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White, Michael. Superscience explaining the paranormal., 1999. 259p. 

Phillips s entire argument, across the more than twenty years during which he has worked on Occult Chemistry, is that Besant and Leadbeater must have been right—not hallucinating, not fabricating their findings—because their research correlates with that of sciences that did not yet exist when they wrote Occult Chemistry. This correlation, for Phillips, seems to offer unprecedented, unassailable proof of paranormal powers ... 

Hess, David J. 1993. Science in the New Age The Paranormal, Its Defenders and Debunkers, and American Culture. Madison University of Wisconsin Press. 

Para (notpot-) near, beyond, contrary opposite paranormal (beyond normal) paradox (contrary to standard) position opposite the primary carbon... 

Christian piety Albert G. Mackey, Encyclopedia of Freemasonry and Its Kindred Sources, Philadelphia, 1917, pp. 397-401,482-491,752-755, 865—866 Rosemary Ellen Gulley, Harpers Encyclopedia of Mystical and Paranormal Experience, New York, 1991, pp. 518—522. 

Every day and night people have experiences they can t explain. For many people these events are life changing. Their comfort zone of what they can accept as real is put to the test. It takes only one such experience for people to question the reality of the mysterious worlds that might exist beyond the one we live in. Perhaps you haven t encountered the unknown, but you have an intense curiosity about it. Either way, by picking up this book, you ve started an adventure to explore and learn more, and you ve come to the right place The book you hold has been written by a leading expert in the paranormal—someone who understands unusual experiences and who knows the answers to your questions. 

Exactly what is a paranormal experience or phenomenon Para is derived from a Latin term for beyond. So paranormal means beyond normal, or things that do not fit what we experience through our five senses alone and which do not follow the laws we observe in nature and in science. Paranormal experiences and phenomena run the gamut from the awesome and marvelous, such as angels and miracles, to the downright terrifying, such as vampires and werewolves. 

We are ruled by technology and science. Yet, we still have paranormal experiences very similar to those of our ancestors. Because these occurrences do not fit neatly into science and technology, many people think they are illusions, and there are plenty of skeptics always ready to debunk the paranormal and reinforce that idea. 

In roughly the past 100 years, though, some scientists have studied the paranormal and attempted to find scientific evidence for it. Psychic phenomena have proven difficult to observe and measure according to scientific standards. However, lack of scientific proof does not mean paranormal experiences do not happen. Courageous scientists are still looking for bridges between science and the supernatural. 

My personal experiences are behind my lifelong study of the paranormal. Like many children I had invisible playmates when I was very young, and I saw strange lights in the yard and woods that I instinctively knew were the nature spirits who lived there. Children seem to be very open to paranormal phenomena, but their ability to have these experiences often fades away as they become more involved in the outside world, or, perhaps, as adults tell them not to believe in what they experience, that it s only in their imagination. Even when I was very young, I was puzzled that other people would tell me with great authority that I did not experience what I knew I did. 

Those interests led me to other areas of the paranormal. Pretty soon I was engrossed in studying all kinds of topics. I learned different techniques for divination, including the Tarot. I learned how to meditate. I took courses to develop my own psychic skills, and I gave psychic readings to others. Everyone has at least some natural psychic ability and can improve it with attention and practice. 

I have concluded from my studies and experiences that invisible dimensions are layered upon our world, and that many paranormal experiences occur when there are openings between worlds. The doorways often open at unexpected times. You take a trip, visit a haunted place, or have a strange dream—and suddenly reality shifts. You get a glimpse behind the curtain that separates the ordinary from the extraordinary. 

The books in this series will introduce you to these exciting and mysterious subjects. You ll learn many things that will astonish you. You ll be given lots of tips for how to explore the paranormal on your own. Paranormal investigation is a popular field, and you don t have to be a scientist or a full-time researcher to explore it. There are many things you can do in your free time. The knowledge you gain from these books will help prepare you for any unusual and unexpected experiences. 

As you go deeper into your study of the paranormal, you may come up with new ideas for explanations. That s one of the appealing aspects of paranormal investigation—there is always room for bold ideas. So, keep an open and curious mind, and think big. Mysterious worlds are waiting for you ... 

Rosemary Ellen Guiley, Harper s Encyclopedia of Mystical
Paranormal Experience (New York HarperSan-Francisco,1991), 129. 

Can we ever understand what the DMTverse is all about If some aspect of it were real, could we investigate it and learn from it When Isaac Newton describes his openness to the paranormal and God, it s almost as if he is speaking of DMT ... 

Sometimes readers of the Neoreality series ask me why I write on God, strange realities, and religious subjects. I tend to be skeptical about the paranormal. However, I do feel that there are facets of the universe we can never understand, just as a monkey can never understand calculus, black holes, symbolic logic, and poetry. There are thoughts we can never think, visions we can only glimpse. It is at this filmy, veiled interface between human reality and a reality beyond that we may find the numinous, which some may liken to God. 

The year is 2012 and you are the chief FBI investigator of unsolved cases involving paranormal or unexplained phenomena. Your background in mathematics makes you especially interested in those cases that may be explained by studying the fourth dimension. 

Home page for the Committee for the Scientific Investigation of Claims ofthe Paranormal. This organization of Nobel laureates and other respected scientists takes on the claims of pseudoscience with all the rigor required of any scientific claim. 

Skepdic. com (spelled with ad) is the site of Sacramento City College s Robert T. Carroll s Skeptics Dictionary, where you ll find critical discussions on alternative medicine, cryptozoology, extraterrestrials, UFOs, frauds and hoaxes, junk science, New Age energy, the paranormal, and much more. 

This is the website for James Randi, a widely known magician who is active in critically examining claims for the paranormal. 

The renowned magician James Randi has issued a genuine mil-lion-dollaT challenge to anyone who can demonstrate, under their own conditions, any psychic, supernatural, or paranormal phenomenon with adequate controls in place. Many have applied, but no one has eveT won this challenge. Why not ... 

If apparently paranormal experiences happen to the majority of us, does that mean that most of us are deluded The fact that many people believe something does not make it true. But it is possible to go just so far in refuting alternative, normal explanations of apparent psi with spontaneous case collections. Of necessity, psychical research moved into an experimental stage so that specific alternative theories could be specifically ruled out. 

In Part I of this book, I attempted to make some global maps of the paranormal, to sketch in the shape of the continents and mark the major cities. We need these kinds of maps... 

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