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As each week goes by I often find myself stumbling across various news, social media posts, blogs, articles, books, and more in relation to the paranormal. Often some of these pass me by never to be seen again, which can be a shame as when I see them I know that I want to read more on them. However, it can often be the wrong time, there are other more pressing things to take care of. As we are often bombarded by lots of this such information on a daily basis, a lot is lost in the digital ether.
So, what I wanted to do with this regular post is attempt to gather some various pieces of information that others like me may be interested to read. I’ve broken this down into a few categories below for now, hopefully you’ll like it – would love to hear your thoughts on the matter?
SLOW NEWS WEEK OR JUST MISSED THE NEWS?
This week has been a little busy for me and as a result I must have missed anything news worthy to share with you all. However, if you have a piece of paranormal news you would like to share then please go ahead and share it in the comments below. Perhaps its a piece of work that has been keeping you busy or some locally reported activity you would like to share. Either way, please go ahead and share below.
Here is a few of the items that caught my eye this week on social media.
- Will I Survive? @GaryLachman takes a look at what it is being said about the Afterlife newdawnmagazine.com/articles/will-… #afterlife #reincarnation #neardeathexperience https://twitter.com/newdawnmagazine/status/1284808284931686401?s=12
- I sat down with the team from Paranormal Concept on their podcast for a thought provoking discussion getting into the nuts and bolts of EVP. https://twitter.com/sarahllifs/status/1297321186523672576?s=12
- We live a good book recommendation here! You can’t have too many books 😉So which books about GHOSTS would you recommend? #hauntedhappening https://twitter.com/centremyth/status/1297087432379305984?s=12
- Tuned in to ‘Science of Things Spiritual: Do Tables Tilt, Turn And Float? Table Levitation Phenomena’ with archivist Walter Meyer zu Erpen this evening. Thanks to @seance_book for organising. https://twitter.com/graceanagle/status/1296883889030475776?s=12
- When is the only time you should believe a Tory MP? When they tell you something impossible. https://twitter.com/drsugg/status/1296541523035795458?s=12
- Ian Stevenson, Reincarnation and Biology: A Contribution to the Etiology of Birthmarks and Birth Defects (2 vols., 1997) : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive archive.org/details/reinca… via @internetarchive https://twitter.com/markdrudningen/status/1296148369560150016?s=12
- was a banquet to celebrate the SPR’s centenary. This is the menu card kept by Tony Cornell (ADC), signed by some of the guests: archive.org/details/sprpa-… https://twitter.com/spr1882/status/1296323768420376576?s=12
- @ASSAParanormal @SPR1882 @GhostClub1862 Latest update to my compendium of #ghosts and #hauntings, including the results of recent communications with locations paullee.com/ghosts/ghostgeo https://twitter.com/drplee/status/1295777286445322247?s=12
- Paranormal Review 94 edited by @LeoRuickbie is now available to members of the SPR on the @SPR1882 website. Contributors include @GhostFraser and @ashleyknibb. Editorial and Contents here: spr.ac.uk/sites/spr.ac.u… As usual members need to log in to download the complete issue. https://twitter.com/c_morck/status/1295796927838248960?s=12
- Our next members-only webinar is ‘In Conversation with Prof Bernard Carr’, 8 September. Details here: spr.ac.uk/civicrm/event/… https://twitter.com/spr1882/status/1295762021909172233?s=12
- Catch me chatting about miserable Victorians and fake ghosts at 7pm tonight! https://twitter.com/katecherrell/status/1295724368681676800?s=12
- DOCLANDS Documentary Film Festival has selected ‘American ESPionage’ @AmESPionage as one of the projects for this year’s DOCPITCH competition. See the pitch and vote for it here (you have until 11:59pm Wed 19th): https://twitter.com/spr1882/status/1295607770927038464?s=12
- I’ll be giving Part 2 of my Colin Wilson talk -postponed since March by coronamania – online on 30 August at 7:00 PM, UK time. This time it’s from existentialism to the occult – and a lot in between… Get your Faculty X in gear and register here: theosophicalsociety.org.uk https://twitter.com/garylachman/status/1294209539399651330?s=12
- Going to start reading “The Icelandic Physical Medium Indridi Indridason” from the society for psychical research’s proceedings vol 57 https://twitter.com/bdnen1/status/1294877612452352006?s=12
- Going to start reading “The Icelandic Physical Medium Indridi Indridason” from the society for psychical research’s proceedings vol 57 https://twitter.com/bdnen1/status/1294877612452352006?s=12
- Poltergeists of London – Wycliffe Road – YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AnQYCNMaVDc
- How Psychedelics Transform Consciousness Studies | Andrés Gómez Emilsson | Waking Cosmos – YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rF5iHglPDsM
- Does the CIA have a PSYCHIC SPY Program? – YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l1b2t4laLPs
- Parasomnias and the Paranormal – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9iMkChiKaPw
This section is somewhere I would like to share a few of the events, investigations, conventions and more that may interest you all. However, due to our current lockdown situation – I have now included online events.
