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Up to $1 Million in Funding for Research into the Survival of Human Consciousness After Death

From: Leo Ruickbie's Blog

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Leo Ruickbie on Thursday, October 27, 2022

The 2023 Bigelow Institute for Consciousness Studies Grants Program: “The Challenge” After a massive international response judged by a panel of outstanding experts, the 2021 Bigelow Institute for Consciousness Studies (BICS) essay contest (“The Contest”) established that there is evidence beyond reasonable doubt for the survival of consciousness ... Read More

Call for Chapters: Is There Life After Death? Vol. 2

From: Leo Ruickbie's Blog

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Leo Ruickbie on Wednesday, February 17, 2021

Call for Chapters Is There Life After Death? Vol. 2: Case Studies Edited by Dr Leo Ruickbie and Robert McLuhan for the Society for Psychical Research Rationale It is one of the fundamental questions that everyone will ask themselves, but in an age of global pandemics, with the increasing challenge to once universal religious certainties and the growing partisan ... Read More

Conference of the Academy for Spiritual and Consciousness Studies

From: Carlos S. Alvarado's Blog

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Carlos S. Alvarado on Sunday, January 20, 2013

Carlos S. Alvarado, Ph.D., Division of Perceptual Studies, University of Virginia The next conference of the Academy for Spiritual and Consciousness Studies ( http://www.ascsi.org/ ) will be held at the Wyndham Virginia Beach Oceanfront Hotel in Virginia Beach, Virginia (USA) from Friday, May 17 to Sunday, May 19, 2013. The topic of the conference is Spirituality, ... Read More

Digital Libraries with Holdings of the Old Literature--IV.

From: Carlos S. Alvarado's Blog

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Carlos S. Alvarado on Sunday, January 29, 2012

Carlos S. Alvarado, Ph.D. Atlantic University ( Carlos.alvarado@atlanticuniv.edu ) Internet Archive ( http://www.archive.org/ ) This library covers a variety of subjects, including Spiritualism and related matters. It includes other collections such as Project Gutenberg, and holdings from Google Books. The books appear as facsimiles of the original, as well as text files. ... Read More

Materials of Historical Interest in the Journal of Scientific Exploration: An Update

From: Carlos S. Alvarado's Blog

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Carlos S. Alvarado on Tuesday, September 27, 2011

Carlos S. Alvarado, Ph.D. Atlantic University In my article “The History of Psychical Research in the Journal of Scientific Exploration,” published online in the Psypioneer Journal ( http://www.woodlandway.org/PDF/PP6.12December2010.pdf ), I mentioned articles that have been published in the “Historical Perspective” section of the Journal of Scientific ... Read More

Bibliographies for the Study of the History of Psychical Research

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Carlos S. Alvarado on Monday, May 30, 2011

Carlos S. Alvarado, Ph.D. Atlantic University In recent years I have published several lists and bibliographical essays that I hope will help those interested in the study of the history of psychical research find books and articles on the subject. A general one, and a good place to start, is "Learning About the History of Parapsychology." Public ... Read More

Wanted: Research Participants

From: Julie Beischel, PhD's Blog

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Julie Beischel, PhD on Wednesday, May 25, 2011

Are you interested in receiving a psychic reading as a volunteer in a scientific research study? The Windbridge Institute is currently seeking volunteers to act as psychic research reading recipients (PRRRs or "P triple Rs") who will receive and score psychic readings about themselves. PRRRs must: be 18 years or older, reside in the US, and have NOT experienced ... Read More

The Parapsychological Association is an international professional organization of scientists and scholars engaged in the study of psi (or 'psychic') experiences, such as telepathy, clairvoyance, psychokinesis, psychic healing, and precognition. First established in 1957, the PA has been an affiliated organization of the American Association for the Advancement of Science since 1969.

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Promote scholarship and scientific inquiry into currently unexplained aspects of human experience
Disseminate responsible information to the wider public and to the scientific community
Integrate this information with knowledge from other disciplines

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