The Greek Philosopher Hippocrates wrote, … "In the arthritis which generally shows itself about the age of thirty-five there is frequently no great interval between the affection of the hands and feet; both these becoming similar in nature, slender, with little flesh…For the most part their arthritis passeth from the feet to the hands, next the elbows and knees, after these the hip joint. It is incredible how fast the mischief spreads." 1, 2, 3,
Similar descriptions can be found in the writings of the Greek physician Arataeus, Caesar’s physician Scribonius, the Byzantine physician Soranus, Emperor Constantine IX’s adviser Michael Psellus, and other Historical Physicians.
Rheumatoid Arthritis: It's Pathology, morbid anatomy, and treatment, by Gilbert A. Bannatyne, MD, Glas, M.R.C.P.. Ed
Arthritis, Then and Now. Bret S. Stetka, MD; Nathan Wei, AB, MD., March 22, 2013 1,
Similar descriptions can be found in the writings of the Greek physician Arataeus, Caesar’s physician Scribonius, the Byzantine physician Soranus, Emperor Constantine IX’s adviser Michael Psellus, and other Historical Physicians.
Rheumatoid Arthritis: It's Pathology, morbid anatomy, and treatment, by Gilbert A. Bannatyne, MD, Glas, M.R.C.P.. Ed
Arthritis, Then and Now. Bret S. Stetka, MD; Nathan Wei, AB, MD., March 22, 2013 1,
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Seeking answers to questions about the universe
Today, we know that all visible matter in the Universe is composed of a remarkably small number of particles, whose behaviour is governed by four distinct forces. CERN has played a vital role in reaching this understanding. -1960s, theories – the weak force and the electromagnetic force – in the same -1980s the discovery of the W and Z particles – 1984 Nobel Prize in physics for this discovery. - 2010,Higgs boson – long sought as the particle linked to the mechanism that gives mass to elementary particles. https://home.cern/about/who-we-are/our-mission |
ALL images provided were pieces of art by an artist called Nebarix. Why did the author chose to only use art pieces and not use ACTUAL pics from the 50’s from the Kirlan team? Where are the Sorces to all this postulating? Where are the references?
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It is the speed of which the particles are vibrating is which determines the classifications. As Wallis wrote in his electric universe book.
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When you actually study science, evidence only suggests, it never proves, there are no facts, they are only ever theories. Science only puts forth evidence that suggests a hypothesis is either correct or incorrect or null. Not fact, not fiction, evidence only ever suggests.
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Anything alive has electric energy and this electric current can be captured photographically known as Kirlian photography.
The American parapsychologist, Thelma Moss, popularized Kirlian photography as a diagnostic tool. It featured prominently in with her books 'The Body Electric' (1979) and 'The Probability of the Impossible' (1983). Similarly to Semyon and his wife, Thelma was convinced that the Kirlian process was the result of the “bioenergy” of the human body. electromagnetic energy can be photographed it can even be videoed If the glowing images that Kirlian photography produces aren’t something spiritual, paranormal, or a “life-energy” then what are they? There is an explanation. The answer is water. The high-voltage frequency applied to the metal plate rips the electrons off atoms. The air around the photographed object becomes ionized. If that air contains any water, the resulting image will show a glowing silhouette around the object, which scientists call a “corona plasma discharge”. Kirlian photographs taken of sweaty hands show a more substantial, more intense glow. A more vibrant aura is due to increased moisture. Conversely, cold, dry hands will produce an image that shows a weaker glow. Proponents of Kirlian photography still argue that a person whose hands showed a brighter glow is a natural healer; when, in fact, they are just sweaty. Factors that can influence the final image include humidity, the pressure, and the angle of your hand touching the metal plate, as well as the amount of voltage. Kirlian photographs taken of the same person can be very different taken only minutes apart due to these variables. ................................. ...t the cut leaf, phantom pain effect after they remove the leg. Very similar phenomena. Dr. Thelma Moss, a prof and researcher at UCCLA has a detailed discussion of Kirlian photography in her book, THE PROBABILITY OF THE IMPOSSIBLE. |
There’s a mass-energy equivalence that comes out of relativity .
