This is the second of two commentaries on papers published by T.J. Robertson (TJR) and Archie E. Roy (AER) in the Journal of the Society for Psychical Research.
A walkthrough of the claims that psi exists as shown by the Ganzfeld Experiments.
Investigating Remote Viewing, especially the Ganzfeld technique, is not a happy business. The sources are scattered across the internet in curious places and unexpected sites. Papers long since deleted by the academic establishments they came from suddenly crop up, in full, in other unrelated sites which always seem to be tucked away on the tenth page of whichever search engine you choose to use. Here is a list of those experiments.
On May 14th 2004 we finally saw the Danish Crown Prince Frederik married with Australian Mary Elizabeth Donaldson, under heavy media coverage, from newspapers, the weekly magazines, radio, TV – and astrologers. Countless articles about how the couple’s horoscopes foretell what will happen in the royal circles have popped up like mushrooms. But what about the royal predictions the astrologers have pelted us with in the years before this? Here is a royal bouquet.
How the famous paranormal researcher, Montague Keen, became the object of Gary Schwartz’ experiments into the world of the dead. And a new term was coined: “Departed hypothesized co-investigator.”
Often we hear of stunning results from paranormal experiments, purportedly “proving” that paranormal phenomena exist. These experiments have a tendency to enter what could be called the Hodge Podge File Cabinet of Evidence of the Paranormal, this huge body of anecdotes, usually impossible to verify, and never repeated in a sound, scientific manner.
Is Astrology really so harmless? Or is it comparable to the worst prejudice imaginable? Take a closer look.
In the Euro 2004 soccer championship, two Danish astrologers tried their luck in predicting the outcome of the matches. Based on the thousands of years of experience, it should be a relatively easy task to determine such a binary result. Alas, it turned out to be yet another astrological failure of cataclysmic proportions.
An investigation of psychic Nancy Myer’s claim to have “helped” the police in the Kimberly Forbes case.
The story of Sharon Sifford, and how she went from numerologist and tarot reader to ex-numerologist and ex-tarot reader.
This essay examines the continuing popular belief in the supernatural in the nineteenth century. The topic of the supernatural is a large one, and could encompass everything from spiritual healing to telepathy, via mesmerism. We shall see how – whatever their phenomenological reality – the popularity of particular beliefs has moved up and down the cultural elevator.
Robert Zoller is the self-proclaimed “world’s leading proponent of Western Predictive Astrology also known as Medieval Astrology.” Among his feats, he claims to have predicted the events on 9-11 no less than twelve months in advance. Better look into that one.
Divination is the ancient practise of attempting to determine the future by means of,… well, just about any method the human mind can conceive of.
How this world-famous psychic has dodged a challenge she agreed do to years ago.
Astrologers have a hard time explaining what really is making astrology “work”. Most claim it is gravity, based on the old analogy of the Moon causing the tides: If the Moon can cause the waters on Earth to move, then why not the water in our bodies? After all, we consist of about 70% water, so it follows that the Moon has a similar effect on us. So should the rest of the planets, the logic goes. How much of a pull is this anyway?
When astrologers claim horoscopes work, they often point to celebrities, lay out a chart for them and interpret their (already known) lives as proof that astrology works. But what if nobody knows who the charted person is, yet is still part of our “common conciousness”? Can an astrologer tell something decisive about an unknown person?
Astrologers often point to Newton as someone who, while being a scientist, also believed in Astrology. As usual when it comes to astrological claims, the truth is somewhat different.
John Hogue is a self-anointed prophet, born in 1955 in Hollywood, CA. He has a high-school degree, but claims to have read enough of his own to “become a Rhodes Scholar”. He, of course, could not be bothered with the dumbing-down process of academia. Maybe that’s why he makes uneducated guesses that turn out to be less accurate than he would have us believe.
Next time you meet an astrologer, ask what sign E.T. is. A Leo, a Spronx or a Zqlot?
Have you ever wondered how prophets and other legendary figures gained their reputation and followers?
by Claus Larsen
This is a grisly tale. It will not please many people. It is a story about an abducted girl, a family in grief and fear and a bunch of vultures, who prey on parents with a missing child, while marketing their own, bogus claims of being able to find dead bodies.
The tale begins…
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One of the more amusing aspects of an astrologer’s life is to predict who will be suitable as a partner for the client. This can be done in seconds: Merely compare the two persons’ astrological signs and you have the answer. There are many astrologers who advocate this procedure, often very famous ones, so you would think that it really works. Hey, Astrologer X wouldn’t be successful if it didn’t work, right? Wrong.
Comments on any and all prophesies made by Sylvia Browne concerning the year 1998.
Sylvia Browne is a modern-day preacher and founder of her own religion, replete with ordained ministers in robes, a “portable philosophy” and a 24-hour crisis line.
A good, hard look at Sylvia Browne’s predictions for the next 100 years. It’s rather depressing how little imagination she has, given the fact that she is in the lucrative business of presenting fantasies as facts.
The Psychic Rabbit can read your mind. Sure, it can.
The world was supposed to end on May 15th 2003 when a brown dwarf passed through the solar system causing catastrophic upheaval and killing 90% of life on Earth. Though it did not happen, this so-called “Planet X” may still represent a danger to life and livelihood.
The oldest society devoted to parapsychology is the English Society for Psychical Research which was founded in 1882. Second is the American Society for Psychical Research, organized a few years later. The third society is Danish, and this is its story.
One thing immediately strikes the student of Astrology: The predominant feature is confusion. No consensus seems to be achievable on just how Astrology works. Sure, it’s the planets that “”influence”" us humans here on Earth, but that’s about where the agreement ends. And when we look at the basic piece of data that all Astrology centers around – the time you were born – it turns out that it isn’t as simple as one might have hoped.
