Mind-Matter Interaction

Pamela Rae Heath, M.D., PsyD., has written widely about such topics as experiential research, place memory, the afterlife and mind-matter interaction. She is a member of the Parapsychological Association, the Society for Psychical Research and the Society for Scientific Exploration. She lives in South Carolina.

• Table of ContentsAbbreviations      Preface      Introduction      PART I: A HISTORICAL CROSS-CULTURAL REVIEW OF ANECDOTAL MATERIAL THROUGH THE AGES: RELIGIOUS AND SPIRITUAL      Levitation      Stigmata      Inedia      Teleportation      Bilocation      Fire-Immunity      Luminosity      Materialization/Transformation of Matter      Hemography      Deliberately Caused Bodily Damage Phenomenon      Weather MMI      Physical Mediums      Anomalous Healers      Martial Artists and Athletes      Poltergeists      The Wild Card: Spontaneous Nonrecurrent MMI      Summary      PART II: MMI RESEARCH AND THEORY      Poltergeist Research      Early Research with Physical Mediums      Dice and Sphere Experiments      Random Generator Research      Biological System Research      Macro-MMI Research      Metal-Bending Research      Instrumental Transcommunication Research      Anomalous Photography      Other Areas of Research      Performance Factors      MMI Facilitation and Training      What Learning Theories Suggest about MMI      MMI Models and Theories      PART III: THE MMI MATRIX: EXPERIENTIAL RESEARCH      Phenomenology      Altered State of Consciousness      Connection      Dissociation from the IndividualEgo Identity      Suspension of the Intellect      Playfulness or Peak Emotion      Sense of Energy      The Physical State      Focused Awareness (Attention)      Trust in the Process      Investment      Openness to the Experience      “Knowing”      Guiding the Process      Impact      ESP and MMI Overlap      MMI Facilitation and Inhibition      Conclusions      Glossary      Notes      Bibliography      Index

“A very welcome compilation and review of the wide range of so-called psychokinetic type of human experiences that puzzle laymen, experiencers and scientists alike. It is a real treasure to have all in one book such a collection of the types of spontaneous case experiences, a sensible summary of the long history of experimental research, theoretical considerations, some modern applications of mind-matter interaction, as well as a summary of training techniques to improve such ability”—Sally R. Feather, Ph.D., Executive Director, The Rhine Research Center, Durham, North Carolina; “One of the most insightful and important sources on the experience of being psychic and developing psychic abilities out there, with the added much-needed focus of addressing the oft-neglected inherent ability we all have, psychokinesis”—Loyd Auerbach, M.S., adjunct professor at JFK University in California and Atlantic University in Virginia Beach.