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  Grenzgebiete der Wissenschaft, 1987, 36(2), 166-169.
 Account of several significant experiences in the
 author's life. His major hypotheses are (a) thoughts are
 power, (b) biomagnetic or telekinetic powers can be made
 useful, (c) parapsychical. and paraphysical abilities are a
 necessary counterbalance to the creations of technology,
 and (d) apports are a special problem. The apport of
 eyeglasses, which the author witnessed during a stance
 with Einar Nielsen, was not authentic. - AJ.
 03004. Jankovich, Stephan von. Ego consciousness and
 the body. Grenzgebiete der Wissenschaft, 1987, 36(2),
 169-172. 3 figs
 When he was in a hospital's intensive care unit, after
 a car crash, the author gave a command to his heart to
 beat faster and irregularly. His EKG tracing acquired the
 characteristic of a heart infarct condition, frightening his
 doctor. The author gave a command to his heart to return
 to a normal condition, and the EKG tracings became nor-
 mal. - A.I.
 03005. The lucid dream. Grenzgebiele der Wissenschaft,
 1987, 36(2), 173-177.
 Lucid dreaming is a term created by Frederick van
 Ecden in 1913. In lucid dreaming the dreamer (a) knows
 that he or she is drehming; (b) experiences a doubling of
 consciousness: he or she is aware of the surroundings and
 of participation in the dream action; (c) is able to in-
 fluence the dream action by volition. Tart's high dream,
 false awakening, conditions favoring the occurrence, and a
 better remembrance of the lucid dream are discussed.
 There are 2 types of lucid dreamers: (a) the fearful, un-
 stable, complicated, mostly younger people, and (b) the
 self-confident, open, liberal, mostly older people. Creative
 people, but also those who suffer from migraines, tend to
 have more lucid dreams. These can be induced by
 LaBerge's MILD technique, Sparrows' dream reexperiencing,
 posthypnotic suggestion, presentation*of prearranged signal,
 and clectrostimulation of the median nerve. The merit of
 the lucid dream is that it enables the dreamer to ex-
 perience more freedom and happiness. - A.I.
 ner, Andrew MacKenzie, Ursula von Mangoldt-Reiboldt,
 Arno Muller, Lutz Muller, Manfred MUller-KUppers, Karlis
 Osis, Egon Pfeiffer, Winfried Rorarius, Ulrich Rosin, Ebcr-
 mut Rudolph, Hans-JUrgen Ruppert, Hans Sarre, Gertrude
 Schmeidler, Helmut Schmidt, Heinz Schott, Emilio Ser-
 vadio, Ian Stevenson, Detlev von Uslar, Dieter Vaid,
 Hans-Volker Werthmann, D.J. West, and Kurt Zierold. -
 G.H.
 03007. Bauer, Eberhard (Ed.). A bibliography of the
 periodical literature held by the special library on
 "Parapsychology/Border Areas of Psychology- 11
 Zeitschrift fUr Parapsychologie und Grenzgebiete der
 Psychologie, 1987, 29(2/3), 113-240.
 This complete double issue contains an exhaustive
 bibliography (with detailed bibliographic information) of
 the periodical literature on parapsychology and related
 topics held by Hans Bender's Institute for Parapsychology
 and Border Areas of Psychology. In an introduction, the
 editor briefly summarizes the sociological situation of con-
 temporary parapsychology, and he emphasizes the value the
 periodical literature has for a field as controversial as
 parapsychology. The bibliography itself (pp. 125-240)
 covers the complete periodical holdings (549 different peri-
 odicals) of the Institute's library. The library contains

 
 very old periodicals from parapsychology's prescientific era
 (e.g, Justinus Kerner's Bl&ter aus Prevorst, 1831-1839), but
 also those that have been established only very recently
 (such as the Journal of Scientific Exploration). Forty-
 three percent (235) of the periodicals are in German; other
 languages represented are English (219 periodicals; 40%),
 French (53; Uffb), Italian (23; 4%), Spanish (13; 2%), Dutch
 (7; 1%), Norwegian (2; 0.4%), and Greek, Swedish, Por-
 tuguese, and Danish (I each, 0.2%) Of the 549 periodicals
 kept by the Institutes library, 333 are not available
 anywhere else. - G.H.
 03008. B[auerl, E[berhard]. Editorial. Zeitschrift fUr
 Parapsychologie und Grenzgebiete der Psychologie, 1986,
 28(1/2), 1-2. 15 refs
 Briefly reviews articles on astrology that were pub-
 lished in the Zeitschrift since its establishment in 1957. -
 R.A.W.
                        ZEITSCHRIFT FOR PARAP~YCHOLOGIE UND
                           GRENZGEBIETE DER PSYCHOLOGIE
 03006. [Bauer, Eberhard, Ed.]. Festschrift commemorat-
 ing Hans Bender's 80th birthday on February 5, 1987.
 Zeitschrift far Parapsychologie und Grenzgtebiele der
 Psychologie, 1987, 29(1), I-lit
 This special issue in recognition of Hans Bender con-
 sists of an editorial by Eberhard Bauer (pp. 14) with 4
 photographs; 47 congratulatory letters by former students
 and collaborators of Hans Bender, and by colleagues, a few
 politicians, representatives of foundations, and journalists
 sympathetic to Bender's work. Contributions are in the
 form of brief letters (1-4 pages in length) dealing mainly
 with personal reminiscences, or written in the style of
 short essays (pp. 5-97). There is a list of congratulants (pp.
 99-100) and a, 207-item bibliography of Bender's writings
 compiled by Eberhard Bauer (pp. 101-111). The names of
 the congratulants are as follows: Rolf Bbhme, Gerhard
 Adler, Louis B61anger, John Beloff, Gunther Berkau,
 Hans-Dieter Betz, Rdmy Chauvin, Adolf Martin Dilumling,
 Jean Dierkens, Yvonne Duplessis, Martin Ebon, Hoyt Edge,
 Jan Ehrenwald, Jule Eisenbud, Wilhelm Gauger, Michel
 Gauquelin,- Erlendur Haraldsson, Gerd H. Ht$vclmann,
 Hellmut Hofman, Aniela Jaff6, Lee Byron Jennings, Mar-
 tin Johnson, Christian Kellerer, Rudolf Lang, Thomas Lch-
 030o9. Hubner, Wolfgang. Astrology of classical antiq-
 uity. Zeitschrift far Parapsychologie und Grenzgebiete
 der Psychologie, 1986, 28(112), 3-22. [Originally published
 in: Berichte zur Wissenschaftsgeschichte, 1985, 8, 7-24.1 5
 figs; 90 refs
 This survey of classical astrology is in three parts:
 (a) a summary of its rich and eventful history from the
 Babylonians to the Renaissance; (b) the methods of calcula-
 tion, which remained the same throughout the period,
 based on the planets, the zodiac, and the "twelve houses";
 (c) an analysis of astrological thought, which is quite dif-
 ferent from any modern approach. It provided a rigid in-
 terpretation of the universe and it granted comfort and
 security. It presents a curious combination of religion and
 science: the physics is the one forwarded by the Stoics,
 with an equal balance of the four elements, and the
 microcosmic economy with the soul representing the macro-
 cosmic one; but such a determinism is in contradiction with
 the Stoics' sense of responsibility which presupposes free
 will. - DA
 03010. Timm, Ulrich. Methodology and interpretation of
 investigations into the validity of astrology. Zeitschrift
 fUr Parapsychologie und Grenzgebiete der Psychologie,
 1986, 28(1/2), 23-32. 12 refs

 
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