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    Survival Research: Problems and Possibilites
    Survival Research: Problems and Possibilites
    Survival Research: Problems and Possibilites
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    Survival Research: Problems and Possibilites

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    When we ask whether consciousness continues after death, we usually assume that a surviving self will exist in some kind of body and will include the personality familiar from waking experience. Since the consciousness that may continue after death presumably exists before, we may explore it in the living. This essay, chapter 17 of Psychic Exploration, studies the problems and possibilities of survival research. The full volume of Psychic Exploration can be purchased as an ebook or paperback version from all major online retailers and at cosimobooks.com.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherCosimo Books
    Release dateMay 1, 2016
    ISBN9781944529239
    Survival Research: Problems and Possibilites
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    William G. Roll

    WILLIAM G. ROLL (1926–2012) was a faculty member in the psychology department at the University of West Georgia. Previously, he was project director of the Psychical Research Foundation, in Durham, North Carolina and on the staff of the Parapsychology Laboratory at Duke University. Mr. Roll was the editor of Theta, published by the Psychical Research Foundation. He was co-editor of the Journal of Parapsychology from 1958 to 1960 and chief editor of the Proceedings of the Parapsychological Association. Mr. Roll published many articles and reviews in American and British parapsychological and scientific journals and is author of The Poltergeist (Paraview Special Editions).

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    Survival Research - William G. Roll

    PSYCHIC

    EXPLORATION

    Survival Research: Problems and Possibilities

    William G. Roll

    "Survival Research: Problems and Possibilities," copyright © 1974 by William G. Roll. 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.

    Cover copyright © 2015 by Cosimo, Inc. Cover design by www.popshopstudio.com.

    Cover image #83899506 from clipart.com.

    ISBN: 978-1-94452-923-9

    For more information, contact us at www.cosimobooks.com

    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. VanDe Castle (978-1-94452-917-8)

    Man-Plant Communication, by Marcel Vogel (978-1-94452-918-5)

    Psychic Photography and Thoughtography, by Jule Eisenbud (978-1-94452-919-2)

    Psychic Research and the Healing Process, by Henry K. Puharich (978-1-94452-920-8)

    Out-of-the-Body Experiences, by Charles T. Tart (978-1-94452-921-5)

    Apparitions, Hauntings, and Poltergeists, by D. Scott Rogo (978-1-94452-922-2)

    Survival Research: Problems and Possibilities, by William G. Roll (978-1-94452-923-9)

    The Emergence of Para physics: Research and Applications, by James B. Beal (978-1-94452-924-6)

    The Emergences of Para physics: Theoretical Foundations, by Brendan O’Reagan (978-1-94452-925-3)

    Psychic Research in the Soviet Union, by Thelma Moss (978-1-94452-926-0)

    Devices for Monitoring Nonphysical Energies, by William A. Tiller (978-1-94452-927-7)

    Psychic Research and Modem Physics, by Harold Puthoff and Russell Targ (978-1-94452-928-4)

    Consciousness and Quantum Theory, by Evan Harris Walker (978-1-94452-929-1)

    Psychic Phenomena and Mystical Experience, by Lawrence L. Leshan (978-1-94452-930-7)

    Myth, Consciousness, and Psychic Research, by Jean Houston (978-1-94452-931-4)

    Consciousness and Extraordinary Phenomena, by Robert Masters (978-1-94452-932-1)

    Psi-Conducive States of Awareness, by Charles Honorton (978-1-94452-933-8)

    The Social Implications of Psychic Research, by Willis W. Harman (978-1-94452-934-5)

    Table of Contents

    Survival Research: Problems and Possibilities
    SUMMARY
    INTRODUCTION
    WHO IS THE COMMUNICATOR?
    APPARITIONS OF WHAT?
    SURVIVAL OF PERSONALITY
    SOME BASIC ASSUMPTIONS
    DOES CONSCIOUSNESS CONTINUE?
    SURVIVAL RESEARCH WITH THE LIVING
    CONCLUSION
    REFERENCES
    William G. Roll

    Survival Research: Problems and Possibilities

    William G. Roll

    SUMMARY

    When we ask whether consciousness continues after death, we usually assume that a surviving self will exist in some kind of body and will include the personality familiar from waking experience. In the course of their work, however, psychic researchers have encountered

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