Parapsychology and the Search for Psi - Part1: Overview of Parapsychology

 

There are three main kinds of alleged paranormal phenomena (called psi) that are studied in parapsychology:

• ESP (Extra-Sensory Perception) - knowledge without the use of ordinary senses
• PK (Psychokinesis) - mind over matter
• SOC (Survival of Consciousness) - life after death, reincarnation, near-death experiences, out-of-body experiences

There are three main kinds of ESP:

The history of parapsychology can be divided into four main periods:

• Early Individual Investigations of Psi (before 1882)
• Early Organized Investigations of Psi (beginning in 1882 with the founding of The Society for Psychical Research)   
• Early Parapsychology Investigations of Psi (beginning in 1930 with the founding of the Parapsychology Lab at Duke University)
• Modern Parapsychology Investigations of Psi (beginning in 1970 with...)