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Physics and Psychics: The Search for a World beyond the Senses
by Victor J. Stenger. 294 pgs.

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Physics and Psychics: The Search for a World Beyond the Senses

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Preface

Acknowledgments

1. Supernova Shelton, Supermind, and the Supernatural

2. the Standard Model and the Search for Anomalies

3. Doing the Devil's Job

4. from Magic to Science

5. is There a Mystical Path to a World Beyond?

6. on the Matter of Mind

7. Searching for the Spirit

8. Psience

9. Harmonica Virgins

10. the Spooks of Quantum Mechanics

11. Thought Waves and the Energies of Consciousness

12. the Broken Whole

13. Emergence

14. Removing the Yoke

Index
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The Psychology of the Psychic
by David Marks, Richard Kammann. 232 pgs.

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Foreword

Preface

1: The Growing World of the Occult

2: Remote Viewing

3: The Targ-Puthoff Effect Explained

4: Kreskin's Riddle

5: Solving Kreskin's Riddle

6: Uri Geller: Superpsychic of the Seventies

7: The Geller Effect Observed

8: Geller Exposed

9: Geller Performs at the Stanford Research Institute

10: "Gelleritis": a Case Study in Pathological Science

11: The Roots of Coincidence.

12: Self-Perpetuating Beliefs

13: The Art of Doubt

Appendix I: Population Stereotypes and Esp

Appendix II: Rules for Rationals

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Flim-Flam! Psychics, ESP, Unicorns, and Other Delusions
by James Randi. 340 pgs.

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Internationally known magician James Randi exposes years of media deception in reports of ESP, levitation, psychic surgery, UFOs, astrology, and more.

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Flim‐ Flam!: Psychics, Esp, Unicorns and Other Delusions

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Preface

Acknowledgments

Introduction

1: Flim-Flam!

2: Fairies at the Foot of the Garden

3: All at Sea . . .

4: Into the Air, Junior Birdmen!

5: The Giggling Guru: A Matter of Levity

6: The Paper Chariots in Flames

7: The Laurel and Hardy of Psi

8: The Great Fliess Fleece

9: The Medical Humbugs

10: The Will to Believe

11: Off the Deep End

12: Gods with Feats of Clay

13: Put Up or Shut Up

Epilogue

Appendix

Selected Bibliography

Index
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The Skeptic's Guide to the Paranormal (Chap. 5 "Psychic Readings," Chap. 15 "Psychic Detectives," and Chap. 17 "Psychics on Stage")
by Lynne Kelly. 261 pgs.

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A rational explanation of 27 paranormal phenomena - from walking over hot coals to spontaneous combustion - that appear to defy the laws of science.

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Introduction

1: Spontaneous Human Conbustion

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2: Walking on Hot Coals

3: Crop Circles

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4: The Shround of Turin

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5: Psychic Readings

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6: Spiritualism

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7: Ghosts and Poltergeists

8: Diy Ghost Photos

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9: Reincarnation and Past Lives

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10: Astrology

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11: Numerology

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12: Esp—extrasensory Perception

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13: Mostradamus

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14: The Prophecy That is Kabul Khan

15: Psychic Detectives

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16: Diy Telepathy

17: Psychics on Stage

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18: Diy Bending Spoons

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19: Ufo Emconters of the First Kind—sightings

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20: Ufo Encounters of the Second Kind—physical Evidence

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21: UFO Encounters of the Third Kind—allen Contact

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22: Alien Abductions

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23: The Beermuda Triangle

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24: Levitation

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25: Dowsing and Divining

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26: Yeti, Bigfoot and Other Ape-Mem

27: The Loch Mess Monster

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A Skeptic's Handbook of Parapsychology (Chap. 6 "Spiritualists, Mediums, and Psychics: Some Evidence of Fraud")
by Paul Kurtz. 698 pgs.

