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technical books. A range of views is included from responsible
belief to responsible scepticism, though this was not possible for
all listed categories.
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endorse specific books other than those recommended for our
AIPR
Certificate courses. Nor does the AIPR endorse specific
explanations for parapsychological experiences.
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Parapsychology
see also Skeptical Critiques of Parapsychology; and
Physics: New Perspectives
Berger, A. & J. (1991).
The encyclopedia of parapsychology and psychical research. New
York: Paragon House.
Broughton, Richard
(1992). Parapsychology: The controversial science. London: Rider.
Edge, Hoyt L., Morris,
Robert L., Palmer, John & Rush, Joseph H. (1986). Foundations of
parapsychology. Boston: Routledge & Kegan Paul.
Irwin, Harvey J. &
Watt, Caroline A. (2007). An introduction to parapsychology (5th
edition). Jefferson, NC: McFarland. Irwin is an Australian
psychologist.
Leahey, T. & G. (1983).
Psychology's occult doubles. Chicago: Nelson Hall.
McClelland, J. (1984).
Deviant science. Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press.
Radin, Dean (2009). The
noetic universe: The scientific evidence for psychic phenomena.
London: Corgi. Originally published, 1997.
Radin, Dean (2009). Entangled
Minds: Extrasensory experiences in a quantum reality. New York:
Paraview Pocket Books.
Rhine, Louisa (1981).
The invisible picture. Jefferson NC: McFarland. Case studies.
Roberts, Ron & Groome,
David, editors (2001). Parapsychology: The science of unusual
experience. London: Arnold / Hodder Headline.
Storm, Lance (2010). An
Investigation of Psychopraxia Theory. Saabrucken, Germany: Lambert
Academic Publishing.
Thalbourne, Michael A.
(1993). A glossary of terms used in parapsychology (2nd edition).
Charlottesville, VA: Puente.
Thalbourne, Michael A.
& Storm, Lance, editors (2005). Parapsychology in the 21st
century: Essays on the future of psychical research. Jefferson, NC,
McFarland.
Aboriginal Religion
see also
Australian Themes
Cawte, John (1996).
Healers of Arnhem Land. Sydney: University of New South Wales
Press.
Charlesworth, Max, and
others, editors (1984/1986). Religion in Aboriginal Australia. St
Lucia: University of Queensland Press.
Eliade, Mircea (1973).
Australian religions. Ithaca: Cornell University Press.
Elkin, A. P. (1977).
Aboriginal men of high degree (2nd edition). St Lucia: University
of Queensland Press. Medicine men.
Reid, Jan, editor
(1983). Sorcerers and healing spirits. St Lucia, University of
Queensland Press.
Rose, Ronald (1956).
Living magic. NY: McNally. Anecdotes ofpsychical
practices among Aborigines.
Altered States of
Consciousness (ASCs) see also Mind and
Consciousness; and Psychology of Anomalous Experiences
Baker, R. (1992).
Hidden memories. Buffalo, NY: Prometheus. Voices and visions
(skeptical).
Evans, H. (1989).
Alternate states of consciousness. Wellingborough: Aquarian.
Inglis, B. (1989).
Trance. London: Grafton.
Kelly, E. & Locke, R.
(1981). ASCs and psi. New York: Parapsychology Foundation.
Tart, C., editor
(1990). Altered states of consciousness (3rd edition). SF: Harper
Collins.
Wolman, B. & Ullman,
M., editors (1986). Handbook of states of consciousness. New York:
Van Nostrand.
Animals and Pets see also
Australian Themes
Bauer, H. (1988). The
enigma of Loch Ness. Champaign, IL: University of Illinois Press.
Boone, J. A. (1976).
Kinship with all life. London: Harper & Row.
Rogo, D. Scott (1982).
ESP and your pet. New York: Tempo Books.
Wylder, J. (pseudonym)
(1981). Psychic pets. London: New English Library. Anecdotal.
