Psi journals

***Laird*** · ***Laird*** 2020-10-03, 05:00 AM Administrator

Catching up on a few journals issued since the last post in this thread:

Vol 23, 2020, Number 2 (Summer) of The Skeptical Intelligencer was released around the 26th of June, 2020, and can (for the moment) be freely downloaded here [PDF].

The Society for Scientific Exploration's EdgeScience 42, June 2020, was also released around the 26th of June, 2020, and can also be freely downloaded, here [PDF]. The notification email we received advertised the journal's contents as follows:

THE OBSERVATORY

Reality Is Not What You Think It Is: Or Why Evolution Hides Objective Reality

By Donald Hoffman

FEATURES

A Phenomenon Called Steve: A Discovery for Citizen Science
By Andrew May

Pat Price, Precognition, and “Star Wars”: A Reexamination of a Historic Remote Viewing Case

By Eric Wargo

BACKSCATTER

Global Consciousness and the Coronavirus—A Snapshot

By Roger Nelson

The subsequent issue of that same journal, number 43, was released a couple of days ago, and can be freely downloaded here [PDF]. The notification email we received advertised the journal's contents as follows:

THE OBSERVATORY

Is the Viral Pandemic an Evolutionary Step Towards Asexual Human Reproduction?

By Dr. Alejandro Peralta Soler

FEATURE

Wildnisgeist: Poltergeists of the Woods?

By Joshua Cutchin

BACKSCATTER

In Search of Hungry Ghosts: The Mysterious Death of Joe Fisher

By Louis Proud

The Society for Scientific Exploration's Journal of Scientific Exploration, Volume 34, Issue 2 (front page) was released around the 1st of July, 2020, and can be freely downloaded here [PDF].

Issue 3, Fall 2020 (front page) of the same volume of that journal was released yesterday, and can be freely downloaded here [PDF].

***Laird*** · ***Laird*** 2020-10-03, 05:59 AM Administrator

And yet more:

IANDS has released numbers 1 (SPRING 2020), 2 (SUMMER 2020), and 3 (FALL 2020) of volume 38 of JOURNAL OF NEAR-DEATH STUDIES. These seem not to be available for free, only for pay.

2020's Vol. 84, No. 1 of The Journal of Parapsychology has been released. It is not freely available but can be purchased online. Its contents as listed on that page are:

1. Cardeña, E. Pieces of the Psi Puzzle and a Recipe for Ganzfeld Success. 5-7.
2. Mulacz. P. In Memoriam: Mary Rose Barrington. (1926-2020). 8-11.
3. Weaver, Z. In Memoriam: Donald J. West. (1924-2020). 12-13.
4. Stanford, R. G. Invited Editorial: Ganzfeld-ESP: Three Reports and Looking Ahead. 14-20.
5. Watt, C., Dawson, E., Tullo, A., Pooley, A., and Rice, H. Testing Precognition and Alterations of Consciousness with
Selected Participants in the Ganzfeld. 21-37.
6. Roe, C. A., Cooper, C. E., Hickinbotham, L., Hodrien, A., Kirkwood, L., and Martin, H. Performance at a Precognitive Remote Viewing Task, with and without Ganzfeld Stimulation: Three Experiments. 38-65.
7. Cardeña, E., and Marcusson-Clavertz, D. Changes in State of Consciousness and Psi in Ganzfeld and Hypnosis Conditions. 66-84.
8. Radin, D. Parapsychological Association 2019 Presidential Address Making Sense of Psi: Seven Pieces of the Puzzle. 85-95.
9. Drinkwater, D., Denovan, A., Dagnall, N., and Parker, A. Predictors of Hearing Electronic Voice Phenomena in Random Noise: Schizotypy, Fantasy Proneness, and Paranormal Beliefs. 96-113.
10. Evrard. R., and Beauvais, B. Tolerance of the Unknown: Negative Capability, the Problem of Demarcation, and the Truzzi-Gardner Dialogue. 114-129.
11. Nelson, R. Perceiving the Future.[Review of the book The Premonition Code: The science of Precognition: How Sensing the Future Can Change your Life, by Theresa Cheung and Julia Mossbridge]. 130-132.
12. Biondi, M. A Comprehensive History of Parapsychology in France [Review of the book Enquéte sur 150 Ans de Parapsychologie: La Légende de l’Esprit, by Renaud Evrard]. 133-135.
13. Williams, G. R. A Far Ranging Tour of All Things Psi [Review of the book Our Secret Powers: Telepathy, Clairvoyance, and Precognition. A Short History of (Nearly) Everything Paranormal, by Terje G. Simonsen]. 136-139.
14. Alvarado, C. S. Parapsychology and the Nervous System [Review of the book Neurociencias en la Frontera con lo Paranormal: Comprende lo Inexplicable en las Redes del Cerebro, by Alejandro Parra]. 140-142.
15. Cardeña, E. A Kulturträger Keeps Time [Review of the book Altered States of Consciousness: Experiences out of Time and Self, by Marc Wittmann]. 143-145.

