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Did you experience objects that repeatedly moved on their own with no apparent explanation?

If so, historian Christopher Laursen would like to hear from you.  This research focuses on these types of experiences that occurred between 1945 and 1990.  The movement of objects on their own should have taken place repeated over a period

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Did you experience objects that repeatedly moved on their own with no apparent explanation?

If so, historian Christopher Laursen would like to hear from you.  This research focuses on these types of experiences that occurred between 1945 and 1990.  The movement of objects on their own should have taken place repeated over a period

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Interview: Hannah Gilbert and Madeleine Castro on Exploring the Extraordinary

Exploring the Extraordinary is an annual conference that recognizes and discusses the extraordinary things – a wide range of them – that occur in people’s everyday lives. Christopher Laursen speaks with its co-founders about the upcoming conference.      

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Interview: Hannah Gilbert and Madeleine Castro on Exploring the Extraordinary

Exploring the Extraordinary is an annual conference that recognizes and discusses the extraordinary things – a wide range of them – that occur in people’s everyday lives. Christopher Laursen speaks with its co-founders about the upcoming conference.      

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Interview: John Savoie on the Making of the Blue Ghost Tunnel

A historic Canadian railway tunnel, in disuse since the 1930s, suddenly becomes an Internet-driven, ghost hunting sensation. What was it that sparked such intense interest around this site? Christopher Laursen deconstructs the legend with author John Savoie.        

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Interview: John Savoie on the Making of the Blue Ghost Tunnel

A historic Canadian railway tunnel, in disuse since the 1930s, suddenly becomes an Internet-driven, ghost hunting sensation. What was it that sparked such intense interest around this site? Christopher Laursen deconstructs the legend with author John Savoie.        

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Spiritual Housekeeping

Author and Reiki Master Cat Wheeler shares a variety of extraordinary experiences from her time living in Singapore and Bali over the past two decades. She talks about how she learned to clear spaces of unwanted energies and achieve fearlessness.

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Spiritual Housekeeping

Author and Reiki Master Cat Wheeler shares a variety of extraordinary experiences from her time living in Singapore and Bali over the past two decades. She talks about how she learned to clear spaces of unwanted energies and achieve fearlessness.

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Interview: Ingrid Kloosterman and Wim Kramer on Dutch psychical research

Two historians are tracing the origins and development of psychical research in the Netherlands, which otherwise has been seldom discussed in English language studies. They show how historically, Dutch parapsychology has been a significant part of the discipline of psychology.

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Interview: Ingrid Kloosterman and Wim Kramer on Dutch psychical research

Two historians are tracing the origins and development of psychical research in the Netherlands, which otherwise has been seldom discussed in English language studies. They show how historically, Dutch parapsychology has been a significant part of the discipline of psychology.

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Pulsating Orb in the November Night Sky

Toronto, Ontario, Canada, 1990. The sighting of a glowing red orb in the November night sky ignited Sue Demeter St-Clair’s inquiring mind. Finding “thoughtful and intelligent people who were looking into these extraordinary experiences without prejudice” shaped her investigative mandate.

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Pulsating Orb in the November Night Sky

Toronto, Ontario, Canada, 1990. The sighting of a glowing red orb in the November night sky ignited Sue Demeter St-Clair’s inquiring mind. Finding “thoughtful and intelligent people who were looking into these extraordinary experiences without prejudice” shaped her investigative mandate.

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Why Not An Animal Afterlife?

Christopher Laursen shares the experiences of a friend and his mother that suggest that animals survive death. In one, a ghostly cat, in the other signs from beloved pets. A thorough bibliography shows how many people are reporting such experiences.

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Why Not An Animal Afterlife?

Christopher Laursen shares the experiences of a friend and his mother that suggest that animals survive death. In one, a ghostly cat, in the other signs from beloved pets. A thorough bibliography shows how many people are reporting such experiences.