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Many people ask what books they should read and what websites should they visit in order to get information about parapsychology, paranormal investigating, ghosts and hauntings, etc… Below is a list of books and websites that provide excellent information on these things.
Books
Parapsychology and Psychology Related
- Houran, J. & Lange, R. (Eds.). (2001). Hauntings and Poltergeists: Multidisciplinary Perspectives. Jefferson, NY: McFarland & Company.
- Irwin, H.J. & Watt, C.A. (2007). An Introduction to Parapsychology (5th Ed.). Jefferson, NC: McFarland Company.
- Wolman, B.B. (Ed.). (1977). Handbook of Parapsychology. New York, NY: Van Nostrand Reinhold Company.
- Henry, J. (Ed.). (2006). Parapsychology: Research on Exceptional Experiences. New York, NY: Routledge.
- Broughton, R.S. (1991). Parapsychology: The Controversial Science. New York, NY: Ballantine Books.
- Cardena, E., Lynn, S.J. & Krippner, S. (Eds.). (2007). Varieties of Anomalous Experiences: Examining the Scientific Evidence. Washington, DC: American Psychological Association.
- Zusne, L. & Jones, W.H. (1989). Anomalistic Psychology: A Study of Magical Thinking (2nd Ed.). Hillsdale, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum, Inc.
- Irwin, H.J. (2009). The Psychology of Paranormal Belief: A Researcher’s Handbook. Hatfield, Hertfordshire: University of Hertfordshire Press.
- Finucane, R.C. (1996). Ghosts: Appearances of the Dead and Cultural Transformation. Amherst, NY: Prometheus Books.
- Radin, D. (1997). The Conscious Universe: The Scientific Truth of Psychic Phenomena. New York, NY: Harper Colling Publishers.
- Radin, D. (2006). Entangled Minds: Extrasensory Experiences in a Quantum Reality. New York, NY: Pocket Books.
- Auerbach, L. (1996). Mind Over Matter. New York, NY: Kensington Publishing Corporation.
- Ullman, M., Krippner, S. & Vaughan, A. (2002). Dream Telepathy: Experiments in Nocturnal Extrasensory Perception. Charlottesville, VA: Hampton Roads Publishing.
Paranormal Investigation Related
- Lauer, J. & Schumacher, D. (2007). Investigating the Haunted: Ghost Hunting Taken to the Next Level. Xlibris Company.
- Auerbach, L. (1986). ESP, Hauntings and Poltergeists: A Parapsychologists Handbook. New York, NY: Warner Books.
- Wiseman, R. & Morris, R.L. (1995). Guidelines for Testing Psychic Claimants. Amherst, NY: Prometheus Books.
- Baker, R.A. & Nickell, J. (1992). Missing Pieces: How to Investigate Ghosts, UFOs, Psychics, & Other Mysteries. Buffalo, NY: Prometheus Books.
Websites
Association for the Scientific Study of Anomalous Phenomena
http://www.assap.ac.uk/
Paranormal Site Investigators
http://www.p-s-i.org.uk/upload/
Society for Scientific Exploration
http://www.scientificexploration.org/
Public Parapsychology
http://www.publicparapsychology.org/
American Society for Psychical Research
http://www.aspr.com/
Society for Psychical Research
http://www.spr.ac.uk/main/
Division of Perceptual Studies, University of Virginia, School of Medicine
http://www.medicine.virginia.edu/clinical/departments/psychiatry/sections/cspp/dops/home-page
Loyd Auerbach’s Website
http://mindreader.com/
Afterlife Research Center
http://afterliferesearch.weebly.com/index.html
Anomalistic Psychology Research Unit, Goldsmiths, University of London
http://www.gold.ac.uk/apru/
Library of Exploratory Science
http://www.lexscien.org/lexscien/index.jsp
Windbridge Institute
http://www.windbridge.org/index.htm
Rhine Research Center
http://www.rhine.org/
Global Consciousness Project
http://noosphere.princeton.edu/
Paranormal Research Group
http://www.ParanormalResearchGroup.com
any people ask what books they should read and what websites should they visit in order to get information about parapsychology, paranormal investigating, ghosts and hauntings, etc… Below is a list of books and websites that provide excellent information on these things.
Books
Parapsychology and Psychology Related
Houran, J. & Lange, R. (Eds.). (2001). Hauntings and Poltergeists: Multidisciplinary Perspectives. Jefferson, NY: McFarland & Company.
Irwin, H.J. & Watt, C.A. (2007). An Introduction to Parapsychology (5th Ed.). Jefferson, NC: McFarland Company.
Wolman, B.B. (Ed.). (1977). Handbook of Parapsychology. New York, NY: Van Nostrand Reinhold Company.
