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January 14, 2019

KEYNOTE SPEAKERS ANNOUNCED - 43rd SPR INTERNATIONAL ANNUAL CONFERENCE to be held at Holiday Inn, Leicester 20th to 22nd September 2019 TAKE ADVANTAGE OF EARLY-BIRD BOOKING PRICES BEFORE WE SET OUR FULL PROGRAMME - PRICES VALID UNTIL 31 MAY. Abstracts submission deadline extended to 30th June. Read more

May 21, 2019

SPR council member Dr Tom Ruffles has written a blog post about the exhibition Smoke and Mirrors: The Psychology of Magic. Read more

May 14, 2019

Michael Tymn has written a blog post about the controversial medium Marthe Béraud. Read more

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May 21, 2019

Book Review The Psychology of the Paranormal, by David Groome, Michael Eysenck and Robin Law

May 6, 2019

Book Review Talking about Psychical Research: Thoughts on Life, Death and the Nature of Reality, by Mary Rose Barrington

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May 23, 2019

7 p.m. 23rd May - SPR Lecture - SANDY EDWARDS - Healing in a Hospital; Scientific Evidence that Spiritual Healing Improves Health

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Despite no sign of a natural healing ability, Sandy Edwards trained to be a spiritual healer with a non-religious UK charity (the Healing Trust). Ten years later, she instigated probably the largest clinical trial of healing in the world.

June 6, 2019

7 p.m. SPR Lecture - ANN WINSPER - GHOSTS OR (SHEEP) GOATS?

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An examination of haunting cases from two different perspectives. Ghost hunters and parapsychologists often disagree on the causes of haunting.

July 18, 2019

7 p.m. SPR Lecture - ROSS BARTLETT & MATTHEW SMITH - Reimagining the out-of-body experience

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The experience of leaving one's body, either momentarily, or to seemingly travel to a distant location, is not uncommon: Up to one in four of us report having had such an experience. We revisit past work on out-of-body experiences (OBEs) with a view...

September 20, 2019

43rd SPR International Annual Conference - KEYNOTE SPEAKERS ANNOUNCED! (Deadline for submission of abstracts extended to 30th June.)

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SPR members and non-members are welcome to attend the 43rd International Annual Conference of the Society for Psychical Research. The full programme is not decided but we have secured some keynote speakers - you can take advantage of our Early-bird...

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