Psi Text Resources Thread

Thanks for the corrections and addition. I have amended the Thesis section of the Wiki Publications page.

These are bit older, but might be of interest to someone

Parker, Adrian (1977). Experimenter effects in ESP research
Ph. D. Thesis, Department of Psychology, University of Edinburgh

Wiseman, Richard (1992). Assessment of psychic claimants: an application of schema theory to the evaluation of strong psychic claims
Ph. D. Thesis, Department of Psychology, University of Edinburgh

Watt, Caroline A. (1993). The relationship between performance on a prototype measure of perceptual defence/vigilance and psi performance
Ph. D. Thesis, Department of Psychology, University of Edinburgh

Dalton, Kathy S. (1997). Relationship between creativity and anomalous cognition in the ganzfeld
Ph. D. Thesis, Department of Psychology, University of Edinburgh

Chapin, David A. (2000). Exploring other worlds: Margaret Fox, Elisha Kane, and the antebellum culture of curiosity
Ph.D. Thesis, Department of History, University of New Hampshire

These are bit older, but might be of interest to someone

Parker, Adrian (1977). Experimenter effects in ESP research
Ph. D. Thesis, Department of Psychology, University of Edinburgh

Wiseman, Richard (1992). Assessment of psychic claimants: an application of schema theory to the evaluation of strong psychic claims
Ph. D. Thesis, Department of Psychology, University of Edinburgh

Watt, Caroline A. (1993). The relationship between performance on a prototype measure of perceptual defence/vigilance and psi performance
Ph. D. Thesis, Department of Psychology, University of Edinburgh

Dalton, Kathy S. (1997). Relationship between creativity and anomalous cognition in the ganzfeld
Ph. D. Thesis, Department of Psychology, University of Edinburgh

Chapin, David A. (2000). Exploring other worlds: Margaret Fox, Elisha Kane, and the antebellum culture of curiosity
Ph.D. Thesis, Department of History, University of New Hampshire

Thanks - that's very helpful. I've added those to the list on the Wiki Publications page.

Courtesy of the SPR Facebook page - here's a post by Lisette Coly on the Parapsychology Foundation blog, marking the 85th anniversary of the foundation of J. B. Rhine's parapsychology lab, and the 90th birthday of his daughter, Sally Rhine Feather. It discusses the relationship between Rhine and the Foundation's founder, Eileen Garrett, and the subsequent links between the two organisations:
http://parapsychology.org/the-rhine-center-milestones/

Courtesy of the SPR Facebook page - here's a positive review by Alan Murdie, at Europaranormal, of "Greening the Paranormal: Exploring the Ecology of Extraordinary Experience" (2019), edited by Jack Hunter and with contributions from various authors (the list of contents is available on the publisher's website):
https://europaranormal.com/science/revie...aranormal/

Apparently the overall theme is that "there is a close connection between psychic experience and the natural world," and Hunter thinks there should be an expansion of current research methodologies, to include "open-minded field studies" in which no phenomenon is ruled out-of-bounds - including high strangeness and communication with non-human intelligences.

I must admit I'm not quite sure why this is seen fundamentally as a "greening" process. Murdie says:
"By admitting an objective element to such experiences, Hunter believes we may be taking a vital step in breaking down ossified structures of materialist thinking which have caused and contributed to so much of the ecological damage afflicting our planet and which are now being recognised as threatening  our long-term survival prospects."

Apparently Hunter defines the paranormal as the "intersect between an object other and participatory subjectivity." I wonder if anyone can tell me what that means - or even how to parse it.

Apparently Hunter defines the paranormal as the "intersect between an object other and participatory subjectivity." I wonder if anyone can tell me what that means - or even how to parse it.

This is an idea one comes across in ufology. The percipient shapes the experience. One person might see an ufo while another see an angel. Something is truly there but it is not necessarily what people perceive.

This is an idea one comes across in ufology. The percipient shapes the experience. One person might see an ufo while another see an angel. Something is truly there but it is not necessarily what people perceive.

Thanks. I assume the first half of the sentence means something like "intersection between an objective exterior," then?

Thanks. I assume the first half of the sentence means something like "intersection between an objective exterior," then?

I think so. Anthropologists use other to emphasize differences.

The SPR has news of yet another new book by Ingo Swann, entitled "Preserving the Psychic Child":
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Preserving-Psyc...949214346/

"In this small book, Swann draws together some of the most important features of the psychic child, offering as a help to the parent who might be mystified about the child's behavior."

Courtesy of the Anomalist, Dale M. Kushner has an article in the blog section of Psychology Today, entitled "Can Dreams Be Prophetic?"
https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/...-prophetic

It highlights two examples - Carl Jung's dream in 1913 of a monstrous flood covering Europe and turning to blood, and Abraham Lincoln's dream of his own assassination.

As Jung's dream comes from his own writings the source is sound enough (though it's far from the most convincing evidence of precognition in dreams that I've seen). But I was curious about the evidence for the well known story of Lincoln's dream. There's a detailed article about it at Garth Haslam' Anomalies website (anomalyinfo.com), from which it appears that the evidence for the story is anything but reliable, and that it may have originated in an anonymous newspaper article:
http://anomalyinfo.com/Stories/1865-abra...etic-dream

I don't normally "do" Twitter, but here is Nemo C. Mörck's Twitter page, which covers a lot of material on parapsychology:
https://twitter.com/c_morck
And here is the SPR's Twitter page:
https://twitter.com/SPR1882