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Record Nr.

UNINA9910782534903321

Autore

Braude Stephen E. <1945->

Titolo

The gold leaf lady and other parapsychological investigations [[electronic resource] /] / Stephen E. Braude

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Chicago, : University of Chicago Press, 2007

ISBN

1-281-95920-0

9786611959203

0-226-07153-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (228 p.)

Disciplina

133.8

Soggetti

Parapsychology

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 195-199) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Katie, the gold leaf lady -- Historical interlude -- Joe Nuzum: subject from hell -- Dennis Lee: subject in hell -- K. R., or who can you trust? -- The thoughtography of Ted Serios: a postscript -- The synchronicity confusion -- Postscript: some thoughts on astrology.

Sommario/riassunto

For over thirty years, Stephen Braude has studied the paranormal in everyday life, from extrasensory perception and psychokinesis to mediumship and materialization. The Gold Leaf Lady and Other Parapsychological Investigations is a highly readable and often amusing account of his most memorable encounters with such phenomena. Here Braude recounts in fascinating detail five particular cases-some that challenge our most fundamental scientific beliefs and others that expose our own credulousness. Braude begins with a south Florida woman who can make thi