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1 Vernon Mews, London W14 0RL
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You can find the Society for Psychical Research on Facebook - Society for Psychical Research (SPR), and also where, to quote Irving Berlin, nothing but blue skies do I see: bsky.app/profile/spr1882.bsk…
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SPR Psi Encyclopedia: Goethe’s life and writings were deeply shaped by his mystical, spiritual and anomalous experiences. This article examines Goethe’s accounts of telepathy, precognition, hauntings, apparitions, reincarnation, and other phenomena. psi-encyclopedia.spr.ac.uk/a…
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The Society for Psychical Research retweeted
Get a FREE copy of the Halloween issue of Psychic News Magazine Simply email: [email protected] and we’ll send you a pdf HAPPY HALLOWEEN #Halloween #freestuff #FreeGifts #psychic #psychicmedium #magazine #paranormal #spirituality #spiritualawakening #SpiritualJourney
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Pre-order: Light From The North: Aleksandra Ionawa, Mediumistic and Visionary Artist This major study is fully illustrated in colour and features insightful essays by Nina Kokkinen, Vivienne Roberts, Tiina Tiilikainen & many others. bit.ly/4i8EciV
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1/ In 2005, people’s ghosts looked like people. In 2026, they look like shadows. I compared 2,000 first-hand sightings. Shadow figures have more than doubled, and half of the faces described today are blank. #30yearghoststudy
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Michael Daw has reviewed Phoenix of the Heart: The Birth of the Psi Games, and the Reawakening of Our Unified Psychic Potential, by Hakim Isler, for the @SPR1882 website: spr.ac.uk/PhoenixoftheHeart
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How can we study exceptional human experiences in a way that respects what people report while staying careful about what the evidence allows us to conclude? Read the full interview with JSE's incoming EIC: scientificexploration.org/sy…
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New Episode! "Ghosted: The Anatomy Of A Haunting With Brian Laythe" What if understanding a haunting means looking beyond the ghost? A shadow glimpsed in an empty room. An object moving without expl… Player links & show notes: podpage.com/haunted-history-…
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Following Brian Laythe's mention in SaltWire this week, here is the research behind it: journalofscientificexplorati…
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Dr. Eben Alexander MD will be LIVE via ZOOM to take your questions October 25, 2026 at 11 AM EDT - meeting room # 329 383 1916 or watch only on Facebook pages - Dr. Mark Pitstick, Greater Reality Program or The SoulPhone. Let it shine! #grief #soul #foryoupage #afterlife #Nde
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As #ghosts is trending maybe you're curious about such phenomena on such a blustery evening. Our friends at the @SPR1882 @GhostClub1862 @TheSEPIAgency and indeed ourselves at ASSAP would happily talk about strange bumps in the night, at this time of year.
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One thing unavailable on the new ASPR site? Their tax returns, or as they’re known in IRS lingo, Form 990s. There remain A LOT of unanswered questions about how the ASPR has handled their finances over the last couple of decades & they are a nonprofit which requires transparency
New: The American Society for Psychical Research launched a brand-new website, (seemingly?) without fanfare: aspr.com/ I’ve written two stories about the ASPR’s more recently troubled history… (cont)
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Tonight, sharing the studies, qualitative and quantitative research of 2,185 accounts gathered by Phd researcher Emily Turnbull @UniNorthants near death experiences
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SPR Psi Encyclopedia: Sealed-envelope, cipher & combination lock tests seek to obtain evidence for post-mortem survival by having a person write a message or create an unrevealed code or lock combination while alive & transmit information after they die. psi-encyclopedia.spr.ac.uk/a…
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Why do ghostly experiences keep happening to certain people? SaltWire's look at Atlantic Canada's haunted stories features SSE member Brian Laythe's research on Haunted People Syndrome. saltwire.com/newfoundland-la…
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Join us as the Psi in Practice: Observation series continues this Friday on Airmeet. airmeet.com/e/604d31a0-c649-…
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Robert Bigelow talks to Chris Carter, who was awarded an honorable mention in the 2021 BICS essay contest on the best evidence for the survival of consciousness after death. Get the essays at bigelowinstitute.org, including the three winning entries. youtube.com/watch?v=SDTn_cgU…
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