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Favorite saying
Believe what you wish but understand the implications of what you believe
Current
- With my wife, Lisa, I am director of the Association TransCommunication (ATransC), which was founded by Sarah Estep in 1982 as the American Association of Electronic Voice Phenomena.
- Ordained by the National Spiritualist Association of Churches (nsac.org) and certified as a spiritual healer, mental medium and National Spiritualist Teacher.
- Webmaster for the ATransC website (atransc.org) and my personal website at ethericstudies.org.
- Testing and explaining the Implicit Cosmology model which is based on an elaboration of the Survival Hypothesis referred to as the Trans-Survival Hypothesis.
- Mufon Field Investigator (mufon.com/)
Academic
Bachelor of Science degree in electrical and electronic engineering.
Work Experience
For the Department of Defense–four years in the US Air Force and Civil Service as an engineer for the USAF Logistic Command. In the communications industry, as a telephone systems technician, engineer, long-range strategic planning, network management systems planning, design, acquisition and deployment of network management systems.
White Noise Movie
Lisa and I helped Universal Studios market the original White Noise movie starring Michael Keaton. Scifislackers.com has an interesting overview of that work.
Past Organization Affiliations
Rosicrucian Order
Silva Method
Builders of the Adytum
Mensa
Eckankar
Delphi University
Monroe Institute
Morris Pratt
National Spiritualist Association of Churches
Wikipedia
Wikipedia editor as User: Tom Butler from March 2007 until February 2014. Most activity was in paranormal-related subjects. Participated in the establishment of Wiki policies for Paranormal and Pseudoscience articles.
Co-author
There is No Death and There are No Dead. Butler, Tom; Butler, Lisa. AA-EVP Publishing. 2003. ISBN: 0-9727493-0-6. ethericstudies.org/books-tom-butler/#There_is_No_Death_and_There_are_No_Dead.
ATransC NewsJournal. Butler, Tom; Butler, Lisa. Association TransCommunication. 2000-2014. atransc.org/category/archive/.
Author
Handbook of Metaphysics. Butler, Tom. Christopher Publishing House, Hanover, Mass. 1994. 02339. ISBN: 0-8158-0485-7. ethericstudies.org/books-tom-butler/#Handbook_of_Metaphysics.
One Who Cares. (a novel), Butler, Tom. Northwest Publishing, Inc., Salt Lake City, Utah (Publisher is now out of business). 1996, ISBN: 1-56901-692-5. ethericstudies.org/books-tom-butler/#One_Who_Cares.
Two Worlds, One Heart. (a novel) Butler, Tom. 1995, Commonwealth Publications, Edmonton, AB, Canada T6E 5C5 (Publisher is now out of business). ISBN: 1-55197-053-8. ethericstudies.org/books-tom-butler/#Two_Worlds,_One_Heart.
Your Immortal Self: Exploring the Mindful Way. Butler, Tom. AA-EVP Publishing. 2017. ISBN-13: 978-0972749398. ethericstudies.org/immortal_self/.
Exploring the Mindful Way. Butler, Tom. AA-EVP Publishing. 2018. ISBN-13: 978-0972749374. ethericstudies.org/exploring-the-mindful-way/.
Good to Know About the Paranormal Answers by Tom Butler to Quora.com Questions. Butler, Tom. AA-EVP Publishing. ASIN: B0894939V5. ethericstudies.org/answers/
Good to Know About the Paranormal Book 2 Answers by Tom Butler to Quora.com Questions. Butler, Tom. AA-EVP Publishing. ASIN: B0B4FK1WXK. ethericstudies.org/answers/
Transcommunication White Paper with Emphasis on Electronic Voice Phenomena (EVP)
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