Parapsychologists

Baron Dr. Carl (Karl) Ludwig von Reichenbach ( February 12, 1788 - January 19, 1869) was a recognized chemist, metallurgist, naturalist and philosopher, a member of the prestigious Prussian Academy of Sciences. He is best known for his discoveries of kerosene (essential to rocket fuels), paraffin (a waxy solid added to many foods), and phenol (an antiseptic and anesthetic, used against sore throats). ...more on Wikipedia about "Carl Reichenbach"

Charles Honorton ( 1946 - November 4, 1992) was, first and foremost, a parapsychologist. From his early childhood, his interests were centered on the mind, consciousness and its potentials. As a teenager, he corresponded with Dr J. B. Rhine and, while he was still a high school student, he travelled from his home in Minnesota to Durham, North Carolina to spend his summer months at the Parapsychology Laboratory of Duke University. ...more on Wikipedia about "Charles Honorton"

Dean Radin is Senior Scientist and Laboratory Director at the Institute of Noetic Sciences, in Petaluma, California, USA. ...more on Wikipedia about "Dean Radin"

Gary Spivey is a professional psychic who has made a name for himself since the early 1990s, with his unusual large white (sometimes gray) helmet-like afro wigs. ...more on Wikipedia about "Gary Spivey"

Gerard Croiset ( March 10, 1909 – July 20, 1980) was a Dutch parapsychologist. ...more on Wikipedia about "Gerard Croiset"

Hans Bender (1907-1991) was a lecturer on the subject of parapsychology, who was also responsible for establishing the parapsychological institute Instituts für Grenzgebiete der Psychologie und Psychohygiene in Freiburg. For many years his pipe smoking, contemplative figure was synonymous with German parapsychology. He was a tireless investigator of 'unusual human experience', e.g. poltergeists and clairvoyants. One of his most famous cases was the Rosenheim Poltergeist, thought by many to be the one for which the greatest scientific proof was produced, thanks to the efforts of the authorities of the town Rosenheim and several scientists and engineers called in to measure the effects. ...more on Wikipedia about "Hans Bender"

Harry Price (January, 1881 - March, 1948) was a British psychic researcher and author. ...more on Wikipedia about "Harry Price"

Helmut Schmidt is a German-born parapsychologist. In the early 1970s he pioneered research into the effects of human consciousness on machines called random number generators or random event generators at the Rhine Research Center Institute for Parapsychology. ...more on Wikipedia about "Helmut Schmidt (parapsychologist)"

Ian Stevenson (born October 31, 1918 in Montreal, Canada) is a parapsychologist and the founder of scientific reincarnation-research. ...more on Wikipedia about "Ian Stevenson"

Ingo Swann is an artist who helped develop the procedure of remote viewing at the Stanford Research Institute, and has become well known as a remote viewer himself. ...more on Wikipedia about "Ingo Swann"

James Hydrick was a martial arts instructor and psychic who claimed to be able to move objects with his mind. ...more on Wikipedia about "James Hydrick"

John A. Keel (born March 25, 1930) is a ufologist, parapsychologist and journalist currently residing in New York, USA. ...more on Wikipedia about "John Keel"

José (Zé) Arigó, born José Pedro de Freitas (18 October 1921 - 1 November 1971) was a Brazilian psychic surgeon. He performed his healing acts and surgical operations with his hands or with simple kitchen utensils while in a mediunic trance, supposedly channeling the spirit of a certain Dr. Adolf Fritz. ...more on Wikipedia about "José Arigó"

José Silva ( August 11, 1914 – February 7, 1999) was a parapsychologist and author of "The Silva Method" and the "Silva UltraMind ESP System" to help people increase their IQ, develop psychic skills, and to develop the ability to heal, both themselves and others remotely, using forces unknown to science (see: alternative medicine). ...more on Wikipedia about "José Silva (parapsychologist)"

Joseph Banks Rhine ( September 29, 1895 – February 20, 1980) was a pioneer of parapsychology. He was educated at Ohio Northern University, the College of Wooster, and at the University of Chicago, where he received his master's degree in 1923 and Ph.D. in 1925, both in botany. In 1927 he moved to Duke University to work under Professor William McDougall. There he began the studies that helped develop parapsychology into a branch of science, today recognized by the American Association for the Advancement of Science. ...more on Wikipedia about "Joseph Banks Rhine"

Maxine Asher (Born 1931 in Chicago, Illinois) is an Atlantis researcher who operates two academic institutions of dubious legitimacy: American World University and the World Association of Universities and Colleges. ...more on Wikipedia about "Maxine Asher"

Parapsychology is the study of the evidence of mental awareness or influence of external objects without interaction from known physical means. Most objects of study fall within the realm of "mind-to-mind" influence (such as extra-sensory perception and telepathy), "mind-to-environment" influence (such as psychokinesis) and "environment-to-mind" (such as hauntings). ...more on Wikipedia about "Parapsychology"

R.A. McConnell is an American parapsychologist. ...more on Wikipedia about "R.A. McConnell"

Raymond Moody (born June 30 1944) is a parapsychologist. He is most famous as an author of books about life after death and near-death experiences, (a term which he coined in 1975). His best selling title is Life After Life. ...more on Wikipedia about "Raymond Moody"

Dr. Rupert Sheldrake (born 1942) is a British biologist and author. He developed a hypothesis of morphogenetic fields, and has produced related research and publications, on topics such as animal and plant development and behaviour, telepathy, perception and metaphysics. He has a popular public following, particularly because of his books aimed at the general reader, but he is shunned by many in the scientific establishment, who often consider his work as bordering on New Age thinking. Taking science "as a set of methods for finding out about anything at all that admits of systematic investigation" ( John Searle), he is trying to extend science into realms it has neglected so far. Sheldrake continues to publish scientific papers in a variety of journals (though not generally mainstream ones). ...more on Wikipedia about "Rupert Sheldrake"

Susan Jane Blackmore (born 1951) is a British freelance writer, lecturer, and broadcaster, perhaps best known for her book The Meme Machine. ...more on Wikipedia about "Susan Blackmore"

Sylvia Browne (born Sylvia Celeste Shoemaker on October 19, 1936 in Kansas City, Missouri) is a self-proclaimed psychic medium, and author of numerous books on spirituality. ...more on Wikipedia about "Sylvia Browne"

Thomas Charles Lethbridge ( 1901- 1971) was a British explorer, archaeologist and psychic researcher. ...more on Wikipedia about "Thomas Charles Lethbridge"

William G. Roll (born July 3, 1926) is a parapsychology professor currently teaching at Lund University in Sweden and author of four books: The Poltergeist (1972), Theory and Experiment in Psychical Research (1975), Psychic Connections (1995, co-author Lois Duncan), and Unleashed (2004, co-author Valerie Storey). He was born 1926 in Bremen, Germany where his father was Vice-consul. ...more on Wikipedia about "William G. Roll"

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