The paranormal is defined as what we cannot explain, which transcends the limits of the natural and escapes the laws of Nature .A experiences that have accompanied man throughout the History and that were collected in myths and legends in which man saw or felt presences whose strength and activity transcended the natural and bordered the impossible.In the 19th century, and thanks to the enormous interest aroused by science and analysis empirical , this type of phenomena began to be analyzed both to refute and to study and catalog them.The latter, the researchers of the occult, concluded that the paranormal and the considered normal coexist, theory that aroused the interest of the public, universalizing and becoming increasingly scientific and serious research.Although they are currently not well known among the general public, pioneer researchers of the paranormal have some history Really curious and exciting.
6 important REAL Paranormal investigators
William Seabrook, the traveler of the occult
He was an occultist, journalist and a tireless traveler in search of the hidden .Son of a Protestant pastor, Seabrook showed from his childhood inclinations towards the supernatural, something probably inspired by his grandmother.After an intense youth and being well placed in high American society, Seabrook was consolidated as a reporter and writer.But what he reported most fame were his research trips from the paranormal to the Middle East, where he claimed to have known as the minority yazidi kurda guarded a chain of seven towers from which hidden vibrations were disseminated in the service of evil.
On another of his trips, in this case to Haiti, he wrote the book "The magical island ", an in-depth description of life on this island and talking about the world of vudu and zombies.In Haiti he witnessed the vudu rituals and although he said he saw a real zombie.Its book inspired the first zombie movie, White Zombie (1932).The novel was a great success and opened the way to new experiences such as cannibalism in Africa or doing an in-depth critical study on the witchcraft.He committed suicide in 1945 with a drug overdose.
Joseph Banks Rhine and extrasensory perception
Inspired in his youth by a lecture given by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle at the University of Chicago, JBRhine, a doctor in Botanica, I accept a invitation to join the team of Dr.William McDougall , famous psychologist and researcher of the paranormal.One of his first projects was to study whether it was possible to communicate with the dead in a scientific way.in evidence to a well-known seer, Mina Crandon .
More famous were his studies on Extrasensory Perception (ESP), a subject on which he became a scholar.I collaborate with Seabrook conducting experiments on ESP in New York.One of his ESP tests appears at the beginning of Ghostbusters when the Dr.Peter Venkman (played by Bill Murray ) tries to bond with one of the students manipulating the results to meet her.
George Estabrooks, one of the parents of hypnotism
Eastbrooks became famous in the 40s for stating that he was able to and hypnotize a man and incite him to commit a betrayal to his country, the United States.Then, in 1940 and during World War II, Eastbrooks was president of the Department of Psychology at Colgate University .In 1943 When Eastbrooks had collected all his research and conclusions about hypnotism and its possible uses, he was called by the United States government and his experiments became supervised by the Department of military intelligence.
Their conclusions indicated that hypnosis was dangerous, picking up several strange events that occurred during the testing of the control programs carried out by the CIA.Eastbrooks concluded that in the long term the Hypnosis would be used to manipulate minds.
Karlis Osis, visions after death
Osis was the first psychologist to complete a doctoral thesis on the investigation of extrasensory perception (ESP). He dedicated himself to investigating the visions and experiences lived on the deathbed , already studied by the British physicist William Fletcher Barret.His studies were questioned, something that did not prevent Osis from continuing with his studies and, especially, with the possibility of communicating with the dead.
Harry Price, pioneer of the ghostbusters
He was a famous ghostbuster, starting his career as a researcher of the paranormal at the young age of 15.The search for answers to strange phenomena he had lived in abandoned homes led him to study the world of the paranormal.for his research in one of England's most extraordinary haunted houses, the Borley Rectory , where he had experienced terrifying poltergeist experiences.
Frederick Bligh Bond, archeology and spiritualism
Architect and researcher of the paranormal, Bligh Bond was hired in 1907 to direct the excavations of the Glastonbury Abbey .Bond was deeply attracted to spiritualism and believed that the 7th century Glastonbury Abbey had been built according to precepts of sacred geometry and was an ideal place to get in touch with the dead.
His research in the Abbey is considered the first case of psychic archeology.contacting supernatural forces I practice automatic writing.He was a member of the American Society for Physical Research .
The investigation of the paranormal has many other great names, being these six researchers only some of the best known.If you liked this topic, you may also be interested in reading about the paranormal experiences of celebrities such as Stiing or Keanu Reeves.
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