Radiesthesia is the same principle of sensitivity to energy fields which many British dowsers believed powered divining rods Bruce Copen was a renowned dowser and believed in the power of radionic fields to heal. William Hallgarth of Belmar, New Jersey’s advertisement is typical of the fringe Christian element in Fate his theology was apparently a mix of American Spiritualism and old-school Gnosticism.įear of the results of nuclear war lurked in many issues of Fate this ad from the American Solar/Cosmic Research Center of theologian and explorer of lost cities Gene Savoy implies the channeling of solar energy will help you survive nuclear holocaust.Īn advertisement for author Dan Tassi’s The Mind and Time and Space that hints at the coming vogue in the 1970s for “remote viewing.” This advertisement for “controlled reincarnation” from “The Druids” demonstrates the interest in past lives and channeling rife in the early “New Age” movement. This issue is fairly typical of late-’50s/early-’60s Fate, a combination of poltergeists, Space Age UFO fears, and (un)natural prodigies. When cataloged, the titles will be available in Special Collections.Cover of May 1963 issue. Roll serials cataloging project may take up to 2 years to complete.

These titles will be cataloged beginning February 2016 and the William G.

These serials may have been part of the Psychical Research Foundation library when PRF relocated to West Georgia College in 1986 however they are unmarked and unstamped so that possibility cannot be verified. These items can be found in the Library's catalog by searching William G. Roll's papers particularly focus on ESP and linkages to poltergeists, near-death experiences, and other psi phenomena.Īpproximately 38 boxes of English, German, Italian, Spanish, Swedish, Japanese and other language parapsychology serials representing likely over 100 distinct titles have been separated for cataloging. Other terms for this field include: paraphysics, psychical research, psi phenomena, and psi research. Parapsychology explores the existence and causes of psychic abilities and paranormal phenomenon. This collection contains the correspondence, manuscripts, photographs, artifacts (including targets for experiments and cutlery bent allegedly through psychokinesis), audio-visual recordings, and other materials pertaining to the work of William G.

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