The Carlos S. Alvarado Archives - Essays and Investigations in Out-of-Body Experiences and Auras

The disciplines of psychiatry, psychology, psychical research and parapsychology have emerged from the same foundational roots of Euro-American philosophy and science. Dr. Carlos S. Alvarado's work presents a unique glimpse into the pre-history, foundations, and evolution of these disciplines, before developing their distinctive identities as we know them today. These volumes are of immense relevance to research scholars and students of psychology and parapsychology, as well as those of philosophy, history, theology, and psychoanalysis.

The prolific work of Dr. Carlos S. Alvarado has centered on studies about the history of psychical research and on survey research of various psychic experiences in a career spanning from 1976 to 2021. