373
J. E. Kennedy
An Introduction to Parapsychology (5th ed.)
by Harvey A. Irwin and Caroline A. Watt 377
Etzel Cardeña
Parapsychology in the Twenty-First Century:
Essays on the Future of Psychical Research
edited by Michael Thalbourne
and Lance Storm 381
Julie Beischel
Outside the Gates of Science: Why It’s Time for
the Paranormal to Come in From the Cold
by Damien Broderick 388
Caroline Watt
Extraordinary Knowing: Science, Skepticism, and
the Inexplicable Powers of the Human Mind
by Elizabeth Lloyd Mayer 391
Chris Carter
Opening to the Infinite: The Art and Science
of Nonlocal Awareness
by Stephan A. Schwartz 398
Jeffrey Mishlove
The Common Thread Between ESP and PK
by Michael A. Thalbourne 400
David Luke
Correspondence (Storm, Cardeña, Kennedy
Thalbourne, Fontana, and Kelly) 405
Glossary 417
Benefactors 422
Index 423
Fall 2005 Table of Contents
Volume 69 / Number 2 Fall 2005
PARAPSYCHOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION
2005 Presidential Address: Parapsychology’s Contribution to Psychology: A View from the Front Line 215
Caroline Watt
ARTICLES
Solar-Periodic Full Moon Effect in the Fourmilab RetroPsychoKinesis Project Experiment Data: An Exploratory Study 233
Eckhard Etzold
Personality and Motivations to Believe, Misbelieve, and Disbelieve in Paranormal Phenomena 263
J. E. Kennedy
Paranormal Belief and Religiosity 293
Andreas Hergovich, Reinhard Schott, and Martin Arendasy
A Preliminary Survey of Paranormal Experiences With Psychoactive Drugs 305
David P. Luke and Marios Kittenis
Anomalous Cognition in Hypnagogic State With OBE Induction: An Experimental Study 329
Guido Del Prete and Patrizio E. Tressoldi
Does Precognition Foresee the Future? Series 4: A Postal Replication 341
Fiona Steinkamp
Toward a Replication of the “Finger-Reading” Effect 353
Yung-Jong Shiah
Note: A Shorthand Term for “Psychopraxia” 377
Michael A. Thalbourne and Lance Storm
BOOK REVIEWS
Unleashed. Of Poltergeists and Murder: The Curious Story of Tina Resch by William Roll and Valerie Storey 379
John Palmer
The New Paradigm: A Confrontation Between Physics and the Paranormal Phenomena by John O’M. Bockris 385
Douglas M. Stokes
Is There an Afterlife? A Comprehensive Overview of the Evidence by David Fontana 390
Emily Williams Kelly
Is There Life After Death: An Examination of the Empirical Evidence by David Lester 395
Robert Almeder
The Reluctant Spiritualist: The Life of Maggie Fox by Nancy Rubin Stuart 397
John Buescher
Correspondence (Terhune) 403
Glossary 407
Index 413
Spring 2005 Table of Contents
Volume 69 / Number 1 Spring 2005
PARAPSYCHOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION
2004 Presidential Address: Complicating
the Conversation: Rhetoric, Substance, and Controversy in Parapsychology 3
Nancy L. Zingrone
Abstracts of Presented Papers from the 47th Parapsychological Association Annual Convention, Vienna, Austria, August 5-8, 2004 23
ARTICLES
First Sight: Part Two, Elaboration of a Model of Psi and the Mind 63
James C. Carpenter
A Further Consideration of the Sender as a PK Agent in Ganzfeld ESP Studies 113
Chris A. Roe and Nicola Holt
An Exploratory Study Into Traditional Zulu Healing and REG Effects 129
J.J. Lumsden-Cook, S.D. Edwards, and J. Thwala
McClenon’s Ritual Healing Theory: An Exploratory Study 139
Gemma Cooper and Michael A. Thalbourne
Using Digital Magnetometry to Quantify Anomalous Magnetic Fields Associated With Spontaneous Strange Experiences: The Magnetic Anomaly Detection System 151
Jason J. Braithwaite
BOOK REVIEWS
The Afterlife Experiments: Breakthrough Scientific Evidence of Life After Death by Gary E. Schwartz With William L. Simon 173
Daryl J. Bem
From Shaman to Scientist: Essays on Humanity’s Search for Spirits edited by James Houran 183
Michaeleen Maher
Life Before Life: A Scientific Investigation of Children’s Memories of Previous Lives by Jim B. Tucker 188
Athena A. Drewes
A World in a Grain of Sand: The Clairvoyance of Stefan Ossowiecki by Mary Rose Barrington,
Ian Stevenson, and Zofia Weaver 194
Carlos S. Alvarado
A Glossary of Terms Used in Parapsychology by Michael A. Thalbourne 199
Sally Ann Drucker
Immortal Remains: The Evidence of Life After Death by Stephen E. Brande 201
Frank B. Dilley
Correspondence (Thalbourneand Watt) 205
Volume 68 / Number 2 Fall 2004
Volume 68 / Number 2 Fall 2004
PARAPSYCHOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION
ARTICLES
First Sight: Part One, A Model of Psi and the Mind
. . . .James C. Carpenter 217
In Search of Magnetic Anomalies Associated With Haunt-Type Experiences: Pulses and Patterns in Dual Time-Synchronized Measurements
. . . .Jason J. Braithwaite, Katty Perez-Aquino, and Maurice Townsend 255
Two Cognitive DMILS Studies in Bali
. . . .Hoyt Edge, Luh Ketut Suryani, Niko Tiliopoulos, and Robert Morris 289
A Study of Telepathy by Classical Conditioning
. . . .Zoltan Vassy 323
Physiological Correlates of ESP: Heart Rate Differences Between Targets and Nontargets
. . . .Luisa Sartori, Stefano Massacessi, Massimiliano Martinelli,
and Patrizio E. Tressoldi 351
Interpersonal Psi: Exploring the Role of the Sender in Ganzfeld ESP Tasks
. . . .Chris Roe, Simon J. Sherwood, and Nicola J. Holt 361
Permutation-Based Methods for Examining Confusion Data in Experiments
. . . .Stephanie Stahl 381
Differences in Paranormal Beliefs Across Fields of Study From a Spanish Adaptation of Tobacyk’s RPBS
. . . .Luis Dà az-Vilela and Carlos J. Ãlvarez-González 405
OBITUARY
Robert L. Morris
. . . .by James C. Carpenter 422
BOOK REVIEWS
The PK Zone: A Cross-Cultural Review of Psychokinesis by Pamela Rae Heath
. . . ..reviewed by Rhea A. White 433
Talking to the Dead: Kate and Maggie Fox and the Rise of Spiritualism by Barbara Weisberg
. . . .reviewed by Christopher M. Moreman 436
The Gift: ESP, the Extraordinary Experiences of Ordinary People by Sally Rhine Feather and Michael Schmicker
. . . .reviewed by Rhea A. White 438
Editorial Consultants . . . . 441
Index . . . . 443
Volume 68 / Number 1 Spring 2004
ARTICLES
On the Centenary of Frederic W.J. Myers’s Human Personality and Its Survival of Bodily Death
. . . .Carlos S. Alvarado 3
The Effect of Manipulating Expectations Both Before and During a Test of ESP
. . . .Janet A. Pitman and Nicholas E. Owens 45
Experimental Evaluation of a Feedback-Reinforcement Model for Dyadic ESP
. . . .Paul Stevens 65
Anticipatory Awareness of Emotionally Charged Targets by Individuals with Histories of Emotional Trauma
. . . .Theo K. de Graaf and Joop M. Houtkooper 93
Psi and Associational Processes
. . . .Stuart Wilson, Robert L. Morris, Niko Tiuopoulos, and Eric Pronto 129
A Proposal and Challenge for Proponents and Skeptics of Psi
. . . .J. E. Kennedy 157
BOOK REVIEWS
Spiritual Healing: Scientific Validation of a Healing Revolution by Daniel J. Benor
. . . .reviewed by Jerry Solfvin 169
Psi Wars: Getting to Grips with the Paranormal edited by James Alcock, Jean Burns, and Anthony Freeman
. . . .reviewed by Caroline Watt 175
Best Evidence by Michael Schmicker
. . . .reviewed by Jeffrey Mishlove 180
Projectiology: A Panorama of the Experiences of the Consciousness Outside the Human Body by Waldo Vieira
. . . .reviewed by Debra A. Midyette 184
Correspondence (Houtkooper, Kennedy, Rao, Stanford, and Storm) . . . . 189
Glossary . . . . 203
Call for Papers: Parapsychological Association . . . . 209