While on the hunt for some scholar’s request for help with a project I had occasion to come across the PF’s Annual Report of 1960. Certainly it was a most prolific year of support for the field and money was available. I have heard our founding President, Eileen J. Garrett, referred to as the “Lady… Continue Reading
I find myself continually somewhat in disbelief that the PF has been chugging along for now close to 72 years…I admit faster years ago with funding available but continuing to adhere to the vision our co- founders, Eileen J. Garrett and Frances P. Bolton shared with an assist from my mom, Eileen Coly, myself and… Continue Reading
It gives me great pleasure to announce that Dr. Nancy L. Zingrone has received the 2022 Rogo Award for Parapsychological Media for her future publication with her late husband, Dr. Carlos S. Alvarado, “Hidden and Fragmented Mind (1880-1900): The Society for Psychical Research. The field is still reeling from the horrible loss of Carlos along… Continue Reading
From the desk of Lisette Coly I am positively elated that the conveners of Women and Parapsychology Revisited, the special issue of the bilingual Journal of Anomalistics/Zeitschrift für Anomalistik (JAnom/ZfA),have seen fit to revisit the theme of PF’s 39th Annual International Conference held in Dublin in 1991 that was devoted to “Women and Parapsychology.” The… Continue Reading
It is inconceivable, which is apparent as to where the world finds itself today with Ukraine, that we find ourselves back reminiscent of 1939 Europe poised on the brink of a world war. With that thought in mind I turned to monthly editorials written by Eileen J. Garrett from 1941-1951 for her Tomorrow Magazine that… Continue Reading
While as many of you know the future of the library continues to loom big in my psyche I have come to understand that the archives that I personally hold of my grandmother’s correspondence along with PF’s grant files etc. hold equal and some might think more value. I have come to realize that now… Continue Reading
Today is literally the PF’s 70th anniversary of its founding in 1951! The fact that we actually made it through a very challenging year makes the event all the more sweet. The PF as envisioned by Eileen J. Garrett, my grandmother, would provide a worldwide forum for the support of scientific exploration of psychic phenomena. … Continue Reading
By now many of you may be aware of PF’s quandary. As finances have been dwindling the unexpected shock was that the Eileen J. Garrett Research Library’s landlord has put the building up for sale. Too bad I didn’t inherit Garrett’s psychic gift. I attach an appeal some of you may have seen already in… Continue Reading
It gives me enormous pride both professionally and personally to know that Eileen J. Garrett has been included in the Society for Psychical Research’s PSI Encyclopedia. I know personally how much work her entry’s author, Dr. Jim Matlock, put into this contribution as he continually shot questions to me for clarification and greater understanding of… Continue Reading
For those of us who knew personally and truly loved CARLOS S. ALVARADO and those who respected and admired his scholarly work along with the multitude of students around the world he touched, you may well remember as confirmed by his widow, Dr. Nancy L. Zingrone, that he often said “…and the ride continues”. In… Continue Reading