The more than fifty articles, essays, and reviews in this volume, collected here for the first time, were published by William James over a span of some twenty-five years. The record of a sustained interest in phenomena of a highly controversial nature, they make it amply clear that James's work in psychical research was not an eccentric hobby but a serious and sympathetic concern. James was broad-minded in his approach but tough-minded in his demand that investigations be conducted in rigorous scientific terms. He hoped his study of psychic phenomena would strengthen the philosophy of an open-ended, pluralistic universe that he was formulating during the same period, and he looked forward to the new horizons for human experience that a successful outcome of his research would create.

Robert A. McDermott, in his Introduction, discusses the relation of these essays to James's other work in philosophy, psychology, and religion.

How Therapists Dance follows the numinous thread described by Novalis:

The seat of the soul is where the inner world and the outer world meet. Where they overlap, it is in every point of the overlap.

As in the first poem, in which snails scrawl the names of Buddhas with their silvery trails and ends with the poet kissing his wife's hands, taking out the garbage, and being confronted with an overwhelming moon. These poems stitch together psychiatric ward encounters with the musings of security guards in an art gallery; an urban dance floor provoking a breakthrough for a stranded therapist; his father's empty shotgun shells, his aunt's accordion finding its way inside the body, ribs expanding and contracting as though you are an instrument life is still learning how to play. --

How Therapists Dance is the meeting ground for the spiritual seeker, the therapist and the observant poet who negotiates this tricky terrain and writes poems for them all. There is humor and longing, tenderness and beauty. Each of these voices has its say. From them I learn how enlightenment is spoiled by wanting it too much. How the dance of therapists is into and out of the skin of others. How Superman's true heroism is revealed. These are poems worthy of a long-term friendship.
--Len Anderson, author of Invented by the Night --

Dane Cervine explores with a keen poet's eye the borderlands where the doctor meets the mystic, the adult meets the child he once was, the beauty and pain of life become indistinguishable. Deliciously full of joy, insight, and awe, Cervine's poetry certainly shows you how therapists dance.
-- Ellen Bass, author of The Human Line --

Dane Cervine often lets a wry humor open the door to a deeper place. His light stroke sets the reader at ease, invites us into "the mischief in the young boy's fiddle," the "almost tangible, humming in the air between us" where, even through sadness and hardship "a blue dragonfly whirs" and we come to know we are "wide enough, finally, for every jagged thing." His finely-wrought poems are a comfort and a compass.
--Patrice Vecchione, author of Writing and the Spiritual Life and a poetry collection, The Knot Untied --

While Dane Cervine's first book, The Jeweled Net of Indra, was woven with themes related to social justice and our larger connection with each other, this new book is flavored with the act of "attention" shared by the triune influences of his work: therapy, meditation, and poetry. Dane Cervine's poems are at once disciplined, sturdy, compassionate and wise. And there's an inspired playfulness, as in these lines from his poem "Enlightenment Is a Bitch"

...even fire hydrants with their red stubby arms become mandalas, and worse, the police siren revving its wail behind/my slow-moving car sounds like a mantra...

--Robert Sward, author of New & Selected Poems, 1957-2012 --

Regarding the poem "Accordions & Shotguns," a finalist for the Wabash:
The sheer volume of information in this poem is impressive--which is to say that all that story is fluently delivered to the reader--but it is really the passion and precision of the final stanza that earns my full attention.
---Tony Hoagland

BEING Your Self Seeing and Knowing What's IN the Way IS the Way It's not easy to BE your self in a world where almost everyone wants you to be someone else Even friends and colleagues often want you to be their version of you We are surrounded and ambushed every day by a thousand images and voices calling us to invest our identity in their product, their brand, their label, their service. It's not surprising we all go through our own personal form of 'identity crisis'. Sometimes it lasts a lifetime Who you think you are, is usually who you are not Until you truly know your self you cannot be at peace, you will not be able to love and happiness will be elusive. Mike explores and explains: How you can rediscover the 'real you' How to SEE your self as you really are? How to KNOW you are being your 'authentic self'? Mike George is an author of ten books in 15 languages on how to awaken your awareness of your true self and thereby restore the essence of your being, which is love. He talks inspirationally, teaches deeply and tutors mindfully across the world on topics such as self-awareness, spiritual intelligence, liberating leadership and 'continuous unlearning'. His other recent books include The 7 AHA s of Highly Enlightened SOULS, The 7 Myths About LOVE...Actually Don't Get MAD Get Wise and The Immune System of the SOUL.

