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A Psychological Approach to the "Law of Attraction"

If you have ever wondered how the "Law of Attraction" can work, here are some basic Gestalt psychology principles that explain the science behind what may appear to be magic.

If you have ever wondered how the "Law of Attraction" can work, here are some basic Gestalt psychology principles that explain the science behind what may appear to be magic.

The Gifts of Grief

A Personal Perspective: Grief is a pathway to the extraordinary—bringing the gifts of heightened, intense creativity, blistering clarity, and the memory of who you really are.

A Personal Perspective: Grief is a pathway to the extraordinary—bringing the gifts of heightened, intense creativity, blistering clarity, and the memory of who you really are.

Postmaterialist Psychology Has Arrived

Personal Perspective: The human mind is called upon to awaken to a higher consciousness, or at least so say some post-materialist authors. It is worth the trip?

Personal Perspective: The human mind is called upon to awaken to a higher consciousness, or at least so say some post-materialist authors. It is worth the trip?

8 Ways Your Life Can Change After an Out-Of-Body Experience

Learning to induce out-of-body experiences reliably could potentially enable individuals to harness the psychological benefits associated with them.

Learning to induce out-of-body experiences reliably could potentially enable individuals to harness the psychological benefits associated with them.

Can We "See" Dead People?

Research demonstrates that extraordinary events in bereavement are quite ordinary.

Research demonstrates that extraordinary events in bereavement are quite ordinary.

Why Unexplainable Events Are Common as Loved Ones Die

Many unusual experiences are reported by people who witness the deaths of others, or who are connected to a dying person, including spiritual experiences, and "crisis apparitions."

Many unusual experiences are reported by people who witness the deaths of others, or who are connected to a dying person, including spiritual experiences, and "crisis apparitions."

Do Cats Go to Heaven?

A Personal Perspective: Is this a ridiculous question?

A Personal Perspective: Is this a ridiculous question?

Why Strange Things Sometimes Occur as Someone Is Dying

Unusual experiences often occur around the time of death, including terminal lucidity, near-death experiences and transformation through facing death.

Unusual experiences often occur around the time of death, including terminal lucidity, near-death experiences and transformation through facing death.

Why “The Law of Attraction” Is Problematic and Dangerous

The "Law of Attraction" hauls in millions of dollars for authors and lecturers but preys on the psychologically vulnerable, bringing harm to many.

The "Law of Attraction" hauls in millions of dollars for authors and lecturers but preys on the psychologically vulnerable, bringing harm to many.

Is There Life After Birth?

Personal Perspective: Of the 8 billion people currently alive, who have all been through the birth experience, are there even two of them born into identical life situations?

Personal Perspective: Of the 8 billion people currently alive, who have all been through the birth experience, are there even two of them born into identical life situations?

Paranormal experiences have a sort of mysticism about them, but what do they tell us about believers' mental wellbeing?
Do Paranormal Beliefs Indicate Poor Mental Health?

People often malign those who believe in the paranormal as "crazy," but new data starts to crack this stereotype. Such beliefs may not always be what they seem.

People often malign those who believe in the paranormal as "crazy," but new data starts to crack this stereotype. Such beliefs may not always be what they seem.

Is the Afterlife All in Our Heads?

Do our deceased loved ones live on beyond the veil between two worlds? Or is that sensation generated by neural activity?

Do our deceased loved ones live on beyond the veil between two worlds? Or is that sensation generated by neural activity?

Consciousness and the Quantum Mind

The embodied mind is more than the sum of its parts. It is a hybrid, operating reversibly between quantum and classical realms.

The embodied mind is more than the sum of its parts. It is a hybrid, operating reversibly between quantum and classical realms.

Psi and Science

Why do some scientists refuse to consider evidence of psi phenomena—like telepathy and precognition—while around half of the general population reports such experiences?

Why do some scientists refuse to consider evidence of psi phenomena—like telepathy and precognition—while around half of the general population reports such experiences?

First Investigative Paranormalists

Paranormal claims are rife with fraud, as 19th-century psychologists discovered. The human brain had been exploited, but some incidents were not so easily dismissed.

Paranormal claims are rife with fraud, as 19th-century psychologists discovered. The human brain had been exploited, but some incidents were not so easily dismissed.

Billie Holiday had a 'crisis apparition' when her mother died
Encounters at the Time of Death

Many people report encounters with friends or relatives around the time of their death. How can such "crisis apparitions" be understood?

Many people report encounters with friends or relatives around the time of their death. How can such "crisis apparitions" be understood?

Does an Afterlife Obviously Exist?

A new release in philosophy argues from four well-established facts about near-death experiences that life after death is "empirically certain."

A new release in philosophy argues from four well-established facts about near-death experiences that life after death is "empirically certain."

Why Are Ghosts So Popular Right Now?

Interest in the supernatural tends to rise after some kind of global crisis involving death.

Interest in the supernatural tends to rise after some kind of global crisis involving death.

Are Paranormal Beliefs a Result of Lazy Thinking?

A new study suggests that the correlation observed in the West between low Cognitive Reflection Test scores and paranormal belief is culturally mediated, not directly causal.

A new study suggests that the correlation observed in the West between low Cognitive Reflection Test scores and paranormal belief is culturally mediated, not directly causal.

Is Distance Healing Possible?

How does one begin to research whether or not an ill person heals due to the prayers of strangers thousands of miles away?

How does one begin to research whether or not an ill person heals due to the prayers of strangers thousands of miles away?

Time Slips, the Multiverse, and You

Ever wish you could travel back in time? Science holds that time travel is possible but, based on our current understanding, we can’t explain how it might work—or can we?

Ever wish you could travel back in time? Science holds that time travel is possible but, based on our current understanding, we can’t explain how it might work—or can we?

The Matrix, Psychedelics, and Consciousness

Do you want to understand the Matrix movie? If so, you will need to learn a little about quantum mechanics and a little about psychedelics.

Do you want to understand the Matrix movie? If so, you will need to learn a little about quantum mechanics and a little about psychedelics.

Ryan Hammons with his mother
Evaluating the Evidence for Reincarnation

Is it possible that deceased people can somehow be reborn in a different body? Can children can genuinely recall details of a past life?

Is it possible that deceased people can somehow be reborn in a different body? Can children can genuinely recall details of a past life?

Children and Anomalous Perception

A primary form of consciousness — led by feelings — may dominate childhood. Kids may thus have deeply felt spiritual and anomalous experiences that are rare for the rest of us.

A primary form of consciousness — led by feelings — may dominate childhood. Kids may thus have deeply felt spiritual and anomalous experiences that are rare for the rest of us.