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spite of major tributes in the Journal of Parapsychol-
ogy and
Journal of the American Society for Psychical
Research.
Rodger Anderson’s
entry
is
reasonably
up to date.
My own entry had been updated
in
a
skewed manner.
None of my articles in the Journal
of Religion and Psychical Research and
Christian Para-
psychologist are mentioned.
It
is
not noted
that
I
have
edited
the
Journal of the American Society for
Psychical Research since
1983.
I am
listed as manag-
ing editor of a publication
I never heard
of.
Only
the
first
of
bibliographies
I
have
published
in
Advances
in Parapsychological Research
is
mentioned.
No mention
is made
that
I was
president
of
the
Parapsychological
Association
in
1984
nor
of
a
major
paper
in
the
1985
Parapsychology Founda-
tion conference proceedings.
And
the
title given
for the book
I wrote with Michael Murphy
is the
working
title, not the one under which
it was pub-
lished
in
1978.
Carlos Alvarado
is
not
even
in-
cluded.
If these examples are any indication, these
volumes
still have far to
go.
Systematic checking
of
the
major
parapsychology
journals
and
con-
ference
proceedings
would
bring
new
names
to
light ana
provide
excellent
sources
for
updating
these volumes.
I hope there will be a 4th edition,
and
that
these
suggestions
will
be
followed.
-
R.A.W.
GEOGRAPHIC ASPECTS
jjjM4(l5.
Irwin. Harvey .
Parapsychology
in
Australia.
"AJ.P.R. Bulletin, 1988 (Jan), No.
11, 1-8.
1 illus; 46 refs
Parapsychology
in
Australia
falls
into
three
eras.
During
the
spiritualistic phase
(1860-1920),
the
emphasis
was
on
investigating
spirit communica-
tion
through
mediums
(mainly
direct
voice
and
materialized
apports).
During
the early experimental
phase (1920-1960), the experimental approach of
J.B.
Rhine had
little impact
in Australia, except for
a
few
individuals.
The contemporary era (from about
1960)
is marked by
the
rise of scientifically based
psychic
research
societies,
university
courses
in
parapsychology,
and
by
systematic
scientific
research,
despite
tough
opposition.
Australian
research has been hampered by
a number
of
fac-
tors.
Firstly, our geography meant that individual
investigators have
been
isolated
from
each
other
and from
their overseas colleagues.
Secondly, un-
til recently, most Australian psychic research (and
psychological
research
in
general)
was
conserva-
tive
in
that
it copied
that done overseas.
An
in-
novative
style relevant
to Australia was
lacking.
-
04406.
Kcil,
Jurgen.
Parapsychology
in
the
Soviet
Union.
Zeitschrift fiir Parapsychologie und Grenzgebiete
der Psychologic, 1984, 26(1-4), 191-210.
3 figs; 42 refs
The
author summarizes
his numerous
travels
to
the
Soviet Union
both
with
regard
to
general
observations of daily
life (the role of bureaucracy,
etc.)
and
an
evaluation
of
parapsychological
research
in
that country.
It
is evident
that, on
a
popular level, Soviet citizens show a distinct inter-
est
in paranormal phenomena.
However, "official"
support
for
parapsychological
research
seems
to
depend on the practical applicability of
its
results.
The
author
also
discusses
"Kirlian
photography,"
exaggerated
accounts
of
which
frequently
have
filled the
pages of
the popular
press
in
the West.
In
the concluding section, he
discusses work with
Nina
Kulagina;
on
the
basis
of
the experimental
data from investigations by both Soviet and West-
ern
scientists
(including
the
author’s
own
observations), he reviews the arguments that have
been advanced
for and against the genuineness
of
the phenomena produced by
Kulagina.
He
con-
cludes
that
the paranormal
abilities of
this
physi-
cal
medium
may
well
stand
up
to
skeptical
scrutiny.
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HISTORICAL ASPECTS
04407.
Lc
Malefan,
Pascal.
Beginning
of
para-
psychological
concept
by
Max
Dessoir
(physician-
philosopher,
1867-1947).
Revue
Francaise
de
Psychotronique, 1988 (Jul-Sep), 1(2), 5-14.
This
is one
of
the
fullest
treatments
of Max
Dessoir’s
introduction
of
the
term
Parapsychology
in
an
article
in
the
Sphinx
for
July
1809.
The
relevant portions of the text of the article
is given
in
French.
This
is
followed
by
a
biographical
sketch
of
Dessoir,
who was
a German
physician
(1867-1947).
The next three pages are devoted
to
a
description
of
the
context of the
publication
of
Dessoir’s
article.
The
piece
closes
with
the
author’s commentary on
Dessoir’s
introduction
of
the term,
parapsychology, which was done
in order
to
differentiate
the
study
of
psychic phenomena
from
that
of
the
abnormal
psychology
of
Lombroso and others.
- R.A.W.
METHODOLOGY
04408.
Beloff, John.
The Rhine
legacy.
Philosophical
Psychology, 1989, 2(2), 231-239.
22 refs
An attempt
is made to examine the main prin-
ciples that underlie the "Rhinean" school of parap-
sychology.
Five such principles are discussed:
(1)
that
psi
can
best
be
assessed
using
quantitative
measures and
forced-choice
tests;
(2) that
psi
is
a
function
of
the unconscious
with
the
implication
that objective performance alone
is important, not
the state of mind of the subject; (3) that psi ability
is,
to some
degree,
present
in
everyone;
(4)
that
only
those problems
deserve
attention
for
which
an unambiguous answer
is attainable, with the im-
plication
that survival research should
be shelved
indefinitely; and (5) that psi
is nonphysical.
These
five principles are then reviewed from our present
vantage
point
and
all
are
found
to
require
qualification
to
a
greater
or
lesser
extent.
Some
critics, however, want to go further and allege that
Rhine led psychical research into a blind alley and
that the time has come
to revert
to the earlier
in-
vestigative
tradition.
This,
we
contend,
is
defeatist,
the more
especially
since
the advent
of
computers
has
greatly
extended
the
scope
and
power of
the experimental approach.
Despite
its
inherent
difficulties,
it remains
the
indispensable
mainstay
of our continuing
efforts
to make
sense
of the paranormal.
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04409.
Sornette,
Didier,
Lagicr,
Michel, and
Sornctte,
Thierry.
Parapsychology: Point of view
bv
physicists.
Revue Francaise de Psychotronique, 1988 (Oct-Dec),
1(3),
3-9.
7 refs
We examine the role of physics in parapsychol-
ogy,
stress the importance
of defining simple and
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