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?
The Haunting of Alma Fielding
This week the haunting of Alma Fielding seemed to be something that just kept appearing in my feed, so here’s an article on it for you all. There’s also an event further down.
- The Haunting of Alma Fielding by Kate Summerscale, review: an electrifying paranormal tale https://inews.co.uk/culture/books/the-haunting-of-alma-fielding-kate-summerscale-review-695383
Here is a few of the items that caught my eye this week on social media.
- On Friday evening, I will be interviewing @Skionar about his book “A Natural History of Ghosts” for The Folklore Podcast Book Club. I pledge to put this episode out this weekend, before any other programmes with a similar title come out. Just in case you want to share it around. https://twitter.com/folklorepod/status/1316392476773625856?s=12
- CATHERINE CROWE British author and spiritualist. Her most famous book is a volume of #ghost stories called ‘The Night Side of Nature’ (1848), described by Dickens as “one of the most extraordinary collections” of supernatural tales he ever read #31DaysofHalloween https://twitter.com/xoxoitsnotdan/status/1316997563506216962?s=12
- Hi @AstonshngLegnds I am listening to the Ouija podcast and I thought you would like to see this section of books we have at the library I work at. Don’t worry I try not to speak Latin at the books… https://twitter.com/scullybully/status/1317106223897022470?s=12
- This would be an excellent online event for the @BcuPscyhSoc and @BCU_Psychology students to watch. https://twitter.com/ninja__cats/status/1316783528466616320?s=12
- I have enjoyed reading the submissions of your personal experiences with JOTT/Disappearing Object Phenomenon. You can sign your name or be completely anonymous. To submit your story head to: https://twitter.com/sarahllifs/status/1317344402180694017?s=12
- Swedish psychical researchers Eira Hellberg and Ellen Roosval who with some others organized Psykiska mötet (Psychical Meeting) at Visby on island Gotland in summer 1929. Among the activities offered were the testing of the “Mexican clairvoyant drug” (mexikanska klarsynsdrogen). https://twitter.com/drpathistorian/status/1317541426834690052?s=12
- Psychoanalyzing Parapsychology with Jacob Glazier – YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U2Ubo-BOifc
- Scientific Evidence of the Afterlife – YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ONUUvhs1Uuo
- Pseudo-science: Sheldrake-Vernon Dialogue 60 – YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ekeDceDjTlc
- Dr. Gayle Kimball Explores the Mysteries of Frontier Science |466| – YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RNfxpkuPKVw
- is there life after death 6 – YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=budWynn1F4c
- October 2020 Tour of the Parapsychology Online YouTube Channel – YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wcE2IxTBbeA
- Henry Slade and the 4th Dimension (A Documentary by Dr Keith Parsons) – YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7lL5zL39eM0
- InPresence 0198: Geoffrey Hodson and the Cottingley Fairies – YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7WGssopZcig
- Ep. 4: A Natural History of Ghosts – YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HpofpRaM6sk
- Kardec Spiritism – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-vqGtU940Og&feature=share
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.
- Online event: The Haunting of Alma Fielding by Kate Summerscale TICKET+BOOK Tickets, Thu 29 Oct 2020 at 19:00 | Eventbrite https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/online-event-the-haunting-of-alma-fielding-by-kate-summerscale-ticketbook-tickets-120236758381
- Registration | Beyond the Veil Summit 2020 https://beyondtheveilsummit.com/
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.
- Crossed Wires and Community in 19th-Century Dreams – The Good Men Project https://goodmenproject.com/culture/crossed-wires-and-community-in-19th-century-dreams/
- How parapsychology changed psychology – Richard Wiseman https://richardwiseman.wordpress.com/2020/10/14/how-parapsychology-changed-psychology/
- Who You Gonna Call? It’s Time to Go Ghost Hunting https://interestingengineering.com/who-you-gonna-call-its-time-to-go-ghost-hunting
- Future and Cosmos: When an Apparition Is Seen by Not Just One https://futureandcosmos.blogspot.com/2020/08/when-apparition-is-seen-by-several-or.html
- Anti-Fascist Holism and Jewish Parapsychology: Another Look at Hitler’s Monsters – Forbidden Histories https://www.forbiddenhistories.com/hitlers-monsters-part-2-2/
- LLIFS – It is ok to outgrow your current situation | livinglifeinfullspectrum.com.au https://llifs.com.au/blog/it-is-ok-to-outgrow-your-current-situatio/
- LLIFS – Are we willing to accept evidence? | livinglifeinfullspectrum.com.au https://llifs.com.au/blog/are-we-willing-to-accept-evidence/
- Online Survey | Built with Qualtrics Experience Management™ https://buckspsychology.eu.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_agRtkugZiWsA8Vn?Q_JFE=qdg
- Callum E Cooper | Psi Encyclopedia https://psi-encyclopedia.spr.ac.uk/articles/callum-e-cooper
- Rhine Research Center | Psi Encyclopedia https://psi-encyclopedia.spr.ac.uk/articles/rhine-research-center
- Dreams and Past-Life Memory | Psi Encyclopedia https://psi-encyclopedia.spr.ac.uk/articles/dreams-and-past-life-memory
- Suicide and Reincarnation | Psi Encyclopedia https://psi-encyclopedia.spr.ac.uk/articles/suicide-and-reincarnation
- Henry Sidgwick | Psi Encyclopedia https://psi-encyclopedia.spr.ac.uk/articles/henry-sidgwick
- Why Your Brain Wants to Believe in Ghosts and the Supernatural | Discover Magazine https://www.discovermagazine.com/mind/why-your-brain-wants-to-believe-in-ghosts-and-the-supernatural
- The Rise and Fall of a Celebrity Psychic | Mysterious Universe https://mysteriousuniverse.org/2020/10/the-rise-and-fall-of-a-celebrity-psychic/
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 