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society
is
the
locus
of conceptual oj»r and how
facts are
made
fact-like
in
spite
of
their h^nan
creators.
Finally,
and
this
is
a corH^v
of
the
lap
point,
I
have
tried
to
explain
why
the venKn
of
cvMis
described
here
is
so
little known.
If we alfl«s hay the image
of
the
core
set
before
our
eyes
then
trSk^^ould
be
no
facts.
The
privacy
of
creation
is whatp^jntains
its
sanctity
and
its
power"
(p.
152).
A
Postscript
discussa# the w!^^i triplications
of
the
book
for science educatip, science pom^^nicstions,
foren-
sic
science,
public
inqiyies and
the
rol^xlfc^cientific
ex-
pertise
in
the
institulyns
of
democratic
sotiie^^*
It
con-
cludes with some exwples of the way
that an
understand-
ing
of
scientific chwge
sheds
light on
political
processes.
A methodological appendix
follows.
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«H2S<U. ~Finltier. Kaija.
Spiritualist " Yfeaiers in Af
1exfco:
'ures of Alternative
{Therapeutics.\
~ south
Hadle\f, mA: Bergin
<x Garvey,
1985-
256p.
Bibho-
grapiiy:2?^-2!42;
Chapter
notes:
224-227;
graphs;
tilos-
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.
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.
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02565.
Flynn,
Charles
P.
After the Beyond: Human
Transformation
and
the
Near-Peath
Experience,
Englewood
Clifts.
NJ:
Prentice-Hall,/*1986.
190p.
Bibliogra-
phy:
181-183; Index: 185-190; 4 table^
This book
is about
the
spiritual
impact
of near-death
experiences (NDEs). %jt
looks
at what many NDErs have
had
to say about
life, death, ana
love.
In the
first chapter
Flynn
provides
an
overview pi
the
book.
Chapter
ex-
amines
the NDEs
of
a
nlupber
of
persons.
Chapter
deals with
the
difficulties experienced by NDErs
in getting
people even
to
listen
to their
stories,
let alone accept them
as
valid.
Chapter
\js
concerned
with
the
difficulties
NDErs
have
in
incorporating
their
experiences
in
their
lives.
Chapter
5 examines some
of
the
value
transforma-
tions
that NDErs undergo and
presents two
in-depth,
ex-
tensive
case
studie^tof
major
changes
in_thc
lives
of two
NDErs.
The
sixtly chapter
covers
researfc|i aimed
at
dis-
covering
whetheya
brush
with
death
without
an NDE
leads to transformation.
Various
religious aspects of NDEs
are examined
Chapter
7, which
emphasizes how NDErs
adopt
a
theoccntric attitude centered
in
a God
of uncondi-
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tional
love.
The
implications
of NDEs
for
Christianity
is
the subject
of Chapter
8.
Chapter
looks
at
the
positive
effects NDErs
exercise on
the
lives
of
noncxpcriencers,
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
sacral
classes
arc
presented.
In
this
project he attempted m> provide
his
stu-
dents
with 1^ opportunity
to
bccomp more
loving
and
caring
after tn^ manner
of NDErs mR
in
a
context
not
directly
related
the NDE.
It
is hiphope that "the NDE
and
efforts
like
Love
Project
.
might
provide
a
seedbed
for
large-smle
transformatip
in
a
world
close
to
annihilation through%orces oppositeJro those of the
love
of
the
Light”
(p.
8).
Where
is
a#Forcword
by
Raymond
Moody
and
an
Aftertax!
by Kpneth
Ring.
The
latter
points
out
that
Flyn^ goes peyond
Ring’s
Heading
Toward Omega by sayirmwe Jould
not
simply
wait
pas-
sively
for
the coming of Onegdrbut should
"participate
ac-
tively
in
its emergence" (pH6w.
Materials
for
the
Love
Project are included
in the Afcndices.
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02566.
Frazier, Kendrickpmd.).
Paranormal Border-
lands of Science.
BuffalopNm
Prometheus
Books,
1981.
469p.
Chapter bibliographic* 19^tas; 23
illus; 34
tables
Anthology of
critical papers lla various pseudosciences
(parapsychology
included),p The
araclcs
include
reports
of
original
research,
critical pssays,
antwtical
articles, and
in-
vestigative
reports.
AllJwere
origitiWy
published
in
the
official CSICOP journrtJSkeptical Inemrer, which
Frazier
edits.
Book
I
deals * ith
"Skeptical "inquiries
Into
the
Paranormal."
Under tps head
there
are
articles dealing
with
psi phenomena
ajrl
belief, 3 articles on 'Tricks
of
the
Psychic Trade," 6 on Juellcr-Type Phenomena,"
3 on "Storm
of
Life
and
Deatl# and
on
bioidaythms.
Book
II
"Inquiries
Into
Fri«c
Science,”
is
im.
mainly
on
para-
psychology
but XhcM
is
a
test
of dipsing
ability
and one
on
psychic
archacpogy.
The valupof
a
book
with
such
varied
subject
mpter
would
be phanccd
by
an
index,
which
it
lacks.
- *.A.W.
02567.
Glfeso, Michael.
The final Choice: Playing the
Survival GcR^. Walpole, NH: pinpoint,
1985.
348p.
Biblio-
graphy: 341-3
The
purf^e
of
this#”sketch
of
a
New
Age
Metaphysics
of lltath
and
pilightenment"
is
to
"draw
a
picture
of Mind i»Large »d
to show how
that
concept
may
relate
to our
s0^iva!,«oth
here and
hereafter"
(p.
6).
It
is
in
parts.
TheWrstPresents an
outline of the
idea
of
a modern
deathcraft%b*art
of
dying.
Part Two
deals
with
research on survivalmnd
stresses
the
importance
of
a
synoptic view
of
psi,
sucRilU
research,
altered
states,
and
biological
theory.
Part pattekpts to show
that the OBE
is
a way
in which we expore t^L fringes
of Mind
at
Large.
Part 4
is about near-d^h pheiSftnena, which
are
important
routes
to Mind
at Larp.
He sh^ws that there
is
a
general
mechanism, triggered my near dea^k that may work
in any
crisis
of
transformatipi.
In
Part
NDEs
are
viewed
as
"part
of
a
larger
cllss
of
apparitil^tl
phenomena
whose
function
is
to
assist.lreassure, guide Wd
direct
individuals,
or groups
of
individuals,
in
times
of Wjsis"
(p.
8).
These
he
calls Messengers from Mind
at Larga
Part 6
is on
the
possibility
of global near-death and
transformation.
There
is much
in
this
b<f>k
about
the
meaning and
significance
of parapsychological phenomena.
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