Theos-Talk Archives (November 2001 Message tt00313)

Brigitte, you wrote:

"However theosophists should go outside there limited source of 
litterature, and inform themselve of current day scientific, 
including for Daniel sincere parapsychological research of a recent 
date I think."

Daniel replies:

Below are some excellent titles & sources that summarize "sincere 
parapsychological research" as well as related topics and 
information. I recommend these to both theosophists as well as to 
open-minded skeptics of the paranormal.

(1) THE CONSCIOUS UNIVERSE: The Scientific Truth of Psychic 
Phenomena by Dean Radin. See especially Chapter 13, "A Field Guide 
to Skepticism."

(2) PARAPSYCHOLOGY: The Controversial Science by Richard S. 
Broughton. See especially Chapter 4, "Why Does the Controversy 
Continue?"

(3) WHERE REINCARNATION AND BIOLOGY INTERSECT by Ian Stevenson. See 
especially Chapter 15, "The Interpretations of Birthmarks Related to 
Previous Lives."

(4) PARAPSYCHOLOGY, PHILOSOPHY AND SPIRITUALITY: A Postmodern 
Exploration by David Ray Griffin. See especially Chapter 2, "White 
Crows Abounding: Evidence for the Paranormal."

(5) THE LIMITS OF INFLUENCE: Psychokinesis and the Philosophy of 
Science. Revised ed. by Stephen E. Braude. See especially Chapter 
1, "The Importance of Non-Experimetnal Evidence."

(6)THE HIDDEN POWER by Brian Inglis. Deals with scientism and the 
attitudes of scientists towards paranormal phenomena. Out-of-print 
but available through interlibrary loan.

(7) DEATH AND PERSONAL SURVIVAL: The Evidence for Life after Death 
by Robert F. Almeder. Out-of-print but available through 
interlibrary loan.

(8)PARAPSYCHOLOGY F.A.Q.
http://www.parapsych.org/highlights/faq/parafaq/

(9)The Parapsychological Association
http://www.parapsych.org/

(10) List of other important parapsychology organizations and 
research centers 
http://www.psiresearch.org/CRLlinks.htm

Daniel H. Caldwell
BLAVATSKY ARCHIVES
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