PSI: What It is and How It Works; A Central Model for Parapsychology [Paperback]

Keith Chandler (Author)

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Publication Date: November 7, 2001

PSI or parapsychological phenomena have been investigated by serious researchers for well over a century. Despite some diehard skeptics, the existence of PSI has now been solidly established by competent scientists using the most rigorous methodologies. Yet, a complete understanding of the phenomena of telepathy, precognition, clairvoyance, and psychokinesis has remained elusive for two reasons.First, a new worldview was needed to replace the outdated materialism assumed by so many scientists and philosophers. That view, Mental Realism, was developed in Keith Chandlers last book, The Mind Paradigm: A Unified Model of Mental and Physical Reality. Second, a thorough review of the evidence for PSI was required to expose the erroneous assumptions that had hindered its theoretical progress. That task has been successfully undertaken by the author enabling him to entitle this book simply: PSI: What it is and How it works. With this book, Keith Chandler has now brought us full circle from the clockwork, sensory-bound world of Descartes and Newton to an understanding of our universe as a manifestation of purposeful, intelligent psychic energy. He has also finally removed parapsychology from the category of the occult and placed it where it belongs, in the domain of legitimate science.

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About the Author

Born December 31, 1930, St. Louis. Graduated Washington University, 1951, doctoral work at University of Chicago. Specialty: solving problems formerly considered insoluble because of wrong assumptions. Lived in Jamaica 1970-1998. Now resides in Miami. Books include Heart of the Rainbow, Beyond Civilization, The Mind Paradigm. Website www.keithchandler.com.

Product Details

• Paperback: 420 pages
• Publisher: iUniverse (November 7, 2001)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0595200893
• ISBN-13: 978-0595200894
• Product Dimensions: 8.8 x 5.8 x 1.1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.4 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,765,839 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars A Masterpiece of Clear Thinking, June 12, 2002

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This review is from: PSI: What It is and How It Works; A Central Model for Parapsychology (Paperback)

For those of us who know that extra-sensory perceptions (or cognitions) and other forms of "psi" are real, the obvious next step in our quest for deeper understanding of metaphysics is to find workable models. Keith Chandler's book PSI is a tour de force of insight into the inner workings of phenomena such as telepathy, precognition, clairvoyance, and psychokinesis as it presents a thoughtful and inspired model of reality that includes these "psi" phenomena.

Chandler presents the notion that remembering within the field of Cosmic Mind could well be the key to learning how it is possible for people to know what's going on in locations geographically far away, or off in the distant future. While Chandler admits to limited experience with some of the phenomena he includes in PSI (such as future memory), he nonetheless maintains an open mind and a keen eye to correlating personal and anecdotal experiences with viable scientific theories and experimental results.

Written in the style of an erudite professor and packed with eye-opening references to current scientific research (from REM sleep to the honeybee's "wiggle dance" and remote viewing), PSI takes the reader to a place of epiphany where for at least one shining moment -- it all makes sense. I highly recommend this book to anyone who genuinely wishes to consider new models of reality that include "psi" phenomena.