New Books and Media
Co-habiting with Ghosts: Knowledge, Experience, Belief and the Domestic Uncanny, by Caron Lipman
Publish Date: March, 2014
Talking with the Spirits: Ethnographies from Between the Worlds, edited by by Jack Hunter and David Luke
Publish Date: March, 2014
The Wisdom of Near-Death Experiences: How Understanding NDEs Can Help Us to Live More Fully, by Penny Sartori
Publish Date: February, 2014
From the publisher’s website: This book investigates the wide range of near-death experiences (NDEs) of patients that Penny Sartori has encountered during her nursing career, as well as the hundreds of cases of people who have reached out to her over the years. Many people take near-death experiences at surface value and are misinformed about the full extent of this highly complex phenomenon. Dr Sartori argues that, by pathologising the NDE, we are missing out on vital insights that can empower us to live fulfilled and meaningful lives. Dr Sartori does not offer superficial physiological or psychological explanations for why these experiences take place. Rather, the crucial point of this book is that near-death experiences undoubtedly occur and have very real, often dramatic, and life changing aftereffects. Further to that, the wisdom gained during the NDE can be life enhancing and have hugely positive effects on those who don’t have an NDE – all we have to do is take notice of and hear what these people have to say. A greater understanding of near-death experiences can not only enhance the way in which we care for dying patients, but also revolutionise our current worldview. This book encourages readers to take notice of and incorporate the wisdom and powerful messages of near-death experiences into their own lives.
Light Changes: Experiences in the Presence of Transforming Light, by Annekatrin Puhle
Publish Date: January, 2014
From the publisher’s website: Ever since the dawn of recorded history, humans have reported encounters with an exceptional light which appeared to them to be different, more intense, and brighter than sunlight. Often, these experiences had a strong and lasting effect on those concerned, changing their lives completely. But what exactly did they experience? In which shape did the light appear? Did it come along with a message, and what could it possibly communicate to them? And why did it change in their lives? All these and many more questions require answers. This book faces those questions and offers the thoughts and feelings of more than 800 individuals reporting these experiences over a time span of 130 years. Light Changes explores ‘Seeing and Inner Sight’, myths, folklore, religion, philosophy, science, and in particular, psychical research, and offers clues into understanding how these important and meaningful encounters with light may affect us all. Annekatrin Puhle Ph D is a philosopher, health consultant, and psychical researcher in the area of exceptional human experiences. After receiving her doctorat from the Free University, Berlin, she worked at The Institute for Frontier Areas of Psychology and Mental Health in Freiburg, Germany. Currently she is a guest lecturer at the University of Gothenburg, Sweden, guest researcher at King’s College, London, and the author of several books and papers on apparitional experiences and healing. A sample chapter can be read here: Light Changes.
Reimagining the Soul: Afterlife in the Age of Matter, by Douglas M. Stokes
Publish Date: January, 2014
On the Origin of Spectres: The Burden of Proof for Psychical Research, by Brian R. Banks
Publish Date: December, 2013
Paranormal Intruder: The True Story of a Family in Fear, by Caroline Mitchell
Publish Date: December, 2013
Pseudoscience and Deception: The Smoke and Mirrors of Paranormal Claims, edited by Bryan Farha
Publish Date: December, 2013
Psi Wars: TED, Wikipedia and the Battle for the Internet, by Craig Weiler
Publish Date: December, 2013
From the author’s website: In journalistic fashion, Craig Weiler relates what began as a seemingly harmless attempt to make sure that TED talk videos maintained a high standard and how this exploded into a wild scientific controversy. When the nonprofit company took down one of their YouTube videos by scientist Rupert Sheldrake, who had given a speech on the philosophy of science, they ignited a fierce discussion that eventually grew to include hundreds of people spanning the globe. For a while, ordinary folks, distinguished scientists, Internet trolls and even a Nobel Prize winning physicist all got together to hash out the greatest scientific controversy . . . ever. Further information on the author and the book can be found here
Return to Life: Extraordinary Cases of Children Who Remember Past Lives, by Jim Tucker
Publish Date: December, 2013
The End of Death: How Near-Death Experiences Prove the Afterlife, by Admir Serrano
Publish Date: December, 2013
Anomalistic Psychology: Exploring Paranormal Belief and Experience, by Christopher C. French and Anna Stone
Publish Date: November, 2013