Парапсихология

The book by Professor C. Hansel is devoted to a critical analysis of various phenomena of parapsychology, as well as related spiritualism, “mental mediumship,” etc. The author analyzes the quantitative experiments of D. Rhine, S. Soul, J. Pratt to identify extrasensory abilities subjects, describes in detail the conditions of these experiments, possible sources of error and methods of deception. The book also gives an excursion into the history of parapsychology and spiritualism - from the Fox sisters to the 1960s.

CONTENTS:

Introduction. Paranormal phenomena: facts, definitions, probability (5).

Chapter 1. Origins of psychic research (17).

Chapter 2. Subject of psychic research (26).

Chapter 3. Data Analysis (33).

Chapter 4. Early Research (46).

Chapter 5. Early Years at Duke University (64).

Chapter 6. Years of controversy. 1934-1940 (84).

Chapter 7. The Pierce-Pratt experiment (99).

Chapter 8. The Pratt-Woodruff experiment (116).

Chapter 9. Soul's experiment - Goldney (136).

Chapter 10. Welsh telepathic schoolchildren (166).

Chapter 11. Psychokinesis (192).

Chapter 12. Recent developments in ESP research (205).

Chapter 13. Results of experimental work (223).

Chapter 14. Stories about strange events (230).

Chapter 15. Spiritualism (253).

Chapter 16. Mental Mediums (273).

Chapter 17. Conclusion (285).

Cited sources (296).

Afterword to the Russian edition (305).