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Beyond the Body: Out-of-Body and Near-Death Experiences with Carlos S. Alvarado and Nancy L Zingrone

In part 1 of this PF Lyceum course Dr. Carlos S. Alvarado discusses out of body and near death experiences. He provides examples of these events that have be...

The PF Uploaded the first hour of an on-site workshop on OBEs and NDEs given in the early 2000s at the PF's Eileen J. Garrett Library then in NYC. This video covers the basics of OBEs and is given by PF Research Fellow Carlos S. Alvarado. In the future 3 more hours of lecture/discussion from this weekend workshop will be uploaded. If you like the video don't forget to click like, subscribe to the PF's YouTube Channel and click that notification bell so that you don't miss the rest of this workshop. A great place to start if you're interested in the topic! (Oh and please share this notice too if you have friends with similar interests.)

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Recordings available to ParaMOOC18 and a listing of PF recently uploaded videos

New post to PF News with a list of publicly available lecture recordings from ParaMOOC2018 and the update list of all the PF YouTube Channel uploads since September. Here's the link: http://parapsychology.org/updates-on-paramooc2018-and-pf-youtube-channel/ Don't forget to subscribe and click the notification bell while watching the videos, and if you're intrigued by the recordings of the ParaMOOC live sessions, enrollment is still open and the link is available in the blog. Happy reading!

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https://carlossalvarado.wordpress.com/2018/02/12/new-papers-about-mind-body-issues-in-psychiatry/

Dr Carlos S Alvarado’s latest blog, on a recent paper surveying the presence of the mnd-bdy problem in psychiatric journal, written by Dr Alexander Moreira-Almedia, Dr Saul de Freitas Araujo, and Dr. C. Robert Cloninger.

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Next Up on ParaMOOC2018

Tuesday, February 6th, Noon Eastern, Anomalous Experience and Bereavement with Dr Cal Cooper

Attendee link: http://www.wiziq.com/online-class/5268047-anomalous-experiences-and-bereavement

All the individual sessions are open to the public so come and join us! And if you can't join us live, the link above will take you to the recording!

 If you have problems with the link above, open a private or incognito window in your browser before you use the link. If you are a student in the course and having trouble with the link, log out of the course, and come back to the public link and come in as a visitor. The link will work for the recording without problems from tomorrow forward.

 For info on the whole schedule, link to the public Google calendar:

https://calendar.google.com/calendar/r/week/2018/1/22?cid=M3U0OTBzdmw2ZHFyc2Y0aHV0dWhwOWI2dWdAZ3JvdXAuY2FsZW5kYXIuZ29vZ2xlLmNvbQ&pli=1

And don't forget to subscrbe to the PF YouTube Channel if you haven't already:

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCKx9X_6Ek5JynhJYtiH_HQA

See you there!

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Next Up on ParaMOOC2018Thursday, February 1st, 2pm Eastern, The Significance of Statistics to the Study of Mind-Matter Research: American Statistics Association President and long-time exceedingly productive member of the scientific parapsychology community, Dr. Jessica Utts, will be speaking today! Here’s the link: http://www.wiziq.com/online-class/5268029-significance-of-statistcs-to-mind-matter-research All the individual sessions are open to the public so come and join us! And if you can't join us live, the link above will take you to the recording! Link to the public calendar for the course for information on the entire schedule:   https://calendar.google.com/calendar/r/week/2018/1/22?cid=M3U0OTBzdmw2ZHFyc2Y0aHV0dWhwOWI2dWdAZ3JvdXAuY2FsZW5kYXIuZ29vZ2xlLmNvbQ&pli=1 And don't forget to subscrbe to the PF YouTube Channel if you haven't already: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCKx9X_6Ek5JynhJYtiH_HQA See you there!

