The Parapsychology Research and Education free online course is now open for enrollment. The schedule has been restructured and the course now has a specific topic, “Survival of Death and Parapsychology.” Enrollment for the course opened on March 21st and will close on May 31st. To enroll click here and to see a quick tutorial… Continue Reading
In a family, from among a lineage of formidable, dedicated, and productive women, the current President of the Parapsychology Foundation has certainly made her mark on the field. In February of 1969, Lisette Coly, not yet 20 years old, walked into the Parapsychology Foundation offices then at 29 West 57th Street in New York City,… Continue Reading
This blog has two goals: to highlight the sustained commitment of the Parapsychology Foundation (PF) to education of students and researchers in the field; and to shine a light on how one of the PF’s programs — the YouTube Channel — can help with self-education. The PF’s Focus on Education and Research The Parapsychology Foundation… Continue Reading
Well, it is hard to believe that December 2018 has rolled around so quickly. The year has passed in a blur. I am disappointed that due to scheduling difficulties we were unable to present our usual online Book Expo. However in lieu of that I just filmed a special Holiday PF Book Expo which was… Continue Reading
My grandmother, trance medium, Eileen J. Garrett was known to be ambivalent as to the meaning of her mediumship. As countless others who also face dealing with psychic manifestations she at first was understandably very uncomfortable with this so called “gift”. She has written and underscored often her appreciation for the works of Edward Carpenter… Continue Reading
One of the PF’s most valued friends and colleagues in Europe is the PF International Affiliate for Sweden, Dr. Etzel Cardeña, Thorsen Professor of Psychology and Director of the Center for Research on Consciousness and Anomalous Psychology at Lund University in Sweden. Etzel won the 1985 Eileen J. Garrett Scholarship Award of the PF when… Continue Reading
It gives me great pleasure to announce that Dr. Jack Hunter has been appointed our newest Research Fellow, joining Drs. Carlos Alvarado, Kathy Dalton, James Matlock and Nancy Zingrone in that capacity. We have been proudly following Jack’s academic career since he was awarded the 2010 Eileen J. Garrett Scholarship and a subsequent grant to… Continue Reading
While trying to enjoy the dog days of summer I have been upside down in my “mystery boxes” of all sorts of Garrett correspondence, writings, interviews. So often people to this date continue to ask me what Eileen J. Garrett was really like. I happened to unearth the March 14, 1959 issue of The New… Continue Reading
From the desk of Lisette Coly: I hope you are all enjoying a summer holiday in some respect. I have just returned from a visit to my husband’s family to the island of Chios, Greece in the Northeast Aegean. While in Athens I did seize the opportunity to visit Delphi, the home of the oracles… Continue Reading
The Fifth Eileen J. Garrett Library Fellow, Dr. James G. Matlock, conducted research in the archives of the Garrett Library this past May. Jim, who is also a Research Fellow of the Parapsychology Foundation, is writing a book about the nature, reception, and legacy of Ian Stevenson’s reincarnation studies. Dr. Ian Stevenson (1918-2007) who founded the… Continue Reading