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A Skeptic's Handbook of Parapsychology

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Acknowledgments

Introduction More Than a Century of Psychical Research

Contributors

Part 1: Historical Overviews

1: A Critical Historical Overview of Parapsychology Ray Hyman

2: The Search for a Demonstration of ESP C. E. M. Hansel

3: Psychokinesis: Fifty Years Afterward Edward Girden and Ellen Girden

4: Modern Occultism Simon Newcomb

5: The Need for Responsibility in Parapsychology: My Sixty Years in Psychical Research E. J. Dingwall

Part 2: The Argument from Fraud

6: Spiritualists, Mediums, and Psychics: Some Evidence of Fraud Paul Kurtz

7: Spiritualism Exposed: Margaret Fox Kane Confesses to Fraud

8: Confessions of a Telepathist: Thirty-Year Hoax Exposed Douglas Blackburn

9: Metapsychics and the Incredulity of Psychologists: Psychical Research before 1927 John E. Coover

10: Fraudulent Children in Psychical Research J. Fraser Nicol

11: The Establishment of Data Manipulation in the Soal-Shackleton Experiments Betty Markwick

12: J. B. Rhine and the Levy Scandal D. Scott Rogo

13: A Note on Borley Rectory: "The Most Haunted House in England" Trevor H. Hall

14: The Role of Conjurers in Psi Research James Randi

15: Magicians in the Psi Lab: Many Misconceptions Martin Gardner

Part 3: Parapsychologists Reply

16: What Is Your Counter-Explanation? a Plea to Skeptics to Think Again John Beloff

17: Parapsychology and Its Critics Douglas M. Stokes

18: The Adventures of a Psi-Inhibitory Experimenter Susan Blackmore

19: Skeptical Literature on Parapsychology: an Annotated Bibliography Gerd H. HÖVelmann with Marcello Truzzi and Piet Hein Hoebens

Annotation to the Annotated Bibliography Ray Hyman

Part 4: Parapsychology: Science or Pseudoscience

20: Why Parapsychology Demands a Skeptical Response Christopher Scott

21: Is Parapsychology a Science? Paul Kurtz

22: Parapsychology: Science or Pseudoscience? Antony Flew

23: Parapsychology as a "Spiritual" Science James E. Alcock

Part 5: Some Methodological and Theoretical Issues

24: Statistical Problems in ESP Research Persi Diaconis

25: Parapsychology and Quantum Mechanics Martin Gardner

26: Detective Work in Parapsychology Denys Parsons

27: Can Meta-Analysis Resolve the ESP Controversy? Charles Akers

Part 6: Further Critiques

28: Reflections on Psychic Sleuths Piet Hein Hoebens with Marcello Truzzi

29: Evidence for Survival from Near-Death Experiences? a Critical Appraisal Gerd H. HÖVelmann

30: Magical Thinking and Parapsychology Leonard Zusne

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Paranormal Borderlands of Science ("Tricks of the Psychic Trade" begins on p. 77)
by Kendrick Frazier. 465 pgs.

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Scientists, philosophers, educators, investigative journalists, and magicians carefully examine parapsychology, near-death experiences, astrology, UFOs, and extraterrestrial visitation.

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Paranormal Borderlands of Science

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Introduction

Book I: Inquiries into Psi Phenomena

Psi Phenomena and Belief

Is Parapsychology a Science?

Science, Intuition, and Esp

Believing in Esp: Effects of Dehoaxing

Superstitions: Old and New

Einstein and Esp

Belief in Esp Among Psychologists

Do Fairies Exist?

Tricks of the Psychic Trade

Cold Reading: How to Convince Strangers That You Know All About Them

Sleight of Tongue

Cold Reading Revisited

Geller-Type Phenomena

The Nonpsychic Powers of Uri Geller

New Evidence in the Uri Geller Matter

Examination of the Claims of Suzie Cottrell

A Test of 'Psychic' Photography

The Extraordinary Mental Bending of Professor Taylor

Downfall of a Would-Be Psychic

Stories of Life and Death

Psychology and Near-Death Experiences

The Case of the Amityville Horror

Betty Through the Looking-Glass

Rhythms of Life

Biorhythms: Evaluating a Pseudoscience

Biorhythm Theory: a Critical Review

Book Ii: Inquiries into Fringe-Science

Exploring Science's Fringes

Asimov's Corollary

Astrology

A Statistical Test of Sun-Sign Astrology

An Empirical Test of Popular Astrology

The Moon and the Maternity Ward

Results of U.S. Test of the 'Mars Effect'

