The Outline of Parapsychology

by Jesse Hong Xiong

Overview

This is a book of "systematic parapsychology." The book aims to construct a framework and system of parapsychology. It takes a comprehensive approach to the field and states that parapsychology has a different philosophical background from the existing science and religions, and posits that pantheism could be the theoretical basis of parapsychology.
The book also integrates parapsychology with oriental philosophies and the New Age Movement thought.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780761840435
Publisher:	Bloomsbury Academic
Publication date:	03/11/2008
Pages:	380
Product dimensions:	5.90(w) x 8.90(h) x 1.20(d)

About the Author

Jesse Hong Xiong received his Ph.D. in philosophy from NanKai University in China. He has been a visiting scholar in the Philosophy Department of the University of Toronto, Canada. Today, Professor Xiong is a researcher and writer.

Table of Contents

Part 1 Preface to English version
Chapter 2 Introduction: What is parapsychology?
Chapter 3 The Concise History of Parapsychology
Chapter 4 The Research Methods of Parapsychology
Chapter 5 Extrasensory Perception (ESP)
Chapter 6 Psychokinesis
Chapter 7 Discarnate Entities (DE)
Chapter 8 Altered States of Consciousness (ASC)
Chapter 9 Theoretical Researches on Parapsychology
Chapter 10 Epilogue
Part 11 Appendix
Part 12 Notes
Part 13 Bibliography
Part 14 Subject Index
Part 15 Name Index

Editorial Reviews

This is an unexpected work. I have never read a so comprehensive book on the topic like this one. I am impressed that hundreds of cases and people are well-organized and related vividly. The author said that he aimed to construct a framework and system of parapsychology, he did. I strongly recommend the book.

Samuel Selden

What does pantheism mean? Goods marked with MADE IN CHINA flood our supermarkets. We owe China trillions of dollars. Will the pantheism marked with MADE IN CHINA change our belief?

An Anonymous Reader

The Outline of Parapsychology is an impressive book that reflects the erudition and dedication of its author, Dr. Jesse Hong Xiong. It provides its readers with a philosophical as well as a historical perspective on the scientific attempt to understand reports of phenomena that appear to transcend mainstream science's understanding of time, space, and energy. In addition, it provides a masterful overview of serious research programs involving telepathy, clairvoyance, precognition, psychokinesis, and related topics. The Outline of Parapsychology demonstrates why this field of study is neither a superstition nor a pseudoscience, but a frontier science with profound implications for the understanding of Nature.

Stanley Krippner

An impressive book that reflects the erudition and dedication of its author...It provides its readers with a philosophical as well as a historical perspective on the scientific attempt to understand reports of phenomena that appear to transcend mainstream science's understanding of time, space, and energy. In addition, it provides a masterful overview of serious research programs involving telepathy, clairvoyance, precognition, psychokinesis, and related topics. The Outline of Parapsychology demonstrates why this field of study is neither a superstition nor a pseudoscience, but a frontier science with profound implications for the understanding of Nature.--Stanley Krippner Ph.D

From the Publisher

An impressive book that reflects the erudition and dedication of its author…It provides its readers with a philosophical as well as a historical perspective on the scientific attempt to understand reports of phenomena that appear to transcend mainstream science's understanding of time, space, and energy. In addition, it provides a masterful overview of serious research programs involving telepathy, clairvoyance, precognition, psychokinesis, and related topics. The Outline of Parapsychology demonstrates why this field of study is neither a superstition nor a pseudoscience, but a frontier science with profound implications for the understanding of Nature.

Stanley Krippner Ph.D