parapsychology

Visionary Fiction and the Science of Consciousness , Part 2

Visionary Fiction and the Science of Consciousness , Part 2

ByVictor Smith

Undercover Agents of Consciousness To read or revisit Part One of this series, click HERE. Like researchers venturing beyond the known and allowed boundaries of sanctioned science, visionary authors often strike radioactive material that incites incredulity, hostility, and worse. For these, in the words of Carl Jung, “The experience that furnishes the material for artistic…

Visionary Fiction and the Science of Consciousness, Part 1

Visionary Fiction and the Science of Consciousness, Part 1

ByVictor Smith

Introducing Gary E. Schwartz, Ph.D. Parapsychology is a field of study concerned with the investigation of paranormal and psychic phenomena, which include telepathy, precognition, clairvoyance, psychokinesis, near-death experiences, reincarnation, apparitional experiences, and other paranormal claims. It is often identified as pseudoscience…. Parapsychology has been criticized for continuing investigation despite being unable to provide convincing evidence…