Visitation dreams study

A study on “dreams of the deceased” is being conducted by researcher Kevin Kovelant. He is currently looking for stories by the public on their personal experiences.

Here is Kovelant’s explanation:

I am currently working on my Master’s Thesis at John F. Kennedy
University, in Pleasant Hill, California. I am collecting stories of
people’s experiences of dreams of the deceased. Have you ever had a
dream of a dead friend or relative that felt like it was “real Have
you dreamed of someone, only to find out the next day that they had died
during the night? If so, I would love to hear your story. Right now, I
am soliciting dream reports of these types. Based on the reports I
receive, I may be interested in talking further with you in a series of
interviews.

If you are interested in participating in this research, have a dream to
share, or have any questions, I can be reached at
study@visitationdreams.net.

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PsiberDreaming 2007

The annual virtual dreams conference on dreams and psi is taking early registrations before August 31, promising a discount. This “virtual feast” of papers, artwork and forum discussions is a two week event hosted by the International Association for the Study of Dreams.

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Humanists and Transpersonalists make out in the alleyway of the Academy

I was lucky enough to attend a historic meeting San Francisco last weekend at CIIS, where the Association for Humanistic Pychology and the Association for Transpersonal Psychology formally held hands and promised to play nice in the sandbox again. Even though these two associations (representing the third and forth forces in American psychology) have a lot in common, it’s been dicey ever since the humanists were invited over to play at the Academy back in the 1970s. Why the split? It’s more about personalities than values. But that’s water under the bridge, and the organizations promise an enthusiastic renewal of joint research ventures.

Psychiatrist Eugene Taylor gave an amusing presentation about the history of psychology in America, focusing on how experiental psychology has continued to operate under the radar all these years, despite the Academy’s love affair with torturing rats. The future, as Taylor sees it, includes a further cross-pollination of existential and transpersonal depth psychology, a renewed neurophenomenology, and a movement towards intersubjectivity as the foundation of a person-centered science.

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