- Seriously Strange is an online conference this year, it will be available free to our members. If you are not a member, you can join with memberships starting from as little as £5 per annum assap.ac.uk/newsite/htmlfi… Members please send an email to secretary@assap.ac.uk for invite https://twitter.com/assaparanormal/status/1296510492454858755?s=12
- Online Parapsychology Event: Dr. Edwin May – Informational Psi Theory Wednesday, August 19th Donations encouraged. Learn about one of the newest and most sophisticated theories of Psi from a leading researcher and theorist! ymlp.com/zMchhQ https://twitter.com/rhinepsience/status/1295028967309742080?s=12
- Buy tickets for our upcoming July Events | Mystics and Scientists Extra 2020 https://mysticsandscientists.org/index.php/tickets2020/
I often spend a lot of my time reading paranormal related blogs, books and articles. So, I figured this would be great to share with you all too. Blogs and online articles are often a great way to discover more on the paranormal and even challenge your own perception of some concepts. There will also likely be items from published journals and magazines too in the future – which of course will be limited to those with memberships to those organisations.
- Analysis of That Birmingham CCTV Ghost… – Hayley is a Ghost https://hayleyisaghost.co.uk/analysis-of-that-birmingham-cctv-ghost/
- Being Skeptical of Near-Death Experiences (Pt 1) | Jonathan MS Pearce https://www.patheos.com/blogs/tippling/2020/08/21/being-skeptical-of-near-death-experiences-pt-1/
- Do Japanese ghosts have a lifespan of roughly 400 years? – SoraNews24 -Japan News- https://soranews24.com/2020/08/05/do-japanese-ghosts-have-a-lifespan-of-roughly-400-years/
- LLIFS – Paranormal Book Club: Myth or Magic, Real or Hoax? | livinglifeinfullspectrum.com.au https://llifs.com.au/blog/paranormal-book-club-march/
- Do No Harm: Paranormal Eye-Witnesses and Mental Health – Hayley is a Ghost https://hayleyisaghost.co.uk/do-no-harm-paranormal-eye-witnesses-and-mental-health/
- Future and Cosmos: Still More Apparitions Seen by Multiple Observers https://futureandcosmos.blogspot.com/2020/08/still-more-apparitions-seen-by-multiple.html
- Poor Afterlife Logic: Author of ‘Robinson Crusoe’ talks Ghosts https://www.hauntedtheories.com/post/2020/08/15/poor-afterlife-logic-author-of-robinson-crusoe-talks-ghosts
- LLIFS – The myth behind the moon | livinglifeinfullspectrum.com.au https://llifs.com.au/blog/the-myth-behind-the-moon/
- Ken Ring Blog https://www.kenringblog.com/
- LLIFS – The Narrative Fallacy – Turning paranormal investigations into ghost stories? | livinglifeinfullspectrum.com.au https://llifs.com.au/blog/the-narrative-fallacy-turning-paranormal-investigations-into-ghost-stories/
- Beyond the Brain: Further Reaches of Consciousness Research https://www.beyondthebrain.org/
- Anomalist Books | simply phenomenal | Dangerous Pursuits https://www.anomalistbooks.com/book.cfm?id=108
- The Baltimore Poltergeist – Paranormal Study https://www.paranormalstudy.com/the-baltimore-poltergeist/
Although generally the idea of this post was to share some of what catches my eye in the paranormal field week to week. I thought it would be good to capture some of this stuff in one place. Makes it easier to find right?
However, there’s always going to be stuff I miss, so please feel free to send me items and I may include them too. It’s a good way to share a lot of what’s happening out there in the paranormal world.
Ashley Knibb 