A new science of the paranormal : the promise of psychical research

Mainline Science Rejects The Paranormal Because It Cannot Be Proven By The Classical Methods Of Controlled Experiments. But Sciences Such As Geology, Astronomy, And Anthropology Also Don?t Rely On Laboratory Testing For Repeatable Results. Moreover, Psi Concerns Consciousness, Which Is By Definition Nonquantitative. Psi Researchers Must Stop Acting Like Science?s Poor Relations, Says Author Lawrence Lashan, Limiting Themselves To Controlled Experiments Such As Analyzing Statistics Of People Guessing Cards Being Flipped In The Next Room. This Provocative Book Outlines The Principles Of Making A Real Study Of The Large, Exciting Events ? Clairvoyance And Precognition; Mediumship And Spirit Controls; Psychic Healing ? That Would Bring Mainline Science Into And Revitalize The Whole Field. And The Issue Is Not Just Academic, Says Leshan. The Old, Materialistic Worldview Has Not Worked. Psychic Research, He Argues, Can Transform Our Sense Of Reality Itself To Offer A New And More Hopeful Picture Of Ourselves And Of The World. Psychic Research And The Consistency Of The Universe -- Case History: The Lost Harp / Elizabeth L. Mayer -- What Do We Now Know About Psychic Phenomena? -- Case History: A Call To The Wimbledon Underground / Lawrence Leshan -- Normal And Paranormal Communication -- Case History: An Experience In The Forest / Eda Leshan -- Designing A Science Of Psychical Research -- Case History: A Transatlantic 'chair Test' / Aristide H. Esser And Lawrence Leshan -- Psi And Altered States Of Consciousness -- Case History: Mrs. Verrall / Nandor Fodor -- Case History: The Four Photographs / Lawrence Leshan -- The Next Step : Implications Of The New Science -- Case History: The Vanished Man : A Psychometry Experiment With Mrs. Eileen J. Garrett / Lawrence Leshan -- What Dare I Hope? Lawrence Leshan. Includes Bibliographical References And Index. Mainline science rejects the paranormal because it cannot be proven by the classical methods of controlled experiments. But sciences such as geology, astronomy, and anthropology also don{u2019}t rely on laboratory testing for repeatable results. Moreover, psi concerns consciousness, which is by definition nonquantitative. "Psi researchers must stop acting like science{u2019}s poor relations," says author Lawrence LaShan, "limiting themselves to controlled experiments such as analyzing statistics of people guessing cards being flipped in the next room" This provocative book outlines the principles of making a real study of the large, exciting events {u2014} clairvoyance and precognition; mediumship and spirit controls; psychic healing {u2014} that would bring mainline science into and revitalize the whole field. "And the issue is not just academic," says LeShan. "The old, materialistic worldview has not worked. Psychic research," he argues, "can transform our sense of reality itself to offer a new and more hopeful picture of ourselves and of the world." Psychic research and the consistency of the universe Case history: The lost harp / by Elizabeth Mayer What do we now know about psychic phenomena? Case history: A call to the Wimbledon underground Normal and paranormal communication Case history: An experience in the forest / by Eda Leshan Designing a science of parapsychological research Case history: A transatlantic chair test / by Gerard Croiset PSI and altered states of consciousness Case histories: Mrs. Verrall; The four photographs The next step : implications of the new science Case history: The vanished man : a psychometry experiment with Mrs. Eileen J. Garrett What dare I hope? Documents case studies of paranormal research failures while explaining why and how mainstream science rejects the paranormal, in a provocative report that outlines the principles for revitalizing research in the areas of clairvoyance, mediumship, and psychic healing. Original.