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Welcome
to the Website of the Australian Institute of Parapsychological Research
The Australian Institute of
Parapsychological Research, Incorporated (AIPR, Inc., or
Parapsychology Institute) was established in 1977 and is a non-profit
community association. The AIPR is based in Sydney, New South Wales, and
its membership is world-wide.
Aims
The aims of the organisation are:
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To collect, assess and disseminate factual information about claims of psychic
(paranormal) phenomena.
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To support and encourage parapsychology (the scientific study of
paranormal phenomena). See Rosemary Breen's study on
"Paranormal Experiences".-
To provide support in matters to do with
alleged or actual experiences of a paranormal nature that may require
relief of
suffering, distress, or helplessness (see
seeking help).-
To undertake or promote activities
(e.g., fundraising, social events, etc.) in support of the above.
Philosophy
- Psychic experiences (or claims
of such)
should be studied and treated in the same way as other human experiences.
- The
AIPR places psychic phenomena in the broader context
of experience, health and illness.
- The AIPR advocates the use of the
scientific method.
The
Australian Journal of Parapsychology
 The academic aims and philosophy of the AIPR are
served through our peer-reviewed journal,
Australian Journal of Parapsychology
which is published twice-yearly (June and December). The journal
features research articles on parapsychology and book reviews.
Australian Journal of Parapsychology
Click here to Subscribe Now!
Click here for Other Purchases!
The AIPR
News
The AIPR also publishes a newsletter,
The AIPR News, which
is available free of charge to journal subscribers. To find out more about the journal
and the newsletter,
click
here or go
to the menu bar above and click on 'the journal'.
AIPR
Certificate Courses
The AIPR offers four courses in parapsychology:
The AIPR Certificate in
Parapsychology and the AIPR
Advanced Certificate in Parapsychology. These two online
courses give students an education in the field of parapsychology by providing
a comprehensive understanding of paranormal phenomena. To find out more,
click here,
or go to the menu bar above and click on 'education'.
The
AIPR Advanced Certificate
in Experiential Parapsychology.
This course is run for groups of students who like to experience
psychic phenomena directly. The emphasis is on having fun; hands-on doing
psychic things.
There are no exams or written
assignments. This course is run in Sydney, Australia.
To find out more, click here:
AIPR
Experiential Course.
Poltergeist Disturbances
and Hauntings. Almost everyone has a 'ghost'
story involving paranormal phenomena. This course is run in Sydney, Australia.
To find out more, click here:
Poltergeist
and Haunting.
Announcement
The AIPR
announces
AIPR
Monograph #3:
"Psychic Phenomena and the Brain"
Author:
Bryan J. Williams
Psychic
phenomena such as extrasensory perception (ESP) and psychokinesis
(mind over matter) have been reportedly experienced by people from
all walks of life. But are these phenomena real? And how could they
possibly fit into our knowledge of the human brain? In this monograph,
Bryan Williams examines some of the latest findings to emerge from
efforts that parapsychologists have made to explore how psychic
phenomena may be linked to brain functioning. Although they do not yet
lead to a fully working theory, these initial findings do point to
possible brain correlates that could be a focus for further study
using advanced brain wave monitoring and functional neuroimaging
techniques.
Bryan Williams is an affiliate with the Psychical Research Foundations.
He was a co-recipient of the 2008 Eileen J. Garrett Scholarship Award
offered by the Parapsychology Foundation in New York.
Psychic
Phenomena and the Brain is available for purchase ($35). To
purchase online,
click here
Donations
Thinking of making a donation? AIPR, Inc. is
registered with the Australian Taxation Office as a not-for-profit
organization and as such can be nominated as a beneficiary of a trust to
receive distributions. For more details contact AIPR Public Officer in
Sydney, Mr. Robb Tilley on (02) 9816 4279.
Your support will help keep our website
online. Or you might like to see your donation go towards much-needed
parapsychological research. If you donate via PayPal, just leave a note on
the PayPal page by clicking on: "Add special instructions to the seller".
Or post a cheque or money order with
your name, address and funding purpose, to:
Australian Institute of Parapsychological Research Inc.
P.O. Box 295
Gladesville, NSW 2111
AUSTRALIA
If your donation is used to fund
research, an acknowledgement will be made to you in any publication that
results from that research. Further enquiries in confidence to Robb
Tilley on (02) 9816 4279.
Past Event
On Saturday, November 28th, 2015, Australian Institute of
Parapsychological Research, Inc., and the Cardigan Fund presented
The
AIPR Mini-Conference 2015
Venue: North Sydney Community
Centre
(The Morton Room, Ground Floor)
220 Miller Street, North Sydney, NSW
(rear of Stanton Library; near North Sydney Station)
(car-parking, 200 places)
Six Lectures on Parapsychology
Chaired by
Dr. Tony Jinks*
School of Psychology
University of Western
Sydney
(Penrith Campus)
Kingswood, NSW
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Mini-Conference Programme
Session 1 (10:00am to 12:00pm)
Mr. Bill Chalker*
UFO Researcher and
Author, Sydney
"Strange Brew: Are Parapsychology and Ufology Compatible?"
In
this lecture, renowned ufologist Bill Chalker will examine whether
the two areas of study, Parapsychology and Ufology, offer
insights into each other. Are Eric Ouellet's application of Model of
Pragmatic Information (MPI), recurrent spontaneous psychokinesis (RSPK),
and Rupert Sheldrakes morphic fields, three novel approaches,
or are they merely Emperors new clothes? Are other perspectives
and approaches possible?
