Table of Contents

Acknowledgements ix

Terminology and phenomena x

List of illustrations xiii

1 Introduction: The roots of parapsychology 1

Section 1 Testing psychic claimants 15

2 Macro-PK 17

3 Psychic reading, remote viewing and telepathic animals: ESP outside the lab 38

4 Mediumship and survival 58

Section 2 Anomalous experiences 79

5 Out-of-body experiences 81

6 Near-death experiences 97

7 Hauntings and apparitions 109

8 The psychology of psychic experiences 126

Section 3 Laboratory research 137

9 Telepathy and clairvoyance in the laboratory 139

10 Precognition in the laboratory 157

11 Mental influence in the laboratory: Physical and biological 169

12 Conclusion: Parapsychology's value 185

Appendix: How to test for ESP and PK ability 198

Further reading 214

Glossary 219

Index 222