Energy isn’t a life force and it’s not an extension of Eastern religion. It’s a mathematical concept that’s really useful for describing the properties of a physical system. Same with entropy. Everything, including inanimate objects like coins or rocks, are made of energy,
ALL things have an energy field…just that some are more complicated…for example a coin doesn't have all the same layers as a leaf or a person. Yoga’s have used these energy fields as do martial art Masters and as did Christ.
The little bubbles kirlian captures in the energy fields are bubbles of Prana as the Yoga’s call it or Chi as the Martial Art Masters call it..they are bubbles of life-force energy. Prana is found in all things and is in it’s loosest form in the air we breath..which is one of the reasons breathing is so important to the Yoga and Martial Art Masters… However now day, science is catching up with the true Mysitc…and even ordinary cameras now days can also capture parts of the energy fields of people etc….including the tints of thoughts… case study by Dr. Pradeep B. Deshpande
anyone who actually can see auras can tell you…there is only one color at a time seen as the colors in an aura are caused by the level of thought vibrations. Each thought is a tint of color..seen best against the face as that is where it is the strongest.
Each though is tinted due to the level of vibration of each level of consciousness it originates from…or in other words…each level of consciousness is governed by a major energy center of the human body….which are called Chakras. As with every single thought we change color tints in our energy fields….there are none of these big splotches of color seen by these so called “aura” cameras ..all of which are pre-programed to lay over different blobs of colors on the pictures as they are developed. |
Kirlian has been used to monitor the energetic state of an individual for thirty years plus and consistent follow up has shown the state of the individual at any particular time. Yes the environment etc is relevant, do you not respond differently to different circumstances.
One innaccuracy is it cannot be done in a vacuum, Victor Adamenko presented a paper showing his work in a vacuum. It is the capacity to earth of an object at whatever frequency or voltage is being used. The wave form is also relevant. Photographic paper etc are also a factor. Colour is a distraction as it can be affected by pressure and blue is the basic colour, the others, red especially are frequently light leakage or the gap between the object and the paper if the finger tip is at an angle and the person is pressing. The photographic emulsion has layers and the visible spark is blue. Before and after treatment allows one to see the degree of response, withdrawal or relaxation response to how they process their treatment. Blood pressure also changes over a period of five minutes, breathing etc, we aree alive after all. |Inanimate objects are also capable of being photographed by virtue of their content whther metal or tissue, if the appropriate earthing is provided. Work with voltage sensitive liquid crystal is a further development for example with bloods or fluids, a drop being placed with earth wire on a glas slide. first done by Alfred Benjjaminin 1976 funded by Kodak ( see medical photography) repeated in 1983, with cancer patients before and after surgery to see if it had been eradicated. The psychic research is frequently as said performed by people who have a set requirement and are unaware of parameter containment. However using it to monitor people in various states, ie hypnosis etc can be co related with other measurements, ie galvanic skin resistance, eeg etc and can lead to other levels of enquiry. |
– the statement in this article that claims Kirlian photography doesn’t truly show an aura is because it also shows light around nonliving objects. The reason for that is because even nonliving objects have energy! We consist of energy, all objects in our environment consist of energy and the Universe consists of energy. There really is no way to disassociate energy from anything because it is everywhere.
DR.JACK KRUSE….A VERY OUT OF THE BOX FORWARD THINKING RESEARCHER IN THE FIELD OF BIOPHYSICS…..
How Your 'Aura' Affects Your Health & Others Around You ...
Feb 3, 2017 - Dr. Pradeep B. Deshpande, a Professor Emeritus at the Department of ... clinical studies of more than 10,000 patient cases with various health ... |
On a quantum level, anything is possible with intent/action. H2o seems to be the common denominator. water = life #NoDAPL
case study by Dr. Pradeep B. Deshpande
There is actually subtle energy known as holographic coherence which is emitted by the pineal gland which transfers energy through the vagus nerve. That’s the supernatural phenomenon of telepathy seen in some animals too but through lightwaves. There are peer-reviewed studies proving “chi” to be a real healing phenomenon
Peter Mandels work in Bruchsal Germany is probably the best long term application and study available.
