National Laboratory of Psychical Research
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The National Laboratory of Psychical Research was established in 1925 by Harry Price
, at 13 Roland Gardens, London
, S.W.7. Their aim was 'to investigate in a dispassionate manner and by purely scientific means every phase of psychic
or alleged psychic phenomena'.
The honorary president was The Lord Sand, K.C., LL.D., acting president was H. G. Bois, and the honorary director was Harry Price.
Publications
This organization is no longer in existence.
Harry Price
Harry Price was a British psychic researcher and author.-Early life:Although Price claimed his birth was in Shropshire, he was actually born in London in Red Lion Square on the site of the South Place Ethical Society's Conway Hall. He was educated in New Cross, first at Waller Road Infants School...
, at 13 Roland Gardens, London
London
London is the capital city of :England and the :United Kingdom, the largest metropolitan area in the United Kingdom, and the largest urban zone in the European Union by most measures. Located on the River Thames, London has been a major settlement for two millennia, its history going back to its...
, S.W.7. Their aim was 'to investigate in a dispassionate manner and by purely scientific means every phase of psychic
Parapsychology
The term parapsychology was coined in or around 1889 by philosopher Max Dessoir, and originates from para meaning "alongside", and psychology. The term was adopted by J.B. Rhine in the 1930s as a replacement for the term psychical research...
or alleged psychic phenomena'.
The honorary president was The Lord Sand, K.C., LL.D., acting president was H. G. Bois, and the honorary director was Harry Price.
Publications
- British Journal for Psychical Research, Bimonthly, discontinued in 1929
- Proceedings of the National Laboratory of Psychical Research, volume I, discontinued in 1929
- Bulletins of the National Laboratory of Psychical Research:
- I. Regurgitation and the Duncan Mediumship, by Harry Prince, 1932
- II. Fraudulent Mediums, an essay by Prof. D. S. Fraser-Harris, repr. from Science Progress, January 1932
- III. The Identification of the "Walter" Prints, by E. E. Dudley, 1933
- IV. An Account of Some Further Experiments with Rudi Schneider, by Harry Prince, 1933
- V. Rudi Schneider; the Vienna Experiments of Prof. Meyer and Prizibram, 1933
This organization is no longer in existence.
See also
- Princeton Engineering Anomalies Research LaboratoryPrinceton Engineering Anomalies Research LabThe Princeton Engineering Anomalies Research program was established at Princeton University in 1979 by Robert G. Jahn, then Dean of the School of Engineering and Applied Science, to pursue rigorous scientific study of the interaction of human consciousness with physical devices, systems, and...
- List of parapsychology topics