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(0)Uwe Schellinger
Publisher
De Gruyter Oldenbourg
Pub. Date
[2016]
Description
Where was the locus of parapsychology - the academic involvement with the occult - during the 20th century? In this first attempt at an international comparison, the authors examine various institutional venues, including private salons, academic societies, and universities, while also addressing prominent opponents. Essays on practical applications of parapsychology and cinematic presentations supplement their findings.
"Okkultismus im Gehäuse"...
Publisher
De Gruyter Oldenbourg
Pub. Date
[2020]
Description
This volume addresses controversies connected to the testing of the capacities and potentials of mediums. Today we commonly associate the term "medium" with the technical communication between transmitters and receivers. Yet this term likewise applies to those who cooperate with agencies that exceed the presumed domain of the material world. Insofar as one presumes a division between distinctly opposed categories of religion and the secular, technical...