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13 May 2022:
In Publication Search, added Journal of Anomalous Experience and Cognition, volume 2, number 1 (2022).

30 April 2022:
Recent items of interest online:

Books:
- Sam Knight, The Premonitions Bureau (Faber and Faber; to be published on 5 May 2022)
  An extract can be read at the Guardian website
- Alan Gauld, The Heyday of Mental Mediumship: 1880s - 1930s: Investigators, Mediums and Communicators (White Crow Books; to be published on 31 May 2022)
Periodicals:
- Issue 4 of Magazine of the Society for Psychical Research is now available to members
Articles in the SPR's Psi Encyclopedia:
- Electromagnetism and Paranormal Phenomena by Steven Parsons
- Annie Besant by Melvyn Willin
- Exceptional Experience and Consciousness Studies (research group) by Michael Duggan and Renaud Evrard
- Arthur Balfour by Melvyn Willin
Video/audio:
- Dean Radin, Quantum Consciousness Experiments (Skeptiko)
- Rupert Sheldrake, Scopaesthesia and its Implications (IGPP Freiburg)
- Barbara Ensrud, J. B. Rhine's Early Years in Parapsychology (Jeffrey Mishlove, New Thinking Allowed)
- 2021: Mind-Matter Interaction Symposium (playlist containing four presentations; Parapsychological Association)

26 April 2022:
In Publication Search, added Journal of the Society for Psychical Research, volume 85, number 4 (October 2021).

14 April 2022:
In Publication Search, added a study registration at the Koestler Parapsychology Unit Study Registry:

Pre-Registered Field Test of an 'Enchantment - Psi' Loop, by Rense Lange and James Houran

1 April 2022:
In Publication Search, added one PsyArXiv preprint from March 2022.

31 March 2022:
Recent items of interest online:

Periodicals:
- Issue 49 of EdgeScience, the online magazine of the Society for Scientific Exploration, has been published
- Volume 13, issue 3, of Mindfield, the online magazine of the Parasychological Association, is now available to members
- Volume 17, number 1, of the Boletín Electrónico de Parapsicología of the Instituto de Psicología Paranormal (in Spanish) is now available
- Issue 11 of the Notiziario Italiano di Parapsicologia (in Italian) is now available
Articles in the SPR's Psi Encyclopedia:
- Cameron Macauley (reincarnation case) by K. M. Wehrstein
- Helmut Schmidt by Brian Millar
- Cesare Lombroso by Melvyn Willin
- Mikhail Petrovo-Solovovo by Melvyn Willin
- The Brain and Psi by Michael Duggan
- Celia Green by Melvyn Willin
- Mark Twain by Melvyn Willin
- Betty Markwick by Melvyn Willin
- Francisco I Madero by Roberto R Narváez
- Japanese Children with Past-Life Memories by M. Ohkado
- BB Saxena (reincarnation case) by James G. Matlock
- JB Priestley by Melvyn Willin
- Malcolm Bessent by Melvyn Willin
Video/audio:
- The Legacy of Joseph Banks Rhine with Sally Rhine Feather (Jeffrey Mishlove, New Thinking Allowed)
- Remote Viewing From the Inside Out with Russell Targ (Jeffrey Mishlove, New Thinking Allowed)
- Dr. Edwin May, Psychic Research (Remote Viewing, Telekinesis) and Psychic Theories (Precognition, Remote Viewing) (Jimmy Akin's Mysterious World)
Forthcoming events:
- Parapsychological Association/Society for Scientific Exploration online conference: Breakthrough: New Ideas in Research and Theory, 23-26 June 2022

24 March 2022:
In Publication Search, added a study registration at the Koestler Parapsychology Unit Study Registry:

Exploring the relationship between sensory processing sensitivity (SPS) and dream precognition, by Elizabeth Roxburgh, David Vernon and Malcolm Schofield

18 March 2022:
In Publication Search, added one Psi Open Data dataset from 2022:

Supporting Documents for "Clarifying Muddied Waters, Part I: A Secure Timeline for the James Leininger Case", by James G. Matlock

18 March 2022:
In Publication Search, added two study registrations at the Koestler Parapsychology Unit Study Registry:

Individual differences factors affecting ESP performance following ganzfeld stimulation: A meta-analysis, by Chris Roe, Glenn Hitchman and Adam Rock
Exploring the potential difference in executive cognitive functions of individuals with alleged mediumistic abilities, by Chris Connelly, David Vernon and James Cane

17 March 2022:
In Publication Search, links have been amended to DOIs (Digital Object Identifiers) for the parapsychology journals included in the index for which they are available, namely: Journal of Anomalous Experience and Cognition, Journal of Parapsychology (from volume 82), Journal of Scientific Exploration (from volume 32, number 2) and Zeitschrift für Anomalistik/Journal of Anomalistics (from volume 18).
Also, full text links have been added for material in Zeitschrift für Anomalistik/Journal of Anomalistics, volume 21, number 1 (2021).

4 March 2022:
In Publication Search, added Mindfield Articles Relevant to Parapsychology in Journals of Various Fields, from Volume 12, Issue 3. (Note that the Parapsychological Association has kindly given permission for these lists to be included here for issues published more than a year ago.)