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Eastern principle called prana which is nothing but a spectrum of energy.
The ancient science of yoga describes this as subtle lifeforce energy that permeates every one of us and the entire universe there's not a modern-day medicine equivalent to this term although it can be loosely translated into energy so the prana flows in the body through thousands of channels called Nadi's and it concentrates in certain areas called chakras the flow of energy can be likened to the flow of blood in our circulatory system or the electrical impulses in our nervous system the similarity between the flow of energy in the channels in the Nadi's and the involuntary nervous system including the parasympathetic sympathetic nervous systems and the chakras to the glandular system intrigues me and fascinates me you might be wondering what is the relation between this prana and chronic stress that we just talked about well the interesting thing is that the kinds of yoga state that when the energy is flowing freely in the body and connects with this vast Universal energy we are in a relaxed state and there and this is a high prana state when there are lots of blocks to the flow of this energy and the free flow are inhibited it's a chronically stressed low prana State this was fascinating what excited me even more, was the fact that this ancient science described tools and techniques on how to unblock and allow the energy to flow freely book by Bob Toben written in conversations with Physicists Jack Sarfatti and Fred wolf
“14 lessons in Yoga Philosophy” by Yoga Ramacharaka….its an ancient book now free to read on line by the Yoga Publishing Society…
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And science is just the baby brother of majik
Science was originally practiced and written about by men, as they were allowed education before women. Thus being a very patriarchal environment, the boys club for want of a better term. . (History is classed as factual because men wrote it, because they had been educated. Whereas hearsay, stems from her say, classifying the woman’s education as null and void, thus nonsense).
In past “Scientists also said the world was flat, until, they were able to devise new methods of repeatable, empirical testing and measuring, experiments, etc.
Majik has never required empirical testing, just like faith, Some would like to believe paranormal research is not a science. It is. There are many devices that can empirically test paranormal happenings, go look at liverpool university paranormal SCIENCE department. There research is very interesting.
Science was originally practiced and written about by men, as they were allowed education before women. Thus being a very patriarchal environment, the boys club for want of a better term. . (History is classed as factual because men wrote it, because they had been educated. Whereas hearsay, stems from her say, classifying the woman’s education as null and void, thus nonsense).
In past “Scientists also said the world was flat, until, they were able to devise new methods of repeatable, empirical testing and measuring, experiments, etc.
Majik has never required empirical testing, just like faith, Some would like to believe paranormal research is not a science. It is. There are many devices that can empirically test paranormal happenings, go look at liverpool university paranormal SCIENCE department. There research is very interesting.
13 University-Sanctioned Paranormal Research ProjectsBY College Weekend
January 18, 2014
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The existence of paranormal phenomena is one of those things you’re usually either heartily for or against. In case you’re on the fence about the subject, here’s a list of 13 of the most prominent university sanctioned (and unsanctioned) odysseys into paranormal research, and what they found.
1. Stanford University (1972 - 1980s)Stanford University has many claims to fame when it comes to paranormal research: For starters, the esteemed university can rightfully assert itself as the first academic institution in the United States to study extrasensory perception (ESP) and psychokinesis (PK) on an official basis. In 1911, John Edgar Coover began conducting experiments into ESP. Other claims to fame include a rigorous scientific exploration of the purported psychic abilities of the famous “spoon bender” Uri Geller (there is no spoon!), which were studied intensively at the affiliated Stanford Research Institute (SRI) over a five week period during the 1970s.
Maybe even more exciting and curious than the possibility of bending metal with one’s mind was the CIA-sponsored Stargate Project, which took place at SRI in the 1970s. This secretive project was an effort by the CIA to explore the practical applications of Remote Viewing. Unfortunately, during the mid-90s, Stargate Project research officially ceased due to claims that the project failed to yield useful applications and intended objectives—but word on the street is that claims of failure were overexaggerated, and that research merely continued unofficially under the popular radar.
