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more than
others); an emphasis upon the ‘m^rtance of^the
and' a hLuhy^kW^cisT about Ihe
uncritical acceptan^ of
in
this area
of ministry
(pp- 159-160).
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02625
West, Geoffrey C. Possession and the psychiatry
of
p^etldo possession.
Christian Parapsychologist, WB8
^Mar
"The^study
of
possession
has
been
gravely
jjj£
d
^
rLd
by
rigid
attitudes,
prejudgments
with
tegard
to
the
very
existence
of
spirits, and
a too ready assumption
that we do
do not know when and
in what ways they may
interact
SfJVSJ? wi
1.
the
flesh „ »
to
effect
th«.t »„•
spirits, ™
can
distinguish
'ipfrtoS' ls°o,.ly"«.e
recent
.sample
of «»«
s
* aarsM!
there^are 'the
rigidly
objective
scientists, who
class
as
su-
perstitions what lent before, and do not believe m spirit*
P
The
psychiatry
of
pseudo-possession
is
presented,
i
eluding
the psychoses,
neuroses,
and
behavior
disorder*
AH
of
these
P
explain
away
what
looks
like
P°ss“^0
'.’:
Next he
dcscribes
P
genuine
possession,
pointing
out how
it
differs
from
pseudo-possession. —Three
case
histories
are
given.
He ends with
a
plea
for
openness
to
the‘
of
these
experiences which
is
not bcing exam ned bccausc
of underlying assumptions and prejudgments.
- Dl/R.A.W.
European Journal of Parapsychology
Semi-annual journal published since 1974 by the Parapsy-
chology
LaboratoJy,
University
of
Utrecht,
SorbonnHaan
1584 CA
Utrecht, The Netherlands.
It
is
edited
by
Sybo
.»“s *U> per
C.v„,g, «*»
'" ™««h
v
. mufti in PAl
3(2): 01357-01372; Vol*
l(3)-2(2)
in r/1/
™i ffii
vi »w» > ™
Vols.
3(2)-3(3)
in PAl
5(1): 02156-02169; and
Vols.
3(4)-4(l)
n
PAl
5(2): 02426-02438.
All
of
the
foregoing
arc
also
PsiLine.
02616, Bocrenkamp, Hendrik G. A SIIKl y U
impressions of psychics. Part IV. The second
g‘ ol, I
experimental
series. European Journal ofParapsychol-
n „\
1006 (May), 6(2),
107-136.
refs; 14 tables
8) ’
The aim
of the
analyses presented
in
this paper was
,o s,»d%n“fee, of some variables on
Sinns with
psychics.
These
variables were
(1)
the
type
ot
inductor
in nonfeedback
conditions,
(2)
the
existence
of
a
taraet
person,
(3)
the
social
context
in
which
the
psychic
eives
his
or
her
impressions,
and
(4)
the
presence
o
tarcet "person
None
of
the
variables
studied
had
a
sig-
nificant
influence on
the number
of
statements with
posi-
tive paranormal
value,
i.e.,
spontaneous and ^c.f.c
state-
ments which
are
correct.
Only about 1%
of
all
•,atf™e5”
seem
to be
appropriate,
but
that
can be
expected by
the
chance
hypothesis.
In view
of
the
judging
procedures
ap-
plied
the
low
percentage
is
not
supportive
of
a
paranor-
mal
interpretation.
This
result, combined
with
the
results
Vol.
6, No. 1
June 1988
in
the
first
subgroup
of
experimental scriesimpfe ^that
research
with
psychics
docs
not
offer
a
mo
P
research method than the methods employed most °f“"
parapsychology.
Both
the
conditions
to
»h.ch the,»,ch,es
fnd
““ manffi Wormatiln
(targe,
^son XTSd
feedback from
the
targe,
the
nsvchics
get minima
information, the number
oi
siaic
‘t^TKfSS advice
increases and
tho
»'
meats preceded by
a
silence “'““j
the
ssrus
creases.
- DA
Morris
Robert
L. Minimizing subject fraud
in
'“KS'i ^chigVts
have
become
in-
s
,o
cim“”.s b,
d
rnntrolled
laboratory
investigations.
T he
presen
p p
focuses on
the need
to understand the
for
rinnsvchics
so that research
units can develop strategies
tor
” ‘Sit
A-
shoSld
consult,.r'and”™,'
wi.S » tter.ri
with
*pntcMSble'espert systems devel^d ^mteractmns
“^fcTouwVTnlTvedTn
t£e
research
the
laboratory
and
potential
claimants
should
be
made
awari
of
the
y
existenc;
of
such
expertise
Individuals
or
croups may
also wish
to develop policies that
will serve
as
deterrents
for
pseudopsychics,
such “
P® 1!^
closure
of
the
details
of any
detected
fraud.
Researchers
are
also encouraged
to consider whether
their
general
pat-
terns
of
research
arc
unusually
conducive
to
the
sort
of
media
attention
that
suits the
needs
of
the
aspiring
pseu-
dopsychic
Some
suggestions
for
specific
strategies for
dis-
couraging
psVudopsy^hics
while
still
encouraging
others
is
given* and a short reading
list
is provided.
- DA
02628
Giroldini,
William.
A
physical
theory
for
paranormal phenomena.
European Journal of / arap-
^yS^r/^^mf phenomena
is
proposed
in
particular
for
telepathy and
for P^hokmcsis
on
small
entities.
The
starting
point
of Je model »
the
been°cmiUrmed
specifically
designed
experi-
ments^
Briefly,
non-locality implies the existence of
a new
nhenomena
to
a
macroscopical
paranormal
phenomenon.
The model
proposes
the
hypothetical
existence
of
electron
corniles° having
a
well-defined
spin
correlation
(bosonic
couples).
" a
The
author
proposes
a
general
mechanism
for
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