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In this section we are providing links to abstracts of articles published in the journals of scientific and academic parapsychology and related fields as well as abstracts of papers on parapsychology and related topics presented at academic and scientific conventions. There are also links to general articles, full-text articles and books, website libraries, encyclopedia excerpts, bibliographies and more. And, if you scroll all the way down, you’ll find a series of articles in Spanish.

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Abstracts of Articles in Parapsychology Journals and Presented in Conventions

Abstracts of papers in the International Journal of Parapsychology (Volume XI forward)
http://www.parapsychology.org/dynamic/070103.html

Abstracts of papers in the Journal of Parapsychology
http://www.rhine.org/research-jptoc.shtml#TOC

Abstracts of papers in the Journal of Scientific Exploration
http://www.scientificexploration.org/journal.html

Abtracts of papers in the Journal of the Society for Psychical Research
http://www.spr.ac.uk/index.php3?page=journal

Abstracts of papers in Subtle Energies and Energy Medicine Journal
http://www.issseem.org/journal.cfm

Abstracts of papers presented at the 37th Annual Convention of the Parapsychological Association, 1994
http://perso.wanadoo.fr/basuyaux/parapsy_eng/documents/convention/para.htm#1

Articles and Other Resources (English)

GENERAL
Dean Radin (Ed.), Frequently Asked Questions about Parapsychology
http://www.deanradin.com/para1.html

Mario Varvoglis, Psi Explorer
http://www.parapsych.org/members/m_varvoglis.html

Parapsychology
http://www.findarticles.com/cf_dls/g2699/0002/2699000251/p1/article.jhtml?term=parapsychology

What is Parapsychology?
http://www.parapsych.org/faq_file1.html

Matthew Smith, An Overview of Psychical Research in Britain
http://moebius.psy.ed.ac.uk/~spr/ParanormalReview10.html

Dean Radin, Chapter 1 of The Conscious Universe
http://www.deanradin.com/NewWeb/TCUindex.html

Michael Dennis, Transpersonal Psychology and the Paranormal
http://www.mdani.demon.co.uk/SSSBook.htm

Jeffrey Mishlove, The Roots of Consciousness
http://www.williamjames.com/Intro/CONTENTS.htm

Charles T. Tart, Consciousness: A Psychological, Transpersonal and Parapsychological Approach
http://www.paradigm-sys.com/

Jessica Utts & Brian D. Josephson, The Paranormal: The Evidence and Its Implications for Consciousness
http://www.tcm.phy.cam.ac.uk/~bdj10/psi/tucson.html

REFERENCE

New York Public Library, Occult Sciences and Parapsychology: A Research Guide
http://www.nypl.org/research/chss/grd/resguides/occult

Nandor Fodor, Encyclopedia of Psychic Science (excerpts)
http://www.spiritwritings.com/fodord.html

Fortean Picture Library
http://www.forteanpix.co.uk/

HISTORY OF PARAPSYCHOLOGY

Eberhard Bauer, A Short History of Psychical Research and Parapsychology
http://www.igpp.de/english/chs/info.htm

J. Cooper, The Case of the Cottingley Faires
http://www.lhup.edu/~dsimanek/cooper.htm

George P. Hansen, Magicians Who Endorsed Psychic Phenomena
http://www.tricksterbook.com/ArticlesOnline/MagWhoEndors.htm

Luce e Ombra
http://www2.comune.bologna.it/bologna/fbibbdb/evleo.htm

Peter Mulacz, History of Parapsychology in Austria
http://www.parapsychologie.info/history.htm

P. Roach, Wandering Between Two Worlds: Victorian England’s Search for Meaning
http://www.aiprinc.org/para-c01_Roach_1999.doc

Society for Psychical Research
http://anomalyinfo.com

Spiritualism
http://anomalyinfo.com

The Story of Spiritualism
http://religiousmovements.lib.virginia.edu/nrms/Spiritsm.html