Zeitschrift für Anomalistik 20 (2020), Nos. 1+2 have been released. They are not freely available and I'm not sure how one goes about purchasing them.

EXPLORE: The Journal of Science & Healing, volume 16, issues 3 (May–June 2020), 4 (July–August 2020), and 5 (September–October 2020) have been released. Some of the individual articles/papers can be downloaded freely; others are for-pay.

The Society for Psychical Research (SPR) has released editions 93 and 94 of Paranormal Review. Their contents can be viewed at the following links:

Every Day Psi - Paranormal Review 93 (2020) [PDF]

Star Gate - Paranormal Review 94 (2020) [PDF]

The SPR has also released Volume 84, Number 2 April 2020 of its Journal of the Society for Psychical Research. The contents page can be viewed here.

INSTITUTO DE PSICOLOGÍA PARANORMAL has published Vol.15, No.3,Septiembre 2020 and Vol.15, No.2,Mayo 2020 of its Spanish-language E-Boletín Psi.

***Laird*** · ***Laird*** 2020-10-03, 06:10 AM Administrator

Also: numbers 3, 4, and 5 of volume 44 of Skeptical Inquirer have been published. They are:

The Nobel Disease: When Intelligent Scientists Go Weird (volume 44, number 3, May / June 2020).

Covid-19 Misinformation / The Possible Worlds of Ann Druyan (volume 44, number 4, July / August 2020).

Intellectual Humility: A Guiding Map for Skeptics (volume 44, number 5, September / October 2020).

***Laird*** · ***Laird*** 2020-10-04, 03:41 AM Administrator

Vol 23, 2020, Number 3 (Autumn) of The Skeptical Intelligencer has been released today, and can (for the moment) be downloaded from here [PDF].

***Laird*** · ***Laird*** 2020-10-15, 08:51 AM Administrator

In an email to their mailing list, the Society for Scientific Exploration writes (I've removed images from the content):

Quote:We are pleased to announce a fall series of "Discussion Hours" for our community of SSE members and patrons. These hours are held at Airmeet, a platform designed to host immersive events and build real connections, providing networking opportunities for those involved in the edge sciences.

Join the SSE or support us at Patreon to join these unique events.

The JSE 34.3 & EdgeScience 43 Live

Tuesday October 27, 2020: 2:00pm - 3:00pm EDT
We've invited contributors from the latest issues of the Journal of Scientific Exploration and EdgeScience magazine to join us in conversation. After a brief session of introductions to the contributors and material, we will open a social lounge of article-themed tables for small group conversations. Table-hopping will be encouraged! Download the open-access issues of JSE 34.3 and EdgeScience 43, and come with your feedback and questions for this unique SSE member-centered networking opportunity.

Meet the Aspiring Explorers

Tuesday, November 10,2020: 2:00pm - 3:00pm EST
A handful of Student Members of the Society for Scientific Exploration (aka "Aspiring Explorers") have been meeting online every 2nd Tuesday of the month since Spring 2020 - sharing their work with each other and occasional invited guests. This November's Aspiring Explorers meeting will be open to the entire SSE community. Following a round of brief introductions, we'll retire to the "SSE Social Lounge", where the students will be hosting tables for small group conversation. Table-hopping is encouraged so that you can get to know the next generation of scientific explorers.

