Category: Miscellaneous

Energy healers are people who believe that they can harness the Earth’s energy to heal people, and/or that they can use energy within themselves to…

Masterminded by sceptic James Randi, Project Alpha was the code name for an experiment—or some would say a hoax—to see whether psychical researchers could be…

Raymond A.Palmer (1910–1977) During the 1950s editor and author Raymond A. Palmer was responsible for numerous stories related to paranormal phenomena and was a leading…

The phrase pyramid power refers to the idea that pyramids have magical or supernatural properties that produce energy fields beneficial to animate and inanimate objects.…

Dreams have been associated with a variety of paranormal phenomena, including mediumship (the ability to communicate with spirits), precognition, divination, telepathy, out-of-body experiences, and even…

Devised by Dr. Frank Drake in the 1960s, the Drake equation supposedly allows a person to calculate the number of extraterrestrial civilizations in the galaxy…

Geller, Uri (1946– ) A former paratrooper in his native Israel, Uri Geller is a self-professed psychic who claims to have a variety of paranormal…

Stage magician and escape artist James Randi is one of the world’s leading sceptics and most active debunkers in regard to claims relating to the…

Cardiologist Michael Sabom is one of the leading authorities on near-death experiences (NDEs). He has spent more than twenty years collecting and analyzing patients’ accounts…