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Recommended Reading List

* Journals on Parapsychology:

European Journal of Parapsychology.
Published once yearly by the Koestler Chair of Parapsychology, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh EH8 9JZ.
Journal of the American Society for Psychical Research.
Published quarterly by the Society, 5 West 73rd Street, New York, N.Y. 10023, USA.
Journal of Parapsychology.
Published quarterly by the Parapsychology Press, a subsidiary of FRNM, P.O. Box 6847, College Station, Durham, N.C. 27708, USA.
Journal of the Society for Psychical Research.
Published quarterly by the Society, 49 Marloes Road, London, W8 6LA.
The Skeptical Inquirer.
Official Journal of the Committee for the Scientific Investigation of Claims of the Paranormal. Published quarterly. Box 229, Central Park Station, Buffalo, New York 14215.

* Experimental Parapsychology:

Broughton, R. Parapsychology: The Controversial Science New York: Ballantine Books(1991).
Edge, H.L., Morris, R.L., Rush, J.H. & Palmer, J. Foundations of Parapsychology: Exploring the Boundaries of Human Capability. London: Routledge & Kegan Paul (1986).
Eysenck, H.J. & Sargent, C. Explaining the Unexplained: Mysteries of the Paranormal. London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson (1982).
Irwin, H. J. An Introduction to Parapsychology, London: McFarland (1989).
Krippner, S. (Ed.) Advances in Parapsychological Research (Volumes 1 - 6) . New York: Plenum Press (1977, 1978, 1982); London: McFarland (1984, 1987, 1991).
Schmeidler, G.R. Parapsychology and Psychology, London: McFarland (1988).
Shapin, B. & Coly, L. (Eds.) Psi and States of Awareness. New York: Parapsychology Foundation (1978).
Wolman, B.B. (Ed.) Handbook of Parapsychology. New York: Van Nostrand Reinhold (1977).

* Skepticism and Parapsychology:

Alcock, J.E. Parapsychology: Science or Magic? A Psychological Perspective. Oxford: Pergamon (1981).
Hansel, C.E.M. The Search for Psychic Power Buffalo, New York: Prometheus (1989).
Hines, T. Pseudoscience and the Paranormal. Buffalo, New York: Prometheus Books (1988).
Kurtz, P. (Ed.) A Skeptic's Handbook of Parapsychology. Buffalo, New York: Prometheus (1985).
Marks, D. & Kammann, R. The Psychology of the Psychic. Buffalo, New York: Prometheus (1980).
Zusne, L. & Jones, W.H. Anomalistic Psychology. (2nd Ed.) London: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates (1989).

* Psychical Research:

Gauld, A. The Founders of Psychical Research. London: Routledge & Kegan Paul (1968).
Grattan-Guinness, I. (Ed.) Psychical Research: A Guide to its History, Principles and Practices. Wellingborough, Northamptonshire: Aquarian Press (1982).
Inglis, B. Science and Parascience: A History of the Paranormal 1914-1939. London: Hodder & Stoughton (1984).
Inglis, B. The Paranormal: An Encyclopedia of Psychic Phenomena. Glasgow: Grafton Books (1985).
Inglis, B. The Hidden Power. London: Jonathan Cape (1986).

* Survival Research:

Abbot, D.P. Behind the Scenes with the Mediums. London: Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner & Co. (1907).
Brandon, R. The Spiritualists: The Passion for the Occult in the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries. Buffalo, New York: Prometheus (1983).
Burger, E. Spirit Theater. (Available from Magic Books by Post, 29 Hill Avenue, Bedminster, Bristol BS3 4SN, England) (1986).
Christopher, M. Search for the Soul. New York: Thomas Y. Crowell (1979).
Crookes, W. Researches in the Phenomena of Spiritualism. (Included in R. G. Medhurst, Crookes and the Spirit World. New York: Taplinger, 1972)
Gauld, A. Mediumship and Survival: A Century of Investigations. London: Paladin (1982).
Gauld, A. & Cornell, A.D. Poltergeists. London: Routledge & Kegan Paul (1979).
Kastenbaum, R. Is There Life After Death? London: Rider (1984).
Keene, M.L. The Psychic Mafia. New York: Dill (1976).
Mackenzie, A. The Seen and the Unseen. London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson (1987).
Mulholland, J. Beware Familiar Spirits. London: Charles Scribner's Sons (1938).
Price, H. & Dingwall, E.J. Revelations of a Spirit Medium. London: Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner & Co. (1922).
Ring, R. Heading Toward Omega: In search of the meaning of the Near Death Experience, New York: William Morrow (1984).
Ring, K. Life at Death: A Scientific Investigation of the Near-Death Experience. New York: Coward, McCann & Geoghegan (1980).

* Philosophy and Parapsychology:

Collins, H.M. & Pinch, T.J. Frames of Meaning: The Social Construction of Extraordinary Science. London: Routledge & Kegan Paul (1982).
French, P.A. (Ed.) Philosophers in Wonderland: Philosophy and Psychical Research. St. Paul, Minnesota: Llewellyn (1975).
Grim, P. (Ed.) Philosophy of Science and the Occult. Albany: New York: State University of New York Press (1982).
Hanen, M.P., Osler, M.J. and Weyant, R.G. (Eds.) Science, Pseudo-Science and Society. Waterloo, Ontario: Wilfrid Laurier University Press (1980).
Ludwig, J. (Ed.) Philosophy and Parapsychology. Buffalo, New York: Prometheus (1978).
Thakur, S.C. Philosophy and Psychical Research. London: George Allen & Unwin (1976).
Wheatley, J.M.O. & Edge, H.L. Philosophical Dimensions of Parapsychology. Springfield, Illinois: Charles C. Thomas (1976).

* Arthur Koestler's Writings dealing with Parapsychology:

Hardy, A., Harvie, R., & Koestler, A. The Challenge of Chance: A Mass Experiment in Telepathy and its Unexpected Outcome. New York: Vintage Books (1975).
Koestler, A. & Smythies, J.R. (Eds.) Beyond Reductionism: New Perspectives in the Life Sciences. London: Hutchinson (1969).
Koestler, A. The Roots of Coincidence. London: Hutchinson (1972).
Koestler, A. Janus: A Summing Up. London: Hutchinson (1978).

* Out-of-the-Body Experiences:

Blackmore, S.J. Beyond the Body: An Investigation of Out-of-the-Body Experiences. London: Heineman (1982).
Gabbard, G.O. & Twemlow, S.W. With the Eyes of the Mind. New York: Praegar Scientific (1984).
Green, C.E. Out-of-the-Body Experiences. London: Hamish Hamilton (1968).
Irwin, H. J. Flight of Mind: A Psychological Study of the Out-of-Body Experience. Metuchen, N.J.: Scarecrow Press (1985).

* Recommended Readings on Physics and Parapsychology:

D'Espagnat, B. In Search of Reality. New York: Springer-Verlag (1983).
Jahn, R.G, & Dunne, B.J. Margins of Reality. San Diego: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich (1987).
LeShan, L. From Newton to ESP. Wellingborough, Northamptonshire: Turnstone Press (1984).
LeShan, L. & Margenau, H. Einstein's Space & Van Gogh's Sky. New York: Macmillan (1982).
Oteri, L. (Ed.) Quantum Physics and Parapsychology. Proceedings of an International Conference. New York: Parapsychology Foundation, Inc. (1975).
Prigogine, I. & Stengers, I. Order Out of Chaos. Toronto: Bantam Books (1984).
Rothman, M. A Physicist's Guide to Skepticism. Buffalo, New York: Prometheus Books (1988).
Wilber, K. (Ed.) Quantum Questions. Boulder, Colorado: Shambhala (1984).
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