Anomalous Experiences
see
Psychology of Anomalous Experiences
Apparitions, Ghosts and
Hauntings
see also Australian Themes; and Poltergeists
Finucane, R. (1986).
Appearances of the dead. Buffalo, NY: Prometheus. Cultural
history of ghosts.
Haining, Peter, editor
(1982). The ghost stories of Charles Dickens. London: Michael
Joseph. He saw apparitions.
Houran, James & Lange,
Rense, editors (2001). Hauntings and poltergeists:
Multidisciplinary perspectives. Jefferson, NC: McFarland.
Hufford, David. (1982).
The terror that comes in the night. Philadelphia: University of
Pennsylvania Press. Old Hag apparitions and supernatural
assault.
Carlson, Rick &
Shields, B., editors (1989). Healers on healing. Los Angeles:
Tarcher.
Macrae, Janet (1987).
Therapeutic touch. New York: Knopf. As devised by Delores
Krieger.
Mintz, Elizabeth
(1983). The psychic thread. New York: Human Sciences Press. In
psychotherapy.
Randi, James (1987).
The faith healers. Buffalo, NY: Prometheus. Frauds exposed.
Rose, Louis (1971).
Faith healing. Harmondsworth: Penguin. Skeptical.
Singh, Simon & Ernst,
Edzard (2009). Trick or treatment? Alternative medicine on trial.
London: Corgi. Skeptical.
Health: Holistic and
Psychosomatic
see also Transpersonal Studies (Spiritual Emergency)
Cassell, Eric (1978).
The healers art. Harmondsworth: Penguin.
Cousins, Norman (1991).
Head first: Biology of hope and the healing spirit. New York:
Penguin.
Frank, J. & J. (1991).
Persuasion and healing (3rd edition). Johns Hopkins University
Press.
Hirshberg, Caryle &
Barasch, Marc I. (1995). Remarkable recovery: What extraordinary
healings tell us about getting well and staying well. London:
Headline. Cases of recovery from terminal illness.
Jampolsky, Lee (1991).
Healing the addictive mind. Berkley, CA: Celestial Arts.
Locke, S. & Colligan,
D. (1986). The healer within. New York: New American Library.
Pietroni, Patrick
(1991). The greening of medicine. London: Gollancz.
Rossi, Ernest (1986).
The psychobiology of mind-body healing. New York: Norton.
History of Psychic
Research
see also Spiritualism
Beloff, John (1993).
Parapsychology: A concise history. London; Athlone.
Berger, Arthur (1988).
Lives and letters in American parapsychology. Jefferson, NC:
McFarland. Biographies, 1850-1987.
Gauld, Alan (1968). The
founders of psychical research. London: Routledge.
Haynes, Renee (1982).
The Society for Psychical Research, 1882-1982. London: Macdonald.
Mauskopf, S. & McVaugh,
M. (1981). The elusive science. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins
University Press.
Humanistic Psychology
Maslow, Abraham (1976).
The farther reaches of human nature. Harmondsworth: Penguin.
Rogers, Carl (1981). A
way of being. Boston: Houghton Mifflin.
Rowan, John (1983). The
reality game. London: Routledge. Counselling.
Intuition and
Creativity
Inglis, Brian (1989).
The unknown guest: The mystery of intuition. London: Coronet.
Myers, David G. (2004).
Intuition: Its powers and perils. New Haven: Nota Bene / Yale
University Press.
Obler, Loraine & Fein,
D., editors (1988). The exceptional brain. New York: Guilford.
Tammet, Daniel 2007).
Born on a blue day. London: Hodder. Autobiography of autistic
savant with remarkable mental abilities.
Vaughan, Frances
(1979). Awakening intuition. Garden City, NY: Anchor.
West, Thomas (1991). In
the mind's eye: Visual thinkers, gifted people with learning
difficulties. Buffalo, NY: Prometheus.
Jungian Psychology
see also
Coincidence and Synchronicity
Jung, Carl (1963/1983).
Memories, dreams, reflections. London: Flamingo.
Autobiographical reflections.