Henry, J. (Ed.). (2006). Parapsychology: Research on Exceptional Experiences. New York, NY: Routledge.
Broughton, R.S. (1991). Parapsychology: The Controversial Science. New York, NY: Ballantine Books.
Cardena, E., Lynn, S.J. & Krippner, S. (Eds.). (2007). Varieties of Anomalous Experiences: Examining the Scientific Evidence. Washington, DC: American Psychological Association.
Zusne, L. & Jones, W.H. (1989). Anomalistic Psychology: A Study of Magical Thinking (2nd Ed.). Hillsdale, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum, Inc.
Irwin, H.J. (2009). The Psychology of Paranormal Belief: A Researcher’s Handbook. Hatfield, Hertfordshire: University of Hertfordshire Press.
Finucane, R.C. (1996). Ghosts: Appearances of the Dead and Cultural Transformation. Amherst, NY: Prometheus Books.
Radin, D. (1997). The Conscious Universe: The Scientific Truth of Psychic Phenomena. New York, NY: Harper Colling Publishers.
Radin, D. (2006). Entangled Minds: Extrasensory Experiences in a Quantum Reality. New York, NY: Pocket Books.
Auerbach, L. (1996). Mind Over Matter. New York, NY: Kensington Publishing Corporation.
Ullman, M., Krippner, S. & Vaughan, A. (2002). Dream Telepathy: Experiments in Nocturnal Extrasensory Perception. Charlottesville, VA: Hampton Roads Publishing.
Paranormal Investigation Related
Lauer, J. & Schumacher, D. (2007). Investigating the Haunted: Ghost Hunting Taken to the Next Level. Xlibris Company.
Auerbach, L. (1986). ESP, Hauntings and Poltergeists: A Parapsychologists Handbook. New York, NY: Warner Books.
Wiseman, R. & Morris, R.L. (1995). Guidelines for Testing Psychic Claimants. Amherst, NY: Prometheus Books.
Baker, R.A. & Nickell, J. (1992). Missing Pieces: How to Investigate Ghosts, UFOs, Psychics, & Other Mysteries. Buffalo, NY: Prometheus Books.
Websites
Association for the Scientific Study of Anomalous Phenomena
http://www.assap.ac.uk/
Paranormal Site Investigators
http://www.p-s-i.org.uk/upload/
Society for Scientific Exploration
http://www.scientificexploration.org/
Public Parapsychology
http://www.publicparapsychology.org/
American Society for Psychical Research
http://www.aspr.com/
Society for Psychical Research
http://www.spr.ac.uk/main/
Division of Perceptual Studies, University of Virginia, School of Medicine
http://www.medicine.virginia.edu/clinical/departments/psychiatry/sections/cspp/dops/home-page
Loyd Auerbach’s Website
http://mindreader.com/
Afterlife Research Center
http://afterliferesearch.weebly.com/index.html
Anomalistic Psychology Research Unit, Goldsmiths, University of London
http://www.gold.ac.uk/apru/
Library of Exploratory Science
http://www.lexscien.org/lexscien/index.jsp
Windbridge Institute
http://www.windbridge.org/index.htm
Rhine Research Center
http://www.rhine.org/
Global Consciousness Project
http://noosphere.princeton.edu/
55th Annual Convention
of the Parapsychological Association
Millennium Hotel
Durham, North Carolina
USA
August 9-12, 2012
http://www.parapsych.org/articles/37/119/announcing_the_2012_pa_convention.aspx
This meeting is a must for serious paranormal investigators or ghost hunters. Especially those who claim to be science based.
Why?
Let’s start out with what parapsychology is and what it involves.
Parapsychology is the study of “apparent anomalies of behavior and experience that exist apart from currently known explanatory mechanisms that account for organism-environment and organism-organism information and influence flow.”
-Parapsychological Association, 1989, pp.394-395
Parapsychologists attempt to explain the phenomena within mainstream science. If the phenomena can’t be explained within the context of mainstream science, then new hypotheses and theories are proposed that are an extension of known science. Some of those ideas may seem well outside of mainstream science but new data, experiments, and information will continue to support or not support those hypotheses. For example, new information gained in the study of quantum physics gives new possibilities for explaining paranormal phenomena with the context of science.
The variety of different areas and experiences within the field are collectively termed ‘psi’. Psi is synonymous with psychic and psychical. The three aspects of psi are:
- Extrasensory Perception (ESP) or what some term Extended Sensory Perception. This area of psi is considered informational or receptive psi.
