HEALING POWERS OF THE
MIND?
Chris French, Andy
Lewis, Mike Heap, Serena Roney-Dougal
Do some people have the power to heal others by psychic means? Would
medicine benefit by being more aware of our “spiritual” dimension? Where do
psychic and spiritual approaches to medicine end and quackery begin? Does
hypnosis work, and if so, how? Does meditation offer real benefits – and if so,
what are they?
Saturday, 20th October 2012
Conway
Hall
25 Red
Lion Square
London
WC1R 4RL
11am-4pm (10.30am registration)
£10 (£5 students concessions). Free entry for Friends of CFI UK.
Tickets from the BHA website now or on the door.
Speakers:
11am-12.00 Chris French (Professor
of Anomolistic Psychology at Goldsmiths) on psychic healing
12.00-1pm Serena Roney-Dougal
(parapsychologist and Director of the Psi Research Centre) "Is long-term meditation related to psychic awareness?"
2-3pm Michael Heap (Clinical and forensic psychologist working in
Sheffield who has published widely on hypnosis in scientific journals and books
and has taught and lectured on the subject throughout Europe and North
America.) ‘Hypnosis: Suggestion or Trance?’
3-4pm Andy Lewis (Quackometer)
on “Anthroposophy and Spiritual Science”.
6 comments:
Healing powers of the mind....hmmm
Wo, so there are magical healing powers of the mind, but Christians are irrational to believe that the resurrection occured?
I also think it's funny that people actually believe in Palm readings, Tarot Cards, Curses, Astrology, paranormal, and Luck pertaining to sports teams (such as if I wear one sock it will help my team win).
Well considering that Theism doesn't necessarily imply any of these absurdies up above all I have to say is 'whew' though if a non-theist believes in these, then what? All and all it is interesting how I never see your skeptical antenna raised up on these issues I outlined above. In fact have you ever mentioned them?
If you did then I will recall my statement, if you didn't then I'm going to have to say you are showing a bit of bias here.
Now I know you are just introducing all this on Oct 20th, but I'd be very interested on your take concerning whether or not we have pyschic powers that can heal.
Hi Corny, no of course I don't. check this out...
http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg21028160.200-a-field-guide-to-bullshit.html
Or my latest post http://stephenlaw.blogspot.co.uk/2012/09/piling-up-anecdotes.html
I'll be sorry to miss this on Saturday. Particularly would be interested in hearing scepticism on Hypnosis.
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