Jung, Carl (1980). The
archetypes and the collective unconscious. Princeton University
Press.
Jung, Carl (1977).
Psychology and the occult. Princeton University Press.
Wehr, Gerhard (1988).
Jung: A biography. Boston: Shambhala.
MagicDissociation
and Multiple Personality
see
Deception, Fraud, Hoaxes, Conjuring;
and Dissociation and Multiple Personality; and Occultism
Meditation and Yoga
Blofeld, John (1977).
Mantras: Sacred words of power. London: Unwin.
Feuerstein, Georg
(1989). Yoga: The technology of ecstasy. Los Angeles: Tarcher.
Feuerstein, Georg
(1990). Encyclopedic dictionary of yoga. London: Unwin.
Goleman, Daniel (1988).
The meditative mind. Los Angeles: Tarcher.
Hewitt, James (1983).
The complete book of yoga. London: Rider.
Johnston, Willard
(1982). Riding the ox home: A history of meditation. Boston:
Beacon.
Kaplan, Aryeh
(1978/1988). Meditation and the Bible. York Beach, MN: Weiser.
Kaplan, Aryeh
(1982/1985). Meditation and Kabbalah. York Beach, MN: Weiser.
Murphy, Michael &
Donovan, S. (1989). The physical and psychological effects of
meditation. San Rafael, CA: Esalen.
Naranjo, C. (1990). How
to be: Meditation in spirit and practice. Los Angeles: Tarcher.
West, Michael, editor
(1987). The psychology of meditation. Oxford: Clarendon.
Mediumship/Channelling/Psychics/Visionaries
see also Survival of Death
Garrett, Eileen (1969,
1991). Many voices. Alexandria, VA: Time-Life. Autobiography.
Hastings, Arthur
(1990). With the tongues of men and angels. Forth Worth: Holt
Rinehart.
Klimo, J. (1987 1991).
Psychics, prophets and mystics. London: Aquarian. Channelling.
Le Vert, L. (1979).
The prophecies and enigmas of Nostradamus. Glen Rock, NJ:
Firebell.
Stanley, M., ed.
(1989). Emanuel Swedenborg: Essential readings. Shaftesbury:
Element.
Wilson, Ian (2003).
Nostradamus: The evidence. London: Orion.
Mind and Consciousness
see also Altered States of Consciousness;
and Psychology of Anomalistic Experiences
Kelly, William (1991).
Psychology of the unconscious. Buffalo, NY: Prometheus.
Tart, Charles (1975).
States of consciousness. New York: Dutton.
Multiple Personality
see
Dissociation and Multiple Personality
Music
Hamel, Peter (1978).
Through music to the self. Shaftesbury: Element Books.
McClelland, R. (1991).
The healing forces of music. Element Books. Cultural history.
Ratner, L. (1983). The
musical experience. San Francisco: Freeman.
Rouget, G. (1986).
Music and trance. Chicago: University of Chicago Press.
Mystical and Peak
Experiences
see also Spirituality, and Physics: New
Perspectives
Bucke, Richard
(1901/1973). Cosmic consciousness. Secaucus, NJ: Citadel.
Deikman, Arthur (1982).
The observing self. Boston: Beacon. Psychotherapy.
Drury, Nevill (1991).
The visionary human. Sydney: Bantam. Mysticism and the
paranormal.
Hoffman, E.
(1981/1989). The way of splendor. Northvale, NJ: Aronson.
Jewish mysticism.
Johnston, William
(1981). The inner eye of love. London: Fount.
Laski, Marghanita
(1961/1990). Ecstasy in secular and religious experiences. Los
Angeles: Tarcher.
Maslow, Abraham (1976).
Religious values and peak experiences. Harmondsworth: Penguin.
Sannella, Lee (1987).
The kundalini experience. Lower Lake, CA: Integral Publishing.
Schimmel, A. (1975)
Mystical dimensions of Islam. Chapel Hill: University of North
Carolina Press.
Mythology and Folklore
see also Jungian Psychology
Brunvald, Jan (1989).