2. Duke University: Parapsychology Laboratory (1935 - 1965)In 1935, Duke researchers J.B. Rhine and William McDougall made that university the second in the nation to officially enter into paranormal research when, after an exceptionally fascinating lecture by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle on the possibility of communication with the dead, the men formed the Parapsychology Laboratory as part of the university’s main psychology department. Laboratory research focused mainly on the critical study of extrasensory perception (ESP) and psychokinesis (PK).
To this day, Rhine is commonly accepted to be the father of parapsychology, not only for having coined the term with the help of his trailblazing partner McDougall, but also for having almost singlehandedly established parapsychology itself as a field of scientific and academic inquiry. While the Rhine name is no longer associated with Duke University directly, J.B. Rhine’s purported success in the vein of paranormal inquiry lives on at the Rhine Research Center.
3. Princeton University: Princeton Engineering Anomalies Research (1979 - 2007)From 1979 to 2007, the tiny basement of Princeton University’s engineering building was home to the Princeton Engineering Anomalies Research (PEAR) project, which aimed to determine whether there was factual basis for theories in mind/matter interaction—or in layman’s terms, extrasensory perception (ESP) and telekinesis (TK). While officially expressed by university administration to be an embarrassment, the program claimed success when it was all said and done: Over the project’s 28-year run it was determined by PEAR researchers that compounded data from the many trials did in fact reflect highly significant statistical deviation from what one could expect from chance alone. In other words, minds intelligent enough to teach at Princeton believe that ESP and PK exist.
4. Harvard University (1990s - 2008)Not everyone conducts paranormal research with the hope of finally harnessing proof of its existence. Recently, a team of Harvard scientists set out to disprove the existence of ESP, and even introduced a new method of research into the mix in order to do it.
To conduct their research, the Harvard duo included use of brain scanning with the aim of deciphering whether individuals have knowledge which cannot be explained through “normal” means (AKA the five senses). While researchers admit that technically the project’s results do not disprove the existence of ESP, they assert that findings from their experiment provide the most persuasive evidence to date against the existence of ESP. Professional skeptic James Randi is beaming with pride, I’m sure.
5. University of Virginia: Division of Perceptual Studies (1967 - Present)With six years of research in the area of past lives (reincarnation) already under its belt, UVA’s Division of Perceptual Studies (DPS), a research unit within the Department of Psychiatric Medicine, was established by Dr. Ian Stevenson in 1967. The division is still kicking today, holding the field of Parapsychology afloat in North America as one of the only university-sanctioned paranormal research programs remaining in the U.S.
DPS research has explored such phenomena as reincarnation (most specifically through its focus on children who claim to remember past lives), near death experiences (NDEs), apparitions and after-death communications, altered states of consciousness, as well as many other psychic (psi) experiences. The Division credits its persistence over time with the great success it has had in substantiating claims within its reincarnation research.
6. The University of Arizona: The VERITAS (2006 - 2008) and SOPHIA (2008 - present) Research ProgramsThe Department of Psychology at the University of Arizona is parent to an interesting and ever-evolving body of paranormal research. The VERITAS and SOPHIA research projects at UA were created with the primary aim of exploring the possibility that human consciousness might survive the experience of physical death. From 2006 to 2008, VERITAS explored survival (existence of the personality beyond death) and mediumship, until the decision was made to create a more comprehensive body of research including broader claims of after-death communication, such as communion with discarnate entities (spirit guides, angels, divine higher power) under the program name SOPHIA.
7. The University of California, Los Angeles (1968 - 1978)
Barry Taff
Remember that “based on actual events” movie from 1982 called The Entity? Well, here you go: Over a ten year period, UCLA’s Neuropsychiatric Institute (NPI) was home to a “non-sanctioned entity” of paranormal research which studied clairvoyance, telepathy, haunted houses, Kirlian photography and even boasted a psi development group (1971 to 1980) which sought to help "normal people" develop latent psychic abilities. The lab operated on the fifth floor of what is now the Semel Institute, and existed by effort of a small group of passionate volunteer researchers—including Dr. Barry Taff and Kerry Gaynor, the very team who conducted the real-life poltergeist investigation on which The Entity was based.
