natter and ar in 3 the 2 the s the the look- t not ience been > and wder. show other e ef- wider Parapsychology Abstracts International Approved For Release 2000/08/11 : CIA-RDP96-00792R000700110001-8 r and how facts are an creators. Finally, point, [ have tried to ts described here “is so ‘the image of the core set would be ne facts. The jntains its sanctity and its society is the locus of conceptual o made fact-like in spite of their h and this is a cor’ explain why the’ ve little known. If we al before our eyes then t privacy of creation is what power" (p. 152). A Postscript discussg#’ book for science educati, sic science, public ing pertise in the institu cludes with some ex ; ientific ex- ins of democratic soci It con- pendix follows. - DT/R.A.W. Jer, Kaja. Spiritualist Healers in Mexico 1 Failures of Alternative 'Therapeutics.| ley, MA: Bergin & Garvey, 1985. 256p. Biblio-' y: 208-242, Chapter notes: 224-227; 6 graphs; 1 Glos-. “sary; Index: 245-256; 17 tables This is a report of an intensive investigation of the successes and failures of Spiritualist healing in a rural set- ting in Mexico made by an anthropologist. In the course of the investigation the natives insisted that she participate in the rituals and undergo initial training as a Spiritualist healer. The author summarizes her work as follows: "The two interrelated tasks of this book have been (1) to demonstrate the ways in which an alternative healing sys- tem succeeds and fails to heal, as perceived by its patients, and in which one rural segment of a complex society ex- presses and manages illness, and (2) to describe the inter- action between a therapeutic regime and the historical, so- cial, and economic forces of the larger society of which it is a part. I have identified the people’s recovery requisi- tes, explored the beliefs and practices of an important al- ternative health-care delivery system in contemporary: Mexico, and have analyzed its impact on the clientele within a personal and societal framework. 1 have unveiled a folk Mexican cognitive model of recovery, which I postu- late is rooted in the history of its bearers and is fostered by current ecological conditions.” There are useful chapters on "Spiritualist Healing Techniques” and "How Spiritualist Healers Heal." Several appendices present background information on her research. A glossary, extensive bibliography, and an index enhance the book’s usefulness. - DT/R.A.W. 02565. Flynn, Charles P. After the Beyond: Human Transformation and the Near-Death Experience, Englewood Cliffg, NJ: Prentice-Hall,£1986. 190p. Bibliogra- phy: 181-183, IndeX, 185-190, 4 tablesz This book is dkout the spirigual impact of near-death experiences (NDEs). “alt looks af’ what many NDErs have had to say about life, death, and love. In the first chapter Flynn provides an overview gt the book. Chapter 2 ex- amines the NDEs of a nugiber of persons. Chapter 3 deals with the difficulties eXperienced by NDErs in getting people even to listen to théir stories, let alone accept them as valid. Chapter 4 concetped with the difficulties NDErs have in incorpOrating théir experiences in their lives. Chapter 5 exaglincs some of:the valuc transforma- tions that NDErs undergo and presents two in-depth, ex- tensive case studiesfof major changes in, the lives of two NDErs. The sixt’ chapter covers research aimed at dis- covering whetherga brush with death without an NDE leads to transforfhation. Various religious aspects of NDEs are examined jg’ Chapter 7, which emphasizcs how NDErs adopt a theocentric attitude centered in a God of uncondi- 43 tional love. The implications of NDEs for Christianity is the subject of Chapter 8 Chapter 9 looks at the positive effects NDErs exercise on the lives of nonexpericncers, to whom they direct the love of the Light they were imbued with by their experience. The 10th chapter deals with the meaning of NDEs for those who have not had any sort of transcendent or death-related experience and have not been influenced by anyone who has. Some of the more sig- nificant findings of an educational experiment -- the Love Project — which he conducted with sqyeral classes are presented. Ig this project he attempted # provide his stu- dents with Sy opportunity to becomg@¥ more loving and caring after th manner of NDErs bgt in a context not directly related MAthe NDE. It is higfhope that “the NDE and efforts like We Love Project # . might provide a scedbed for large-si\le transformatigfA in a world close to annihilation through to those of the love of the Light" (p. 8). ‘oreword by Raymond Moody and an Afterward by Kgineth Ring. The latter meyond Ring’s Heading uld not simply wait pas- . but should "participate ac- tively in its emergence” (p: Materials for the Love Project are included in the Aggendices. - R.A.W. 02566. Frazier, Kendrick lands of Science. Buffalo 469p. Chapter bibliographig ae Anthology of critical Mapers @p various pseudosciences (parapsychology included). les include reports of original research, critical aetical articles, and in- vestigative reports. All re .). Paranormal Border- % Prometheus Books, 1981. edits. Book I deals MVith “Skeptical "Inquiries Into the Paranormal.” Under t)%s head there are 7 articles dealing with psi phenomena aff belief, 3 articles on “Tricks of the Psychic Trade," 6 on MGeller-Type Phenomena,” 3 on "Storm of Life and Deat and 2 on_ biorgythms. Book II "Inquiries Into Friffe Science,” is gt mainly on para- em is a test of dosing ability and one ‘of a book with such Mhanced by an index, varied subject which it lacks. - A.W. Final Choice: Playing the Filtpoint, 1985. 348p. Biblio- "sketch of a New Age lightenment” is to “draw a and to show how that concept Metaphysics of je picture of Mind a of a modern deathcraft with research on surviva mart of dying. Part Two deals nd stresses the importance of a mm) research, altered states, and Epts to show that the OBE is a way in which we expfore th fringes of Mind at Large. Part 4 is about near-deffth phengmena, which are important routes to Mind at Large mys that there is a general mechanism, triggered ™® that may work in any crisis of transformatigh. @ NDEs are viewed as Bal phenomena whose function is to assist,Mreassure, guide Wad direct individuals, or groups of individfials, in times of Yjsis" (p. 8). These he calls MessengersJfrom Mind at Large. Part 6 is on the possibility of globaff near-death and transformation. There is much in this b@bk about the meaning “and significance of parapsychological phenomena. - R.A.W. proved For Release 2000/08/11 : CIA-RDP96-00792R000700110001-8