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Next Up on ParaMOOC2018Dr. Carlos S. Alvarado, Tuesday, January 30th, 2pm, Eastern Parapsychology and the Study of the Mind (Alvarado)Attendee link: http://www.wiziq.com/online-class/5268025-parapsychology-and-the-study-of-the-mind All the individual sessions are open to the public so come and join us! And if you can't join us live, the link above will take you to the recording! Link to the public calendar for the course for information on the entire schedule:  https://calendar.google.com/calendar/r/week/2018/1/22?cid=M3U0OTBzdmw2ZHFyc2Y0aHV0dWhwOWI2dWdAZ3JvdXAuY2FsZW5kYXIuZ29vZ2xlLmNvbQ&pli=1 And don't forget to subscrbe to the PF YouTube Channel if you haven't already: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCKx9X_6Ek5JynhJYtiH_HQA See you there!

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Next up on ParaMOOC2018Wednesday, January 25th at Noon Eastern!"Dark Cognition: Evidence of Psi and Implications for Consciousness" The direct link to this class (and to the recording after the class is finshed) is available here: http://www.wiziq.com/online-class/5267961-dark-cognition-evidence-of-psi-and-implications-for-consciousness All the individual sessons are open to the public so come and join us! And if you can't join us live, the link above will take you to the recording! Link to the public calendar for the course for information on the entire schedule:  https://calendar.google.com/calendar/r/week/2018/1/22?cid=M3U0OTBzdmw2ZHFyc2Y0aHV0dWhwOWI2dWdAZ3JvdXAuY2FsZW5kYXIuZ29vZ2xlLmNvbQ&pli=1 And don't forget to subscrbe to the PF YouTube Channel if you haven't already: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCKx9X_6Ek5JynhJYtiH_HQA See you there!

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In the ParaMOOC2018 today Robert McLuhan will give us a tour of the Society for Psychical Research’s extraordinary Psi Encyclopedia that he edits. The talk is at Noon Eastern today on WizIQ. No need to sign up, just click the link: http://www.wiziq.com/online-class/5267956-the-psi-encyclopedia-a-window-on-psychical-research All the individual sessons are open to the public so come and join us! And if you can't join us live, the link above will take you to the recording! Link to the public calendar for the course for information on the entire schedule:  https://calendar.google.com/calendar/r/week/2018/1/22?cid=M3U0OTBzdmw2ZHFyc2Y0aHV0dWhwOWI2dWdAZ3JvdXAuY2FsZW5kYXIuZ29vZ2xlLmNvbQ&pli=1 And don't forget to subscrbe to the PF YouTube Channel if you haven't already: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCKx9X_6Ek5JynhJYtiH_HQA See you there!

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ParaMOOC 2018 (the free online course "Parapsychology Research and Education" which covers scientific parapsychology, anomalistic psychology and scientific/academic disciplines in which research relevant to parapsychology/anomalistic psychology as well) starts with live sessions on January 22nd, but the course is already open and enrollment is available. Here's that link: http://the-azire.wiziq.com/course/202153-parapsychology-research-and-education-paramooc2018  

Supported by the Parapsychology Foundation and organized by the virtual Alvarado Zingrone Institute for Research and Education (The AZIRE), this year’s group of guest speakers include the editor of the best encyclopedia on the field, a nurse who was awarded her PhD for the first UK prospective study on NDEs, a senior scientist who is also a best selling author and without a doubt the most well-known speaker on the subject, and 13 other clinical psychologists, professors, and active researchers in psychology, psychiatry, cell biology, economics, statistics, physics, toxicology, and neurology hailing from Brazil, Canada, France, the UK and the United States.

And in the meantime get and incorporate the ParaMOOC 2018 Google calendar: https://calendar.google.com/calendar/r/week/2018/1/22?cid=M3U0OTBzdmw2ZHFyc2Y0aHV0dWhwOWI2dWdAZ3JvdXAuY2FsZW5kYXIuZ29vZ2xlLmNvbQ&pli=1  What we know so far is on the calendar, and the calendar will be updated as we go along.

To join the class as a whole click the enrollment link above and you've have access to collateral material, PowerPoints and more. But the Google calendar will have the individual lecture links as we confirm them and you'll be able to use those links just to come to the webinars of your choice.

