Online Symposia

PA Online Symposia are one or two-day events focused on specific parapsychological topics and chaired by PA Professional Members.

You can find the abstracts, public videos and videos with Q&A (members-only) of our past symposia here:

Ecology, Nature & Parapsychology
Chair: Renaud Evrard
November 21, 2020
A bstracts of Presented Papers
Videos with Q&A
Public Videos (YouTube)

Advances in Mediumship Research
Chair: Helané Wahbeh
February 27, 2021
Abstracts of Presented Papers
Videos with Q&A
Public Videos (YouTube)

The Spectrum of Mind-Matter Interactions
Chair: Peter Mulacz
May 15, 2021
Abstracts of Presented Papers
Videos with Q&A
Public Videos (YouTube)

Parapsychology and the Study of Religion and Spirituality
Chair: Everton Maraldi
August 28-29, 2021
Abstracts of Presented Papers
Videos with Q&A (coming soon)
Public Videos (YouTube)

Exceptional Death-Related Experiences
Chair: Michael Nahm
November 20, 2021
Abstracts of Presented Papers
Videos (coming soon)

Theories of Psi
Chair: Peter Bancel
March 26, 2022
Videos with Q&A
Public Videos (YouTube)

High Strangeness and Parapsychology: Exploring the Deep Weird
Chair: Jack Hunter
May 21, 2022
Videos with Q&A (coming soon)
Public Videos (YouTube)

The Simulation Hypothesis, Savant Syndrome, and Psi
Chair: Diane Hennacy
May 21, 2022
Event Replay

Women and Parapsychology Revisited
Chair: Gerhard Mayer
November 19, 2022
Event Replay

Shared Deviance: The Interrelations of Psi & UAP
Chair: Michael Nahm
February 25, 2023
Event Replay

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Counseling and the Exceptional Experiencer: Call for Submissions

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Parapsychological Association on Wednesday, February 1, 2023

Last Updated: Monday, April 10, 2023

The Parapsychological Association will host the online symposium Counseling and the Exceptional Experiencer on May 20, 2023 . This symposium focuses on the exceptional experiencer (ExEr) in counseling and psychotherapy. Presenters must ... More

Online Symposium: High Strangeness and Parapsychology

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Ramsés D'León on Wednesday, May 4, 2022

Join us on Saturday March 26, 2022 in an online symposium chaired by Jack Hunter at Airmeet . This symposium is about the stranger reaches of extraordinary experience research and how they intersect with findings and theories in ... More

Online Symposium: Theories of Psi

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Ramsés D'León on Wednesday, March 9, 2022

Last Updated: Friday, April 1, 2022

Update: This event has ended, but the links below will still enable you to purchase a Replay Ticket for the month of April. Join us on Saturday March 26, 2022 in an online symposium chaired by Peter Bancel at Airmeet . This symposium will ... More

Abstracts: Exceptional Death-Related Experiences

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Parapsychological Association on Thursday, November 4, 2021

Download 2021 Abstracts of Presentations at the Exceptional Death-Related Experiences Symposium directly from the PA server. More

Online Symposium: Exceptional Death-Related Experiences

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Parapsychological Association on Thursday, October 14, 2021

Last Updated: Saturday, November 20, 2021

Join us on November 20, 2021 in an online symposium chaired by Michael Nahm at Airmeet. This symposium will explore one of the most enigmatic frontiers of human existence: Can experiences related to death tell us something about what awaits mortal humans ... More

Abstracts: Parapsychology and the Study of Religion & Spirituality

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Parapsychological Association on Monday, August 23, 2021

Last Updated: Thursday, August 26, 2021

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Online Symposium: Parapsychology and the Study of Religion & Spirituality

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Parapsychological Association on Monday, August 9, 2021

Last Updated: Thursday, August 26, 2021

Join us on August 28-29, 2021 in an online symposium chaired by Everton Maraldi at Airmeet. This symposium will gather researchers from different disciplines to reflect on the many relations between parapsychology, religion, and spirituality, and their ... More

Call for Abstracts: Parapsychology and the Study of Religion and Spirituality

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Parapsychological Association on Friday, May 14, 2021

Last Updated: Thursday, June 3, 2021

Research Abstracts for oral presentations are now being accepted for consideration by Program Chair Everton Maraldi. More

Abstracts: The Spectrum of Mind-Matter Interactions

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Parapsychological Association on Wednesday, May 12, 2021

Download the Abstract from the PA Server: The Spectrum of Mind-Matter Interactions: Abstracts of Presented Papers More

Online Symposium: The Spectrum of Mind-Matter Interactions

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Parapsychological Association on Tuesday, April 6, 2021

Join us on Saturday, May 15, 2021 (9:00am - 3:00pm EDT) in an online symposium chaired by PA Board Director Peter Mulacz at Airmeet.com. The PA community will explore various topics relating to mind-matter interaction research, mostly in ... More

Abstracts: Advances in Mediumship Research

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Parapsychological Association on Thursday, February 18, 2021

Last Updated: Tuesday, April 13, 2021

Download the Abstracts from the PA server. More

Online Symposium: Advances in Mediumship Research

Published by

Parapsychological Association on Saturday, January 30, 2021

Last Updated: Monday, February 1, 2021

Join us on Saturday, February 27, 2021 (12:30-6:30pm EST) in an online symposium chaired by PA Board Director Helané Wahbeh at Airmeet.com. The PA community will explore various topics relating to mediumship and channeling research, including ... More

Call for Abstracts: Advances in Mediumship Research

Published by

Parapsychological Association on Wednesday, November 18, 2020

Last Updated: Wednesday, December 30, 2020

Research Abstracts for oral presentations are now being accepted for consideration by Program Chair Helané Wahbeh. More

Ecology, Nature and Parapsychology: Abstracts of Presented Papers

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Parapsychological Association on Monday, November 16, 2020

Last Updated: Monday, April 5, 2021

Ecology, Nature and Parapsychology: Abstracts of Presented Papers by The Parapsychological Association on Scribd More

Save the Dates: Upcoming PA Symposia

Published by

Parapsychological Association on Wednesday, November 4, 2020

Last Updated: Wednesday, December 30, 2020

Introducing a new quarterly series of online symposia on various parapsychological topics More

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