After a little over ten years of research, the toll of political tension and pressure from unapproving university administration over ongoing media attention got the best of the project, and research was forced to conclude abruptly. Today, the lab itself is a ghost of sorts: UCLA and Semel Institute officials deny that the lab ever existed—other than a few flyers advertising the parapsychology classes which were taught on campus by the researchers, no evidence of the lab or its research even exist.
8. Cornell University (2002 - 2010)In 2010, Cornell University's Daryl Bem concluded a rigorous eight year study on the subject of precognition, which involved 1000 Cornell undergrads over nine experimental runs and resulted in unprecedented, almost incomprehensibly positive results. Through a unique “backwards” approach to psychological phenomena, Bem’s experiment affirms the likelihood of "retroactive" psi effects—or in this case, the ability of a person’s physiology to “predict” an upcoming event regardless of the individual’s conscious awareness of its impending occurrence.
As if that wasn’t wild and exciting enough, Bem’s findings seems to be re-affirming theories within quantum physics. In total, an overwhelming eight of Bem’s nine experiments confirmed his hypothesis that psi is a real phenomena—and, according to Bem, the odds of getting such a combined result due to chance or statistical flukes are about 1 in 74 billion.
9. University of Edinburgh (1985 - Present)A Chair of Parapsychology was established within the Department of Psychology at the University of Edinburgh in 1985. This entity of research is the esteemed Koestler Parapsychology Unit (KPU), which prides itself on its interdisciplinary approach to parapsychology. Scientific research at KPU examines such phenomenal claims as extrasensory perception (ESP) and psychokinesis (PK), as well as the nature and consequences of belief in the paranormal itself.
In 2010, KPU brought research into the 21st century when it used Twitter as the platform for conducting a mass-participation research project in the area of remote viewing and ESP. While the study itself did not conclusively show evidence for remote viewing per se, it was determined that Twitter was an excellent tool for future studies conducted by the Unit.
10. Goldsmiths, University of LondonAmong one of the more hip experiments taking place in current paranormal research is the Mobile Telepathy Test being carried out by The Anomalistic Psychology Research Unit (APRU) of the Department of Psychology at Goldsmiths, University of London. This Mobile Telepathy Test seeks to explore instances of possible telepathy involving individuals receiving a phone call from someone they have just thought about. Through its research and experimentation, APRU hopes to determine whether this apparent phenomena is simply a coincidence, or possibly indicative of psi phenomena such as telepathy or precognition.
Also on the menu at APRU are studies in altered states of consciousness and hypnosis, as well as a series of recently concluded projects including the Joint Telepathy Test, which aimed to determine the possibility of sensing, for instance, when individuals are looking at the same photo simultaneously.
11. University of Adelaide: Anomalistic Psychology Research Unit (2003 - Present)In 2003, a division of dedicated research was established at the University of Adelaide in South Australia in order to further the scientific and academic study of psi phenomena. This division of the university’s Department of Psychology, named the Anomalistic Psychology Research Unit (APRU), was the brainchild of respected parapsychologist Lance Storm and his colleague, Dr. Michael A. Thalbou. One of APRU’s interesting ventures into the paranormal seeks to scientifically test the hypothesis that the blind are able to compensate for deficits in sight by naturally developing psi abilities that are statistically superior to those of individuals with normal abilities in ocular vision.
12. Lund UniversityThe ever-progressive Lund University of Sweden is currently involved in a long-term research project, investigating states of consciousness and parapsychology. The program aims to find a correlation between hypnotic suggestibility and incidence of psi phenomena during experiments. This inquiry follows previous experiments which found that highly suggestible individuals are found to experience a high rate of anomalous experiences such as telepathy and clairvoyance.
