Diane Hennacy Powell, M.D. "THE ESP ENIGMA"

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Αδελφός και φίλος, μας πρότεινε το παρακάτω ενδιαφέρον βιβλίο.

"Το βιβλίο της Diane Hennacy Powell, M.D. "THE ESP ENIGMA, the scientific case for psychic phenomena" που πρόσφατα κυκλοφόρησε στην Αμερική, αποδεικνύει με γλαφυρό αλλά και επιστημονικό τρόπο και την ύπαρξη αλλά και τους τρόπους διείσδυσης (extrasensory perception) σε αυτά."

http://www.dianehennacypowell.com/books/

The ESP Enigma

A revolutionary scientific explanation of psychic phenomena and the nature of human consciousness.

Although much is now known about the brain, relatively little has been determined about where consciousness comes from: What is the source of the “I” in our internal monologue?  How does something as nonmaterial as consciousness arise from something material like the brain?

Dr. Diane Powell, a Johns Hopkins-trained neuroscientist, has brilliantly reassessed the meaning and nature of consciousness by exploring research on the workings psychic phenomena.

[...]Over the past few decades several well-designed and rigorously supervised experiments have documented the existence of telepathic interconnection, clairvoyance, precognition, psychokinesis, and out-of-body experiences. Mainstream science has largely ignored these data because they all defy the traditional model of consciousness as being solely the product of brain chemistry and wiring.  Building upon these experiments, Powell constructs a new theory of consciousness.  Integrating concepts from physics, neuroscience, and other disciplines, she offers an insightful and intriguing explanation of ESP, and regards psychic abilities as expanding our understanding and appreciation of consciousness. Psychic abilities are also consistent with findings in modern physics: For example, psychokinesis implies that consciousness is a type of force field, while precognition suggests that the past, present, and future exist concurrently.

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http://www.amazon.com/ESP-Enigma-Scientific-Psychic-Phenomena/dp/0802716067

From Publishers Weekly

In science it is axiomatic that extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence. Powell, a neuropsychiatrist who has taught at Harvard Medical School, certainly makes extraordinary claims about the four basic psychic abilities: telepathy, psychokinesis, clairvoyance and precognition. But her evidence is consistently below par. She relies on self-reported claims by psychics, hundred-year-old newspaper accounts and the results of studies published by organizations like the Journal of the American Society for Psychical Research rather than in reputable, peer-reviewed scientific journals (and sometimes she cites no source at all). Powell is woefully short on mechanisms to explain the phenomena she claims are so common, although she does turn to quantum physics to assert that molecular resonance and the space-time continuum are likely responsible, and she finds evolutionary explanations for the existence of psychic phenomena. She claims, for instance, that psychic events are related to dreaming, which may have evolved so babies, who mostly sleep, can detect threats and communicate them psychically to their parents. Undaunted by the weak evidence, Powell asserts that she is on the forefront of a Copernican revolution of the mind. (Jan.)
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From Booklist

Psychic power has had trouble gaining scientific respectability, but Powell makes a game effort to propose serious consideration of its existence. Powell, who has a medical degree, soberly approaches the controversial subject, summarizing research in four areas of extrasensory perception: telepathy, psychokinesis, clairvoyance, and precognition. Powell provides many startling stories about premonitions and dreams that seemed to come true and acknowledges the dominance of anecdotal evidence in ESP research. Researchers have accordingly attempted to put things on the less subjective footing of controlled experiments. Powell discusses these frankly, noting statistical support for psychic abilities yielded by some trials or ambiguities in results, as the case may be, as in those obtained by CIA researchers on “remote viewing.” Not about to compromise her credibility by claiming that mind power can levitate tables, Powell adheres to the possibility that human consciousness might affect matter at the quantum mechanical level. Incorporating Powell’s knowledge of neuroscience, this work should appeal to those open to the idea that ESP exists. --Gilbert Taylor

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Φυσικά είναι πολύ σημαντικό να τονίσουμε, πως εμείς οι 'Ελληνες ερευνήσαμε, και παρουσιάσαμε τα ψυχικά φαινόμενα τουλάχιστον 2500 χιλιάδες χρόνια πριν, σε πάρα πολλές αρχαίες πηγές, και οι πιο γνώστες πηγές, για το κοινό, είναι τα έργα του Πλάτωνα και του Αριστοτέλη.

Δυστυχώς εξαιτίας της Ιουδαιοχριστιανικής Απάτης, το ΕΠΙΣΤΗΜΟΝΙΚΟ ΘΑΥΜΑ της ΕΛΛΗΝΙΚΗΣ ΑΡΧΑΙΟΤΗΤΑΣ, παραμένει ακόμα άγνωστο για την Σημερινή Ελλάδα, και ξανα-ανακαλύπτουμε τον τροχό από την αρχή.

Αν στους σημερινούς επιστήμονες ψυχολόγους παρουσιάζαμε την κατάθεση του Σωκράτη, να συνομιλεί με το Δαιμόνιό του, καθώς και να βλέπει σαν σφαίρα την γη από ψηλά, θα τον χαρακτηρίζανε σχιζοφρενή και ψυχωσικό, όπως και αρκετοί από αυτούς τους δήθεν ακαδημαϊκούς, τολμάν να συκοφαντήσουν και τον Γιούνγκ ως ψυχωσικό.

Είμαστε συνειδησιακά 2500 χρόνια πίσω και μώλις προσφάτως ξαναπαίρνουμε την σκυτάλη να συνεχίσουμε τον Πνευματικό μας αγώνα, προς την Εξέλιξη.  Και όλα αυτά γιατί παραμείναμε θύματα μιας θρησκειολογίας, που κατέστρεφε και πνευματικά και οικονομικά όλη την ανθρωπότητα, από όπου περνούσε, με αφετηρία την χώρα μας.