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matter.
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.
This
approach
is
complementary
to
the
quantitative
method.
Different
questions
are
asked
that
produce
a
dif-
ferent kind of knowledge.
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02990. Zorab, G.» Brcederveld,
H., Johnson, M., van
Praag, IL, van Dongcn, H., Gerding, IL, and Bierman,
Dick
J.
Parapsychologists
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
Tijdschrift 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, AndrtL Scientism. Revue Francaise de
Psychotronique, 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
Comte’s
positivism.
Practitioners
of
scientism
are
intoxicated
by
words.
Their method
often
consists of
using
scientific words
for
unprecise,
unquantified,
or even
not
well-defined
parameters
by
using
a
scries
of
words
such
as
curve,
abscissa,
metabolite,
coordinate
systems,
etc.
Some examples of scientism are cited.
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A.I.
02992. Chauvin, Rdmy. Change of speed
in
freezing
water seemingly due
to psychokinesis. Revue Francaise
de Psychotronique, 1988 (Jan/Mar),
7(0),
13-19. 5
refs
Water, one
of
the most
peculiar
liquids,
has
a com-
plex
and
unstable
structure,
forming
mono-,
di-,
and
trimers.
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
author,
after
noticing
to
his
great
surprise
that
he could
initiate
movement
in
a
divining
rod,
decided
to
repeat
Bortel’s experiments
(Archiv der Meteorologie, Geophysik
und Bioklimatologie,
1954,
5,
25-257).
Test
tubes
10 cm
long
6 mm
i.d.
with
4 cm
long
2 mm
i.d.
upper
parts,
filled
with
distilled
water,
were
placed
in
a
refrigerator
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
experimental
tubes
were
longer
than
in
the
control
ones.
Next,
the
experiment
was
repeated
but
with some
tubes
encased
in
tin, others
in aluminum, and
still others
in mu
metal
foil.
The
Mann-Whitney U
and
Student's
t
test
were
used
in
the
statistical
evaluation.
Significant
results
were
found
on
the
aluminum-encased
tubes
only.
The
author
finds
this
most
interesting,
because
no
screen
has
ever been found effective
in
psi experiments.
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A.I.
02993.
Lignon,
Yves. On
the
use
of
the
statistical
method
ia
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
contest
the
results
of
the American
school
of
parapsychol-
ogy
should,
if
they
possess
a
minimum
of
intellectual
coherence,
radically
change
their
views.
Since
the
proof
has
already been
made, 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
psi
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
simple
targets,
limiting
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-
mathematician, the author recommends Statistical Analysis
in Psychology and Education
by
George
Ferguson
(3rd
ed, McGraw-Hill,
1971).
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GERMAN LANGUAGE
(Editors: Gerd H. HOvelmann and Alexander Imich,
Ph.D.)
Grenzgebiete der Wissenschaft
02994.
Honorl,
Jean.
True
and
false
phenomena.
Grenzgebiete der Wissenschaft, 1987, 55(1),
3-13.
The church 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
of
the
devil),
and
the
gullibility
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,
and
Lourdes
is
the
legitimate
source
of
miraculous
heal-
ings. The author of the
article
is the archbishop of Tours,
and Lourdes belongs to his diocese.
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02995. Reseh, Andrea.
Exotic psi—Paranormal
in other
cultures.
Grenzgebiete der Wissenschaft,
1987,
55(1),
14-
38. 9 refs
Psi-days--lectures,
seminars,
and
healing
demonstrations-were
given
during
the
Swiss
Samples
Fair
from
10/30/86 to
11/2/86.
The following forms of exotic
psr-
were presented: witches and
witchcraft, the witching power
"Mangu ,“
ethnopharmacology
of
various
. plants
(henbane,
toadstool, ayahuasca, hashish, and deathspell),
anthropology
and
parapsychology,
reincarnation, and
paranormal
healing
in various cultures (Philippines, Poland, India).
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A.I.
02996.
Schliz,
Mathias.
Consciousness transformation
and
the
scientific
understanding
of
nature.
Grenzgebiete der Wissenschaft, 1987, 55(1), 39-57. 16
refs
The
philosophy of
C.F. von Wcizsackcr was
the
sub-
ject of the author’s dissertation and of a subsequently pub-
lished
book.
This philosophy
is
presented
here under
the
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
universe
according
to modern
physics
(experiments,
quan-
tum
theory);
(d)
unity of
reality
(unitary
basis
of
reality,
the
experience
of
unity);
(e)
philosophical
and
pragmatic
consequences (paranormal phenomena,
higher
reality);
and
(f) closing remarks.
- AJ.
02997.
Zori,
Maria,
and
Zori,
FI.
Biodctcction,
a
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