Parapsychology

Psychics are quite a controversial topic discussed by various police task forces, journalists, and detectives. Although the main thing they do is connect with the spiritual world such as the deceased to help a person gain closure from a loss or predict someone's future so you could say, it has been spoken of that they help in the crime solving process. Psychics have no factual evidence of majorly helping to solve any crime directly without using a variety of techniques but it has been a controversial

The Aetherius Society was founded by George King in 1954. King was researching radionics when he claims to have received a message during meditation. The message was from someone who later identified himself as the Master Aetherius, and it said, “Prepare yourself! You are to become the voice of Interplanetary Parliament.” During his life, King claimed to have cooperated with the Cosmic Masters, which include historical figures such as Buddha, Jesus, and Count Saint-Germain, as well as extraterrestrials

After James began to consider the possible different explanations for the ambiguities that exist in human consciousness, he began to experiment with drugs, specifically nitrous oxide. Nitrous oxide is a chemical that is more commonly known at laughing gas that is used most commonly in dental offices and it is a substance that alters the conscious state of a person. In an article published in 1996 in the Atlantic, Dmitri Tymoczko explores the often unknown influence of Nitrous Oxide on the thought

Since the beginning of time, people have been attempting to catch a glimpse of the future. Coney Island fortune tellers and the likes have profited greatly off people's fascination with what comes next. Although a sideshow performer is unlikely to predict any world events, other better qualified clairvoyants already have. For example, Nostradamus is famed for his future predictions, such as nearly writing Hitler's name in a notebook years before he came to power. One woman is known as the Nostradamus

The Ganzfeld experiment is labeled under another category of psychology called parapsychology. Parapsychology focuses on the study of paranormal phenomenons (The Parapsychological Association). The original intent of this experiment was made to test telepathy and other extrasensory perceptions (Bem, 1996). The precursor before the Ganzfeld experiment

Psychic Abilities Are Real Michael Tollis English 8 Mrs. Rodgers May 11, 2012 “A course in miracles claims that the mind has abilities far beyond what our modern world deems possible” (2012, circle of a, Mackie). There are stories that there are sightings of people using psychic abilities. There are also people who swear that they have seen psychic abilities. However, some might say that those people who swear by it, must be watching too much T.V if they say they have seen

Introduction 1a. The hypothesis being addressed is that real psychics possess special clairvoyant powers, while non-psychics do not possess this kind of ability. 1b. In the John Thomas’s, it says that Joseph Rhines, a botanist at Duke University, conducted ESP experiments in the 1930s that founded “overwhelming” evidence supporting ESP. The issue was that other psychologists had issues with replicating his results. Another experiment that was made provided in the fact sheet was the research on random-number

ABSTRACT This experiments looks at the relationship between repetition and the belief in Extrasensory Perception (ESP). People who believe in ESP are referred to as ‘sheep’ and those who do not are referred to as ‘goats’. This is the sheep-goat effect. The sheep are more likely to avoid giving repetitions than the goats that have a low belief in ESP. A total of one hundred and eighty five participants took part in this study by imagining that they had a dice that they had to roll. They had to provide

For along as humans have kept a written history there have been stories about extraordinary occurrences: telepathic dreams in which the dreamer appears to receive the thoughts of another person or clairvoyant dreams in which the dreamer seemed to be able to observe far away events. Telepathic and clairvoyant dreams, along with precognition and psychokinesis, have been group together and called “psi” by modern-day parapsychologists. These instances of “psi” are described as interactions that occur

The documentary, “Secrets of the Psychics”, was an interesting experiment that seemed to expose the powers people claim they have. Randi has many claims that explains that it takes a lot of talent to make someone believe in a person’s abilities. I was interested in how he says it takes the audience to believe what they see to create psychic powers. When James was palm reading he told the participant the opposite of what he was reading. She somehow believed him and tricked her into thinking what