And don’t forget to subscribe to the PF’s amazng YouTube Channel, 100 videos, including some of the previous ParaMOOC lectures, but so much more: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCKx9X_6Ek5JynhJYtiH_HQA

See you in the ParaMOOC!!! Starts Monday with the opening session!

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Lisette Coly announces that Parapsychological Association awarded PF Research Fellow Dr. Carlos S. Alvarado the prestigious Outstanding Career Award at its recent Annual Convention in Athens, Greece: http://parapsychology.org/pf-blog/

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Description of MacWilliam’s lastest art installation covering a significant number of her previous works that focus on a variety of topics related to understanding/experience what seems to be paranormal. The exhibit runs from today through April and will be touring through other galleries in the UK for the rest of the year.

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So what do Julia Mossbridge, Chistine Simmonds-Moore and Peter Bancel have in common? They are all "up" this week for Week 5 of ParaMOOC17, Mossbridge on presentiment, Simmonds-Moore on synesthesias and psi, and Bancel on what the global consciousness project really measures. The best way to see all three and get access to all the Parapsychology Research and Education speakers past, present and future is to sign up for the free online course at http://the-azire.wiziq.com/course/178247-parapsychology-research-and-education-paramooc2017 if you haven't already! And if you are already enrolled, reserve 12:30pm Eastern on Tuesday February 14th for Mossbridge, and 2pm Eastern on Wednesday and Friday for Simmonds-Moore and Bancel! Where else can you hear active researchers talking about their work, taking questions and discussing their work and the field with the attendees with no 10-minute, 15-minute, 60-minute time limit! Better than a face to face conference because you've got their undivided attention for as long as you and the speakers want! Extraordinary! Come join us!

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Haven't joined the Parapsychology Research and Education (also known as ParaMOOC2017) organized by The AZIRE and the Parapsychology Foundation yet? Today is the start of 16 guest speakers. Dr. Ed Kelly will talk about his journey from physicalism to idealism with a brief review of what's going on research wise at the Division of Perceptual Studies at the University of Virginia these days. Wednesday is Dr. Gerhard Mayer from the IGPP in Germany. Tuesday the 31st is Dr. Masayuki Ohkado from Chubu University in Japan, and that's just for starters! Presentations at 2pm Eastern. Course is free, everything's recorded! Come join us! Here's the link:

http://the-azire.wiziq.com/course/178247-parapsychology-research-and-education-paramooc2017

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Stevie Wonder on accessibility for people with all kinds of bodies and abilities.

“You all can’t read this, huh. You can’t read Braille, nah nah nah nah nah. I just want to say, before saying the winner, we need to make every single thing accessible to every single person with a disability.”

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Parapsychology Foundation Research Fellow Dr. James G. Matlock will be teaching his excellent 15-week course on reincarnation research and theory again on the AZIRE Moodle platform starting on Monday, January 30. You can read the details on his website http://jamesgmatlock.net/signs-of-reincarnation-course/. For feedback from participants in previous years, see http://jamesgmatlock.net/signs-of-reincarnation-course/evaluations/ Registration is now open. The fee is $300, or $150 for students. Message Jim on Facebook or contact him by email at [email protected] with any questions or to register.

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First look at the Parapsychology Foundation's and The AZIRE's Parapsychology Research and Education Course, starts Monday January 16th with three days of introductory lectures, then four more weeks of guest speakers who are, with two exceptions, PhD scientists and academics working on some aspect of the field whether from psychology, physics, history or parapsychology itself. The two exceptions are extraordinary doctoral students, one in anthropology and the other in psychology. Take a look and join us (enrollment info in the description)

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Happy New Year from the Parapsychology Foundation!! And Congratulations to the PF for passing 300 subscribers on their YouTube channel. The content is extraordinary -- 65 years of legacy film, lectures by scientists, scholars and authors interested in the scientific study of what seem to be psychic phenomena, and new content from courses, online forums, book expos and other activities! So worth a look!