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==Extended consciousness phenomena==

===Books and book reviews===

*[https://www.spr.ac.uk/book-review/paranormal-wales-mark-rees A review] by Tim Prasil of Paranormal Wales by Tim Rees has appeared on the SPR's website ([https://psiencequest.net/forums/thread-apparitions-hauntings-poltergeists-text-resources-thread?pid=34485#pid34485 Discuss])

*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DMv45EDkWmI  A video review] by Andreas Sommer of The Myth of Disenchantment by Jason A. Josephson-Storm has appeared on the Forbidden Histories YouTube channel ([https://psiencequest.net/forums/thread-what-is-the-historical-study-of-science-and-magic-good-for?pid=34488#pid34488 Discuss])

===Periodicals, published papers and preprints===

*Volume 23 number 1 - the Spring 2020 edition - of the Skeptical Intelligencer has been circulated and can temporarily be downloaded [http://www.aske-skeptics.org.uk/resources/Intelligencer/Vol%2023%201.pdf here] ([https://psiencequest.net/forums/thread-psi-journals?pid=34492#pid34492 Discuss])

*Dr. Jack Hunter has put out [http://jack-hunter.webstarts.com/blog/post/cfp-folklore-and-landscape a call for papers] for a Special Issue of Time and Mind: Journal of Archaeology, Consciousness and Culture edited by himself and Dr. Tina Paphitis. Papers for the special issue should "explore the impact and use of folklore in landscape interactions, and how these engagements help, hinder or have the potential to contribute to broader debates and policies surrounding environmental sustainability and social activism in the past and present" ([https://psiencequest.net/forums/thread-call-for-papers-folklore-and-landscape?pid=34527#pid34527 Discuss])

===Psi Encyclopedia===

New entries in the Society for Psychical Research's [https://psi-encyclopedia.spr.ac.uk/ Psi Encyclopedia]
*[https://psi-encyclopedia.spr.ac.uk/articles/ian-stevenson Ian Stevenson] ([https://psiencequest.net/forums/thread-psi-encyclopedia?pid=34377#pid34377 Discuss])
*[https://psi-encyclopedia.spr.ac.uk/articles/croiset-archive Croiset Archive] ([https://psiencequest.net/forums/thread-psi-encyclopedia?pid=34379#pid34379 Discuss])
*[https://psi-encyclopedia.spr.ac.uk/articles/satwant-pasricha Satwant Pasricha] ([https://psiencequest.net/forums/thread-psi-encyclopedia?pid=34421#pid34421 Discuss])

===Articles and blog posts===

*An article by Mitch Horowitz [https://medium.com/the-philosophers-stone/reclaiming-the-damned-45368589895b Reclaiming the Damned] has appeared on Medium ([https://psiencequest.net/forums/thread-ufos-and-related-text-resources-thread?pid=34366#pid34366 Discuss])

*Another two entries have appeared in the series about historical claims of sightings of faeries and similar beings at The Big Study:
**[http://thebiggeststudy.blogspot.com/2020/03/leprecat-pptwo-and-three-pt-b.html LEPRECAT pp.two and three, pt. b] ([https://psiencequest.net/forums/thread-the-faeries-and-consciousness?pid=34368#pid34368 Discuss])
**[http://thebiggeststudy.blogspot.com/2020/04/very-olde-critters-again.html Very Olde Critters Again] ([https://psiencequest.net/forums/thread-the-faeries-and-consciousness?pid=34483#pid34483 Discuss])

*An article [https://mysteriousuniverse.org/2020/03/a-19th-century-monster-that-is-still-with-us/ A 19th Century Monster That Is Still With Us] has appeared on Mysterious Universe, speculating that a Ranton Abbey tulpa is the same as the “Man-Monkey” creature haunting a nearby Shropshire Union Canal bridge ([https://psiencequest.net/forums/thread-apparitions-hauntings-poltergeists-text-resources-thread?pid=34373#pid34373 Discuss])

*The [https://phcp.nl/ Preserving the Historical Collections of Parapsychology] (PHCP) site has a new page [https://phcp.nl/united-kingdom/society-psychical-research/ for the SPR] ([https://psiencequest.net/forums/thread-psi-text-resources-thread?pid=34416#pid34416 Discuss])

*The story of Marjorie Johnson (1911-2011) as told by Simon Young in the newsletter of The Fairy Investigation Society (no. 7, 2018) has been published (with permission) by Neil Rushton on the deadbutdreaming blog under the title [https://deadbutdreaming.wordpress.com/2020/03/31/marjorie-johnson-shaman-of-suburbia-by-simon-young/ ‘Marjorie Johnson, Shaman of Suburbia’ by Simon Young] ([https://psiencequest.net/forums/thread-the-faeries-and-consciousness?pid=34427#pid34427 Discuss])