1 March 2022:
In Publication Search, added one PsyArXiv preprint from February 2022.

28 February 2022:
Recent items of interest online:

Books:
- Gary Lachman, Dreaming Ahead of Time: Experiences with Precognitive Dreams, Synchronicity and Coincidence (Floris Books, 2022)
- Robert A. Charman, Telepathy, Clairvoyance and Precognition: A Re-Evaluation of Some Fascinating Case Studies (the author, 2022)
- S. R. Young, editor, The Wollaton Gnomes: A Nottingham Fairy Mystery (PWCA, 2022)
  A collection of ten essays by various authors about a claimed sighting of "gnome-like" entities by a group of children in 1979. Neil Rushton's contribution can be read here.
Book reviews:
- Time Shifts, by Von Braschler (2021), reviewed by Jenny Randles for Magonia Review
Published papers and preprints:
- Culture as a Moderator of Epistemically Suspect Beliefs by Yoshimasa Majima, Alexander C. Walker, Martin Harry Turpin and Jonathan A. Fugelsang - Frontiers in Psychology, 13 (2022) (open access)
  Sharon Hewitt Rawlette has written a short commentary on this paper for her Psychology Today blog.
- Effects of Intentionally Treated Water on the Growth of Mesenchymal Stem Cells: An Exploratory Study by Yung-Jong Shiah, L. L. Ssss, Dean Radin and George T.-J. Huang - EXPLORE, in press (available at ResearchGate)
Articles in the SPR's Psi Encyclopedia:
- Versailles 'Time-Slip' by K. M. Wehrstein
- Hilary Evans by Melvyn Willin
- Testing Children's Past-Life Knowledgeby K. M. Wehrstein
- Rylann O'Bannion (reincarnation case) by James G. Matlock
- Felicia Parise by K. M. Wehrstein
Video/audio:
- Magic and Psi with Russell Targ (Jeffrey Mishlove, New Thinking Allowed)
- Dreamtime with Gary Lachman (Jeffrey Mishlove, New Thinking Allowed)
- Author/musician Gary Lachman discusses his new book, "Dreaming Ahead of Time" (Anthony Peake Consciousness Hour)
- Rupert Sheldrake, Scopaesthesia and its Implications (online talk for the Society for Psychical Research)
Online articles and blog posts:
- Tom Ruffles, The Society for Psychical Research at 140
- Alicia Puglionesi, "Pajamas from Spirit Land": Searching for William James (The Public Domain Review)
Forthcoming events:
- 13th Symposium of the BIAL Foundation: Behind and Beyond the Brain, Porto, 6-9 April 2022

29 January 2022:
Recent items of interest online:

Books:
- David Luke and Rory Spowers, editors, DMT Entity Encounters (Park Street Press, 2021)
- Rachael Ironside and Robin Wooffitt, Making Sense of the Paranormal (Palgrave Macmillan, 2021)
- Peter A. McCue, Curses, Coincidences and Malign Influence (Arima Publishing, 2021)
- Melvyn J. Willin, Music and the Paranormal (McFarland, 2022)
Published papers and preprints:
- An Encounter With the Other: A Thematic and Content Analysis of DMT Experiences From a Naturalistic Field Study by Pascal Michael, David Luke and Oliver Robinson - Frontiers in Psychology, 12 (2021) (open access)
- When the Truth Is Out There: Counseling People Who Report Anomalous Experiences by Thomas Rabeyron - Frontiers in Psychology, 12 (2022) (open access)
- Contemporary Western Astrology: A Conceptual and Philosophical Critique 2022 1 by Ivan William Kelly (updated preprint at ResearchGate)
- Occultism in the GDR? by Andreas Anton and Ina Schmied-Knittel - Baltic Worlds, 4, 31-38 (2021) (open access)
Periodicals:
- Volume 24, number 4, of The Skeptical Intelligencer, the Quarterly Magazine of the Association for Skeptical Enquiry, is now available
Articles in the SPR's Psi Encyclopedia:
- Stella Cranshaw by K. M. Wehrstein
- William Crawford by Melvyn Willin
- Goligher Circle by K. M. Wehrstein
- Choice in Reincarnation by K. M. Wehrstein
- Wijeratne Hami (reincarnation case) by K. M. Wehrstein
- Seaford Poltergeist by K. M. Wehrstein
- Alfred Russel Wallace by Melvyn Willin
- Feeling the Future (Precognition Experiments) by Chris Roe
- Harold Puthoff by Michael Duggan
Video/audio:
- Gerhard Mayer, Astrology as a Subject of Science (Society for Scientific Exploration)
- George Williams, How would David Hume evaluate the psi data? (Society for Scientific Exploration)
- Daqing Piao, A Tale of Two ESP Practitioners (Society for Scientific Exploration)
- David Vernon, Using Virtual Reality to Test for Telepathy (Society for Scientific Exploration)
- The Arthur Conan Doyle Centre has made available a number of "Tuesday Talks" by various contributors, including Bernard Carr, Dean Radin, Chris Roe, David Luke and Jeffrey Kripal.
- Joyce Bok and Alexander De Foe, Can Hypnosis Induce an Out Of Body Experience (Australian Institute of Parapsychological Research)
- Parapsychology in the United Kingdom with Chris Roe (Jeffrey Mishlove, New Thinking Allowed)
- The Ghost in the Time Machine with Leo Ruickbie (Jeffrey Mishlove, New Thinking Allowed)
Online articles and blog posts:
- Michael Sudduth, Bruce Leininger's "Definitive Proof" of Reincarnation (Cup of Nirvana)
  A supplement to Sudduth's recent paper on this subject in the Journal of Scientific Exploration.
- Roger Nelson, in Global Consciousness Project update (Facebook)
  Announcement about plans for "GCP 2.0", a successor to the Global Consciousness Project.

18 January 2022:
In Publication Search, added Journal of Scientific Exploration, volume 35, number 4 (2021).

1 January 2022:
In Publication Search, added one PsyArXiv preprint from December 2021.