Curses! Broiled again! New York: Norton. About urban folklore.
Campbell, Joseph
(1973). Myths to live by. London: Paladin.
Eliade, Mircea (1943).
Myths, dreams and mysteries. New York: Harper & Row.
Feinstein, D. &
Krippner, S. (1989). Personal mythology. London: Mandala / Unwin.
Near-Death Experiences
(NDEs) see
also Out-Of-Body Experiences
Fenwick, Peter &
Elizabeth (1996). The truth in the light: An investigation of over
300 near-death experiences. London: Headline.
Holden, Janice M.,
Greyson, Bruce & James, Debbie, editors. (2009). The handbook of
near-death experiences. Santa Barbara, CA: Praeger.
Mitchell, Craig (1996).
Near death stories from the other side. Melbourne: Mandarin /
Reed. Collection of Australian anecdotes.
Moody, Raymond (1976).
Life after life. New York: Bantam.
Morse, Melvin & Perry,
P. (1990). Closer to the light. New York: Villard. Childhood
NDEs.
Ring, Kenneth (1982).
Life at death. New York: Morrow.
Ring, Kenneth & Cooper,
Sharon (1999). Mindsight: Near-death and out-of-body experiences
in the blind. Palo Alto, CA: Institute of Transpersonal
Psychology.
Sabom, Michael (1982).
Recollections of death. London: Corgi.
Sutherland, Cherie
(1992). Transformed by the light: Life after near-death
experiences. Sydney: Bantam. Based on her PhD thesis, University of
NSW.
Zaleski, C. (1987).
Otherworld journeys. New York: Oxford University Press.
Medieval NDEs.
New Age and
Counterculture
Basil, Robert, editor
(1988). Not necessarily the New Age: Critical essays. Buffalo, NY:
Prometheus.
Bloom, William, editor
(1991). The New Age. London: Rider. Anthology of writings.
D'Antonio, Michael
(1991). Heaven on earth. Glendale, CA: Crown. American scene.
Melton, J. Gordon and
others (1990). New Age encyclopedia. Detroit: Gale Research.
Perry, Michael (1992).
Gods within. London: SPCK. Christian critique.
Stevens, Jay (1989).
Storming heaven: LSD and the American dream. London: Paladin.
New Religious Movements
(NRMs), Cults and Sects
Barker, Eileen (1989).
New religious movements. London: HMSO. Practical guide.
Conway, Flo & Siegelman,
Jim (1978). Snapping: Americas epidemic of sudden personality
change. NY: Delta.
Deikman, Arthur J.
(1990). The wrong way home. Boston: Beacon. Cult behavior.
Hassan, Steven (1988).
Combatting cult mind control. Rochester, VT: Park Street Press.
Occultism
see also Astrology; and Possession and Exorcism;
and Paranormal Beliefs
Cawthorne, Nigel
(2003). Witch hunt: History of a persecution. Leicester: Capella/Arcturus.
Drury, Nevill & Tillett,
Gregory (1982). Other temples, other Gods. Sydney: Hodder &
Stoughton. Occult in Australia.
Flint, Valerie (1991).
The rise of magic in early medieval Europe. Princeton, NJ:
Princeton University Press.
Goodrick-Clark, N.
(1985). The occult roots of Nazism. Wellingborough: Thorsons.
Kies, C. (1986). The
occult in the Western world. Hamden, CT: Shoe String.
Bibliography.
O'Grady, Joan (1989).
The prince of darkness. Shaftesbury: Element Books. The devil
in folklore.
Thomas, Keith (1978).
Religion and the decline of magic. Penguin. 16-17th Century England.
Out-of-Body Experiences
(OBEs)
Blackmore, Susan
(1983). Beyond the body. London: Paladin.
Gabbard, G. & Twemlow,
S. (1984). With eyes of the mind. New York: Praeger (Greenwood).
Irwin, Harvey J.
(1985). Flight of mind. Metuchen, NJ: Scarecrow.
Murray, Craig, editor.
