First Sight
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First Sight

ESP and Parapsychology in Everyday Life

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First Sight

ESP and Parapsychology in Everyday Life

About this book

Often seen as supernatural, unpredictable, illusory and possibly dangerous, ESP, telepathy, clairvoyance and other parapsychological activities are actually happening all the time and help us make sense of everyday experiences. First Sight provides a new way of understanding such experiences and describes a way of thinking about the unconscious mind that makes it clear that these abilities are not rare and anomalous, but instead are used by all of us all the time, unconsciously and efficiently.

Drawing upon a broad array of studies in contemporary psychology, the author integrates a new model for understanding these unusual abilities with the best research in psychology on problems as diverse as memory, perception, personality, creativity and fear. In doing so, he illustrates how the field of parapsychology, which, historically, has been riddled with confusion, skepticism and false claims, can move from the edges of science to its center, where it will offer fascinating new knowledge about unmapped aspects of our nature. The author demonstrates that the new model accounts for accumulated findings very well, and explains previous mysteries, resolves apparent contradictions, and offers clear directions for further study. First Sight also ventures beyond the laboratory to explain such things as why apparent paranormal experiences are so rare, why they need not be feared, and how they can be more intentionally accessed. Further study of this theory is likely to lead to a "technology" of parapsychological processes while drastically revising our conception of the science of the mind toward a new science more humane and more replete with possibility than we have imagined in the past.

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Table of contents

  1. Preface
  2. Section I: A Point of View
  3. Chapter 1: A New Conception Guided by Two Analogies
  4. Chapter 2: A Model and a Theory of Psi
  5. Section II: Elaborations of the Model and the Theory
  6. Chapter 3: A Model of the Mind and of the Place of Psi in Mental Functioning
  7. Chapter 4: Psi and Consciousness
  8. Chapter 5: The Vicissitudes of the Extrasensory: To Be Known or Not to Be Known
  9. Chapter 6: Some Implicit Assumptions That Need to Be Changed
  10. Chapter 7: Psychokinesis: First Sight and First Act
  11. Chapter 8: Precursors of the Model
  12. Chapter 9: A Reiteration of Essential Points
  13. Section III: Psi and Other Preconscious Processes
  14. Chapter 10: Psi and Ambiguous or Unconscious Sensory Information
  15. Chapter 11: Psi and Memory: Are the Processes Similar?
  16. Chapter 12: Psi and Memory: How Do They Affect One Another?
  17. Chapter 13: Psi and Creativity
  18. Section IV: First Sight and Other Research Findings
  19. Chapter 14: Fear and Psi
  20. Chapter 15: Extroversion and Psi
  21. Chapter 16: Other Individual and Situational Factors
  22. Chapter 17: Two Vexing Problems: Experimenter Effects and Decline Effects
  23. Section V: First Sight beyond the Laboratory
  24. Chapter 18: Ordinary Nonpsychic Experience
  25. Chapter 19: The More Psychic Person
  26. Chapter 20: First Sight and Personal Exploration of Psi
  27. Chapter 21: First Sight in the Consulting Room
  28. Section VI: Prospects for Parapsychology
  29. Chapter 22: Recent Research Pertinent to First Sight
  30. Chapter 23: Applications of First Sight
  31. Chapter 24: Suggested Directions for Future Research
  32. Chapter 25: First Sight, Parapsychology, and Other Branches of Science
  33. Chapter 26: Psi and a New Science of the Mind
  34. Acknowledgments
  35. References
  36. About the Author