Spirithistory.com
http://www.spirithistory.com/index.html

EXTRASENSORY PERCEPTION

ESP
http://www.deanradin.com/para2.html#ninec

North Texas Skeptics, Extra-Sensory Perception Fact Sheet
http://www.reall.org/newsletter/v05/n02/esp-fact-sheet.html

Can ESP Affect Our Lives?
http://www.closertotruth.com/topics/mindbrain/109/109transcript.html

Rhea A. White, A Comparison of Old and New Methods of Response to Targets in ESP Experiments
http://www.aspr.com/methods.htm

Daryl J. Bem, Ganzfeld Phenomena
http://dbem.ws/ganzfeld.html

Charles T. Tart, A Case of Predictive Psi, with Comments on Analytical, Associative and Theoretical Overlay
http://www.paradigm-sys.com

Anthony Shafton, African-Americans and Predictive Dreams
http://www.asdreams.org/magazine/articles/african_prediction_dreams.htm

PSYCHOKINESIS

Psychokinesis
http://www.themystica.com/mystica/articles/p/psychokinesis_pk.html

SURVIVAL OF DEATH

Parapsychology and Personal Survival after Death
http://www.xs4all.nl/~wichm/paraps.html

Karlis Osis, Life Ater Death
http://www.aspr.com/osis.html

OUT-OF-BODY EXPERIENCES

Out of Body Experience FAQ
http://www.web-us.com/oobe/oobe.htm

R. Peterson, Out-of-Body Experiences: How to Have them and What to Expect
http://www.robertpeterson.org/obebook.html
L. Levitan & S. LaBerge, Other Worlds: Out-of-Body Experiences and Lucid Dreams
http://www.lucidity.com/NL32.OBEandLD.html

NEAR-DEATH EXPERIENCES

NDE FAQ
http://www.mindspring.com/~scottr/nde/faq.html

Personal Accounts of Near-Death Experiences
http://www.mindspring.com/~scottr/nde/_accounts.html
An Introductory Analysis of the NDE (Near-Death Experience)
http://www.fortunecity.com/roswell/seance/78/nde.htm

REINCARNATION

K. S. Rawat, Interview with Dr. Ian Stevenson
http://www.near-death.com/experiences/reincarnation01.html

K. S. Rawat, The case of Shanti Devi (reincarnation case)
http://www.beliefnet.com/Faiths/Hinduism/2002/06/I-Have-Lived-Before-The-Reincarnation-Of-Shanti-Devi.aspx

Sweet Swarnlatta (Reincarnation case of Ian Stevenson)
http://www.ghost-story.co.uk/stories/swarnlatamishra.html

POLTERGEISTS

Poltergeists
http://www.themystica.com/mystica/articles/p/poltergeist.html

Peter Mulacz, Eleonore Zugun – the Re-evaluation of a Historic RSPK Case
http://parapsychologie.info/zugun.htm

H. Tikkala, Finnish Poltergeists
http://paranet.fi/paradocs/keskustelua/tikkala1993.html

DOWSING

George P. Hansen, Dowsing: A Review of the Experimental Literature
http://www.tricksterbook.com/ArticlesOnline/Dowsing.htm

METAL BENDING

Charles Panati (ed.), The Geller Papers (1976)
http://www.uri-geller.com/books/geller-papers/gpap.htm

John B. Hasted, The Metal Benders (1981)
http://www.uri-geller.com/hast1.htm

PARAPSYCHOLOGY AND THE MIND-BODY PROBLEM

John Beloff, Mind-body interactionism in the light of the parapsychological evidence
http://moebius.psy.ed.ac.uk/~dualism/papers/light.html

John Beloff, Parapsychology and Radical Dualism
http://moebius.psy.ed.ac.uk/~dualism/papers/radical.html

THEORIES AND CONCEPTS
John Beloff, Could there be a physical explanation for psi
http://moebius.psy.ed.ac.uk/~dualism/papers/physical.html

Rhea A. White, The Limits of Experimenter Influence on Psi Test Results: Can Any Be Set?
http://www.aspr.com/limits.htm

