Phenomena

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

by Tom Butler Updated October 2014 Abstract This is a discussion about the nature of mediumship and how it relates to other forms of transcommunication. In Spiritualism, a distinction is made between mediumship and psychic functioning; however, predictions can be made based on the Trans-survival Hypothesis that both should be considered first from the perspective … Read more

Abstract You may know this subject as spiritual healing. Perhaps a more progressive term is energy healing, but if you really want to be technically correct, I believe “biofield therapy” is the term becoming popular in parapsychology. In their essence, the various modalities of healing involve the expression of a practitioner’s (the healer) intention to … Read more

Abstract Communication between a physical person and a discarnate person has been reported throughout history. It is referred to here as transcommunication (“trans-” for across the veil.) Historical reports were typically in a religious context such as God talking to Moses as reported in the Bible. Today, transcommunication is more often reported as contact between … Read more