Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion, 1995
James McClenon examines the relationship between wondrous events-extrasensory perception, apparit... more James McClenon examines the relationship between wondrous events-extrasensory perception, apparitions, out-of-body and near-death experiences, sleep paralysis, psychokinesis, firewalking, psychic surgery, and spiritual healing-and the foundations of religious belief.
... collection was derived from published reports of anomalous experiences by eleven anthropologi... more ... collection was derived from published reports of anomalous experiences by eleven anthropologists occurring during their field work (Desjarlais 1992;Goulet 1994;Guedon 1994; Hultkrantz 1992; Laderman 1991; Marton 1994; McCall 1993; Salamone 1995; Stoller and Olkes ...
Evolutionary theories regarding shamanism and schizophrenia provide hypotheses testable through a... more Evolutionary theories regarding shamanism and schizophrenia provide hypotheses testable through analysis of survey data. A questionnaire, administered to a predominately African-American sample in North Carolina (N = 965), surveyed schizotypal experience and other psychological symptoms, absorption and related psychological variables, childhood and adolescent difficulty, and incidence of unusual experiences (apparitions, paranormal dreams, waking ESP, out-of-body experience, near-death experience, sleep paralysis, UFOs, spiritual
Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion, 1995
James McClenon examines the relationship between wondrous events-extrasensory perception, apparit... more James McClenon examines the relationship between wondrous events-extrasensory perception, apparitions, out-of-body and near-death experiences, sleep paralysis, psychokinesis, firewalking, psychic surgery, and spiritual healing-and the foundations of religious belief.
... collection was derived from published reports of anomalous experiences by eleven anthropologi... more ... collection was derived from published reports of anomalous experiences by eleven anthropologists occurring during their field work (Desjarlais 1992;Goulet 1994;Guedon 1994; Hultkrantz 1992; Laderman 1991; Marton 1994; McCall 1993; Salamone 1995; Stoller and Olkes ...
Evolutionary theories regarding shamanism and schizophrenia provide hypotheses testable through a... more Evolutionary theories regarding shamanism and schizophrenia provide hypotheses testable through analysis of survey data. A questionnaire, administered to a predominately African-American sample in North Carolina (N = 965), surveyed schizotypal experience and other psychological symptoms, absorption and related psychological variables, childhood and adolescent difficulty, and incidence of unusual experiences (apparitions, paranormal dreams, waking ESP, out-of-body experience, near-death experience, sleep paralysis, UFOs, spiritual
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