New Books and Media
On the Origin of Spectres: The Burden of Proof for Psychical Research, by Brian R. Banks
Publish Date: December, 2013
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Paranormal Intruder: The True Story of a Family in Fear, by Caroline Mitchell
Publish Date: December, 2013
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Pseudoscience and Deception: The Smoke and Mirrors of Paranormal Claims, edited by Bryan Farha
Publish Date: December, 2013
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Psi Wars: TED, Wikipedia and the Battle for the Internet, by Craig Weiler
Publish Date: December, 2013
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From the author’s website: In journalistic fashion, Craig Weiler relates what began as a seemingly harmless attempt to make sure that TED talk videos maintained a high standard and how this exploded into a wild scientific controversy. When the nonprofit company took down one of their YouTube videos by scientist Rupert Sheldrake, who had given a speech on the philosophy of science, they ignited a fierce discussion that eventually grew to include hundreds of people spanning the globe. For a while, ordinary folks, distinguished scientists, Internet trolls and even a Nobel Prize winning physicist all got together to hash out the greatest scientific controversy . . . ever. Further information on the author and the book can be found here
Return to Life: Extraordinary Cases of Children Who Remember Past Lives, by Jim Tucker
Publish Date: December, 2013
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The End of Death: How Near-Death Experiences Prove the Afterlife, by Admir Serrano
Publish Date: December, 2013
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Anomalistic Psychology: Exploring Paranormal Belief and Experience, by Christopher C. French and Anna Stone
Publish Date: November, 2013
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Conversations with Ghosts, by Alex Tanous with Callum E. Cooper
Publish Date: November, 2013
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Education in Parapsychology: Student and Instructor Perspectives, by Harvey J. Irwin
Publish Date: November, 2013
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The Infinite Mindfield: The Quest to Find the Gateway to Higher Consciousness, by Anthony Peake
Publish Date: November, 2013
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One Mind: How Our Individual Mind Is Part of a Greater Consciousness and Why It Matters, by Larry Dossey
Publish Date: October, 2013
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From the publisher’s website: In One Mind, New York Times bestselling author Larry Dossey, MD, proposes an inspiring view of consciousness that may reshape our destiny. Dossey's premise is that all individual minds are part of an infinite, collective dimension of consciousness he calls the One Mind. This state - which we can all access - explains phenomena as diverse as epiphanies, creative breakthroughs, premonitions of danger or disaster, near-death experiences, communication with other species and with the dead, reincarnation, the movement of herds, flocks and schools and remote healing. Dossey presents his theory in easily digestible, bite-sized examples. Through engaging stories, fascinating research and brilliant insights from great thinkers throughout history, readers will explore the outer reaches of human consciousness, discover a new way to interpret the great mysteries of our experience, and learn how to develop the empathy necessary to inspire more love, peace and collective awareness. The result is a rich new understanding of what it means to be human and a renewed hope that we can successfully confront the challenges we face at this crossroads in human history. Even before publication One Mind has drawn praise from the finest minds of our time. It has been heralded as 'landmark', 'a brilliant synthesis', a 'magnum opus', a 'feast' of ideas, 'compelling', 'gripping' and 'a major shift in our understanding of consciousness'.
Proof of Heaven: A Neurosurgeon's Journey into the Afterlife, by Eben Alexander
Publish Date: October, 2013
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From the author’s website: Near-death experiences, or NDEs, are controversial. Thousands of people have had them, but many in the scientific community have argued that they are impossible. Dr. Eben Alexander was one of those people. A highly trained neurosurgeon who had operated on thousands of brains in the course of his career, Alexander knew that what people of faith call the “soul” is really a product of brain chemistry. NDEs, he would have been the first to explain, might feel real to the people having them, but in truth they are simply fantasies produced by brains under extreme stress. Then came the day when Dr. Alexander’s own brain was attacked by an extremely rare illness. The part of the brain that controls thought and emotion – and in essence makes us human – shut down completely. For seven days Alexander lay in a hospital bed in a deep coma. Then, as his doctors weighed the possibility of stopping treatment, Alexander’s eyes popped open. He had come back.
Alexander’s recovery is by all accounts a medical miracle. But the real miracle of his story lies elsewhere. While his body lay in coma, Alexander journeyed beyond this world and encountered an angelic being who guided him into the deepest realms of super-physical existence. There he met, and spoke with, the Divine source of the universe itself. This story sounds like the wild and wonderful imaginings of a skilled fantasy writer. But it is not fantasy. Before Alexander underwent his journey, he could not reconcile his knowledge of neuroscience with any belief in heaven, God, or the soul. That difficulty with belief created an empty space that no professional triumph could erase. Today he is a doctor who believes that true health can be achieved only when we realize that God and the soul are real and that death is not the end of personal existence but only a transition. This story would be remarkable no matter who it happened to. That it happened to Dr. Alexander makes it revolutionary. No scientist or person of faith will be able to ignore it. Reading it will change your life.