Rogo, D. Scott
D. Scott Rogo (1950â1990) wrote extensively on paranormal subjects and also investigated paranormal phenomena as a visiting researcher for the Psychical Research Foundation in Durham, North Carolina, and the Division of Parapsychology and Psychophysics of Maimonides Medical Center in Brooklyn, New York. Many of his investigations were related to extrasensory perception (particularly psychic abilities demonstrated by ganzfeld testing), hauntings, and poltergeists, but he wrote about a wide variety of paranormal subjects, including near-death experiences, saintsâ miracles, and the debunking techniques of sceptic James Randi. In 1985 he published a book examining reincarnation research, The Search for Yesterday: A Critical Examination of the Evidence for Reincarnation that is considered by many in the field to be one of the most definitive works on the subject. He was also an expert on psychical research itself, and on the history of occultism. In addition to The Search for Yesterday, Rogoâs books include A Study of Some Unusual âOther-Worldâ Experiences (1970), A Psychic Study of âThe Music of the Spheresâ (1972), Parapsychology: A Century of Inquiry (1975), Exploring Psychic Phenomena: Beyond Mind and Matter (1976), The Haunted Universe: A Psychic Look at Miracles, UFOs, and Mysteries of Nature (1977), Minds and Motion: The Riddle of Psychokinesis (1978), Leaving the Body: A Complete Guide to Astral Projection (1983), and Our Psychic Potentials (1984). Rogoâs work was cut short when he was murdered in his home at the age of forty.
SEE ALSO:
- Extrasensory Perception
- Ganzfeld Studies
- Near-Death Experiences
- Reincarnation
SOURCE:
The Greenhaven Encyclopedia of Paranormal Phenomena – written by Patricia D. Netzley © 2006 Gale, a part of Cengage Learning
