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psychic research

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  1. Scientific investigation into phenomena that cannot be explained by known natural laws. (See ESP, extrasensory perception, parapsychology, and telepathy.)


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They couldn’t, but that didn’t stop American spies from pouring millions into psychic research for more than a decade, long after Gottlieb left the C.I.A.

From New York Times Sep. 10, 2019

His first book—I published it in 1913—had taken hold like a Long Island sand crab and at that time psychic research had nowhere near the vogue it has at present.

From The New Yorker Mar. 13, 2017

Contrariwise telepathic inklings etc *have* been reported throughout human history and across all cultures, in addition to having support from psychic research and parapsychology.

From New York Times Nov. 7, 2014

He would like to see London University institute a chair of psychic research with himself as professor, has offered the university his library and equipment plus a yearly endowment of $2,500.

From Time Magazine Archive

This evidence we do not find satisfactory, in spirit communication; in psychic experiences; in hypnotic phenomena; and astral trips; important, and reliable as these many psychic research phenomena are.

From Cosmic Consciousness by McIvor-Tyndall, Alexander J. (Alexander James)

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