Handbook of Parapsychology-- Edited by Benjamin Wolman

Just a quick overview of the Handbook of Parapsychology edited by Benjamin B. Wolman (Van Nostrand Reinhold, 1977). The book provides a rather scientific overview of cases and studies for which the basis of what is today's paranormal/parapsychic research is based upon.


Each section includes references to the original articles, journals and case studies under review. Each section is broken down into a specific area, i.e. history, research method, altered states of consciouness, that offers the definitions necessary to address the section, correlative studies, and resources used.


The book addresses the cases of fraud as well as recorded "actual" events. It seems to be presented from the skeptical point of view. Granted the research is dated-- British Society Psychical Research circa early-to mid-1900's and some individual efforts into the mid-1970's. The research provides data, method, and research comments to flush the understanding of the topic.


For anyone looking for correlative studies on early parapsychology/paranormal research, I suggest the read. I'm looking for a copy to add to my library as a reference.