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In
practice,
anthropological
parapsychol-
ogy
clearly
follows
in
the
footsteps
of
"psychical
research"
as
it was
in the times of F.W.H. Myers and William James.
meJLfPP
rvff
C ‘
‘,S
COmplcmcntar y
to
thc
quantitative
method
Different questions
arc asked
that produce
a
dif-
ferent
kind of knowledge.
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ivtn°‘ ^?rab’ GV’ Breederveld,
H., Johnson, M., van
THn p
a” Dongcn
; H;> Gerding, IL, and Bierman,
r
.
.
,
r*. ,
”araPsychoIogtsts
about
parapsychology.
Tijdschrift voor Parapsychologie,
1986, 54(4), 47-58.
In
honor of
the
departure
of
Prof.
H.
van
Praag
as
special
professor
for
the
Dutch
SPR,
the
editors
of
the
/JjdJC/irf/t put some questions
to him and other parapsy-
chologists.
Varying
views
are
expressed
about
some
fun-
damental
issues of parapsychology.
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FRENCH LANGUAGE
(Editor: Alexander Imich,
Ph.D.)
Revue Francaise de Psychotronique
02991. Malacan, Andrd. Scientism. Revue Francaise de
l sychotromque, 1988 (Jan/Mar),
1(0),
5-11.
,,
According to the author, scientism came
into being
at
the end
of
the
19th
century.
Its framework was provided
by
August Comtes
positivism.
Practitioners
of
scientism
u
r
sin^,V
C
t
fr
y
Thcir method
oftcn consists of
using
sc entific words
for
unprecise,
unquantified,
or even
s,?ch
'deflned
u.P?rameterS
by
usin8
a
of
words
«<ch
as
curve,
abscissa,
metabolite,
coordinate
systems,
etc.
Some examples of scientism are cited.
-
A.I.
02992. Chauvin, R6my. Change of speed
in
freezing
j
at
p
r
<Tue to psychokinesis. Revue Francaise
Ps)fh°tr°nique, 1988 (Jan/Mar),
7(0),
13-19. 5 refs
i
Water’ °“e °f
the
most
peculiar
liquids,
has
a com-
plex
and
unstable
structure,
forming
mono-,
di-,
and
tamers.
Its overcooling depends on many
factors, such
as
the
form
of
the
container,
atmospheric
pressure
(even
in
sealed
containers),
and
a
number
of
solar
spots!
The
after
no(lctng
to
his
great
surprise
that
he could
initiate
movement
in
a
divining
rod,
decided
to
repeat
,w
tC
n-
f.x.Penra
.ent
?
(Archiv der Meteoroiogie, Geophysik
und Biokhmatologie,
1954,
5,
25-257).
Test
tubes W cm
long
6 mm
,.d.
with
4 cm
long
2 mm
i.d.
upper
parts
w t^a^on
f
dT
l6d
WatCr’
WCrC
pl3Ccd
in
a
fefeifierator
with
a constant temperature of -10 degrees C
The author
then
visualized
for
"a
short
while"
that
ice
crystals
were
forming
in the upper parts of the
tubes.
After 40 minutes
of
refrigeration
the
ice cylinders
in
the upper
parts of the
N«t
nn
?h
ntaI
tUb<:S
WCre
Ionger
than
in
the
control
ones.
Next,
the experiment
was
repeated
but
with some
tubes
mcmfl-on
bV
th“
*" a!“miuum > and
sti11 o^ers
in mu
metal
foil.
The
Mann-Whitney U
and
Student’s
t
test
Ztit f
ed
.ln
the
statistical
evaluation.
Significant
results
were
found
on
the
aluminum-encased
tubes
only
The
ever°hJn
l
fn, ‘a* «
°St
.
intcrestinS’
because
no
screen
has
ever been found effective m
psi experiments.
-
A.I.
mct
hod
L
iH°
n
A
YVCS -
the
use
of
the
statistical
p
C
f
?
parapsychology.
Revue
Francaise
de
Psychotronique, 1988 (Jan/Mar),
7(0), 21-25
Rhine demonstrated
that the
results of certain experi-
ments
differ from
those
predicted
by
chance.