13. Utrecht University (1953 and 2008)The Netherlands is definitely known for its proclivity to produce open-minded thinkers. In 1953, Ultrecht University in The Netherlands definitely lived up to this reputation when it was host to the “First International Utrecht Conference on Parapsychology”—the first ever conference of its kind--from July 30 to August 5. The event, considered to be one of the most critical moments in the history of modern scientific parapsychology, brought together 78 scientists and parapsychologists from 13 countries, who lectured and held exciting roundtable discussions about current research and to plan for the future of the field. In 2008, the followup “Utrecht II” conference was held, where lectures were once again offered by a who’s who of the field on subjects such as the reality of psi phenomena, ESP in dreams, field investigations of hauntings and poltergeist activity, self-organized reality, clinical parapsychology, and even physics as it applied to the field.
And the Honorable Mention goes to…University of Amsterdam: Anomalous Cognition Section (1990s - Present)
During the 1990s, The University of Amsterdam took on an interesting project in order to hone its students’ and faculty’s empirical research skills: it created the Anomalous Cognition Section (ACS), which in addition to making rockstar researchers out of its pupils, sought to explore the possibility of anomalous cognitive effects (which is simply parapsychology-speak for telepathy, clairvoyance, and precognition). This section was created under the oversight of the university’s Psychology Department, where as early as 1982 and 1986, student-run experiments had been conducted under university sanction in order to study the possible existence of psi phenomena.
January 18, 2014
Wikimedia CommonsBy Jill Hanson, JFK University
The existence of paranormal phenomena is one of those things you’re usually either heartily for or against. In case you’re on the fence about the subject, here’s a list of 13 of the most prominent university sanctioned (and unsanctioned) odysseys into paranormal research, and what they found.
1. Stanford University (1972 - 1980s)Stanford University has many claims to fame when it comes to paranormal research: For starters, the esteemed university can rightfully assert itself as the first academic institution in the United States to study extrasensory perception (ESP) and psychokinesis (PK) on an official basis. In 1911, John Edgar Coover began conducting experiments into ESP. Other claims to fame include a rigorous scientific exploration of the purported psychic abilities of the famous “spoon bender” Uri Geller (there is no spoon!), which were studied intensively at the affiliated Stanford Research Institute (SRI) over a five week period during the 1970s.
Maybe even more exciting and curious than the possibility of bending metal with one’s mind was the CIA-sponsored Stargate Project, which took place at SRI in the 1970s. This secretive project was an effort by the CIA to explore the practical applications of Remote Viewing. Unfortunately, during the mid-90s, Stargate Project research officially ceased due to claims that the project failed to yield useful applications and intended objectives—but word on the street is that claims of failure were overexaggerated, and that research merely continued unofficially under the popular radar.
2. Duke University: Parapsychology Laboratory (1935 - 1965)In 1935, Duke researchers J.B. Rhine and William McDougall made that university the second in the nation to officially enter into paranormal research when, after an exceptionally fascinating lecture by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle on the possibility of communication with the dead, the men formed the Parapsychology Laboratory as part of the university’s main psychology department. Laboratory research focused mainly on the critical study of extrasensory perception (ESP) and psychokinesis (PK).
To this day, Rhine is commonly accepted to be the father of parapsychology, not only for having coined the term with the help of his trailblazing partner McDougall, but also for having almost singlehandedly established parapsychology itself as a field of scientific and academic inquiry. While the Rhine name is no longer associated with Duke University directly, J.B. Rhine’s purported success in the vein of paranormal inquiry lives on at the Rhine Research Center.
3. Princeton University: Princeton Engineering Anomalies Research (1979 - 2007)From 1979 to 2007, the tiny basement of Princeton University’s engineering building was home to the Princeton Engineering Anomalies Research (PEAR) project, which aimed to determine whether there was factual basis for theories in mind/matter interaction—or in layman’s terms, extrasensory perception (ESP) and telekinesis (TK). While officially expressed by university administration to be an embarrassment, the program claimed success when it was all said and done: Over the project’s 28-year run it was determined by PEAR researchers that compounded data from the many trials did in fact reflect highly significant statistical deviation from what one could expect from chance alone. In other words, minds intelligent enough to teach at Princeton believe that ESP and PK exist.
