Tom Butler 
Opinion 19 Includes comments on the 2024 Linda G. O’Bryant Noetic Sciences Research Winning Essays Version 2 changes: Change “spatial” to “dimensionless” in the description of reality as a dimensionless singularity that is conceptually infinitely large. Brief In 2024, the Institute of Noetic Science (IONS) sponsored an essay contest with the instruction to provide a … Read more
Introduction If the greater reality (aka etheric) is a singularity in the sense that nonlocality means everywhere is here, it is necessary to ask how we move about in the etheric compared to place-to-place movement in the physical. This Brief explains how the Implicit Cosmology supports mind-initiated movement from place-to-place in physical space. Examples Consider … Read more
Major Points of View Perhaps the most difficult lesson I have learned about the academic community is that it is necessary to identify the point of view of the person providing information about paranormal concepts. It is a matter of knowing if you can trust your teacher. Here are the basic points of … Read more
A speculation about how we “create” our world Introduction The Implicit Cosmology is a cosmological model that has helped me understand our spiritual nature, the world we live in and the phenomena we think of as paranormal. It is the model of reality I turn to when I see something that needs to be … Read more
The Question I suggest that skepticism may be a fear response. This seems especially true of denial skepticism as opposed to inquiry skepticism. Here, I define “denial skepticism” as the argument that something is not real or actual. “Inquiry skepticism,” then, would be a suspension of judgement until more is learned. Assumptions What we perceive … Read more
Definitions It is arguable that we all function psychically to some extent. In fact, it is commonly understood amongst Spiritualists that all mediums are psychics but not all psychics are mediums. Accessing information that is beyond the reach of our five senses is considered psychic functioning. A modern term for psychic functioning is Psi functioning … Read more