Parapsychology

Some experts have said that we actually only use about 10% of our minds' total potential. Imagine what would be like, then, if we could access the 90% of mind power that currently remains dormant. We could truly have incredible results. Whether born with extra sensory or psychic powers, scientists believe these are powers people were able to access within their own minds. Whether they had been born with these increased mindpower abilities or they were developed throughout life. We're not sure yet

Studies have been performed to determine the correlation between an individuals paranormal belief with their locus of control, as well as their level of sensation seeking behavior. With the limited studies that have be carried out, results have been revealed indicating that those with an external locus of control are more likely to have a greater overall paranormal belief (Scheidt, 1973). Those with an external locus believe that the outcome of situations in their lives are not within their own control

There are many things in our world that we cannot explain. We’ve used religion, science, stories, and theories, anything we could come up with to explain life’s mysteries. One subject of interest that we are all still stumped on are things classified as paranormal. Paranormal activity is a very debatable topic, with some saying ghosts and poltergeists are as real as you and me, while others try to explain the weird happenings as something natural. Even if one believes in the paranormal or not, the

Agustina Moreira J.Bowen British Lit/Comp 19 October 2016 Psychic Abilities Throughout the course of history,there have been many psychic occurrences. Some people talk about having psychic powers or psychic abilities, such as having a sixth sense. A sixth sense is a sense that is beyond the five physical senses – touching, seeing, smelling, hearing and tasting. The five senses are so common, most people do not even notice they are using them. A sixth sense is often referred to as a metaphysical

People claim to have had paranormal encounters while wearing Dr. Michael Persingers God Helmet. Given that the helmet exposes a weak magnetic field beside ones temporal lobes, this is very much possible. Persinger believed that electromagnetic changes in earths crust during earthquakes might cause unusual atmospheric phenomena. Considering that earthquakes do generate weak magnetic fields, he thought that individuals may experience paranormal phenomena in result. Creating the helmet, he put his experiment

PSI theory is based on unusual human information processing such as sensing, energy transfer and controlled by physical, biological or psychological mechanisms. The participants were three well know psychics. One of the psychic s had received attention in the British news media because he had predicated several crimes, attacks and disasters. The psychic stated the predications happened in his dreams and he was taken seriously by the police department. The other participants in the experiment were

You walk into the house of a new friend. As you scope it out, you realize something a bit strange… You’ve been there before. But not exactly in person. You think about it a little bit, and you then realize that it was in a dream, a dream that perfectly portrayed with every small detail the exact room you’re now standing in. Sound familiar? This is an experience that is not as rare as most people think. For many, these arbitrary feelings of extreme familiarity, known as déjà vu, come through dreams

Designing on ESP Study Zener cards The purpose of this essay is to create an experiment that test whether or not psychics have clairvoyant power. 1a. Dr. Venkman believes that psychics are the only one who has this special clairvoyant power that no regular person has. 1b. In his article How ESP Works, Tom Harris reveals that no one are ability to prove that extra- sensory perception (ESP), exist. For example, Harris uses the scenario of a man who wrote a book about a sunken ship, which had the same

ASSIGNMENT 2 What are some of the core concepts and theory when considering the transpersonal approach? The work of the transpersonal draws largely from mainstream psychological concepts and theory in order to ground its practice in science. However, unlike mainstream psychological paradigms, the transpersonal acknowledges that “our essential nature is spiritual” (Phoenix Institute of Australia, 2012) and that as human beings we have “valid urges towards the spiritual” (Phoenix Institute

It is no big shocker that over the years the subject of clairvoyant powers has been a target of theory, mystery, fear, and even superstition. Those who cannot understand a thing tend to fear a thing, and it is no surprise because clairvoyants have an uncanny gift to see beyond, into places that most other people cannot. This is why it is a source of such controversy and even jealousy at times. Clairvoyance refers to the ability to see events, people or objects which are otherwise not visible through