Those who
ogy
sho^fd
re
if
Ut
th°
f
thC Aracrican school of
parapsychol-
ogy
should,
if
they
possess
a
minimum
of
intellectual
cccmber 1988
coherence,
radically change
their
views.
Since
the
proof
7* ab
f
ady
mad c. why
use
the same
procedures
for
the
following 50
years?
Since
1940
the
procedures
of
the
American
school
have been
useful only
for
testing
the
nsi
capacities
of an
individual;
they
can
be compared
with
a
standard
blood
test
used
in
medicine.
The
critical
ratio
presents a double
inconvenience,
the
necessity of
(a) using
tar8c *s
’,
hraitin
§
subject’s
responses
to
a
simple
dichotomy
of
true
and
false,
and
(b)
obtaining
many
responses.
Today one can
use complex
targets and
limit
responses to a few dozen.
From
the epistemological
point
of
view,
the
decision
to
use
criteria much
more
severe
than
those
used
by
other
sciences,
the
stand
adopted
by
the American
school,
is
unjustified.
This
contributes
only
to
the
marginalization
of
parapsychology.
For
the
non-
r'rrr-
the
,au
,
t
,h
,
or
rccomraetlds Statistical Analysis
Ta
^l
Cr° 08^n
ni^dUCatl0n
by
Georgc
Ferguson
(3rd
ed, McGraw-Hill,
1971).
-
A.I.
GERMAN LANGUAGE
(Editors: Gerd H. Hdvelmann and Alexander Imich,
Ph.D.)
Grenzgebiete der Wissenschaft
02994.
Honord,
Jean.
True
and
false
phenomena
Grenzgebiete der Wissenschaft, 1987, 36(1),
3-13.
,.Tbe
5}
ll
!rcb knows that revelation ended with
the
last
apostle.
Only
a
small number
of miraculous
phenomena,
visions,
and
spiritual
messages
are
recognized
by
the
church
as
true
Because
of concern
about
the danger
of
imposture,
falsification (the church
recognizes the existence
J
‘c
. dev‘
)’
and
.
tbe
Edibility
and
superstition
of
the
faithful,
the
majority
are
refused
official
recognition
However, Bernadette
is
the picture
of
truth and
simplicity
Her
visions
of the
Virgin Mary
in
the grotto are genuine,
? d ^h
UrdeS
..
,s
th°
legitimate
source
of
miraculous
heal-
mgs. The Buthor of the
article
is the archbishop of Tours
and Lourdes belongs to his diocese.
- A.I.
enla/r!^’
At,dr??-
Erotic psi—Paranormal in other
3S
9refs
Grenzgeblete der Wissenschaft,
1987,
36(1),
14-
Psi -days-- lectures,
seminars,
and
healing
demonstrations-were
given
during
the
Swiss
SamDles
Fair
from
10/30/86 to
11/2/86.
The folfowing ToZ of
”MiL
Pr"
eSC
l!f
d: witches and
witchcraft, the witching power
\
eth“°Pharmacology
of
various
, plants
(henbane,
toadstool, ayahuasca,
hashish, and deathspell),
anthropology
and
parapsychology,
reincarnation,
and paranormal haling
in
various cultures (Philippines, Poland,
India).
-
A.I.
S'
Consciousness transformation
and
the
scientific
understanding
of
nature
Grenzgebiete der Wissenschaft, 1987, 36(1), 39-57. 16
refs
‘
.
,
phll?°Phy of CR
von Weizsacker was
the
sub-
rot!
,
autij?“ d^ertation and of a subsequently pub-
lished
book.
This philosophy
is presented
here undcr^hc
following
headings:
(a)
the
reach
of contemporary
natural
sciences;
(b)
the
paradigmatic
structure
of
contemporary
physics
(nature,
humans,
and
science);
(c) a model
of
the
tum
C
i
rrn
a<?°r
^\
n8
t0
raodern
physics
(experiments,
quan-
tum
theory);
(d)
unity of
reality
(unitary
basis of
reality
cnL
CXPeriC“^ °f
U"ity):
(C)
Philosophical
and
pragmatfc
(f) c^ing“LSr°A.L
Phe“0racna ’
highcr
reality):
a"d
02997.
Zori,
Maria,
and
Zori,
FI.
Biodetection,
a
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