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Shared crossing refers to experiences that convey information pertaining to impending death and/or to the perceived continuation of consciousness.

Society for Psychical Research @spr1882.bsky.social · 2d

Shared Crossings & Shared Death Experiences: www.sharedcrossing.com/about-shared...

About Shared Crossings

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Society for Psychical Research @spr1882.bsky.social · 3d

“Are observers fundamental to physics, or simply byproducts of it?” Prof Bernard Carr in conversation: freethoughtblogs.com/singham/2025...

“Are observers fundamental to physics, or simply byproducts of it?”

I like this discussion because it does not try to hide the fact that the interplay of the observer and the wave function in quantum mechanics is a fundamental unresolved question in physics. Are ob…

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Society for Psychical Research @spr1882.bsky.social · 3d

Richard James Lucido is an American psychologist and author with an interest in metaphysical idealism. He has carried out experiments that provide empirical support for the idea that consciousness causes the collapse of the wave function: psi-encyclopedia.spr.ac.uk/articles/ric...

Richard James Lucido | Psi Encyclopedia

Richard James Lucido is an American psychologist who has carried out experiments providing empirical support for the idea that consciousness causes the collapse of the wave function.

Jeff Tarrant | Psi Encyclopedia

Society for Psychical Research @spr1882.bsky.social · 3d

Jeff Tarrant is an American psychologist and neurofeedback specialist who has carried out experiments with psychics, mediums and energy healers: psi-encyclopedia.spr.ac.uk/articles/jef...

Jeff Tarrant is an American psychologist and neurofeedback specialist who has carried out experiments with psychics, mediums and energy healers.

Helané Wahbeh | Psi Encyclopedia

Society for Psychical Research @spr1882.bsky.social · 3d

Helané Wahbeh: psi-encyclopedia.spr.ac.uk/articles/hel...

Research director at the Institute of Noetic Sciences, pursuing a scientific exploration of consciousness that includes practical applications.

Gabriel Guerrer | Psi Encyclopedia

Society for Psychical Research @spr1882.bsky.social · 3d

Gabriel Guerrer - SPR's Psi Encyclopedia: psi-encyclopedia.spr.ac.uk/articles/gab...

Gabriel Guerrer is a Brazilian experimental physicist who has investigated the possible influence of consciousness on matter.

On the Banks of the River Styx | spr.ac.uk

Society for Psychical Research @spr1882.bsky.social · 4d

Book launch for the new anthology On the Banks of the River Styx: New Perspectives on Terminal Lucidity and other Near-Death Phenomena. 16 October, 2025. Further information here: www.spr.ac.uk/node/19724

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The Bealings Phantom Bell Ringer

Society for Psychical Research @spr1882.bsky.social · 4d

Alan Murdie produced a much more affordable version of the book, though that itself may be out of print.

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Kate Cherrell @katecherrell.bsky.social · 5d

Hey you, has October has kicked in and you're still DESPERATE for a historical tale of a phantom bell ringer? Don't worry love, I've got you. Let's head to Bealings and see what strange jingly horrors are in store...

burialsandbeyond.com/2025/10/08/t...

Now regarded as the work of a poltergeist – or a perturbed servant – the incidents in Suffolk made newspaper headlines, and eventually became the basis of an entire book…

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Forbidden Histories @forbiddenhistories.bsky.social · 5d

How the founder of German psychology scoffed & pathologized unorthodox science out of intellectual discourse – and tried to alter the historical record in due course. Plug for my recent article in the @spr1882.bsky.social encyclopedia. www.forbiddenhistories.com/2025/10/wundt

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Society for Psychical Research @spr1882.bsky.social · 5d

Phénoménologie des hantises - Apparitions et poltergeists, by Mallory Clément: www.amazon.fr/Ph%C3%A9nom%...

Phénoménologie des hantises - Apparitions et poltergeists

Noté /5. Retrouvez Phénoménologie des hantises - Apparitions et poltergeists et des millions de livres en stock sur Amazon.fr. Achetez neuf ou d'occasion

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Society for Psychical Research @spr1882.bsky.social · 5d

One Reason Why Near-Death Experiences Are Difficult to Study: mindmatters.ai/2025/10/one-...

