Tom Butler 
This essay introduces a new blog. The objective is to highlight important topics to help paranormalists gain understanding about psychic and survival-related experiences. Emphasis will be on possible best practices, useful theories and techniques. Aspects of the community which tend to hinder progress will also be addressed. The tone will be a call to action … Read more
Ever Wonder Why Hitler Had So Many Willing Followers? It is easy for Trump supporters to pronounce with authority that the media is attacking Trump with fake news. “No, they aren’t” is not a useful retort. In fact, if the person believes that in the first place, there is little that can be said in a brief reply. … Read more
Tom Butler, 2017 First published in The Journal for Spiritual and Consciousness Studies. November 2017 (ascsi.org/) Abstract This is an explanation of the model being considered by the Association TransCommunication (ATransC) to help study Electronic Voice Phenomena (EVP). The model is based on lessons learned from instrumental and personal forms of mediumship, theories related to … Read more
Abstract The body-centric point of view is that we are our body, peering out at the world from inside of our head while seeking a way to relate to others … not their body, but the personality within. As one of the most important tools enabling progression, cooperative communities function as a place in which … Read more
Abstract In the song, If I Were Brave, singer Jana Stanfield (4) answers the question, “What would I do today, if I were brave?” with, “If I were brave, I’d walk the razor’s edge.” In the song, If I were brave is a reference to learning to follow our spiritual instincts. The Razor’s edge represents the … Read more