Land and Sea

Critical Reading, Careful Writing, and the Bermuda Triangle

Cattle Mutilations: an Episode of Collective Delusion

A Controlled Test of Dowsing Abilities

Extraterrestrial Visitors

Von Däniken's Chariots: a Primer in the Art of Cooked Science

Von Däniken's Golden Gods

Chariots of the Gullible

Investigating the Sirius Mystery

Cult Archaeology and Biology

Anthropology Beyond the Fringe: Ancient Inscriptions, Early Man, and Scientific Method

Psychic Archaeology: the Anatomy of Irrationalist Prehistoric Studies

Science and Evolution in the Public Eye

Planetary Pinballs

Scientists and Velikovsky

The Velikovsky Affair

Part I Ideas in Collision

Part II Passions and Purposes: a Perspective

Part III the Distortions Continue

Tunguska Echoes

Ufos by Any Other Name

Nasa, the White House, and Ufos

Astronaut "Ufo" Sightings

Ufos, the Cia, and the New York Times

A Controlled Ufo Hoax: Some Lessons

The Persian Gulf Ufo: Fiery End to Drama

The Semantics of Ufos
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Science Confronts the Paranormal (Chap. 21 "Prediction after the Fact: Lessons of the Tamara Rand Hoax")
by Kendrick Frazier. 335 pgs.

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This collection examines astrology, ESP, psychic detectives parapsychology, UFOs, palmistry, and fringe medicine.

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Science Confronts the Paranormal

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Introduction

Part I Assessing Claims of Paranormal Phenomena

Parapsychology and Belief

1: Debunking, Neutrality, and Skepticism in Science

2: The New Philosophy of Science and the 'Paranormal'

3: Parapsychology's Past Eight Years: A Lack-Of-Progress Report

4: Sense and Nonsense in Parapsychology

Expectation and Misperception

5: On Coincidences

6: Fooling Some of the People All of the Time

7: Misperception, Folk Belief, and the Occult: A Cognitive Guide to Understanding

8: The Great Stone Face and Other Nonmysteries

9: Sir Oliver Lodge and the Spiritualists

Claims of Mind and Distance

10: Outracing the Evidence: The Muddled 'Mind Race'

11: Remote Viewing Revisited

12: Gerard Croiset: Investigation of the Mozart of "Psychic Sleuths"

13: Croiset and Professor Tenhaeff: Discrepancies in Claims of Clairvoyance

Claims of Mind and Matter

14: The Columbus Poltergeist Case

15: The Project Alpha Experiment

16: Lessons of a Landmark Pk Hoax

17: Magicians in the Psi Lab: Many Misconceptions

18: How Not to Test a Psychic: The Great Sri Die Mystery

Claims of Mind and Body

19: Iridology: Diagnosis or Delusion?

20: Palmistry: Science or Hand-Jive?

Psychic Flim-Flam: an Example

21: Prediction After the Fact: Lessons of the Tamara Rand Hoax

Part II Evaluating Fringe Science

Astrology

22: Scientific Tests of Astrology Do Not Support Its Claims

23: Alternative Explanations in Science: The Extroversion-Introversion Astrological Effect

24: The Alleged Lunar Effect

25: The Moon is Acquitted of Murder in Cleveland

Ufos

26: The Claim of a Government Ufo Coverup

27: An Eye-Opening Double Encounter

28: Hypnosis and Ufo Abductions

29: Hypnosis Gives Rise to Fantasy and is Not a Truth Serum

Fringe Archaeology

30: Deciphering Ancient America

31: American Disingenuous: Goodman's 'American Genesis'— a New Chapter in 'Cult' Archaeology

32: The Nazca Drawings Revisited: Creation of a Full-Sized Duplicate

Creationism and Shroud Science

33: Science and the Mountain Peak

34: Creationist Pseudoscience

35: Paluxy Footprints

36: The Shroud of Turin: A Critical Appraisal

37: Shroud Image is the Work of an Artist

Cryptozoology

38: Sonar and Photographic Searches for the Loch Ness Monster: A Reassessment

Recommended Reading

Dates of Original Publication

Contributors
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The Transcendental Temptation: A Critique of Religion and the Paranormal (Chap. XII "Scientists, Spiritualists, and Mediums")
by Paul Kurtz. 502 pgs.