" "Endings That Begin... A Journey Into Love Through The Universal Laws of Reciprocity"" takes you on the journey of several people, from all walks of life, as they become friends. It is written with a conversational voice, as if they "sat around the fire," sharing their life lessons and stories about the Universal Laws of Reciprocity, and how these laws manifest in their lives.

NOW, through the understanding they gained about the Universal Laws of Reciprocity, they share them with you. Create positive changes in life by understanding how to: ATTRACT security, loving relationships, and spiritual wisdom CHANGE the belief systems that no longer serve you, and are not yours ASK for and RECEIVE what you truly REQUIRE to manifest in your life GIVE out only what you truly REQUIRE to get back for optimum health and happiness VIEW the whole of humanity, your ancestors, and all living things in the Universe as part of YOU.

All of us have a 'destiny' not of our own writing. It is like an outline of our life that came with us at birth. As we lived and walked our path of Growth and Learning; living the lessons and experiences of our days and years, we filled in that outline with 'The Story of Me'. We put flesh on our own bones. One day, we stand filled full with life-young or old-We stand fulfilled and ready to follow the purpose(s) of our creation. Are you awakening to the purpose of your creation? Are you writing your own story? Or are you choosing to follow the script society, religion and your ancestors wrote for you? Through understanding of the Universal Laws of Reciprocity, you become the creator of your life...

It's all about choosing.

Each choice takes us on a journey within our Destiny... make it all yours.

As the rain comes pouring down on Buck Creek, a man slowly goes out of his mind and does something so terrible that the house will never forget it. A lightning storm brings a sight that shocks a family in Hargett. A woman is paralyzed in fear in her own bed near the Madison County line. A headless man offers a gift to a poor widow that changes her life. Ghosts from the Civil War haunt a popular soccer field. A little boy just wants to play with those who visit him in Pryse...but he's been dead for almost a century...

As a follow up to Haunted Estill County, More Tales from Haunted Estill County explores stories of ghosts, demons, witches, vampires, and even Estill County's own version of Jesse James.

Collected through interviews with local residents all across Estill County, the stories might just make you wonder if the monster under the bed is real.

From restless spirits that roam through houses they once inhabited to unimaginable terrors that stalk the woods after dark, will it ever be safe to turn the light off again?

2013 Reprint of 1937 Edition. Full facsimile of the original edition, not reproduced with Optical Recognition Software. The first chapter of this essay provides a soundly skeptical, mythicist take on Christian origins, while simultaneously asserting Lemurian and Atlantean sources for esoteric traditions. The next three chapters are organized according to the book's pattern: brain/spirit, heart/emotions, and generative organs/physical sensation. In the chapter on "The Spinal Column" corresponding to the heart, there is also a discussion of clairvoyance and mediumship, and in the chapter on "The Infernal Worlds" Hall additionally provides an exposition of color symbolism. The final chapter of Occult Anatomy is on "embryology," which offers readings of religious texts as perinatal allegories. It then continues with a thumbnail description of the seven-year cyclical climacteric pattern of individual human development.

THIS 28 PAGE ARTICLE WAS EXTRACTED FROM THE BOOK: Survival, by Arthur Conan Doyle. To purchase the entire book, please order ISBN 0766105415.

The Dynamic Laws of Prosperity is a book designed for times like the ones we are experiencing right now While any time is the right time for prosperous thinking the current economic challenges we face today warrant greater attention to our thoughts and the power they hold. In The Dynamic Laws of Prosperity author Catherine Ponder writes on "How to use the Power of Prosperous Thinking to win your goals, How certain attitudes of mind create Prosperity in you life, Why the strongest force in the world works for your benefit, Key words, phrases, meditations that work wonders of wealth, and How to use the Secret Laws of Wealth for your own happiness." The Dynamic Laws of Prosperity shows how prosperous thinking has helped people in every walk of life to experience prosperity and happiness and how you can recognize the same. Catherine Ponder is an American minister of the Unity Church, and author of books in the prosperity field. She has written more than a dozen books and is considered one of America's foremost inspirational authors.

