Famous Western Sensitives

By Alan Vaughan

Since the advent of Spiritualism over a century ago in America, certain individuals with unusual psychic abilities have dominated the scene of psychic research. This essay, chapter 2 from Psychic Exploration, describes famous Western “sensitives,” or those who can sense various paranormal activity. The full volume of Psychic Exploration can be purchased as an ebook or paperback version from all major online retailers and at cosimobooks.com.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Cosimo Books
• Release date: May 1, 2016
• ISBN: 9781944529086

Alan Vaughan

Alan Vaughan has a Degree in Zoology and Marine Zoology.He has fished in salt water for over sixty years and has been described as one of the best bass anglers in Britain. He has contributed widely to leading sea-angling publications. The great majority of his angling now is lure fishing for bass.

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PSYCHIC

EXPLORATION

Famous Western Sensitives

Alan Vaughan

New York

Famous Western Sensitives, copyright © 1974 by Alan Vaughan. First published by G.P. Putnam’s Sons in 1974 as part of Psychic Exploration: A Challenge for Science. Current edition published by Cosimo Classics in 2015.

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ISBN: 978-1-94452-908-6

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Note to the Readers: This mini-ebook was earlier published as part of a compilation of essays in Psychic Exploration: A Challenge for Science, Understanding the Nature and Power of Consciousness (originally published in 1974; reprinted by Cosimo Books in 2011), edited by Apollo 14 astronaut, moonwalker, and founder of the Institute of Noetic Sciences, Edgar Mitchell.

Each of the 28 chapters in the original Psychic Exploration was dedicated to a specific field of research in parapsychology, written by leading experts and scientists, such as Stanley Krippner, Montague Ullman, Charles Tart, Russel Targ, William Roll, Jean Houston, Willis Harman, and many others. With the advent of ebook technology, we feel that each of these unique essays deserve attention as a dedicated mini-ebook in addition to the complete version of Psychic Exploration.

If you prefer exploring specific subjects or authors, below is a complete list of the individual essays, all available as mini-ebooks. On the other hand, if you are interested in all of the essays and the field of parapsychology in general, we encourage you to read the original Psychic Exploration, available at online bookstores in both paperback and ebook versions.

However you decide to read these essays, we know you will receive a thorough introduction to psychic research in its many forms, from what is now considered a classic in the parapsychology genre. Part of the proceeds of this mini-ebook will benefit the Institute of Noetic Sciences (www.noetic.org).

INDIVIDUAL ESSAYS FROM PSYCHIC EXPLORATION

A History of Parapsychology, by Martin Ebon (978-1-94452-907-9)

Famous Western Sensitives, by Alan Vaughan (978-1-94452-908-6)

The Psychic Personality, by Gertrude Schmeidler (978-1-94452-909-3)

Telepathy, by Stanley Krippner (978-1-94452-910-9)

Clairvoyance, by Rex G. Stanford (978-1-94452-911-6)

Precognition and Retrocognition, by E. Douglas Dean (978-1-94452-912-3)

Psychokinesis, by Helmut Schmidt (978-1-94452-913-0)

Parapsychology Today, by Rhea A. White (978-1-94452-914-7)

The Psychobiology of Psi, by Robert L. Morris (978-1-94452-915-4)

Psi and Psychiatry, by Montague Ullman (978-1-94452-916-1)

Anthropology and Psychic Research, by Robert L. Van De Cas tle (978-1-94452-917-8)

Man-Plant Communication, by Marcel Vogel