An examination of the uses of prophecy, intuition, perception and other aspects of transpersonal psychology and the "paranormal" within the professional practice of metaphysics.
Abstract This dissertation is about the potential uses of prophecy within the professional practice of metaphysics. The writer believes that holistic life coaches who are willing and able to use, within their helping processes, concepts having to do with the paranormal, might well encourage those they help to more fully understand and accept themselves and others as whole human beings. The researcher recommends further study and research in this area, including future qualitative and quantitative investigations into using the paranormal in specific therapeutic and/or holistic coaching situations. The researcher for this study also recommends further research on specific aspects of paranormal and/or clairvoyant experiences that could be used within counseling in order to get in better touch with the inner self.
Outline:
Introduction
Chapter I: Review of Literature
Chapter II: Findings
Chapter III: Discussion
Chapter IV: Summary and Conclusions
From the Paper "Results of the review of available literature for this study, taken as a whole, often illustrate that, although metaphysical gifts and abilities such as the gift of prophecy; telepathy; telekinesis, or even everyday human intuition, although not well understood, scientifically or in phenomenological ways, within the totality of human experience, nevertheless exist, even in sometimes empirically provable ways, nonetheless (see "Global Consciousness Project." Wikipedia. March 27, 2006). Prophecy itself, as a paranormal human occurrence and as a distinctly human and much respected phenomenon (at least in ancient times) has clearly been around and in evidence since the Old Testament was written and very likely, much before that ("Prophecy")."
An examination and discussion of different theories proposed to explain clairvoyance, precognition, psychokinesis and other psi phenomena including electromagnetic radiation and quantum theory.
Abstract The strengths and weakness of various theories including extremely low frequency (ELF) electromagnetic radiation waves and quantum theory as it applies to psi are discussed. Also examined are the problems of scientific paradigm shifts and the possibility that the statistical evidence for psi activity is an "anomaly" in our current paradigm and a precursor to a paradigm shift.
From the Paper "Parapsychology occupies a unique position within the scientific realm. The results of the field are often considered invalid, fraudulent, or insignificant. Psi is often thought to be inconsistent with the current knowledge of physics. Despite the large body of statistical evidence for anomalous cognition, psi will not be widely accepted until a solid, testable physical theory is developed. Although the uncertainties and seemingly illogical consequences of quantum theory seem promising for the development of this sort of theory, as yet none exists."
Tags: elf, occult, paradigm, parapsychology, psychic, quantum, statistics, testing, theory
This paper evaluates the paranormal phenomena of "people being able to read minds" or as it is more scientific called: "Extra sensory perception" (ESP), "precognition", "controlled remote viewing" and "anomalous cognition".
Abstract This paper states that, to date, parapsychology research has only been able to demonstrate the likelihood of the ability to "read minds". The author reviews the SCAI experiments but believes that science has not been able to explain clearly and definitively the phenomena. He concludes that currently science believes the probability of people being able to read minds is low though evidence in the future may indicate otherwise.
From the Paper "Recent premises for the above claim by parapsychologists are the results of the ganzfeld, the random-number generator, and the famous SRI and SAIC experiments. Prima facie, it would appear that there is a great deal of empirical evidence to indicate that mind reading can and does happen. However, a closer look will reveal that all the cited examples of scientifically approached experiments suffered from certain limitations. The SAIC experiments on anomalous mental phenomena have been acknowledged by a large body of respected scientists to be methodologically and statistically superior to the earlier SRI research as well as to previous parapsychological studies, since they avoided all the major flaws such as non-independent trials and the problems of multiple statistical testing that was characteristic of much of the previous work."
Abstract The paper examines how the poem, "Waste Land" by T.S. Elliot is structured on a series of images along with references to history and art. It describes the poem as having a strong intellectual flavor because of these references and the density of its imagery, but everything is shaped toward the ultimate idea of the decay of the modern world and the values on which it was based.
From the Paper "The images become more and more of a landscape that has lost its power, that is old, that is dying, and that is no longer effective, and the values have become impotent: "Dead mountain mouth of carious teeth that cannot spit/ Here one can neither stand nor lie nor sit" (338-339).
Normal functioning has gone, and what is left is desolate, dead, racked by wind, with no trees to stop the wind. The landscape is an image of the modern world, and it is an image of death and loss."
Abstract The paper discusses the feminist fictional voice depicted in the book both through its characters and through the use of magical realism. It also notes the comparison between Allende and author Gabriel Garcia Marquez. This paper compares the book with its film version, and points out the ways the movie fails to convey a good representation of the novel.
From the Paper "Allende's female characters demonstrate this truth. Clara is the epitome of the woman for whom life is process, and her ability to speak to the spirits and to see the future shows that process is the meaning in her life. By contrast, her husband Esteban is dedicated entirely to goals--first to becoming rich, then to marrying well, then to building on his riches and his prestige, and ultimately to preserving all that he has built."
