BEYOND TIME AND MATTER: A Sensory Look at ESP

by Aaron F. Klein ‧ RELEASE DATE: Oct. 5, 1973

After laughing at some of the most outstanding hoaxes that have been pulled on the Society for Psychical Research (""There was and is a society for just about everything in England"") and considering criticisms of Rhine's Duke University experiments, Klein goes on to search for a possible basis for ESP in the physiology of stimulus-response and to speculate on the possibility that a unifying theory of parapsychology will emerge from the current Russian fascination with ""bioplasma."" There's no little waffling on the latter as the uncertainty principle is dragged in to account for the unpredictable, unrepeatable nature of even the most promising ESP experiments. However, his reports of a possible connection between alpha wave production and extrasensory perception and excerpts from the findings of Ullman's research on telepathy during REM sleep should tantalize even the most skeptical. This investigation can't really be called objective, but Klein is a bit more balanced and more relevant than most; he doesn't ask us to become believers, just to keep our minds open -- and maybe try some of the do-it-yourself tests he outlines (""All that is necessary is imagination. . . . A good sense of humor would also be helpful""). Fair enough.

Pub Date: Oct. 5, 1973

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Publisher: Doubleday

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Kirkus Reviews Issue: Oct. 1, 1973

Categories: NONFICTION