Rhea A. White, The Influence of Persons Other Than the Experimenter on the Subject’s Scores in Psi Experiments
http://www.aspr.com/persons.htm

DIALOGUES AND CONTROVERSIES

Jessica Utts, An Assessment of the Evidence for Psychic Functioning
http://anson.ucdavis.edu/~utts/air2.html

Ray Hyman, Evaluation of Program on Anomalous Mental Phenomena
http://www.mceagle.com/remote-viewing/refs/science/air/hyman.html

Jessica Utts, Response to Ray Hyman’s Report
http://anson.ucdavis.edu/~utts/response.html

Brian Josephson, Unfounded criticism of a parapsychology book in Nature
http://www.tcm.phy.cam.ac.uk/~bdj10/psi/doubtsregood.html

SKEPTICISM AND CRITICISM

Robert T. Carroll, The Skeptic’s Dictionary
http://skepdic.com/

George P. Hansen, CSICOP and the Skeptics: An Overview
http://www.tricksterbook.com/ArticlesOnline/CSICOPoverview.htm

Susan J. Blackmore, The Elusive Open Mind: Ten Years of Negative Research in Parapsychology
http://www.susanblackmore.co.uk/Articles/si87.html

Against Excessive Skepticism: Collected Quotes
http://www.eskimo.com/~billb/weird/skepquot.html

Skepticism
http://skepticalinvestigations.org/New/index.html

Paul Kurtz, The New Paranatural Paradigm
http://www.csicop.org/si/2000-11/paranatural.html

Joe Nickell, Ghostly Photoshttp://www.csicop.org/si/9607/ghost.html

Joe Mickell, John Edward: Hustling the Bereaved
http://www.csicop.org/si/2001-11/i-files.html

Richard Wiseman and Ciaran O’Keefe, A Critique of Schwartz et al.’s After-Death Communication Studies
http://www.csicop.org/si/2001-11/mediums.html

Scott O. Lilienfeld, New Analyses Raise Doubts About Replicability of ESP Findings
http://www.csicop.org/si/9911/lilienfeld.html

Gary Posner, Tampa Bay’s “Weeping Icon” Fiasco
http://www.gpposner.com/Weeping_Icon.html

Richard Wiseman, Matthew Smith, & Jeff Wisman, Eyewitness Testimony and the Paranormal
http://www.csicop.org/si/9511/eyewitness.html

Ray Hyman, The Evidence for Psychic Functioning: Claims vs. Reality
http://www.csicop.org/si/9603/claims.html

Susan Blackmore, What can the Paranormal Teach us about Consciousness
http://www.csicop.org/si/2001-03/conciousness.html

TECHNICAL ARTICLES

Rens Wezelman & Dick J. Bierman, Process Oriented Ganzfeld Research in Amsterdam
http://emergentmind.org/new_page_45.htm

Daryl J. Bem, Does psi exist?
http://dbem.ws/psi_world.html

Daryl J. Bem, & Charles Honorton, Does psi exist?
http://www.dina.kvl.dk/~abraham/psy1.html

Daryl J. Bem, Nonspecialist’s Guide to the Bem/Honorton Article
http://dbem.ws/guide_to_bh.html

Daryl J. Bem, Response to Hyman
http://www.dina.kvl.dk/~abraham/psy2.html

Daryl J. Bem, John Palmer, Richard S. Broughton, Updating the Ganzfeld database: A victim of its own success?
http://dbem.ws/Updating_Ganzfeld.pdf

Deborah Delanoy, Experimental Evidence Suggestive of Anomalous Consciousness Interactions
http://www.tcm.phy.cam.ac.uk/~bdj10/psi/delanoy/delanoy.html

Jessica Utts and others, Replication and Meta-Analysis in Parapsychology
http://anson.ucdavis.edu/~utts/91rmp.html

WEBSITE LIBRARIES

Access by Subscription Libraries
LexScien
http://www.lexscien.org/lexscien/index.jsp

Questia
http://www.questia.com/Index.jsp
Free to Download Libraries

Survival Research Network
http://www.survival-research.net/library/bibliography/journalpapers/index.html