*A post [https://triablogue.blogspot.com/2020/04/how-much-of-enfield-case-was-faked.html How Much Of The Enfield Case Was Faked?] by Jason Engwer has appeared on Triablogue ([https://psiencequest.net/forums/thread-enfield-poltergeist?pid=34514#pid34514 Discuss])

*Tom Ruffles has published a post [http://tomruffles.blogspot.com/2020/04/the-american-society-for-psychical.html  The American Society for Psychical Research: Action Required] which calls for new signatories to the stalled-at-the-halfway-point petition to have the New York Charities Bureau save the ASPR from being run into the ground by its Board, Executive Director, and President ([https://psiencequest.net/forums/thread-american-society-for-psychical-research?pid=34516#pid34516 Discuss])

*An article by Roger Nelson entitled "[https://noetic.org/blog/global-consciousness-and-the-coronavirus-crisis/ Global Consciousness and the Coronavirus Crisis]" has appeared on the IONS blog ([https://psiencequest.net/forums/thread-the-global-consciousness-project?pid=34523#pid34523 Discuss])

*A couple of articles by Dr. Jack Hunter expanding on themes in his book Greening the Paranormal have been published in a couple of locations:
** [https://gothicnaturejournal.com/gothic-psychology-the-ecological-unconscious/ Gothic Psychology, The Ecological Unconscious and the Re-Enchantment of Nature] ([https://psiencequest.net/forums/thread-gothic-psychology-the-ecological-unconscious-and-the-re-enchantment-of-nature?pid=34528#pid34528 Discuss])
** [https://supernaturalmagazine.com/articles/faeries-at-the-bottom-of-the-garden-non-human-intelligence-and-connection-t Faeries at the Bottom of the Garden: Non-Human Intelligence and Connection to Nature] ([https://psiencequest.net/forums/thread-gothic-psychology-the-ecological-unconscious-and-the-re-enchantment-of-nature?pid=34529#pid34529 Discuss])

*A post [https://triablogue.blogspot.com/2020/04/how-much-of-enfield-case-was-faked.html How Much Of The Enfield Case Was Faked?] by Jason Engwer has appeared at Triablogue ([https://psiencequest.net/forums/thread-enfield-poltergeist?pid=34514#pid34514 Discuss])

*[https://llifs.com.au/games/zener/zener-card-game/ A new online Zener card testing platform] has been [https://llifs.com.au/blog/llifs-online-zener-card-testing/ announced] by Sarah Chumacero of Living Life in Full Spectrum ([https://psiencequest.net/forums/thread-new-online-zener-card-testing-app?pid=34533#pid34533 Discuss])

===Videos===

*A video presentation by George Meek from 1984 entitled "[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QoxUQSIC628 Hearing the Inaudible and Seeing the Invisible]" has been published on YouTube by the Metascience Foundation channel ([https://psiencequest.net/forums/thread-psi-multimedia-resources-thread?pid=34459#pid34459 Discuss])

===Interviews===

*New interviews by Jeffrey Mishlove on New Thinking Allowed:
**With Lyn Buchanan: "[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PX1q1Jz7XTo An Open-Ended Conversation with Lyn Buchanan]" ([https://psiencequest.net/forums/thread-new-thinking-allowed-with-jeffrey-mishlove?pid=34380#pid34380 Discuss])
**With Jason Reza Jorjani:
***"[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_LSZPJrkWGs Time Travel with Jason Reza Jorjani]" ([https://psiencequest.net/forums/thread-new-thinking-allowed-with-jeffrey-mishlove?pid=34383#pid34383 Discuss])
***"[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IF0jxZ03fhk The Breakaway Civilization with Jason Reza Jorjani]" ([https://psiencequest.net/forums/thread-new-thinking-allowed-with-jeffrey-mishlove?pid=34424#pid34424 Discuss])
**With Thomas Brophy: "[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NJVMJ8ctT8I Integral Education with Thomas Brophy]" ([https://psiencequest.net/forums/thread-new-thinking-allowed-with-jeffrey-mishlove?pid=34383#pid34383 Discuss])
**With Norman Shealy: "[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uA1g96HthyM Energy Medicine with Norman Shealy]"([https://psiencequest.net/forums/thread-new-thinking-allowed-with-jeffrey-mishlove?pid=34383#pid34383 Discuss])
**With Peter B. Todd: "[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cfKK9ZdsV2U Holism and Unity as an Imperative for Survival with Peter B. Todd]" ([https://psiencequest.net/forums/thread-new-thinking-allowed-with-jeffrey-mishlove?pid=34383#pid34383 Discuss])
**With James Tunney: "[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z8zHJk2yQb0 The Mystical Path with James Tunney]" ([https://psiencequest.net/forums/thread-new-thinking-allowed-with-jeffrey-mishlove?pid=34518#pid34518 Discuss])

