"q 1991 stin- ~iade i-acts ). 8). con- 'rent cur- ;;ical inon -r is ,ical Ous- ; it iical ther psi ~iap- ,4ew ,ical -.er's and ole" i as iew, is Xity des: !ike we our lest in- the ink ims 311). tra- .989 the iair iest he n -ale In- ,di- ira- )ne iiat 69), ion ful by Ive to ew ar- in Approved For Release 2000/08/15: CIA-RDP96-00792ROO070091 0001 -0 Exceptional Human Experience Vol. 9, No. 1 June 1991 spite of major tributes in the Journal of Parapsychol- ogy and Journal of the American Society for Psychical Research. Rodger Anderson's entry is reasonably up to date. My own entry had been updated in a skewed manner. None of my articles in the Journal of Reh ion and Psychical Research and Christian Para- psych2logist are mentioned. It is not noted that I have edited the Journal of the American Society for Psychical Research since 1983. 1 am listed as manar- ing editor of a publication I never heard of. On y the first of 5 bibliographies I have published in Advances in Parapsychological Research is mentioned. No mention is made that I was president of the Par.apsychological Association in 1984 nor of a major paper in the 1985 Parapsychology Founda- tion conference proceedings. And the title given for the book I wrote with Michael Murphy is the working title, not the one under which it was p~b- lished in 1978. Carlos Alvarado is not even in- cluded. If these examples are any indication, these volumes still have far to go. Systematic checking of the major arapsycholog~ journals and con- ference Sings would ring new names to light and provide excellent sources for updating these volumes. I hope there will be a 4th edition, and that these suggestions will be followed. R.A.W. GEOGRAPHIC ASPECTS Parapsychology in Australia.' A.I.P.R. Bulletin, 1988 (J~n , No. 11, 1-8. 1 illus; 46 refs Parapsychology in Australia falls into three eras. During the spiritualistic phase (1860-1920), !he emphasis was on investigatinf spirit communica tion through mediums (main 'y direct voice and lzt r1 material* ed a~, t ), During the early experimental hase (1920-196 pothes e'xperimental approach of J.13. tt One had litt e impact in Australia, except for a few individuals. The contemporary era (from about 1960) is marked by the rise of scientifically based psychic research societies, university courses in parapsychology, and by systematic scientific research, des ' te tough opposition. Australian research has bpeen hampered by a number of fac- tors. Firstly, our geography meant that individual investigators have been isolated from each other and from their overseas colleagues. Secondly, un- til recen most Australian psychic research (and psychological research in general) was conserva- tive in t at it copied that done overseas. An in- novative style relevant to Australia was lacking. - DA 04406. Kcil, Jtirgen. Parapsychology in the Soviet Union. Zeitschrift fUr Parapsychologie und Grenzgebiete der Psychologie, 1984, 26(1-4), 191-210. 3 figs; 42 refs The author summarizes his numerous travels to the Soviet Union both with regard to general observations of daily life (the role of bureaucracy, etc.) and an evaluation of parapsychological research in that country. It is evident that, on a popplar level, Soviet citizens show a distinct inter- est in paranormal phenomena. However, "official" support for parapsychological research seerns to depend on the practical applicability of its results. The author also discusses "Kirlian photogra~liyl" exaggerated accounts of which freq a e W V filled the Pages of the popular press in th~ est. In the concluding section, he discusses work with NinafKulagina; on the basis of the experimental data rom In vestigations by both Soviet and West- ern scientists (including the author's own observations), lie reviews the arguments that have been advanced for and against the genuineness of the phenomena produced by Ku!agina. He con- cludes that the paranormal abilities of this physi- cal medium ma well stand up to skeptical scrutiny. - DA/GR HISTORICAL ASPECTS 04407. Le Mal6fan, Pascal. Beginning of para- psychological concept by Max Dessoir (physician- phi 'oso her, 1867-1947). Revue Francaise de Psyhwronique, 1988 (Jul-Sep), ](2), 5-14. This is one of the fullest treatments of Max Dessoir's introduction of the term Parapsychology in an article in the Sphinx for July 1809. The relevant portions of the text of the article is given in French. This is followed ty a biographical sketch of Dessoir, who was a German physician (1867-1947). The next three pages are devoted to a description of the context of the publication of Dessol Ir's article. The piece closes with the authors commentary on Dessoir's introduction of the term, parapsychology, which was done in order to differentiate the study of psychic 'phenomena from that of the abnormal psycliology of Lombroso and others. - R.A.W. METHODOLOGY 04408. BeIoff, John. The Rhine legacy. Philosophical Psychology, 1989, 2(2), 231-239. 22 refs An attempt is made to examine the main prin- ciples that underlie the "Rhinean" school of Arab s cholo~y. Five such principles are discussL. 1~ . I tiiat psi can best be assessed usin antitative " g . _ measures and forced-choice tests; (21 at p.si is a function of the unconscious with the implication that objective performance alone is important, not the state of mind of the subject; (3) that psi ability is, to some decree, present in everyone; (4) that only those problems deserve attention for which an unambiguous answer is attainable, with the im plication that survival research should be shelved indefinitely; and (5) that psi is nonphysical. These r five principles are then eviewed from our present vantage point and all are found to reauire qualification to a greater or lesser extent. Some critics, however, want to go further and allege that Rhine led psychical research into a blind alley and that the time has come to revert to the earlier in- vestigative tradition. This, we contend, is defeatist, the more especially since the advent of computers has greatly extended the scope and power of the experimental approach. Despite its inherent difficulties, it remains the indispensable mainstay of our continuing efforts to make sense of the paranormal. - DA 04409. Sornette, Didier, Lagler, Michel, and Sornette, Thierry. Parapsychology: Point of view by physicists. Revue Francaise de Psychotronique, 1988 (04A-Dec), ](3), 3-9. 7 refs We examine the role of pl chol- iysics in parapsy ogy, stress the importance of efining simple and 83 Approved For Release 2000/08/15: CIA-RDP96-00792ROO070091 0001 -0