Click here — http://www.jsasoc.com/library.html — for articles written by the staff of the Laboratories for Fundamental Research. The list follows:

Global Consciousness Project: An Independent Analysis of The 11 September 2001 Events, Edwin C. May; S. James P. Spottiswoode

A Search for Alpha Power Changes Associated with Anomalous Cognition, Edwin C. May; S. James P. Spottiswoode; Laura V. Faith

Anomalous Cognition Effect Size: Dependence on Sidereal Time and Solar Wind Parameters, S. James P. Spottiswoode; Edwin C. May

Apparent Association between Effect Size in Free Response Anomalous Cognition Experiments and Local Sidereal Time, S. James P. Spottiswoode

Applications of Decision Augmentation Theory,
Edwin C. May, PhD; Jessica M. Utts, PhD; Christine L. James

Decision Augmentation Theory: Toward a Model of Anomalous Mental Phenomena, Edwin C. May, PhD; Jessica M. Utts, PhD; S. James P. Spottiswoode

Decision Augmentation Theory: Applications to the Random Number Generator Database, Edwin C. May, PhD; Jessica M. Utts, PhD; S. James P. Spottiswoode

Effect of Ambient Magnetic Field Fluctuation on Performance in a Free Response Anomalous Cognition Task: A Pilot Study,
S. James P. Spottiswoode

Geomagnetic Activity and Anomalous Cognition: A Preliminary Report of New Evidence, S. James P. Spottiswoode

Geomagnetic Fluctuations and Free Response Anomalous Cognition: A New Understanding, S. James P. Spottiswoode

Managing the Target Pool Bandwidth: Noise Reduction for Anomalous Cognition Experiments Edwin C. May, PhD; S. James P. Spottiswoode; Christine L James

Shannon Entropy as an Intrinsic Target Property: Toward a Reductionist Model of Anomalist Cognition 22 April 1994, Edwin C. May, PhD; S. James P. Spottiswoode; Christine L. James

BIOGRAPHIES OF INDIVIDUALS

RESEARCHERS
Historical Figures

Joseph Rodes Buchanan
http://www.fst.org/buchanan.htm

Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
http://www.fst.org/doyle.htm

Steven Hume, The Career of Allan Kardec (3 parts)
http://www.geae.inf.br/en/articles/hume.html

Sir Oliver Lodge
http://www.fst.org/lodge.htm

J. B. & Louisa Rhine
http://www.rhine.org/aboutus.shtml

MEDIUMS
Historical Figures

Emma Hardinge Britten
http://www.fst.org/hardinge.htm

Florence Cook
http://www.survivalafterdeath.org.uk/mediums/cookflorence.htm

Margery Crandon
http://www.fst.org/margery.htm

Mme. D’Esperance
http://www.survivalafterdeath.org.uk/mediums/desperance.htm

Eileen J. Garrett
http://www.fst.org/garrett.htm

Daniel Dunglas Home
http://www.survivalafterdeath.org.uk/mediums/home.htm

Franek Kluski
http://www.survivalafterdeath.org.uk/mediums/kluski.htm

Gladys Osborne Leonard
http://www.fst.org/leonard.htm

Stainton Moses
http://www.survivalafterdeath.org.uk/mediums/moses.htm

Eusapia Palladino
http://www.survivalafterdeath.org.uk/mediums/palladino.htm

Mrs. Leonore E. Piper
http://www.fst.org/piper.htm

Rudi Schneider
http://www.survivalafterdeath.org.uk/mediums/schneider.htm

Willi Schneider
http://www.harryprice.co.uk/Seance/Schneider/schneider-intro.htm

CLASSIC AND OUT OF PRINT BOOKS

Arthur Conan Doyle The Vital Message (1919)
http://etext.lib.virginia.edu/toc/modeng/public/DoyVita.html

Joseph J. Williams, Psychic Phenomena of Jamaica (1934)
http://www.sacred-texts.com/afr/ppj/index.htm