*[https://anchor.fm/occamsrazor/episodes/Occams-Razor-podcast-26--Poltergeists-and-author-John-Fraser-ec6jup/a-a1qid2g An interview with John Fraser] has been published on the Occam's Razor podcast ([https://psiencequest.net/forums/thread-apparitions-hauntings-poltergeists-multimedia-resources-thread?pid=34417#pid34417 Discuss])

*An interview with Andy Chaplin entitled [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eZK9FAk8BtM "How I became a Psychic Medium: Andy Chaplin Interview"] has been published by Spooky Isles to their YouTube channel ([https://psiencequest.net/forums/thread-multimedia-resources-thread-deathbed-visions-adcs?pid=34517#pid34517 Discuss])

*Spooky Isles have also published to their YouTube channel a couple of cryptozoological interviews from 2014:
**[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Md_yCXLGihg Richard Freeman Cryptozoologist interview AUDIO ONLY] ([https://psiencequest.net/forums/thread-other-phenomena-multimedia-resources-thread?pid=34519#pid34519 Discuss])
**[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m5-RW3qI7sM Werewolves vs Vampires with Kaja Franck AUDIO ONLY] ([https://psiencequest.net/forums/thread-other-phenomena-multimedia-resources-thread?pid=34520#pid34520 Discuss])

==Cryptozoology and ufology==

===Articles and blog posts===

*An article [https://altamontenterprise.com/03282020/research-really-only-just-starting-ualbany-prof-says-ufos ‘The research is really only just starting,’ UAlbany prof says of UFOs] has appeared in The Altamont Enterprise ([https://psiencequest.net/forums/thread-ufos-and-related-text-resources-thread?pid=34370#pid34370 Discuss])

*A post [http://www.ghosttheory.com/2020/03/29/megaplatanos-the-greek-roswell Megaplatanos: The Greek Roswell] has appeared on the [http://www.ghosttheory.com/ Ghost Theory] blog ([https://psiencequest.net/forums/thread-ufos-and-related-text-resources-thread?pid=34374#pid34374 Discuss])

*A post [http://ufos-scientificresearch.blogspot.com/2020/04/tttsa-31-march-2020-report-to-sec.html TTTSA - the 31 March 2020 report to the SEC] has been published by Keith Basterfield to the [http://ufos-scientificresearch.blogspot.com/ Unidentified Aerial Phenomena - scientific research] blog. The main document in the To The Stars Academy SEC filing can be found [https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1710274/000110465920040685/tm208241d1_253g2.htm here] ([https://psiencequest.net/forums/thread-to-the-stars-academy-info-resources-opinions?pid=34525#pid34525 Discuss])

*An article [https://theweek.com/articles/905215/30-years-later-still-dont-know-what-really-happened-during-belgian-ufo-wave 30 years later, we still don't know what really happened during the Belgian UFO wave] by Jeva Lange has appeared at The Week ([https://psiencequest.net/forums/thread-ufos-and-related-text-resources-thread?pid=34526#pid34526 Discuss])

*An article [http://ufotrail.blogspot.com/2020/04/nara-tentatively-confirms-200-page-fbi.html NARA Tentatively Confirms 200-Page FBI File on NICAP Organizer] by Jack Brewer has appeared on The UFO Trail blog ([https://psiencequest.net/forums/thread-ufos-and-related-text-resources-thread?pid=34532#pid34532 Discuss])

*A post [https://www.phantomsandmonsters.com/2020/03/fortean-feature-big-grey-man-on-ben.html Fortean Feature: The 'Big Grey Man' on Ben MacDhui] has appeared on the [https://www.phantomsandmonsters.com/ Phantoms and Monsters] blog ([https://psiencequest.net/forums/thread-the-big-grey-man-on-ben-macdhui?pid=34375#pid34375 Discuss])

*A post [https://mysteriousuniverse.org/2020/04/when-bigfoot-gets-artistic-or-doesnt/ When Bigfoot Gets Artistic – Or Doesn’t] by Nick Redfern has appeared on Mysterious Universe ([https://psiencequest.net/forums/thread-bigfoot-yeti-abominable-snowman-thread?pid=34491#pid34491 Discuss])

*An article [https://www.phantomsandmonsters.com/2020/04/bigfoot-cryptids-flesh-blood-vs.html Bigfoot / Cryptids: The Flesh & Blood vs. Supernatural Paradox] has been published to the Phantoms and Monsters blog ([https://psiencequest.net/forums/thread-bigfoot-yeti-abominable-snowman-thread?pid=34531#pid34531 Discuss])