Astrology as a Subject of Science

Tuesday, December 15, 2020: 2:00pm - 3:00pm, EST
Considering astrology as a subject of science, one has to distinguish whether a scientific study on the validity of astrology investigates the correlation between astronomical circumstances, dynamics, movements and earthly events – the "above-below theorem" (ABT) – or, whether the "hit rate" of astrologers in so-called matching experiments is examined. Could the success of astrologers, beyond the effective psychological mechanisms of cognitive illusions, be attributed to their psi ability? In this SSE Community Discussion Hour, member Gerhard Mayer will discuss methodological problems related to studies in both research paradigms.

***Laird*** · ***Laird*** 2020-12-18, 05:02 AM Administrator

The Society for Scientific Exploration's EdgeScience #44, December 2020, just released, is a Special Issue devoted entirely to the article Sentient Plants: A Product of Nature or Human Imagination? by science journalist Krissy Eliot. I for one am looking forward to reading this one! It can be freely downloaded here.

***Laird*** · ***Laird*** 2020-12-30, 09:24 PM Administrator

The Society for Scientific Exploration has released Volume 34, Issue 4 of its Journal for Scientific Exploration, which can be freely downloaded here [PDF; 4.3MiB].

It features:

An editorial Scientific Certitude by Stephen E. Braude.
A commentary Early Spiritualist Discussions About the Distortions of Mediumistic Communications by Carlos S. Alvarado
The research articles:
- Dealing with the Experimenter Effect by Dick Bierman, Jacob J. Jolij
- Using Virtual Reality to Test for Telepathy: A Proof-of-Concept Study by David Vernon, Thomas Sandford, & Eric Moyo
The historical perspectives:
- Early Psychical Research Reference Works: Remarks on Nandor Fodor’s Encyclopaedia of Psychic Science by Carlos S. Alvarado
- Astrology and Science: A Precarious Relationship. Part 1: Historical Review of German Astrology in the 20th Century and Current Developments by Gerhard A. Mayer
The essay Astrology and Science: A Precarious Relationship. Part 2: Considerations of Empirical Investigations on the Validity of Astrology by Gerhard A. Mayer
Book and essay reviews by Henry H. Bauer, Michael Nahm, Alan Gauld, and Hoyt Edge.

The email notifying us of this new issue includes the following appeal:

Quote:At the close of this difficult year, an anonymous donor has offered to match contributions from the community up to $15,000, including donations and memberships. Please help the SSE continue to maintain this open access journal by making a year-end gift today. Your gift tax-deductible gift will be doubled and so will its impact.

***Laird*** · ***Laird*** 2021-03-27, 01:47 AM Administrator

The Society for Scientific Exploration's EdgeScience 45, March 2021, has just been released, and can be freely downloaded, here [PDF].

Its contents are:

THE OBSERVATORY
Can Science Regain Credibility
By Henry Bauer

FEATURES
Being Donna Williams:
Instinctive Sensing as a Crucible for the Anomalous
By Michael Jawer

Precognitions in Elite Sports:
The Role of Intuition
By John Pates

REFERENCE POINT

Quote, Unquote: In Others' Words
By Larry Dossey

BACKSCATTER

What About Traditional Ecological Knowledge?
Further Thoughts on “Are Plants Sentient?”
By Jack Hunter

What Caused the Extraordinary Spiral in LL Pegasi?
By Chris Savia

I found Jack Hunter's reflections on the "Are Plants Sentient?" article to which the previous issue was fully dedicated especially interesting, but I haven't read the full issue.

***Laird*** · ***Laird*** 2021-03-31, 05:53 PM Administrator

The Society for Scientific Exploration has released Volume 35, Issue 1 of its Journal for Scientific Exploration, which can be freely downloaded here [PDF; 2.7MB].

Contents are as follows:

Editorial

Stephen Braude
JSE's First Retraction

Research Articles