April 1, 2019
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In this experiential seminar, originally given live, Jeff Carreira speaks about William James, Jeffrey Kripal and the history of paranormal experience. William James was the first president of the American Psychical Society who spent a great deal of time studying supernatural abilities. Mainstream American culture today tends to assume that paranormal experiences are fringe events experienced by strange people. Jeffrey Kripal, a modern academic, is putting together the pieces of a secret history of the paranormal and the sociological and economic reasons why it has largely been ignored. Kripal’s contention is that we all have more mystical and paranormal experience than our current belief system allow us to recognize. In his own way Kripal is continuing James’ intellectual pursuits. You won’t necessarily walk away believing in UFO’s or remote viewing, but you after listening to this recording you will know that the world is more mysterious than we are taught to imagine.
“Just because the history of the paranormal is unknown, doesn't mean it didn't happen.”
~ Jeff Carreira
“Mystical experiences happen all the time. And the only reason we dont think we have them is is that we have are culturally conditioned to dismiss them..”
~ Jeff Carreira
Resources
- Book: William James at the Boundaries: Philosophy, Science, and the Geography of Knowledge by Francesca Bordogna
- Book: Ghost Hunters: William James and the Search for Scientific Proof of Life After Death by Deborah Blum
- Book: Authors of the Impossible: The Paranormal and the Sacred
- Learn more about Jeffry Kripal: kripal.rice.edu
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