In Mental Chemistry you will learn how to improve your life by removing undesirable thoughts replacing them with more desirable ones. Charles F. Haanel uses the laws of Applied Chemistry to demonstrate how we can change our thoughts and lives. Just as in Applied Chemistry we can combine elements to create a new element we can combine thoughts to create new ones, better ones to become happier, and more successful. Mental Chemistry allows the change of material conditions by combining and appropriately utilizing the power of the mind. "Chemistry is the science which treats of the intra-atomic or the intra-molecular changes which material things undergo under various influences. "Mental is defined as "of or appertaining to the mind, including intellect, feeling, and will, or the entire rational nature." "Science is knowledge gained and verified by exact observation and correct thinking. "Mental chemistry is, therefore, the science which treats of the changes which material conditions undergo through the operations of the mind, verified by exact observation and correct thinking." Charles Francis Haanel was a noted American New Thought author and a businessman. He is best known for his contributions to the New Thought Movement through his book The Master Key System.

pol.ter.geist (noun): 'Noisy spirit'; source of disturbances of paranormal origin.

In a retirement community in the desert of southern Arizona, Jack and Chloe Monroe have an unwanted guest. What once appeared merely strange has now taken on sinister overtones. What once seemed a curiosity now seems terrifying.

Paranormal researcher Dr. Luke Jackson reluctantly takes up the investigation and finds himself drawn into a series of unexplained events at the Monroe house. Time is against Luke. He has just one week to unravel the mystery before he must return home.

The Hidden Whisper offers a rare opportunity to enter the intriguing world of the paranormal through the eyes of Luke Jackson. Written by real life parapsychologist Dr. JJ Lumsden, the fictional narrative is combined with extensive endnotes and references. Learn about:

- Extra Sensory Perception

- Psychokinesis

- Ghosts & Poltergeists

- Direct Mental Interactions with Living Systems

- Out-of-Body Experiences

- Remote Healing

- How fake psychics do what they do

- And more

The Hidden Whisper is a must-read book for anyone who wants to learn about parapsychology and the paranormal.

Reviews

..".a fascinating book... an excellent introduction to the different aspects of parapsychology. Lumsden writes with wit and insight" Tucson Citizen

"An extremely well-written and suspenseful page-turner from real life parapsychologist JJ Lumsden." Yoga Magazine

..".intriguing and well written... an appealing blend of science and detective story." Paranormal Magazine

..".a ghost investigation novel that has all the elements of a good detective mystery and spooky thriller...an engrossing haunting tale... an informative overview of the current theories on the phenomena." paranormal.about.com

"This book works on many levels, an excellent introduction to the concepts current in the field of parapsychology... at best you may learn something new, and at worst you'll have read a witty and well-written paranormal detective story." Parascience.org.uk uk

In the tradition of their "Haunting of the Presidents, "national bestselling authors Joel Martin and William J. Birnes write "The Haunting of America: From The Salem Witch Trials to Harry Houdini, "the only book to tell the story of how paranormal events influenced and sometimes even drove political events. In a narrative retelling of American history that begins with the Salem Witch Trials of the seventeenth century, Martin and Birnes unearth the roots of America's fascination with the ghosts, goblins, and demons that possess our imaginations and nightmares. The authors examine the political history of the United States through the lens of the paranormal and investigate the spiritual events that inspired public policy: channelers and meduims who have advised presidents, UFOs that frightened the nation's military into launching nuclear bomber squadrons toward the Soviet Union, out-of-body experiencers deployed to gather sensitive intelligence on other countries, and even spirits summoned to communicate with living politicians. "The Haunting of America" is a thrilling exploration of the often unexpected influences of the paranormal on science, medicine, law, government, the military, psychology, theology, death and dying, spirituality, and pop culture.