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Added Russian NDE video and articls by Grinstein and Fan |
Added review of Kripal book, four new Psi Encyclopedia entries and Freke interview |
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==Extended consciousness phenomena== | ==Extended consciousness phenomena== | ||
===Books and book reviews=== | |||
*A review of [http://pelicanist.blogspot.com/2020/01/swimming-against-currents.html "Secret Body: Erotic and Esoteric Currents in the History of Religions"] by Jeffrey J. Kripal (2017), has appeared at Magonia Review ([https://psiencequest.net/forums/thread-psi-text-resources-thread?pid=33222#pid33222 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/bryan-williams Bryan Williams] ([https://psiencequest.net/forums/thread-psi-encyclopedia?pid=33220#pid33220 Discuss]) | |||
*[https://psi-encyclopedia.spr.ac.uk/articles/serena-roney-dougal Serena Roney-Dougal] ([https://psiencequest.net/forums/thread-psi-encyclopedia?pid=33220#pid33220 Discuss]) | |||
*[https://psi-encyclopedia.spr.ac.uk/articles/christine-simmonds-moore Christine Simmonds-Moore] ([https://psiencequest.net/forums/thread-psi-encyclopedia?pid=33220#pid33220 Discuss]) | |||
*[https://psi-encyclopedia.spr.ac.uk/articles/diane-hennacy-powell Diane Hennacy Powell] ([https://psiencequest.net/forums/thread-psi-encyclopedia?pid=33220#pid33220 Discuss]) | |||
===Videos=== | ===Videos=== | ||
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==Philosophy of mind; consciousness science== | ==Philosophy of mind; consciousness science== | ||
===Interviews=== | |||
An interview of Matt Segall by Tim Freke entitled [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rn2DlE6q19A "What is Life? #16"] has appeared on YouTube ([https://psiencequest.net/forums/thread-tim-freke-s-what-is-life-series?pid=33217#pid33217 Discuss]) | |||
===Articles and blog posts=== | ===Articles and blog posts=== | ||
Revision as of 19:02, 22 January 2020
This is a listing, in progress, of news items about parapsychology, psi, the paranormal and related subjects, posted to the Psience Quest Forums. We hope that news about parapsychology is adequately covered here, but news about other topics will represent only a selection.
Extended consciousness phenomena
Books and book reviews
- A review of "Secret Body: Erotic and Esoteric Currents in the History of Religions" by Jeffrey J. Kripal (2017), has appeared at Magonia Review (Discuss)
Psi Encyclopedia
New entries in the Society for Psychical Research's Psi Encyclopedia
- Bryan Williams (Discuss)
- Serena Roney-Dougal (Discuss)
- Christine Simmonds-Moore (Discuss)
- Diane Hennacy Powell (Discuss)
Videos
- A film about a Russian Near-Death Experience in the 1990s (in Russian) has appeared on YouTube (Discuss)
Philosophy of mind; consciousness science
Interviews
An interview of Matt Segall by Tim Freke entitled "What is Life? #16" has appeared on YouTube (Discuss)
Articles and blog posts
- An article by Zaria Gorvett entitled "The medications that change who we are" has appeared on the BBC website (Discuss)
- An article by Jonathan D. Grinstein entitled "Mindfulness meditation mends mild cognitive impairment" was published in November 2019 at Science 101 (Discuss)
- An article by Shelly Fan entitled "Scientists Discovered ‘Mini-Computers’ in Human Neurons—and That’s Great News for AI" has been published at SingularityHub (Discuss)