TY - BOOK AU - Mitchell, Edgar D. AU - White, John Warren, ed TI - Psychic exploration: : a challenge for science SN - 0399113428 AV - BF1031 .P79 1974 PY - 1974/// CY - New York, NY PB - Putnam KW - Extrasensory perception KW - FAST KW - Parapsychology KW - Psychical research N1 - Includes bibliographies and index.. Ed. by John White; Preface - Edgar D. Mitchell. Foreword - Gerald Feinberg. Introduction: From outer space to inner space... - Edgar D. Mitchell. Part 1 - Parapsychology: foundations of a new science. 1 A history of parapsychology - Martin Ebon. 2 Famous Western sensitives - Alan Vaughan. 3 The psychic personality - Gertrude Schmeidler. 4 Telepathy - Stanley Krippner. 5 Clairvoyance - Rex G. Stanford. 6 Precognition and retrocognition - E. Douglas Dean. 7 Psychokinesis - Helmut Schmidt. 8 Parapsychology today - Rhea A. White. Part 2 - The expanding range of psychic research. 9 The psychobiology of psi - Robert L. Morris. 10 Psi and psychiatry - Montague Ullman. 11 Anthropology and psychic research - Robert L. Van de Castle. 12 Man-plant communication - Marcel Vogel. 13 Psychic photography and thoughtography - Jule Eisenbud. 14 Psychic research and the healing process - Henry K. Puharich. 15 Out-of-the-body experiences - Charles T. Tart. 16 Apparitions, hauntings, and poltergeists - D. Scott Rogo. 17 Survival research: problems and possibilities - William G. Roll. Part 3 - The emergence of a new natural science. 18 The emergence of paraphysics: research and applications - James B. Beal. 19 The emergence of paraphysics: theoretical foundations - Brendan O'Regan. 20 Psychic research in the Soviet Union - Thelma Moss. 21 Devices for monitoring nonphysical energies - William A. Tiller. 22 Psychic research and modern physics - Harold Puthoff and Russell Targ. 23 Consciousness and quantum theory - Evan Harris Walker. Part 4 - The convergence with transpersonal psychology. 24 Psychic phenomena and mystical experience - Lawrence L. LeShan. 25 Myth, consciousness, and psychic research - Jean Houston. 26 Consciousness and extraordinary phenomena - Robert Masters. 27 Psi-conducive states of awareness - Charles Honorton. 28 The social implications of psychic research - Willis W. Harman. Conclusion: ...And back again - Edgar D. Mitchell. Appendix: Experiments with Uri Geller N2 - '...a symposium of noteworthy statements on controversial issues appearing for the first time in this book...a repository of everything currently known in the fascinating, ever-widening world of parapsychology.' ER -