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Preface to the Paperback Edition

Preface: the Skeptic Versus the Believer

Introduction: Not for Philosophers Only

Part One Skepticism and the Meaning of Life

I: Meaning and Transcendence

Ii: Skepticism

Iii: the Scientific Method

Iv: Critical Intelligence

V: the Justification of Belief

Part Two Mysticism, Revelation, and God

Vi: the Appeal to Mysticism

VII: The Jesus Myth

Viii: Moses and the Chosen People

Ix: Mohammed: the Prophet of Islam

X: Sundry Prophets: Greater and Lesser

Xi: Does God Exist? Deity and Impermanence

Part Three Science and the Paranormal

Xii: Scientists, Spiritualists, and Mediums

Xiii: the Paranormal: Psychics, Esp, and Parapsychology

Xiv: is There Life After Life?

Xv: Space-Age Religions: Astrology and Ufology

Part Four Beyond Religion

Xvi: the Transcendental Temptation

Index
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End-Time Visions: The Road to Armageddon? (Chap. Two "Seers, Sages, and Soothsayers")
by Richard Abanes. 438 pgs.

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In this look at doomsday madness--its history, leaders, followers, and dogma--Abanes cites historical antecedents from the Middle Ages and the Renaissance and discusses in detail the myriad of popular doomsday prophets, including Japan's Aum Shinrikyo, and other international movements. Illustrations.

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Other Books by Richard Abanes

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Introduction

Part One: Apocalypse Now

One: 1990s: Decade of Death

Two: Seers, Sages, and Soothsayers

Three: Thus Saith the Lord

Four: Patriots & Militiamen

Part Two: The Annals Of Armageddon

Five: A Timeless Obsession

Six: Nostradamus

Seven: Miller's Millennial Madness

Eight: Jehovah's Witnesses: Armageddon, Inc.

Part Three: A Return to Sanity

Nine: Signs of the Times Revisited

Ten: The Bible Tells Me So?

Eleven: Millennial Mindsets

Appendix A: The Nde Mystery Solved

Appendix B: Calendar Confusion

Appendix C: Timeline of Doom

Appendix D: Inside Heaven's Gate

Notes

Index
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Wondrous Events: Foundations of Religious Belief (Chap. 5 "Psychic Practitioners and Wondrous Events")
by James McClenon. 281 pgs.

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Acknowledgments

Preface

Chapter 1 Wondrous Events and Social Science

Chapter 2 Surveys of Anomalous Experience: a Cross-Cultural Analysis

Chapter 3 a Cross-Cultural Comparison of Wondrous Event Narratives

Chapter 4 Haunting and Poltergeist Cases: Constructing Folk Belief

Chapter 5 Psychic Practitioners and Wondrous Events

Chapter 6 Performing Wondrous Events: Esp, Psychic Surgery, and Firewalking

Chapter 7 Wondrous Events and Audience Attraction

Chapter 8 Wondrous Events and Religious History in Medieval Asia and Europe

Chapter 9 Near-Death Experiences in Medieval Europe, China, and Japan

Chapter 10 the Scientific Investigation of Wondrous Events

Chapter 11 Wondrous Events in a Small Group: a Field Study

Chapter 12 Wondrous Events and the Future of Religion

Appendix: Unusual Experience Questionnaire

Notes

References

Index
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New Age and Neopagan Religions in America ("Occultists and Psychics in the Early Twentieth Century" begins on p. 61)
by Sarah M. Pike. 220 pgs.

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Introduction

Chapter One: Ancient Mysteries in Contemporary America

Chapter Two: Introduction to the Religious Worlds of Neopagans and New Agers

Chapter Three: Early Varieties of Alternative Spirituality in American Religious History

Chapter Four: The 1960s Watershed Years

Chapter Five Healing and Techniques of the Self

Chapter Six: "All Acts of Love and Pleasure Are My Rituals": Sex, Gender, and the Sacred

Chapter Seven: The Age of Aquarius

Chronology

Notes

Glossary

Resources for the Study of New Age and Neopagan Religions

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