One Reason Why Near-Death Experiences Are Difficult to Study

Much that the NDE experiencer learns cannot easily be expressed, because there are no words for experiences that most people have only after they die.

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Society for Psychical Research @spr1882.bsky.social · 5d

London Fortean Society, 9th October: How to Build A Haunted House: www.conwayhall.org.uk/whats-on/eve...

How to Build A Haunted House - Conway Hall

What makes a house haunted? Why do some buildings conjure up a reputation for being particularly creepy, while others leave us unmoved? Barring the possibility of a looming afterlife, what are the par...

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Routledge and CRC Press search results

Society for Psychical Research @spr1882.bsky.social · 5d

Routledge sale - 20% off: www.routledge.com/search?kw=pa...

Routledge and CRC Press book search: parapsychology - Page 1

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Society for Psychical Research @spr1882.bsky.social · 7d

Smith's previous effort on the Borley front, 'The Haunting of Borley Rectory': tomruffles.blogspot.com/2017/11/the-...

'The Haunting of Borley Rectory'

A few days ago, I noticed an Indiegogo fundraising campaign for a film about Borley Rectory. I was surprised because we have just had one...

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Society for Psychical Research @spr1882.bsky.social · 7d

Another from Steven M Smith - Borley Rectory: The Awakening: horrorfuel.com/2025/10/04/t...

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Society for Psychical Research @spr1882.bsky.social · 7d

Hearth of Darkness: If your home had a dark past, would you want to know?, by Matt Blake, reviewed on the SPR website by Peter A. McCue: www.spr.ac.uk/HearthofDark...

Hearth of Darkness: If your home had a dark past, would you want to know?, by Matt Blake | spr.ac.uk

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Society for Psychical Research @spr1882.bsky.social · 9d

Still More Pre-1975 Near-Death Experiences or Out-of-Body Experiences: futureandcosmos.blogspot.com/2025/10/stil...

Still More Pre-1975 Near-Death Experiences or Out-of-Body Experiences

Cosmology,philosophy of biology,philosophy of mind, paranormal,futurology,anthropic,mind-body,neuroscience,intelligent design,memory,parapsychology

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Life after near death: Improving support for near-death experiencers

Society for Psychical Research @spr1882.bsky.social · 10d

Life after near death: Improving support for near-death experiencers: medicalxpress.com/news/2025-10...

Near-death experiences can have lasting, life-changing effects, and new University of Virginia School of Medicine research sheds light on the types of counseling and support that can best help people ...

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Society for Psychical Research @spr1882.bsky.social · 10d

IONS - Psychic Abilities: A History of Fascination and Fear, 24 October, 11:00 am - 12:00 pm (PDT): noetic.org/event/psychi...

Psychic Abilities: A History of Fascination and Fear – ConnectIONS Live

Explore the paradox of psi—psychic phenomena like telepathy and precognition—in this webinar with Marilyn Schlitz and Garret Yount, reflecting on why it inspires both curiosity and fear.

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Wilhelm Wundt | Psi Encyclopedia

Society for Psychical Research @spr1882.bsky.social · 11d

Wilhelm Wundt: psi-encyclopedia.spr.ac.uk/articles/wil...

Wilhelm Wundt (1832-1920) at Leipzig University and William James at Harvard are commonly regarded as the two principal founders of scientific psychology as a modern university discipline.

James E Kennedy | Psi Encyclopedia

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Society for Psychical Research @spr1882.bsky.social · 11d

SPR's Psi Encyclopedia. James E Kennedy is an American researcher with a longstanding interest in parapsychology, who has emerged as an influential critic of its methodology: psi-encyclopedia.spr.ac.uk/articles/jam...

James E. Kennedy is an American parapsychologist who has specialized in experimental research, methodological critique, and theoretical development.

An AECKO Case Need Not Be a Ghostly Episode: Parapsychology vs. Anomalistic Psychology Redux

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Society for Psychical Research @spr1882.bsky.social · 11d

An AECKO Case Need Not Be a Ghostly Episode: Parapsychology vs. Anomalistic Psychology Redux: www.academia.edu/144229379/An...

In the Spring 2025 issue of the Journal of Scientific Exploration (JSE), Ciaran O'Keeffe, Brandon Massullo, Brian Laythe, Neil Dagnall, Kenneth Drinkwater, & James Houran (2025; O'Keeffe e...

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