Fiona Bowie has added a short article to the Afterlife Research Centre website setting out some of her thinking in setting up the site and proposing methods for the ethnographic study of the afterlife. It can be found at: http://afterliferesearch.info/publications.html 14 Comments Registration is now open for The Sussex Centre for Cultural Studies one-day interdisciplinary conference on Paranormal Cultures, Friday 4 June 2010 at The University of Sussex. See the Events page for more information. First Afterlife Research Centre Workshop 04/22/2010
 (Left-Right, Yueh-po Huang, Fiona Bowie, Geoffrey Samuel, Angela Voss, Jack Hunter, Alexis Karkotis). First Afterlife Research Centre Workshop 04/13/2010
The first meeting of the Afterlife Research Centre (ARC) in the Department of Archaeology & Anthropology at the University of Bristol went really well yesterday. We had wide ranging discussions; from spiritualism and physical mediumship, through neo-platonism and creativity to Tibetan healing and the new religious movement Tenrikyo. All fascinating stuff. The first steps were also made in establishing a new peer-reviewed journal for presenting the research interests of members of the ARC, although this is still some way off. On the whole the workshop was very constructive and highly informative. I look forward immensely to the development of the ARC. Rhine Online Magazine 04/02/2010
In addition to numerous other interesting features, there is a great article by Hannah Gilbert on "A Sociological Perspective on Becoming a Spirit Medium in Britain" in the latest issue of the Rhine Online Magazine, a web-based newsletter published by the Rhine Research Centre. The Anthropologist & the Spiritualists 03/29/2010
An article that I wrote about my dissertation research has been published in Issue 47 (April 2010 edition) of Paranormal Magazine. Sacramental Plants and Their Role in Understanding the Possible Neurochemistry of Psi - David Luke 03/26/2010
An article by David Luke entitled "Sacramental plants and their role in understanding the possible neurochemistry of psi" has been added to the "Articles Section". Opportunity to Participate in EVP Research 03/21/2010
The Furzey Hill Cirlce is currently investigating the EVP phenomenon. As part of their research they have created an on-line survey. This is what they say about their research: "As part of the research its important to know that our interpretations of voice clips are as accurate as possible. This can be very difficult, when one person may hear something clearly that the second is unable to hear with repeated playing. The only way to determine a common understanding is by asking as many people as possible, to listen to and interpret a clip. Obviously we can not do this for every clip, but we have isolated 8 that illustrate the diversity of the voices. When you have listened to the clips below and written down an interpretation for each, please click the following link to enter the online submission of your results. If you are unable to understand one or more of the clips, please enter "unknown" in the free text field. You can remain anonymous if you wish and it should only take a few minutes to complete ; VOICE RECORDING RESEARCH 1st Voice 2nd Voice 3rd Voice 4th Voice 5th Voice 6th Voice 7th Voice 8th Voice" This is a great opportunity to take part in some interesting research that is intended to be published in the Journal of the Society for Psychical Research. An informal event for members of the Afterlife Research Centre forum and others interested in the ethnographic study of the afterlife. To be held in Lecture Room 2 in the Department of Archaeology & Anthropology, University of Bristol. The flyer, registration form and time-table can be downloaded here: Flyer - Registration Form & Timetable Speakers to be announced. Information concerning events can now be found on the "Events page" The Dark Side - Patrick Huyghe 03/14/2010
A great article by Patrick Huyghe, editor of the wonderful Anomalist website, has just been added to the "Articles Section". "The Dark Side" is concerned with scientific, specifically psychological and psychiatric, approaches to the study of anomalous experiences and how to deal with and treat experiencers responsibly. |