4. Harvard University (1990s - 2008)Not everyone conducts paranormal research with the hope of finally harnessing proof of its existence. Recently, a team of Harvard scientists set out to disprove the existence of ESP, and even introduced a new method of research into the mix in order to do it.
To conduct their research, the Harvard duo included use of brain scanning with the aim of deciphering whether individuals have knowledge which cannot be explained through “normal” means (AKA the five senses). While researchers admit that technically the project’s results do not disprove the existence of ESP, they assert that findings from their experiment provide the most persuasive evidence to date against the existence of ESP. Professional skeptic James Randi is beaming with pride, I’m sure.
5. University of Virginia: Division of Perceptual Studies (1967 - Present)With six years of research in the area of past lives (reincarnation) already under its belt, UVA’s Division of Perceptual Studies (DPS), a research unit within the Department of Psychiatric Medicine, was established by Dr. Ian Stevenson in 1967. The division is still kicking today, holding the field of Parapsychology afloat in North America as one of the only university-sanctioned paranormal research programs remaining in the U.S.
DPS research has explored such phenomena as reincarnation (most specifically through its focus on children who claim to remember past lives), near death experiences (NDEs), apparitions and after-death communications, altered states of consciousness, as well as many other psychic (psi) experiences. The Division credits its persistence over time with the great success it has had in substantiating claims within its reincarnation research.
6. The University of Arizona: The VERITAS (2006 - 2008) and SOPHIA (2008 - present) Research ProgramsThe Department of Psychology at the University of Arizona is parent to an interesting and ever-evolving body of paranormal research. The VERITAS and SOPHIA research projects at UA were created with the primary aim of exploring the possibility that human consciousness might survive the experience of physical death. From 2006 to 2008, VERITAS explored survival (existence of the personality beyond death) and mediumship, until the decision was made to create a more comprehensive body of research including broader claims of after-death communication, such as communion with discarnate entities (spirit guides, angels, divine higher power) under the program name SOPHIA.
7. The University of California, Los Angeles (1968 - 1978)
Barry Taff
Remember that “based on actual events” movie from 1982 called The Entity? Well, here you go: Over a ten year period, UCLA’s Neuropsychiatric Institute (NPI) was home to a “non-sanctioned entity” of paranormal research which studied clairvoyance, telepathy, haunted houses, Kirlian photography and even boasted a psi development group (1971 to 1980) which sought to help "normal people" develop latent psychic abilities. The lab operated on the fifth floor of what is now the Semel Institute, and existed by effort of a small group of passionate volunteer researchers—including Dr. Barry Taff and Kerry Gaynor, the very team who conducted the real-life poltergeist investigation on which The Entity was based.
After a little over ten years of research, the toll of political tension and pressure from unapproving university administration over ongoing media attention got the best of the project, and research was forced to conclude abruptly. Today, the lab itself is a ghost of sorts: UCLA and Semel Institute officials deny that the lab ever existed—other than a few flyers advertising the parapsychology classes which were taught on campus by the researchers, no evidence of the lab or its research even exist.
8. Cornell University (2002 - 2010)In 2010, Cornell University's Daryl Bem concluded a rigorous eight year study on the subject of precognition, which involved 1000 Cornell undergrads over nine experimental runs and resulted in unprecedented, almost incomprehensibly positive results. Through a unique “backwards” approach to psychological phenomena, Bem’s experiment affirms the likelihood of "retroactive" psi effects—or in this case, the ability of a person’s physiology to “predict” an upcoming event regardless of the individual’s conscious awareness of its impending occurrence.
As if that wasn’t wild and exciting enough, Bem’s findings seems to be re-affirming theories within quantum physics. In total, an overwhelming eight of Bem’s nine experiments confirmed his hypothesis that psi is a real phenomena—and, according to Bem, the odds of getting such a combined result due to chance or statistical flukes are about 1 in 74 billion.
