The Gift: ESP, the Extraordinary Experiences of Ordinary People - Softcover

Feather, Sally Rhine; Schmicker, Michael

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0312997760 ISBN 13: 9780312997762

Publisher: St Martins Pr, 2006

Synopsis

Can some people really see the future, read other peoples' minds, or psychically observe events unfold, as they happen, even when they take place hundreds or even thousands of miles away from them? Yes, they can, declares clinical psychologist Dr. Sally Rhine Feather and her co-author, investigative journalist Michael Schmicker. Feather is daughter of the late, renowned ESP researcher Dr. J.B. Rhine, whose pioneering laboratory experiments at Duke University brought scientific credibility to paranormal research.

Using real case histories from the Rhine Research Center's ever-growing database of more than 14,000 ESP reports - the world's largest collection of ESP experiences - Dr. Feather will share with you fascinating psychic experiences that cover a broad range of types, from avoiding injuries and accidents to predicting the death of family members; from finding stolen cars and lost pets to catching cheating spouses; from winning bets and contests to foreseeing the bombing of Pearl Harbor in 1941 and the 9-11 terrorist attack on America.

A trained parapsychologist as well as psychologist,  Dr. Feather uses the stories of more than 200 ESP experiencers to explain what ESP is and how it operates through dreams, intuition, and visual and auditory hallucinations. She explains the compelling scientific evidence for the reality of ESP, covers the research on precognition, clairvoyance and telepathy from more than 50 years of laboratory experiments, including the latest research on the fascinating role played by our personality, our psychological, physical and emotional states in terms of helping or hindering ESP. Dr. Feather examines the psychological impact such unusual experiences can have on your life and offers you helpful rules for successfully integrating these ESP experiences into your life.

A Gallup Poll found that half of all Americans believe ESP is real, and 65 million Americans have personally experienced ESP. These stories of the extraordinary experiences of ordinary people will intrigue and inspire you as well as convince you that a "sixth sense" is within the power of our minds.

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From the Back Cover

IS THE "SIXTH SENSE" FACT OR FANTASY?
Can some people see the future? Do some dreams contain warnings? Can we observe events unfolding thousands of miles away? Dr. Sally Rhine Feather, a director of one of the world's most respected institutes for paranormal studies, says yes--and she provides dozens of examples of how ESP appears in real life. Referring to decades of research of hard facts and data as proof that ESP is real, Dr. Feather now reveals breakthrough discoveries which include: what circumstances trigger ESP experiences, why some people have more of this gift than others, and whether the fate revealed in a dream or vision can be changed.
Don't miss:

· The dream that prevented a fatal heart attack of a stranger
· Children's visions of dead people bringing messages for the living
· A letter written and mailed that precisely predicted a nephew's injury in war
· The stolen car recovered in Cleveland with the help of a vision
· ...and more!

"The Gift belongs at the top of the list of books on psychic experiences that are both educational as well as stimulating."
-Rhea A. White, founder of the Exceptional Human Experience Network

"A fascinating and readable book reminding us...that our greatest treasure is not things, but the human mind."
-Charles Tart, Ph.D., author of Altered States of Consciousness

About the Author

DR. SALLY RHINE FEATHER, an experimental and clinical psychologist, is the daughter of the founders of the Parapsychology Lab at Duke University. She is a director of the Rhine Research Center in Durham, North Carolina.

MICHAEL SCHMICKER is an investigative journalist and author of Best Evidence. He lives in Hawaii.

About this edition

• Publisher: St Martins Pr
• Publication date: 2006
• ISBN 10: 0312997760
• ISBN 13: 9780312997762
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 280