(2009). Psychological scientific perspectives on out-of-body and
near-death experiences. New York: Nova Science.
Rogo, D. Scott (1982).
Leaving the body. Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice Hall.
Practical techniques.
Paranormal Beliefs
Irwin, Harvey J.
(2009). The psychology of paranormal belief. Hatfield, Herts:
University Of Hertfordshire Press.
Schumaker, John F.
(1990). Wings of illusion: The origin, nature and future of
paranormal belief. Buffalo, NY: Prometheus.
Shermer, Michael
(1997). Why people believe weird things: Pseudoscience,
superstition, and other confusions of our time. New York: Freeman.
Skeptical critique.
Vyse, Stuart A. (1997).
Believing in magic: The psychology of superstition. New York:
Oxford University Press.
Personal and Spiritual
Growth see
also Mystical
and Peak Experiences;
and Humanistic Psychology; and Transpersonal Studies;
and Spirituality
Anthony, Dick and
others (1986). Spiritual choices. New York: Paragon House.
Recognising authentic spiritual paths.
Drury, Nevill (1989).
The elements of human potential. Shaftesbury: Element.
Feuerstein, Georg
(1990). Holy madness. New York: Paragon. "Crazy wisdom"
spirituality abused.
Langer, Ellen (1991).
Mindfulness: Choice and control in everyday life. London: Harvill.
Murphy, Michael (1991).
The future of the body. Los Angeles: Tarcher.
Tart, Charles (1986).
Waking up. Boston: Shambhala.
Tart, Charles (1989).
Open mind discriminating mind. San Francisco: Harper & Row.
Wilber, K. and others,
editors (1986). Transformations of consciousness. Boston:
Shambhala.
Philosophy
Bales, E. (1987). A
ready reference to philosophy east and west. University Press of
America.
Flew, A., editor
(1978). Readings in the philosophical problems of parapsychology.
Prometheus. Skeptical.
Grim, P., editor
(1982). Philosophy of science and the occult. Albany, NY: SUNY
Press.
Needleman, J. &
Appelbaum, D., editors (1990). Real philosophy. London: Arkana.
Physics: New
Perspectives
Bohm, David (1983).
Wholeness and the implicate order. London: Ark / Routledge.
Heisenberg, Werner
(1962/1989). Physics and philosophy. Harmondsworth: Penguin.
Jahn, Robert G. &
Dunne, Brenda J. (1987). Margins of reality: The role of
consciousness in the physical world. San Diego: Harcourt Brace
Jovanovich.
Sheldrake, Rupert
(1989). The presence of the past. London: Fontana.
Morphogenetic fields.
Weber, Renee (1986).
Dialogues with scientists and sages. London: Routledge.
Wilber, K, editor
(1984). Mystical writings of the world's great physicists.
Boulder: Shambhala.
Poltergeists see also
Apparitions,
Ghosts and Hauntings
Gauld, Alan & Cornell,
A. (1979). Poltergeists. London: Routledge.
Goss, M. (1979).
Poltergeists. Metuchen, NJ: Scarecrow. Bibliography, 1880-1973.
Owen, A.J.R. (1964).
Can we explain the poltergeist? New York: Helix.
Rogo, D. Scott
(1979/1991). The poltergeist experience. Harmondsworth: Penguin.
Possession and Exorcism
see also
Dissociation and Multiple Personality; and Occultism
Oesterreich, Truagott
(1921/1974). Possession and exorcism. New York: Causeway Books.
Twelftree, G. (1985).
Christ triumphant. London: Hodder & Stoughton. Historical.
Psychic Development
Mishlove, Jeffrey
(1983). Psi development systems. Jefferson, NC: McFarland.
Rogo, D. Scott (1984).
Our psychic potentials. Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice Hall.
Tart, Charles (1976).
Learning to use ESP. Chicago: University of Chicago Press.
Psychokinesis (PK)
See also: Physics
(Jahn); Poltergeists.
Owen, Iris & Sparrow,
M. (1976). Conjuring up Philip. New York: Harper & Row.
Randi, James (1982).