- Psychokinesis (PK). This is psi as an interaction. It is when the mind has a direct affect on an animate or inanimate object. Telekinesis is the older term used to describe these phenomena of moving distant objects with one’s mind but most parapsychologists just refer to it as PK. To make it simple, let’s just say it is mind over matter.
- Survival. This is the life after death area that all ghost hunters and paranormal investigators have come to know and love. However, it includes much more than just ghosts and hauntings as you will see in the following paragraphs.
Why is it important for paranormal investigators or ghost hunters to know about parapsychology?
Knowledge of parapsychology is essential for the paranormal investigator. The major reasons it plays such an important role are:
- Parapsychology used to be known in the early days as psychical research of which started out investigating mediums, psychics, and spiritualists. There was also considerable time spent collecting, investigating and analyzing cases of ghosts and hauntings (or what most parapsychologists would term ‘spontaneous cases’).
- The majority of research in parapsychology is now done in the formal psychology lab setting. Unfortunately, ghosts have yet to make themselves available for a controlled laboratory study. Therefore, most of the investigations into ghosts and hauntings cases into the arms of amateur paranormal investigators and ghost hunters.
- The information gained during research by parapsychologists can be used when investigating ghosts and hauntings. This also works the opposite way in that good quality information collected during field investigations can be a starting point for parapsychologists to set up and do certain laboratory experiments.
- Amateur paranormal investigators and ghost hunters are NOT parapsychologists. Parapsychologists have advanced college degrees and usually hold faculty positions at universities and/or at other formal research laboratories. Also, the majority of parapsychologists would not be considered to be ghost hunters or paranormal investigators. Some do investigate spontaneous cases but usually do it as a somewhat controlled field experiment in an attempt to collect data that can be used to support a hypothesis they are testing.
Finally, if you do believe in the possibility of ghosts then the field of parapsychology can provide some possible mechanisms by which these entities are able to manifest, communicate with, and influence things in our physical world.
Welcome to the new Paranormal Research (PRG) group blog! This is our newest tool to provide those in the paranormal investigation and research community with the latest and greatest information about the PRG and the field. Each week we will cover what’s new with the PRG, current events, research updates, parapsychology, paranormal investigation equipment, trips, conferences, new publications and much much more. We ask everyone to join our blog and participate in the discussion by posting your thoughts and comments.
Below is some information about the current state of the PRG.
The Southern Wisconsin Paranormal Research Group has expanded!!! It now incorporates the great states of Wisconsin and Pennsylvania. Due to this expansion, the organization has changed its business name to reflect this. "Paranormal Research Group" is now the new umbrella organization that encompasses both paranormal research organizations in Wisconsin and Pennsylvania. It's the same organization, run by the same people, but with a larger, expanded membership! The Paranormal Research Group is a team of Paranormal Investigators and Researchers who investigate paranormal activity as it relates to Ghosts & Hauntings. Jennifer Lauer founded this organization in 1999, which is today considered to be one of the most respected, knowledgeable, and credible paranormal research organizations in the country.
Our Paranormal Investigation Team members are trained to use scientific methods and information to conduct serious paranormal investigations, which consists of conducting research, developing and testing theories, producing data & analysis-oriented results, providing resolution information, and encouraging public understanding & awareness.
The team has investigated public and private locations all over the United States, from huge abandoned prisons and hospitals to private residences.
The PRG also has a research branch. The Anomalous Research Department (ARD) is comprised of a small group of SWPRG members that do the following: conduct research, review and develop new equipment for use by the group, keep current on recent articles within the paranormal field, seek out and apply for grants, publish papers, address specific scientific issues raised by the PRG and collaborate with other paranormal research groups and organizations on certain research topics.
As well as investigating the paranormal, the PRG gives lectures on the paranormal for including Historical Societies, Public Libraries, Universities and Public Schools.
In closing I would like to thank you for reading our blog and we look forward to your comments!
 William G. Roll (July 3, 1926 – January 9, 2012) was a noted psychologist and parapsychologist on the faculty of the Psychology Department of the University of West Georgia in Carrollton, Georgia, in the United States. He held various positions there, including Professor of Psychology and Psychical Research, assistant professor, and instructor. Sometimes credited as William Roll, or informally, Bill Roll, he was a parapsychologist since the 1950s and authored or coauthored many investigation research papers, articles, and four books: The Poltergeist (1972), Theory and Experiment in Psychical Research (1975), Psychic Connections (1995, with co-author Lois Duncan), and Unleashed: Of Poltergeists and Murder: The Curious Story of Tina Resch (2004, with co-author Valerie Storey). He is also notable for making several appearances in the television show Unsolved Mysteries, among them an episode discussing disturbances on the RMS Queen Mary.
READ HIS OBITUARY FROM THE PARAPSYCHOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION
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