BIBLIOGRAPHIES

Gastone De Boni
http://www2.comune.bologna.it/bologna/fbibbdb/evdeboni.htm

Ernesto Bozzano
http://www2.comune.bologna.it/bologna/fbibbdb/bibliografie/bibliografia_bozzano.htm

Uri Geller: A Bibliography
http://www.zem.demon.co.uk/uribib.htm

ARTICLES IN SPANISH

from Las Barreras del Lenguaje en Parapsicologia
http:/www.alipsi.com.ar/rapp/01-90/alvardo.pdf

Carlos S. Alvarado, Aspectos Ideológicos de la Parapsicología
http://www.alipsi.com.ar/rapp/02-91/alvarado.pdf

Carlos S. Alvarado, Hacia una Parapsicología Científica en América Latina
http://www.alipsi.com.ar/rapp/07-96/alvarado_2.pdf

Carlos S. Alvarado, Recientes Estudios y Tendencias en la Investigación de Experiencias Fuera del Cuerpo
http://www.alipsi.com.ar/rapp/06-95/alvarado_2.pdf

John Beloff, Implicaciones Filosóficas de los Estudios Parapsicológicos
http://www.alipsi.com.ar/rapp/05-94/beloff.pdf

Heinz Berendt, Psi, el Hombre, y la Ciencia
http://www.alipsi.com.ar/rapp/06-95/berendt.pdf

Arthur Berger, Los Próximos Pasos en la Investigación de la Supervivencia
http://www.alipsi.com.ar/rapp/06-95/berger.pdf

Kathy Dalton, La Transferencia Anómala de Información en Ganzfeld
http://www.alipsi.com.ar/rapp/09-98/dalton.pdf

José María Feola, El Caso Poltergeist de los Bell
http://www.alipsi.com.ar/rapp/03-92/feola.pdf

Manuel Gómez Ruiz, Las Caras de Bélmez: Revisión Crítica de las Supuestas Pruebas Realizadas en su Investigación
http://www.alipsi.com.ar/rapp/08-97/gomez_ruiz.pdf

Harvey Irwin, Las Creencias Paranormales y las Funciones Emocionales
http://www.alipsi.com.ar/rapp/06-95/irwin.pdf

Stanley Krippner, Estudios Parapsicológicos y el Cerebro Humano
http://www.alipsi.com.ar/rapp/06-95/krippner.pdf

Stanley Krippner, Informe de un Cuestionario acerca de las reacciones Experimentadas por un Sanador Brasilero
http://www.alipsi.com.ar/rapp/01-90/krippner.pdf

Robert L. Morris, La en los ’90: Parapsicología reparanodos para el Siglo 21
http://www.alipsi.com.ar/rapp/10-99/morris.pdf

Brenio Onetto Bachler, Carl Gustav Jung y la Parapsicología: Un Breve Análisis Biográfico
http://www.alipsi.com.ar/rapp/05-94/onetto.pdf

Brenio Onetto Bachler, Centenario del Termino Parapsicología
http://www.alipsi.com.ar/rapp/01-90/onetto_2.pdf

Gertrude Schmeidler, ¿Actua la ESP y la PK en Forma Similar o Complementaria?
http://www.alipsi.com.ar/rapp/04-93/schmeidler.pdf

Gertrude R. Schmeidler, Psicología “Normal” y Psicología Paranormal: Entendiendo Nuestras Limitaciones
http://www.alipsi.com.ar/rapp/08-97/schmeidler.pdf

Helmut Schmidt, Psicokinesis: Una Interacción Directa Mente-Materia
http://www.alipsi.com.ar/rapp/09-98/schmidt.pdf

Emilio Servadio, La Dinamica de los Suenos Llamados “Paranormales
http://www.alipsi.com.ar/rapp/10-99/servadio.pdf

Wellington Zangari & Fátima Regina Machado, Incidencia e Importancia Social de las Experiencias Psíquicas de los Estudiantes Universitarios Brasileros
http://www.alipsi.com.ar/rapp/07-96/zangari.pdf