Superstition and Magic: (para)-Psychologists Investigate

Parapsychological research offers a refreshing view of the occult, as it approaches it from the standpoint of science.

Famously, psychologists often take a derogatory view of magic and superstition, and in doing so regularly theorise themselves into some awkward intellectual cul-de-sacs. Parapsychological research offers a refreshing view of the occult, as it approaches it from the standpoint of science. It welcomes the omen, the ritual and the taboo, all as possible gadgets… rather than seeing them as mere gimmicks. Parapsychologists actually embrace the mind of the “primitive”. Tonight, we find out how they look at these matters, and the way their research works. David Luke has just finished his doctoral thesis at the Centre for the Study of Anomalous Psychological Processes at the University of Northampton, where he is also an occasional visiting lecturer. Northampton is the nation’s most important centre for academic scholars of parapsychology.

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