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Libra Esoterica

The elusive quarry

a scientific appraisal of psychical research

by Ray Hyman

  • First published:
  • 20th century
  • Language: English

Ever since the Society for Psychical Research was founded, parapsychologists have been attempting to prove the existence of paranormal phenomena - things like clairvoyance, telepathy, precognition, and remote viewing. This title reviews the history and methods of psychical research.

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Why this book is in the catalog

Included because retained bibliographic metadata links this work to Parapsychology and psychical research, Psychokinesis and remote viewing, and Telepathy, clairvoyance, and precognition.

  • Controlled discovery queries from harvard matched “parapsychology”. Retained metadata contains “Psychical research” in the subtitle, “Psychical research” in the description, “Parapsychology” in the subject metadata, and 1 additional metadata match(es).

    • parapsychology· via Harvard LibraryCloud
    • Psychical research· in subtitle
    • Psychical research· in description
    • Parapsychology· in subject
    • Psychical research· in edition subtitle
  • Retained metadata contains “Clairvoyance” in the description, “Precognition” in the description, “Telepathy” in the description, and 1 additional metadata match(es).

    • Clairvoyance· in description
    • Precognition· in description
    • Telepathy· in description
    • Telepathy· in subject
  • Retained metadata contains “Remote viewing” in the description.

    • Remote viewing· in description

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a scientific appraisal of psychical research

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447 p. ; 24 cm.

1989Prometheus BooksEnglish
  • 0879755040
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harvard:990016849040203941
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