A New Science of the Paranormal: The Promise of Psychical Research

Author(s): Lawrence LeShan

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Mainline science rejects the paranormal because it cannot be proven by the classical methods of controlled experiments. But sciences such as geology, astronomy, and anthropology also don't rely on laboratory testing for repeatable results. Moreover, psi concerns consciousness, which is by definition nonquantitative. "Psi researchers must stop acting like science's poor relations," says author Lawrence LaShan, "limiting themselves to controlled experiments such as analyzing statistics of people guessing cards being flipped in the next room."
This provocative book outlines the principles of making a real study of the large, exciting events -- clairvoyance and precognition; mediumship and spirit controls; psychic healing -- that would bring mainline science into and revitalize the whole field. "And the issue is not just academic," says LeShan. "The old, materialistic worldview has not worked. Psychic research," he argues, "can transform our sense of reality itself to offer a new and more hopeful picture of ourselves and of the world."

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A New Science of the Paranormal is a stirring manifesto. LeShan offers compelling evidence that consciousness transcends time and space, and why science must confront and ultimately adapt these discoveries. History will judge Lawrence LeShan as one of the great visionaries of consciousness, and this book shows why.
-- Larry Dossey, MD, author of "The Power of Premonitions" and "Healing Words"

Is there anything new one can say about psychical research and parapsychology? Yes, there is, and Lawrence LeShan has said it beautifully. A New Science of the Paranormal is LeShan's distillation of decades of research and contemplation; it reveals a brilliant mind at the peak of its intellectual prowess.
--Stanley Krippner, PhD, Professor of Psychology, Saybrook Graduate School, co-editor, "Varieties of Anomalous Experience: Assessing the Scientific Evidence"

Drawing on a lifetime's research into the further reaches of consciousness, Lawrence LeShan brilliantly draws the outlines of a wider science and a deeper worldview. Compulsory reading, especially for professional psychologists and philosophers.
--David Lorimer, program director, Scientific and Medical Network

Larry LeShan's work has been of seminal importance to healers and parapsychologists for over 30 years. His compassion, curiosity, and vision have expanded our understanding of unity consciousness, psychic abilities, and the primary roles of love and intention in healing, showing that we are all, indeed, natural healers. Thank-you, Larry.
--Jane Katra, Ph.D., author of "Miracles of Mind", and "The Heart of the Mind"

General Fields

  • : 9780835608770
  • : Quest Books,U.S.
  • : Quest Books,U.S.
  • : 0.204
  • : 31 March 2009
  • : 229mm X 152mm X 13mm
  • : United States
  • : books

Special Fields

  • : Lawrence LeShan
  • : Paperback
  • : 168