===Shows, documentaries, and movies===

*The documentary series [https://www.history.com/shows/the-secret-of-skinwalker-ranch The Secret of Skinwalker Ranch] debuted on 31 March 2020 ([https://psiencequest.net/forums/thread-new-skinwalker-ranch-documentary-jeremy-corbell?pid=34433#pid34433 Discuss])
**Jason Colavito's scathing [http://www.jasoncolavito.com/blog/review-of-the-secret-of-skinwalker-ranch-s01e01 review of episode one of this series] was published to his blog ([https://psiencequest.net/forums/thread-new-skinwalker-ranch-documentary-jeremy-corbell?pid=34434#pid34434 Discuss])
**The History Channel livestreamed from the ranch for twelve hours on 30 March, and [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O8OXOycxAAA the stream] is available for replay on YouTube ([https://psiencequest.net/forums/thread-new-skinwalker-ranch-documentary-jeremy-corbell?pid=34489#pid34489 Discuss])
**[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kcuKgG0YLsE A video] of the first ever interview of the ranch's new owner, Brandon Fugal, was made available on YouTube on 15 March ([https://psiencequest.net/forums/thread-new-skinwalker-ranch-documentary-jeremy-corbell?pid=34489#pid34489 Discuss])
**Robert Sheaffer's (equally scathing) review of the first episode, [https://badufos.blogspot.com/2020/04/microwaves-dead-cows-and-light-pillars.html Microwaves, Dead Cows and Light Pillars - "The Secret of Skinwalker Ranch."], has appeared on the Bad UFOs blog.

===Interviews===

*An interview with David J. Halperin entitled [https://indyweek.com/culture/page/david-halperin-intimate-alien-interview/ "How to See a UFO with David J. Halperin"] has been published by IndyWeek ([https://psiencequest.net/forums/thread-ufos-and-related-text-resources-thread?pid=34484#pid34484 Discuss])

==Spirituality==

===Videos===

*A video of a 1998 talk [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iJgBHhwOkbY "The Healing Pump"] by Chip Brown has been published by the YouTube channel of the Parapsychology Foundation ([https://psiencequest.net/forums/thread-multimedia-resources-thread--21?pid=34493#pid34493 Discuss])

==Upcoming events==

From this and previous pages of Psience News. For further details, see the [https://psiencequest.net/forums/calendar-default-calendar Calendar] section.

*15 January - 31 March 2020: Online
:Nancy Zingrone's and Carlos Alvarado's free course, [https://theazire.wiziqxt.com/course/76645 "Parapsychology Research & Education: Psychology and Parapsychology" (ParaMOOC2020)] ([https://psiencequest.net/forums/thread-upcoming-events?pid=33187#pid33187 Discuss]; [https://psiencequest.net/forums/event-paramooc-2020-online Calendar Entry])

*6 April - 19 June 2020: Online
:An eleven-week course entitled [https://koestlerunit.wordpress.com/online-course/ "Introduction to Parapsychology"] organised by the Koestler Parapsychology Unit at Edinburgh University ([https://psiencequest.net/forums/thread-upcoming-events?pid=33836#pid33836 Discuss]; [https://psiencequest.net/forums/event-introduction-to-parapsychology-an-11-week-course-by-the-koestler-parapsychology-unit-at-edinburgh-university-online Calendar Entry])

*'''25 April 2020: Online (NEW)'''
:A webinar entitled [https://www.foreverfamilyfoundation.org/events/327 "Psi in the Natural World"] presented by Dr. Cal Cooper and organised by the Forever Family Foundation ([https://psiencequest.net/forums/thread-upcoming-events--27?pid=34418#pid34418 Discuss]; [https://psiencequest.net/forums/event-psi-in-the-natural-world-a-webinar-presented-by-dr-cal-cooper-online Calendar Entry])

*'''10 - 12 July 2020: Chester, Connecticut, USA (NEW)'''
:The [http://events.r20.constantcontact.com/register/event?oeidk=a07egx2i08s1d82ce69&llr=ydrsgxbab "Love Knows No Death Summer Grief Transformation Retreat 2020"] organised by the Forever Family Foundation ([https://psiencequest.net/forums/thread-upcoming-events--27?pid=34419#pid34419 Discuss]; [https://psiencequest.net/forums/event-love-knows-no-death-summer-grief-transformation-retreat-2020-chester-connecticut-usa Calendar Entry])

*28 October - 2 November 2020: Rice University, Houston, Texas
:A conference entitled [https://www.punkrockandufos.com/blog/2020/3/5/rice-university-housing-archives-from-jacques-valle-whitley-strieber-etc "Opening The Archives Of The Impossible"], to mark the launch of a research facility including the archives of Jacques Vallee, Whitley Strieber, Ed May, Richard Haines and Larry Bryant ([https://psiencequest.net/forums/thread-upcoming-events?pid=33663#pid33663 Discuss]; [https://psiencequest.net/forums/event-opening-the-archives-of-the-impossible-a-conference-at-rice-university-houston-texas Calendar Entry])