Altered States and Enhanced Functioning with Etzel Cardeña
Etzel Cardeña holds the endowed Thorsen Chair in psychology at Lund University in Sweden, where he directs the Center for Research on Consciousness and Anomalous Psychology (CERCAP). Among his books are Varieties of Anomalous Experience published by the American Psychological Association (APA) and now in its second edition, the two-volumes Altering Consciousness: A Multidisciplinary Perspective, and Parapsychology: A Handbook for the 21st Century, which provides a "state-of-the-art” account of the scientific evidence for parapsychology, as well as offering methodological and statistical know-how for beginner and advanced researchers. He is the editor of the Journal of Parapsychology.
Here he discusses the many ways in which altered states of consciousness are being used to enhance human performance. These altered states include hypnosis, meditation, and entheogens. He discusses the care researchers need to take in distinguishing between induction procedures and reported alterations of awareness. He provides examples in the arts, philosophy, athletics -- and, particularly, parapsychology.
The Making of a Parapsychologist with Stanley Krippner
This 2002 archival video (recorded and produced by Tamara Gurbis / Phenomenal Films LLC). Here, Stanley Krippner, then age 70, describes his childhood and college experiences and how they led him to a career in parapsychology and transpersonal psychology. He recalls his personal connection with many well-known personalities from an earlier era including Laura Huxley, Eileen Garrett, Gardner Murphy, Montague Ullman, Timothy Leary, Alan Watts, J. B. Rhine, Rolling Thunder, Jean Millay, Carlos Castaneda, Thelma Moss, Abraham Maslow, and Joseph Campbell.
Etzel Cardeña holds the endowed Thorsen Chair in psychology at Lund University in Sweden, where he directs the Center for Research on Consciousness and Anomalous Psychology (CERCAP). Among his books are Varieties of Anomalous Experience published by the American Psychological Association (APA) and now in its second edition, the two-volumes Altering Consciousness: A Multidisciplinary Perspective, and Parapsychology: A Handbook for the 21st Century, which provides a "state-of-the-art” account of the scientific evidence for parapsychology, as well as offering methodological and statistical know-how for beginner and advanced researchers. He is the editor of the Journal of Parapsychology.
Here he discusses the many ways in which altered states of consciousness are being used to enhance human performance. These altered states include hypnosis, meditation, and entheogens. He discusses the care researchers need to take in distinguishing between induction procedures and reported alterations of awareness. He provides examples in the arts, philosophy, athletics -- and, particularly, parapsychology.
The Making of a Parapsychologist with Stanley Krippner
This 2002 archival video (recorded and produced by Tamara Gurbis / Phenomenal Films LLC). Here, Stanley Krippner, then age 70, describes his childhood and college experiences and how they led him to a career in parapsychology and transpersonal psychology. He recalls his personal connection with many well-known personalities from an earlier era including Laura Huxley, Eileen Garrett, Gardner Murphy, Montague Ullman, Timothy Leary, Alan Watts, J. B. Rhine, Rolling Thunder, Jean Millay, Carlos Castaneda, Thelma Moss, Abraham Maslow, and Joseph Campbell.