Overview…
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?
Pandemic PSI & Essex’s 13 Haunted Pubs
This week I thought I would draw a little attention to an article about Psi during the Pandemic, which is certainly well timed. Also, the 13 haunted pubs of Essex shown in the news.
- PandemicPSI https://www.pandemicpsi.com/
- Halloween: Essex’s 13 spooky pubs and the haunted ghost stories behind them – Essex Live https://www.essexlive.news/news/essex-news/halloween-essexs-13-spooky-pubs-4538766
Here is a few of the items that caught my eye this week on social media.
- Looking forward to our virtual talk on history and literature of ghosts with the brilliant Dr Katherine Byrne @at_ulster In conjunction with @spcnews and @UlsterArts Thursday 22nd October 2020 7pm Should be fun. See poster for further details @USIHS36 @UlsterUni @HurchinHome https://twitter.com/snedandrew/status/1311729435956178944?s=12
- “Hey everyone, we’re making a TV show about unexplained happenings, if anyone has any video footage they’d like featured on the show please email me julia.thompson@back2back.tv” #UFOTwitter 🛸🛸🛸🛸 https://twitter.com/onunexplained/status/1310522938110758912?s=12
- Marvellous to hear @SPR1882 mentioned on @BBCr4today this morning and looking forward to reading this. There’s a new study collecting contemporary experiences of paranormal/ psychical activity during the pandemic here if anyone has anything to share: pandemicpsi.com https://twitter.com/zarashirwan/status/1310664546969845760?s=12
- Religious Miracles with Michael Grosso – YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dVI8a8HqwjM
- #77 Mary Rose Barrington and Psychokinesis – YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IRLVUgh3_hE
- Introduction to Parapsychology Part 3 by Nancy L. Zingrone – YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ne2bVQfJ2C0
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.
- Dr. Kim Penberthy – An Introduction to the Study of the Mind-Body Relationship with a Focus on Extraordinary Experiences and Fear of Death – Scientific and Medical Network https://explore.scimednet.org/index.php/events/event/dr-kim-penberthy-an-introduction-to-the-study-of-the-mind-body-relationship-at-the-division-of-perceptual-studies-with-a-focus-on-extraordinary-experiences-and-fear-of-death/
- Aesthetic and Scientific Epistemologies of the Occult in the XIX Century – Professur für Literatur- und Kulturwissenschaft | ETH Zürich https://lit.ethz.ch/news-und-veranstaltungen/events/aesthetic-and-scientific-epistemologies-of-the-occult-in-the-xix.html
- ONLINE London Fortean Society: Calling the Spirits – A History of Seances – Conway Hall https://conwayhall.org.uk/event/online-london-fortean-society-calling-the-spirits-a-history-of-seances/
- Professor Chris Roe: Recent Developments in Parapsychology via ZOOM – The Sir Arthur Conan Doyle Centre https://www.arthurconandoylecentre.com/whatson/professor-chris-roe/
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.
- LLIFS – The rhyme or reason behind paranormal investigating | livinglifeinfullspectrum.com.au https://llifs.com.au/blog/the-rhyme-or-reason-behind-paranormal-investigating/
- The Haunting Of Alma Fielding: A True Ghost Story by Kate Summerscale review – Stranger than fiction | Sublime Horror https://www.sublimehorror.com/books/the-haunting-of-alma-fielding-a-true-ghost-story-by-kate-summerscale-review/
- Future and Cosmos: A Seance Prediction Matching a Senator’s Most Unlikely Fate https://futureandcosmos.blogspot.com/2020/08/rarely-mentioned-19th-century-evidence.html
- Triablogue: Stephen Braude’s New Book http://triablogue.blogspot.com/2020/09/stephen-braudes-new-book.html
- Head Truth: A 330-Page E-Book of Mine, Available for Free https://headtruth.blogspot.com/2020/09/a-330-page-e-book-of-mine-available-for.html
- Do You Believe In Ghosts? | Connecticut Public Radio https://www.wnpr.org/post/do-you-believe-ghosts
- LLIFS – JOTT: Just One Of Those Things | livinglifeinfullspectrum.com.au https://llifs.com.au/blog/jott-just-one-of-those-things/
- LLIFS – Dowsing | livinglifeinfullspectrum.com.au https://llifs.com.au/blog/dowsing/
- LLIFS – Pepper’s Ghost | livinglifeinfullspectrum.com.au https://llifs.com.au/blog/peppers-ghost/
- MAGONIA REVIEW: SEEING THE LIGHT https://pelicanist.blogspot.com/2020/09/seeing-light.html
- SurvivalAfterDeath | CienciasPsíquicas: Voz Informativa – Diciembre de 1954 – PDF http://survivalafterdeath.blogspot.com/2020/09/voz-informativa-diciembre-de-1954-pdf.html
- LLIFS – Are we willing to accept evidence? | livinglifeinfullspectrum.com.au https://llifs.com.au/blog/are-we-willing-to-accept-evidence/
- New Books and Media | spr.ac.uk https://www.spr.ac.uk/news-and-blogs/new-books
- Author Interview XXV: Dark Cognition: Evidence for Psi and Its Implications for Consciousness, by David Vernon – Parapsychology https://carlossalvarado.wordpress.com/2020/09/28/author-interview-xxv-dark-cognition-evidence-for-psi-and-its-implications-for-consciousness-by-david-vernon/
- Interview with Dr. Ciaran O’Keeffe http://coloradoparanormal.tripod.com/ciaranokeeffe.html Murder, Mystery and Moneylending: The Peculiar Tale of the Cock Lane Ghost https://historycollection.com/murder-mystery-moneylending-peculiar-tale-cock-lane-ghost/
- (PDF) Exploring Gaslighting Effects via the VAPUS Model for Ghost Narratives https://www.researchgate.net/publication/340509425_Exploring_Gaslighting_Effects_via_the_VAPUS_Model_for_Ghost_Narratives
- A Parapsychological Naturalist: A Tribute to Mary Rose Barrington (January 31, 1926 – February 20, 2020) | Journal of Scientific Exploration https://journalofscientificexploration.org/index.php/jse/article/view/1845?utm_source=Society+for+Scientific+Exploration&utm_campaign=d56f4513f0-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2020_09_29_09_14&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_857696ca87-d56f4513f0-2367289
- Triablogue: Enfield Miscellany (Part 4) http://triablogue.blogspot.com/2020/10/enfield-miscellany-part-4.html
- Prof Jim Tucker: Do Children Recall Past Lives? An Exploration of the Evidence | Mystics and Scientists Extra 2020 https://mysticsandscientists.org/index.php/prof-jim-tucker-do-children-recall-past-lives/
- The Haunting Of Alma Fielding: A True Ghost Story by Kate Summerscale review – Stranger than fiction | Sublime Horror https://www.sublimehorror.com/books/the-haunting-of-alma-fielding-a-true-ghost-story-by-kate-summerscale-review/
- The U.S. Government’s Remote Viewing Cult | Top Secret Writers https://www.topsecretwriters.com/2020/09/the-u-s-governments-remote-viewing-cult/
- The Objectification of IRVA Research Unit | by Grin Spickett | Remote Viewing Community Magazine | Sep, 2020 | Medium https://medium.com/remote-viewing-community-magazine/the-objectification-of-irva-research-unit-72f68bd8e6e6
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 