The truth about Uri Geller. Buffalo, NY: Prometheus. Revealed
as conjuror.
Rogo, D. Scott (1986).
Mind over matter. Wellingborough: Aquarian.
Psychology of Anomalous
Experiences
see also
Fantasy, Imagery and Sensitivity;
and Synesthesia
(Blurring of Senses); and Intuition and Creativity; and Humanistic Psychology;
and Jungian Psychology; and Transpersonal Studies
Cardena, Etzel, Lynn,
Steven Jay, & Krippner, Stanley, editors (2000). Varieties of
anomalous experience: Examining the scientific evidence.
Washington, DC: American Psychological Association.
Neher, Andrew (1990).
The psychology of transcendence (Revised edition). New York:
Dover.
Neppe, Vernon (1983).
The psychology of deja vu. Johannesburg: University of
Witwatersrand Press.
Reed, G. (1988). The
psychology of anomalous experience (Revised edition). Buffalo:
Prometheus.
Ross, H. (1974).
Behaviour and perception in strange environments. London: Allen
Unwin.
Zusne, L. & Jones, W.
(1989). Anomalistic psychology (2nd edition). Hillsdale, NJ:
Erlbaum.
Reincarnation
Berger, A. & J.,
editors (1991). Reincarnation: Fact or fable? Wellingborough:
Aquarian.
Christie-Murray, David
(1981/1988). Reincarnation. Sydney: Unity Press.
Rogo, D. Scott (1985).
The search for yesterday. Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice-Hall.
Stevenson, Ian (1987).
Children who remember previous lives. Charlottesville, VA:
University Press of Virginia.
Wilson, Ian (1982).
Reincarnation? London: Pan.
Research Methodology
see also
Deception,
Fraud, Hoaxes, Conjuring
Braud, William &
Anderson, Rosemarie (1998). Transpersonal research methods for the
social sciences. Newbury Park, CA: Sage.
Wiseman, Richard
(1997). Deception and self-deception: Investigating psychics.
Amherst, NY: Prometheus.
Wiseman, Richard &
Morris, R. L. (1995). Guidelines for testing psychic claimants.
Hatfield: University of Hertfordshire Press.
Scientific Inquiry and Research Methodology - see also Deception, Fraud,
Hoaxes and Conjuring
Braud, William & Anderson, Rosemarie (1998). Transpersonal
research methods for the social sciences. Newbury Park, CA: Sage.
Hess, David J. (1993). Science in the new age: The paranormal, its
defenders and debunkers, and American culture. Madison: University
of Wisconsin Press.
Roberts, Royston M. (1989). Serendipity: Accidental discoveries in
science. New York: Wiley.
Wiseman, Richard (1997). Deception and self-deception:
Investigating psychics. Amherst, NY: Prometheus.
Wiseman, Richard & Morris, Robert L. (1995). Guidelines for
testing psychic claimants. Hatfield: University of Hertfordshire
Press.
Shamanism
- see also Aboriginal Religion
Drury, Nevill (1989).
The elements shamanism. Shaftesbury: Element Books.
Eliade, Mircea
(1951/1972). Shamanism. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press.
Harner, Michael (1982). The way
of the shaman. Toronto: Bantam.
Storm, Lance & Rock, Adam J.
(2011). Shamanism and psi: Imagery Cultivation as an alternative
to the ganzfeld protocol. Sydney, Australia: AIPR, Inc.
Walsh, Roger (1991).
The spirit of shamanism. London: Mandala.
Skeptical Critiques of
Parapsychology see also
specific topics (includes skeptical books)
Alcock, J. (1990).
Science and supernature. Buffalo, NY: Prometheus.
Hines, T. (1988).
Pseudoscience and the paranormal. Buffalo, NY: Prometheus.
Hyman, Ray (1988). The
elusive quarry. Buffalo, NY: Prometheus.
Kurtz, Paul, (Ed.)
(1985). The skeptics handbook of parapsychology. Buffalo, NY:
Prometheus.
