Parapsychology Abstracts International
Vol. 6, No. 2
December 1988
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Parapsychology Abstracts International
Volume 6
December 1988
Number 2
I. Parapsychology Periodicals (English)
English-language
parapsychology
journals
are
abstracted
in the first issue of each volume. See Editorial in 6(1).
II. Parapsychology Journals
(Non-English)
For
information
on
the
publications
in
this
section
see the
list starting on
p.
37.
DUTCH LANGUAGE
(Editors: Daniel Dumalin and George Zorab)
Psi-Forum
02959. Gondry, Dirk. The Dunne-cffect Psi-Forum,
1985,
2(1),
16-21. 2
illus; 4 refs
We have dreams every
night but we seem unable
to
grasp them
for
long.
A few minutes after awakening they
have disappeared from our memory.
When we
train
our-
selves
to
write
them
down
we
can
compare
them
with
events
in the past and
future.
John William Dunne (1875-
1945)
was
the
first
person
to
investigate
them
systemati-
cally, hence the name "Dunne-effect" Later,
in the Nether-
lands
there was
Dr. JMJ. Kooy and
in England G.F. Dal-
ton
and Theodore Bcsterman. There
is some conformity
in
the
findings, but the investigation of the
role
of chance
in
explaining these findings was neglected.
The extent of the
contribution of chance
is
is
still an open question.
- DA
02960. Cornand, Eric, and Dumalin, Daniel. The Gelier
effect:
Part L Psi-Forum,
1985,
2(1),
23-31.
In
the
1970s Uri
Gelier undoubtedly caused one
of
the
greatest
consternations
and
controversies
known
to
parapsychology.
This
first
part
introduces Gelier
as a
per-
son
and
describes
his
life
until
1972,
when
he
met
American
scientists.
From
then on
he became
a subjcct-
not only of investigation, but of controversy.
- DA
02961. Ecman, Werner.
The Enfield poltergeist:
When
parapsychologists quarrel .... Psi-Forum,
1985,
2(1),
32-40. 13 refs
Nowadays,
poltergeist phenomena
are
still
considered
the odd one out
in
psi
research.
This
is due
to
the emo-
tional
impact
of
the phenomena,
not only on
the
persons,
involved but
also on
the
investigators.
The discussion
that
was aroused by
the
Enfield
case, on
the one hand by G.L.
Playfair
and
M.
Grosse,
and
on
the
other
hand
by
J.
Beloff,
A.
Gregory, and M.
Harris,
highlights
the problem
of
field
investigations.
In
most
of
these
cases
it
is
as-
sumed
that
the
words
of
the
writer(s)
are
true and
that
only
objective
reports
are
published.
That
this
is
not
al-
ways the case
is illustrated sufficiently by the Enfield
case.
- DA
02962. Cornand,
Eric.
Gaye Muir:
Revisited.
Psi-
Forum,
1985,
2(1), 46-50.
The
author
gives
a
detailed
account
of
one
of
the
persons
(J.C.) who was present during the demonstration of
G.
Muir
in
Ghent,
Belgium.
One
of
the
most
striking
details
was
that
she
claimed
that
his
(J.G’s)
wife
had
overboiled her soup and that she was presently cleaning
it
up.
This was confirmed
at his arrival home.
In an added
note,
R. Martens expresses
discontent
be-
cause
a
written
account
of
the
(correct)
statements
of
the
medium
is
missing.
This makes
it,
in
his
opinion,
impos-
sible to make an evaluation.
- DA
02963. Dumalin,
Daniel.
Predictions:
An
analytical
depth psychology approach,
Part
2.
Psi-Forum,
1985,
2(1), 57-63. 3 refs
In
this second and
last
part,
the nature of
the
oracle
is
analyzed,
especially
its
position
in
regard
to
scientific
experimentation and the events
it
predicts.
- DA
02964.
Zorab,
George.
D.D.
Home:
The
famous
medium and modern
spiritualism.
Psi-Forum,
1985,
2(2), 73-81.
illus; 2
refs
Daniel Dunglas Home
(1833-1886) was
born
in
a
vil-
lage
not
far from
Edinburgh where
the
Koestler
chair
of
parapsychology
is now situated.
When he emigrated
to the
United States he came
in contact with modern
Spiritualism.
His strange "powers” came
to him suddenly.
These powers
manifested
themselves
in
various
phenomena:
materializa-
tions,
levitation, and probably one of the most
remarkable
of them
all,
fire
resistance.
All
three phenomena
are
il-
lustrated with observations of witnesses.
- DA
02965. Eeman,
Werner.
Fraud (Part
1].
Psi-Forum,
1985, 2(2), 82-94. 2
illus; 30 refs
Parapsychology
as
a
scientific
discipline
still
lives
through
difficult
times.
Despite
the growing
integrity and
objectivity
of
the
psi
researcher,
the
future
remains
very
bleak.
This
is due to the heavy burden from the
past.
It
is
without
a doubt
that some
great names
in
parapsychol-
ogy have
fallen
to
fraud.
This
can
be
a weapon
in
the
hands of
the
skeptic,
but we should
not
forget
the
recent
fraud
investigations
in
other
scientific
disciplines.
And
here, despite the sometimes heavy accusations, the value of
science as a whole was (rightfully) not annihilated.
We should not dramatize
these uncovered frauds, such
as those of Soal and Levy, but they should help us
to con-
duct
research
into the paranormal more
solidly and
objec-
tively.
Therefore,
the
actual
nature
of
the
investigations
of Soal and Levy are analyzed extensively
to help prevent
future
investigators from making the same mistakes.
- DA
02966. Gondry,
Dirk.
Spiritism and animism:
Part
1.
Psi-Forum, 1985,
2(2), 95-99.
illus; 2
refs
According
to
Bozzano,
the
mass
of paranormal
cases
are
so
overwhelming
that
the
focus
of
current
research
(beginning in the 20th century) has shifted from the search
for
proof
of
the
existence
of
the
phenomena
to
some
specific problem.
Here
the author
talks
specifically about
the
falsification
of the animistic hypothesis.
Although Ak-
sakof
and
later
Sudr6
were
convinced
of
the
reality
of
spiritistic
phenomena,
they
did
not
see
this
as
proof
for
life
after
death.
This
standpoint
generated
a
battle
be-
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