Parapsychology/Sources

This page is for general published sources. There are currently three collections of relevant literature and peer-reviewed sources as shown.

Collections

• Radin. Sources collected by w:Dean Radin. Mostly peer-reviewed, with a few comments.
• Steigmann. Sources and commentary by User:Ben Steigmann, with an advocacy perspective. (originally based on the Radin page, so this includes the Radin sources.)
• WaterPlanet. A collection of sources antagonistic to spiritualism, psi, parapsychology, and paranormal claims, from User:WaterPlanet.

Books

History, methods, experiments, theories

(see also the Steigmann collection)

Inglis (1978/1992/2012). Natural and Supernatural: A History of the Paranormal from the Earliest Times to 1914

Inglis (1984/2013). Science and Parascience: A History of the Paranormal from 1914-1939.

Villoldo & Krippner (1987). Healing States: A Journey Into the World of Spiritual Healing and Shamanism.

Rock & Krippner (2011). Demystifying Shamans and their World: A Multidisciplinary Study.

Thurston (1954). The Physical Phenomena of Mysticism.

Gauld (1968). The Founders of Psychical Research.

Gauld and Cornell (1979). Poltergeists.

Gauld (1992). A History of Hypnotism.

James (1986). Essays in Psychical Research (Works of William James).

Rhine (1940/1966). ESP After 60 Years.

Mauskopf & McVaugh (1980). The Elusive Science: Origins of Experimental Psychical Research

Broad (1962). Lectures on Psychical Research.

Wolman, ed. (1977/1985). Handbook of Parapsychology

Braude (1978/2002). ESP and Psychokinesis: A Philosophical Examination

Braude (1986/1997). The Limits of Influence: Psychokinesis and the Philosophy of Science.

Griffin (1997). Parapsychology, Philosophy, & Spirituality: A Postmodern Exploration

Beloff (1997). Parapsychology: A Concise History.

Radin (1997). The Conscious Universe: The Scientific Truth of Psychic Phenomena

Sheldrake (1999; new edition 2011) Dogs That Know When Their Owners Are Coming Home, And Other Unexplained Powers of Animals

Braude (2003). Immortal Remains: The Evidence for Life After Death

Stevenson, Weaver, & Barrington (2005). A World In A Grain Of Sand: The Clairvoyance Of Stefan Ossowiecki

Fontana (2005). Is There an Afterlife?

Radin (2006). Entangled Minds: Extrasensory Experiences in a Quantum Reality

Irwin & Watt (2007). An Introduction to Parapsychology

Mayer (2008). Extraordinary Knowing: Science, Skepticism, and the Inexplicable Powers of the Human Mind

Kelly et al (2009). Irreducible Mind: Toward a Psychology for the 21st Century

Tart (2009). The End of Materialism: How Evidence of the Paranormal Is Bringing Science and Spirit Together

Carter (2010). Science and the Near-Death Experience: How Consciousness Survives Death

Hamilton (2010). Immortal Longings: FWH Myers and the Victorian Search for Life after Death

Jahn & Dunne (2011). Consciousness and the Source of Reality: The PEAR Odessey.

Van Lommel (2011). Consciousness Beyond Life: The Science of the Near-Death Experience

Kelley (2012). Science, the Self, and Survival after Death: Selected Writings of Ian Stevenson

Alexander (2012). Proof of Heaven: A Neurosurgeon's Journey into the Afterlife

Carpenter (2012). First Sight: ESP and Parapsychology in Everyday Life

Carter (2012). Science and the Afterlife Experience: Evidence for the Immortality of Consciousness

Targ (2012). The Reality of ESP: A Physicist's Proof of Psychic Abilities

Sheldrake (2003; new edition 2013) The Sense of Being Stared At, And Other Aspects of the Extended Mind

French & Stone (2013). Anomalistic Psychology: Exploring Paranormal Belief and Experience

Radin (2013). Supernormal: Science, Yoga, and the Evidence for Extraordinary Psychic Abilities.

Controversies

(see also the WaterPlanet collection)

Various (1927). The Case For And Against Psychical Belief

Prince (1930). The Enchanted Boundary: Being a Survey of Negative Reactions to Claims of Psychic Phenomena, 1820-1930.

Cazamian (1931). Andrew Lang and the Maid of France.

Gregory (1985). The Strange Case of Rudi Schneider.

Lamont (2006). The First Psychic.

Rhine (1940/1966). ESP After 60 Years.

Hansel (1980). ESP and Parapsychology: A Critical Re-evaluation.

Marks (1980/2000). The Psychology of the Psychic.

McClenon (1985). Deviant Science: The Case of Parapsychology.

Kurtz, ed. (1985). A Skeptic's Handbook of Parapsychology.

Inglis (1986). The Hidden Power.

Druckman & Swets (1988). Enhancing Human Performance: Issues, Theories, and Techniques.

Harris & Rosenthal (1988). Human Performance Research: An Overview.

Zusne & Jones (1989). Anomalistic Psychology: A Study of Magical Thinking.

Alcock (1990). Science and Supernature: A Critical Appraisal of Parapsychology.

Broughton (1991). Parapsychology: The Controversial Science.

Almeder (1992). Death and Personal Survival: The Evidence for Life After Death. (See also: (1997). "A Critique of Arguments Offered Against Reincarnation", Journal of Scientific Exploration, 11(4), pp. 499–526.)

Edwards (1996). Reincarnation: A Critical Examination.

Wiseman (1997). Deception & Self-Deception. Investigating Psychics.

Park (2000). Voodoo Science. (Chapter Ten: How Strange is the Universe? In Which Ancient Superstitions Reappear as Pseudoscience.)

Stenger (2012). God and the Folly of Faith. (Chapter Nine: Transcendence).

Hansen (2001). The Trickster and the Paranormal.

Broderick (2007). Outside the Gates of Science.

Carter (2007/2012). Science and Psychic Phenomena: The Fall of the House of Skeptics

Various (2010). Debating Psychic Experience: Human Potential or Human Illusion?

McLuhan (2010). Randi's Prize: What Skeptics Say About the Paranormal, Why They are Wrong and Why It Matters

Storr (2013). The Heretics: Adventures With The Enemies of Science

Weiler (2013). Psi Wars: TED, Wikipedia and the Battle for the Internet.

Lamont (2013). Extraordinary Beliefs: A Historical Approach to A Psychological Problem.