Comments on “Harnessing the Paranormal Community”

A note: I read Auerbach’s essay on “Harnessing the Paranormal Community” with great interest. It is a good one, but I felt it ignored the relationship between serious investigators and hobbyists. There was no acknowledgement for the letter, and of course, it was not published. I do not expect everything I send in to be published, but past … Read more

Opinion Setters: What to Believe

Introduction for Opinion Setters You can tell you are in a maturing community when you notice that a few truths have begun to dominate how people in your community think. These truths may be little more than the belief of a few of the more dynamic opinion setters, but the need for objective support is seldom considered. … Read more

Let’s talk About God

Introduction This essay introduces a metaphysical model for God that satisfies current understanding of the nature of reality based on parapsychological and survival research with emphasis on the evidence of transcommunication. It is common to hear people speak of God, usually in grand terms such as “God is the all-knowing yet unknowable punisher of the … Read more

Norms of Paranormal Phenomena

Normal Paranormal Here is an interesting idea. Many forms of psychokinesis are seen as resulting from the influence of intention on a random process. What I refer to as transform EVP is apparently the influence of the transcommunicator’s intention on background noise. Background noise can be generalized as being a random process. The same goes for … Read more

Practitioner Advocacy Panel

Also see Open Letter to Paranormalists: Limits of science, trust and responsibility These practices are recommendations provided under the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial- Alike 3.0 Unported License Abstract A panel is proposed to monitor research protocols and final reports for reasonableness of conclusions and research ethics to assure ethical treatment of research subjects and protect the greater … Read more

The Razor’s Edge – Katha Upanishad

Also see: The Hermes Concepts Metaphysical View of John 14 The Razor’s Edge – Katha Upanishad The One Thing Christmas is for Compassion Introduction The Razor’s Edge refers to one of the ancient wisdoms concerned with the development of spiritual maturity. You may remember that there is a book titled The Razor’s Edge, and later, at … Read more