9. University of Edinburgh (1985 - Present)A Chair of Parapsychology was established within the Department of Psychology at the University of Edinburgh in 1985. This entity of research is the esteemed Koestler Parapsychology Unit (KPU), which prides itself on its interdisciplinary approach to parapsychology. Scientific research at KPU examines such phenomenal claims as extrasensory perception (ESP) and psychokinesis (PK), as well as the nature and consequences of belief in the paranormal itself.
In 2010, KPU brought research into the 21st century when it used Twitter as the platform for conducting a mass-participation research project in the area of remote viewing and ESP. While the study itself did not conclusively show evidence for remote viewing per se, it was determined that Twitter was an excellent tool for future studies conducted by the Unit.
10. Goldsmiths, University of LondonAmong one of the more hip experiments taking place in current paranormal research is the Mobile Telepathy Test being carried out by The Anomalistic Psychology Research Unit (APRU) of the Department of Psychology at Goldsmiths, University of London. This Mobile Telepathy Test seeks to explore instances of possible telepathy involving individuals receiving a phone call from someone they have just thought about. Through its research and experimentation, APRU hopes to determine whether this apparent phenomena is simply a coincidence, or possibly indicative of psi phenomena such as telepathy or precognition.
Also on the menu at APRU are studies in altered states of consciousness and hypnosis, as well as a series of recently concluded projects including the Joint Telepathy Test, which aimed to determine the possibility of sensing, for instance, when individuals are looking at the same photo simultaneously.
11. University of Adelaide: Anomalistic Psychology Research Unit (2003 - Present)In 2003, a division of dedicated research was established at the University of Adelaide in South Australia in order to further the scientific and academic study of psi phenomena. This division of the university’s Department of Psychology, named the Anomalistic Psychology Research Unit (APRU), was the brainchild of respected parapsychologist Lance Storm and his colleague, Dr. Michael A. Thalbou. One of APRU’s interesting ventures into the paranormal seeks to scientifically test the hypothesis that the blind are able to compensate for deficits in sight by naturally developing psi abilities that are statistically superior to those of individuals with normal abilities in ocular vision.
12. Lund UniversityThe ever-progressive Lund University of Sweden is currently involved in a long-term research project, investigating states of consciousness and parapsychology. The program aims to find a correlation between hypnotic suggestibility and incidence of psi phenomena during experiments. This inquiry follows previous experiments which found that highly suggestible individuals are found to experience a high rate of anomalous experiences such as telepathy and clairvoyance.
13. Utrecht University (1953 and 2008)The Netherlands is definitely known for its proclivity to produce open-minded thinkers. In 1953, Ultrecht University in The Netherlands definitely lived up to this reputation when it was host to the “First International Utrecht Conference on Parapsychology”—the first ever conference of its kind--from July 30 to August 5. The event, considered to be one of the most critical moments in the history of modern scientific parapsychology, brought together 78 scientists and parapsychologists from 13 countries, who lectured and held exciting roundtable discussions about current research and to plan for the future of the field. In 2008, the followup “Utrecht II” conference was held, where lectures were once again offered by a who’s who of the field on subjects such as the reality of psi phenomena, ESP in dreams, field investigations of hauntings and poltergeist activity, self-organized reality, clinical parapsychology, and even physics as it applied to the field.
And the Honorable Mention goes to…University of Amsterdam: Anomalous Cognition Section (1990s - Present)
During the 1990s, The University of Amsterdam took on an interesting project in order to hone its students’ and faculty’s empirical research skills: it created the Anomalous Cognition Section (ACS), which in addition to making rockstar researchers out of its pupils, sought to explore the possibility of anomalous cognitive effects (which is simply parapsychology-speak for telepathy, clairvoyance, and precognition). This section was created under the oversight of the university’s Psychology Department, where as early as 1982 and 1986, student-run experiments had been conducted under university sanction in order to study the possible existence of psi phenomena.
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