Click to see
the Youtube video
* * *
Ms. Kylie P.
Harris*
PhD candidate, School of Behavioural, Cognitive, and Social
Sciences
University of New England, Armidale, NSW
"Spiritual Emergency as a Parapsychological
Phenomenon"
Spiritual Emergency (SE) refers to a process
of spiritual
emergence
that becomes overwhelming and difficult to
integrate,
subsequently sending an individual into a
state of psychological crisis. SE may be considered both a
transpersonal phenomenon (involving
a transcendence of consciousness beyond ordinary states of waking
consciousness), and a parapsychological phenomenon (due to the nature
of many of the experiences reportedly involved in SE). SE may involve
mediumship, telepathy, precognition, clairvoyance, psychokinesis, and
so on. Ten types of SE have been identified in the literature:
shamanic crisis, near-death experience, Kundalini awakening, psychic
opening, past-life experiences, possession states, encounters with
UFOs, activation of the central archetype, dark night of the soul,
and peak experiences. These categories of SE will be described, with a
focus upon the psi phenomena associated with each.
Click to see
the Youtube video
* * *
Lunch Break - 1 hour (12:00pm to
1:00pm)
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Session 2 (1:00pm to 3:00pm)
Mr. Alexander De Foe*
and Dr. George van Doorn*
Alex is a psychologist and lecturer, Faculty of Counselling, Phoenix Institute of
Australia, Melbourne, Victoria; George is Senior Lecturer, Department of
Psychology, Federation University, Gippsland, Victoria
"Multidisciplinary
Approaches to Out-of-Body Experiences"
Dr. van Doorn and Mr. De Foe will examine both historical
and modern theories of out-of-body experiences
(OBEs), in addition to recent advances that could make it possible
to induce OBEs in experimental studies with
the use
of perceptual illusions.
Part 1 - OBE Theories and Unification:
Alex De Foe will canvas OBE theories based in numerous
fields, including
neuroscience
literature, sleep research, schizophrenia research, parapsychology
(i.e., extra-sensory
perception), psychodynamic and transpersonal models,
and studies into perceptual illusions.
Alex will also examine
the importance of
developing
a unified definition of the
OBE in order to
address some of the conflicting perspectives amongst scholars who
investigate this phenomenon.
Part 2 - OBEs in the Lab:
George van Doorn
will explore laboratory-based investigations
into OBEs and body ownership illusions (BOIs). The evidence from
experimental work will be related back to existing theories to
establish which best explains OBEs.
Click to see
the Youtube video
* * *
Tea Break - 1/2 hour (3:00pm to
3:30pm)
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Session 3 (3:30pm to 5:30pm)
Paul Cropper*
and
Tony Healy*
Tony (from Canberra) and Paul (from Sydney) are paranormal
investigators
"Stone Throwers and
Fire-Starters"
Part 1 - Pursuing Poltergeists in
Australia: In early 1998, just as they were preparing a
magazine article about other classic poltergeist episodes, Paul
Cropper and Tony Healy found themselves, through a very fortuitous
coincidence, "embedded" in the most remarkable Australian
poltergeist event of the modern era the amazing Humpty Doo
episode in the Northern Territory. Tony Healy will give a brief
account of what transpired there, examine the various factors that
may have triggered the weird outbreak, and compare phenomena
observed to those reported during other Australian episodes.
Part 2 - The Global Poltergeist: Paul
Cropper will describe his recent investigations at three
fire-poltergeist sites in Turkey, Vietnam, and Malaysia, and
compare events observed there to those recorded during notable
historical cases, such as the fiery persecution of the McDonald
family in Wallaceburg, Canada in 1829-30. He will also report on
the fruitful historical research he has been engaged in since
Australian Poltergeist was published, summarizing a few of the
most interesting recent poltergeist reports. In 2016, he and
Tony plan to gather the dozens of "new" old cases that he has
unearthed, and publish them in "source book" form for the
benefit of other researchers.
Click to see the Youtube video
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Dr. Tony Jinks
lectures at the University of Western Sydney, where he teaches
neuroscience and paranormal studies to psychology students. He is a
specialist consultant for the Australian Journal of Parapsychology
and publishes in a wide variety of scientific fields; Mr. Bill
Chalker is an Australian author and UFO researcher. His current
major focuses include the alien DNA paradigm, the Asian UFO
experience, science and the UFO controversy and so-called UFO solid
light cases; Ms. Kylie Harris has an Honours degree
in psychology, and is completing a PhD, supervised by Dr. Adam J. Rock
(Senior Lecturer in Psychology at the University of New
England, Armidale, NSW; Dr. George van Doorn
is a Senior Lecturer at Federation University Australia. His main
research interest is in exploring perception. Recently, George has
merged his interest in touch with illusions, which are useful in that
they can tell us about errors in perception, and thus about perception
itself;
Dr. Alex De Foe
is an
academic psychologist and adjunct Lecturer in the Faculty of
Counselling at Phoenix Institute of Australia. He has researched,
lectured, and consulted in the field, having published a sequence of
journal articles based on his work on out-of-body experiences (OBEs),
and he has taught parapsychology and transpersonal psychology at
higher education level; Tony Healey
and Paul Cropper have investigated all manner of strange
phenomena, both in Australia and overseas, since the mid-1970s and
have collaborated on many projects, notably in co-authoring the book
Australian Poltergeist, in which they cover eleven of
Australias most remarkable episodes and, in a comprehensive Catalogue
of Cases, document every other incident in their Australian files,
some dating from as far back as 1845.
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