Sociology of the
Paranormal
Bartholomew, Robert E.
(2001). Little green men, meowing nuns and head-hunting panics: A
study of mass psychogenic illness and social delusion. Jefferson,
NC: McFarland.
Bartholomew, Robert E.
& Evans, Hilary (2004). Panic attacks: Media manipulation and mass
delusion. Stroud: Sutton Publishing.
Berger, Peter (1970). A
rumour of angels. Garden City, NY: Anchor. The supernatural
rediscovered.
Greeley, Andrew (1975).
The sociology of the paranormal. Beverley Hills, CA: Sage.
Spiritualism see also
Biography
Brandon, Ruth (1984).
The spiritualists: The passion for the occult in the 19th and 20th
Centuries. Buffalo, NY: Prometheus.
Moore, R. L. (1977). In
search of white crows. New York: Oxford University Press.
Oppenheim, J. (1985).
The other world. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. England, 1850-1914.
Pearsall, R. (1972).
The table-rappers. London: Michael Joseph.
Spirituality see also
Christianity;
and New Religious Movements; and Meditation and Yoga;
and Mystical and Peak Experiences; and Transpersonal
Studies
Berman, Morris (1984).
The re-enchantment of the world. Toronto: Bantam.
Bettelheim, Bruno
(1985). Freud and Man's soul. London: Flamingo. His use of the
word "soul", poorly translated into English.
Booth, L. (1991). When
God becomes a drug. Los Angeles: Tarcher. Religious addiction.
Eliade, Mircea (1959).
The sacred and the profane. San Diego: Harvest (HBJ).
Hardy, Alister (1980).
The spiritual nature of man. Oxford: Clarendon.
Hay, David (1982).
Exploring inner space (Revised edition). London: Mowbray.
May, G.C. (1988).
Addiction and grace. San Francisco: Harper & Row.
James, William (1902 /
1961). The varieties of religious experience. New York: Collier.
Kurtz, Paul (1986). The
transcendental temptation. Buffalo, NY: Prometheus. Humanist
view.
Smith, Huston (1977).
Forgotten truth: The primordial tradition. New York: Harper
Colophon.
Wilson, Ian (1991). The
bleeding mind. London: Paladin. About stigmata.
Survival of Death
see also
Mediumship/Channelling/Psychics/Visionaries
Berger, A. (1987).
Aristocracy of the dead. Jefferson, NC: McFarland.
Berger, A. (1988).
Evidence of life after death. Springfield, IL: Thomas.
Gauld, Alan (1982).
Mediumship and survival. London: Paladin.
Rogo, D. Scott (1986).
Life after death: The case for survival. Wellingborough: Aquarian.
Stevenson, Ian (1984).
Unlearned language. Charlottesville, VA: University Press of
Virginia. About xenoglossy.
Storm, Lance &
Thalbourne, Michael A., editors (2006). The survival of human
consciousness: Essays on the possibility of life after death.
Jefferson, NC: McFarland.
Wilson, Colin (1985).
Afterlife. London: Harrap.
Wilson, Ian (1998).
Life after death: The evidence. London: Pan.
Synchronicity
- see Coincidence and Synchronicity
Synesthesia (Blurring
of Senses)
Cytowic, Richard E.
(1993). The man who tasted shapes: A bizarre medical mystery
offers revolutionary insights into emotions, reasoning, and
consciousness. NY: Tarcher / Putnam.
Dann, Kevin T. (1998).
Bright colours: Synaesthesia and the search for transcendental
knowledge. New Haven: Yale University Press.
Harrison, John (2001).
Synaesthesia: The strangest thing. Oxford: Oxforn University
Press.
Transpersonal Studies
see also
Health:
Complementary & Healing; and Health: Holistic and
Psychosomatic; and Spirituality
Bragdon, Emma (1990).
The call of spiritual emergency. San Francisco: Harper & Row.
Diespecker, Don (1991).
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UFOs and Encounter
Experiences
see also Animals and Pets; and Australian Themes
