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Journal of Anomalous Experience and Cognition, 2023 Following his acclaimed earlier study on mediumship and survival, Alan Gauld provides a more complete account of about 50 years of early studies on mediumship with a select group of mediums (e.g., Mrs. Piper, Mrs. Leonard, Mrs. Dowden).
Etzel Cardeña
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The power within: Mass media, scientific entertainment, and the introduction of psychical research into China, 1900-1920. [PDF]
J Hist Behav Sci, 2023 Abstract How did a new science initially promoted by only a few individuals eventually become a widespread cultural phenomenon practiced and known by thousands of people? Following a transnational approach, this article traces the introduction of psychical research into China during the first two decades of the 20th century.
Junqueira LFB.
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Defining the undefined: methodological issues in the genetic study of mediumship [PDF]
Brazilian Journal of PsychiatryYung Gonzaga +2 more
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Walking Together: A Cross-Cultural Study of the Relationship Between Religiosity and Substance Use Disorder. [PDF]
Nurs Health SciABSTRACT The literature suggests that religiosity is a protective factor for substance use. However, individuals with substance use disorder (SUD) may actively cultivate their religiosity during substance use. This qualitative study analyzed the perceptions and meanings homeless people attribute to their substance use trajectories and religiosity, as ...
Chagas C +4 more
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Response to “Defining the undefined: methodological issues in the genetic study of mediumship” [PDF]
Brazilian Journal of PsychiatryWagner Farid Gattaz +5 more
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Aging in Southeast Asia and Japan: Challenges and opportunities. [PDF]
Geriatr Gerontol IntThis paper advocates the importance of considering the relative position of age in society, rather than simply focusing on age alone. In Japan, the 90th percentile age has reached 80 years, which means that 10% of the population is aged ≥80 years. Trends in life expectancy and fertility in Southeast Asia reflect the region's vulnerability to conflicts,
Sakamoto R.
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Journal of Anomalous Experience and Cognition, 2023 Objective. Throughout history and across all cultures, many people have believed in some form of afterlife. Recent surveys show that most people worldwide believe they will survive after bodily death.
Helane Wahbeh +2 more
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Science Museum Group Journal, 2022 During the opening decades of the twentieth century, William Hope was a well-respected medium amongst the spiritualist community in Britain, with positive endorsements from major scientific figures such as the chemist William Crookes and the author and ...
Efram Sera-Shriar
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The Rhetoric of Disenchantment: Ghost Belief and Secular Critique in Early Twentieth-Century China. [PDF]
Cogn SciAbstract This study presents the first large‐scale empirical analysis of how ghosts and spirits were debated during China's early twentieth‐century secular transformation. Using a novel dataset of over 2000 digitized texts—including newspapers, periodicals, and essays from 1890 to 1949—we combine close reading, AI‐assisted annotation, and statistical ...
Hong Z, Chen Y.
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The Neuroscience of Religious and Spiritual Practices: A Systematic Review of Neurotheological Evidence. [PDF]
Brain BehavSystematic synthesis of 105 neuroimaging and neurophysiological studies demonstrates that religious and spiritual practices, including meditation, prayer, chanting, worship, and mystical experiences, produce practice‐specific neuroplastic changes in brain networks governing attention, self‐referential processing, emotion regulation, connectivity ...
Husain W +10 more
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