PARAPSYCHOLOGY ABSTRACTS INTERNATIONAL, 02039. WALKER, D.P. UNCLEAN SPIRITS: POSSESSION AND EXORCISM IN FRANCE AND ENGLAND

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perception of this world purified of preconception and
narrow belief. We may, them, perceive ordinary magic -- a
world which is vast and unconditioned, yet full of power,
value, and natural order. - DA
02034. Hunt, Stoker. Ouija: The Most Dangerous Game.
New York: Barnes & Noble, 1985. 156p. I fig; Index: 153-
156; 31 refs
This is an overview of information about the ouija
board. Hunt reports that in a recent survey he conducted,
30% use the ouija board to communicate with the dead,
the same percentage to communicate with the living, and
the remainder to develop psychic ability or as a means of
guidance. He gives some case histories illustrating that
using the ouija board can be both helpful and dangerous.
Well-known cases discussed are Jane Robert's Seth and the
Toronto "Philip" group experiment. He discusses auto-
matisms as the inducers of psychosis and as a cure. An in-
terview with Barbara Honegger is the subject of one chap-
ter. The last chapter is entitled "How to Get the Best
Results from Your Ouija Experiments:' - R.A.W.
02035. Jackson, Edgar N. The Role of Faith in the
Process of Healing. Minneapolis, MN: Winston Press,
1981. 203p. Bibliographic notes by chapter: 197-201; Biblio-
graphy: 195-196
The emphasis here is on the role faith plays in heal-
ing and that we are personally responsible for our state
of health. There are several chapters on faith. Jackson
examines the nature of faith, unconscious factors in faith,
conscious processes in faith, and super-conscious expressions
of faith. There is a chapter on innate faith and one on
faith that is achieved. Most relevant to parapsychology is
Chapter 10, "Mystical Illumination and the Super-healthy
Person" Here he discusses the level of faith that employs
"the higher levels of consciousness for its purposes." He
classifies the phenomena related to the superconsciousness
in three categories: the psychological, the psychic, and the
parapsychic. It closes with a section on the cultivation of
revealed truth. The final chapters deal with cultivation of
a life-affirming attitude. - R.A.W.
02036. Katz, Richard. Boiling Energy: Community Heal-
ing Among the Kalahari Kung. Cambridge, MA: Harvard
University Press, 1982. 329p. Bibliography: 317-323; Glos-
sary: 314-316; 2 figs; 19 illus; Index: 324-329
. Katz reports on his field investigation of the ritual
healing dance of the !Kung. The rituals are described. in
detail, and he shows how they are perceived at the ex-
periential level through interviews with participants; he
traces the role of healing in the healers' lives and in the
community as a whole, and he presents a sociological ana-
lysis of how the form and function of healing are shaped
by the character of the !Kung social order.
The book grew out of a request from the IKung to
"tell our story of healing to your people." The talks of
four !Kung healers are the heart of the book. Of special
interest are four chapters, "At a Healing Dance," "Educa-
tion for Healing;' "Career of the Healer," and "Psycho-
logical and Spiritual Growth." Biographies arc give of
some important !Kung healers. - R.A.W.
02037. Loye, David. The Sphinx and the Rainbow:
Brain, Mind and Future Vision. Foreword by Willis Har-
man. Boulder, CO: Shambhala/New Science Library, 1983.
236p. Bibliographic notes by chapter: 205215; Bibliography:
216-225; Index: 227-236; 15 figs; 1 questionnaire; 1 table
Loye attempts to synthesize neurophysiology, psychol-
ogy, parapsychology, and theoretical physics at a popular
level in order to show how all parts of the brain can
also attempts to show how to develop forecasting abilit
There are 4 appendices. The first offers suggestions f
improving individual and group forecasting. The sccor
presents some of the tenets of the new psychophysic
The third is a response to critics of precognition (pr
marily C.E.M. Hansel). The last is a guide to education
possibilities concerned with the forecasting mind: wor
shops, seminars, discussion guides; a sample college court
field trip possibilities; and tests. - R.A.W.
02038. Sheikh, Anees A., Ed. International Review
Mental Imagery. Volume 1. New York: Human Scienc
Press, 1984. 220p. Chap. Bibliography; 2 figs; Author Indc
203-215; Subject Index: 217-220; 6 tables
Volume I of the International Review of Ment
Imagery is primarily an anthology of literature revies
Such topics as mental imagery in problem solving and tir
estimation, imagination, and hypnosis are covered. T
chapter on hypnagogic imagery touches on the possibili
of a relationship between psi and hypnagogic image;
There are chapters on right hemispheric processing a;
imagery in psychosomatic illness. A chapter that might
useful to parapsychologists is one entitled "Bizarreness E
fects in Mental Imagery." Each chapter has a lengthy bi
liography. - R.A.W.
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alksr D.P. Unclean Spirits: Possession ar
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Case histories of possession in France and England
the late sixteenth and early seventeenth century a
presented. Sources drawn on consist of contemporary pu
lished accounts, which are mostly eyewitnesses, or compile
from the evidence of eyewitnesses. The printed accounts
cases were sometimes supplemented by manuscript souro
and, when the possession involved accusations of witc!
craft, legal records of the witch's trial. For the (the;
theory of possession and exorcism he relied on the debate
arising out of the cases and on authorities cited in thes,
ranging from the Bible, its commentators, and the Churc
Fathers, to fifteenth- and sixteenth-century treatises c
magic and witchcraft.
This book is of interest to parapsychologists becaus
claims of psi phenomena were associated with possessio
the ability to speak and understand languages not know
to the patient; clairvoyance; and bodily strength exceedin,
the person's normal capacity. - DT/R.A.W.
02040. Wilber, Ken. Eye to Eye: The Quest for th
New Paradigm. Garden City, NY: Anchor Press/Double
day, 1983. 326p. Bibliography: 311-317; 15 figs; Index: 319-32(
In the Preface Wilber says 'This is a book about ai
overall or 'comprehensive' knowledge quest -- not with
view toward any sort of finality in knowledge, but wit!
a view toward some sort of balance in the quest itsel;
It is about empirical science, philosophy, psychology, ani
transcendental religion; about sensory knowledge, symboli
knowledge, and spiritual knowledge; and about how the
might all fit together. It discusses what a "comprehensive
paradigm might eventually look like, and -- just as impor
tant or perhaps more important -- it attempts to expos
and unravel some of the major obstacles to the emergeno
of such a paradigm." Nine of the 10 chapters wen
originally published (in the same or variant format) in th,
Journal of Altered States of Consciousness (1), Journa
of Transpersonal Psychology (3), and ReVision (5). Th
chapter titles are Eye to Eye; The Problem of Proof; Mandalic Map of Consciousness; Development, Meditation