Silver Threads
25 Years of Parapsychology Research
Published on 21. June 1993
Book
Hardback
384 pages
978-0-275-94161-1 (ISBN)
Description
Silver Threads shows consciousness studies in the context of scholarly investigation and liberal thinking. It was written to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the Parapsychology Research Group. However, the subject matter is not confined to parapsychology; the volume is, more generally, a collection of essays on and experiments in consciousness. It includes theoretical material on the philosophy of science and experimental reports. Many of the contributors are recognized as outstanding original researchers in the field of parapsychology, such as Targ, Honorton, Tart, Harman, Krippner, and Grof.
The contributors conclude that: (1) psychic phenomena are genuine and can be subject to scientific investigation; (2) science is changing to adapt to new categories of phenomena, including those which are considered paranormal; and (3) paranormal function is an innate human ability that everyone possesses and uses.
The contributors conclude that: (1) psychic phenomena are genuine and can be subject to scientific investigation; (2) science is changing to adapt to new categories of phenomena, including those which are considered paranormal; and (3) paranormal function is an innate human ability that everyone possesses and uses.
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Language
English
Place of publication
United States
Publishing group
Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Dimensions
Height: 240 mm
Width: 161 mm
Thickness: 25 mm
Weight
734 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-275-94161-1 (9780275941611)
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BEVERLEY KANE, M.D. specializes in preventive medicine and medical informatics at Apple Computer, Inc., Cupertino, California. After completing a residency in family practice and a fellowship in sports and preventive medicine, she joined the staff at Stanford University Center for Research in Disease Prevention where she was involved in research in coronary artery disease. Having studied computer science and majored in art as an undergraduate, Dr. Kane combines art, medicine, computer technology, and consciousness studies by creating interfaces for access to traditional and alternative health resources.
JEAN MILLAY, Ph.D. is the art director for the development of interactive educational software at DynEd International, Foster City, California. She is the author of various publications on the subject of brainwave synchronization, telepathy, and the visionary experience. In 1971 Dr. Millay co-invented with Tim Scully the Stereo Brainwave Biofeedback Light Sculpture, a device that compares brainwaves between two people, or between one's own cerebral hemispheres, and feeds that information back as aesthetic patterns of light and sound. Dr. Millay is President of the Parapsychology Research Group.
DEAN BROWN, Ph.D. is founder and president of Picodyne Corporation, Menlo Park, California, an educational software company. Previous to that, he was a founder of Zilog Inc., and pioneered the use of computers in education at Stanford Research Institute (SRI International). Both a physicist and a metaphysicist, and a Vedic scholar, Dr. Brown recently completed a translation of the Vedas from Sanskrit.
JEAN MILLAY, Ph.D. is the art director for the development of interactive educational software at DynEd International, Foster City, California. She is the author of various publications on the subject of brainwave synchronization, telepathy, and the visionary experience. In 1971 Dr. Millay co-invented with Tim Scully the Stereo Brainwave Biofeedback Light Sculpture, a device that compares brainwaves between two people, or between one's own cerebral hemispheres, and feeds that information back as aesthetic patterns of light and sound. Dr. Millay is President of the Parapsychology Research Group.
DEAN BROWN, Ph.D. is founder and president of Picodyne Corporation, Menlo Park, California, an educational software company. Previous to that, he was a founder of Zilog Inc., and pioneered the use of computers in education at Stanford Research Institute (SRI International). Both a physicist and a metaphysicist, and a Vedic scholar, Dr. Brown recently completed a translation of the Vedas from Sanskrit.
Content
Foreword by Willis Harman Foundations Parapsychology, Science, and Intuition by William H. Kautz The Nature of Personal Belief Systems by Beverly Kane Remote Viewing Dream ESP and Geomagnetic Activity by Michael Persinger and Stanley Krippner A Decade of Remote Viewing Research by Russell Targ Longitudinal Comparison of Local and Long Distance Remote Perception Phenomena by Elizabeth Rauscher Exploring the Visionary Experience by Jean Millay Physics Energy by Saul-Paul Sirag Quantum Reality and Consciousness by Nick Herbert Time, Consciousness, and Psi by Jean Burns Mathematical Models A Theoretical Model of the Remote-Perception Phenomena by Elizabeth Rauscher Hyperspace Reflections by Saul-Paul Sirag Bioscience PsychoNeuroImmunology: The Bridge between Science and Spirit by Sondra Barrett Human Volitional Effects on a Model Bacterial System by Beverly Rubik and Elizabeth Rauscher The Evolution of Consciousness Intertwined with the Evolution of the Science of Plants by Dean Brown Consciously Creating Conscious States by Cheri Quincy Psychology Alternate States of Consciousness: Access to Other Realities by Ruth-Inge Heinze Firewalking-A New Look at An Old Enigma by Larissa Vilenskaya PK on the PC-a Macintosh PK Event Generator Based on the Princeton Engineering Anomalies Research Experiments by William Croft Brainwave Synchronization: Report on a Pilot Study by James R. Johnston Near-Death Experiences: Implications for Human Evolution and Planetary Transformation by Kenneth Ring Channeling by Jon Klimo Implications of Consciousness Research for Psychotherapy and Self-Exploration by Stanislav Grof Reflections The Dilemma of Parapsychology by William H. Kautz Truth and Science: The Ethical Dimensions of PSI Research by Shelley Thomson Panel Discussion on Increasing Psychic Reliability by Russel Targ, William Braud, Marilyn Schlitz, and Charles Honorton Reflections on 25 Years and 25 Chapters by Charles T. Tart Epilogue by Dean Brown Appendix Milestones in the History of the Parapsychology Research Group Index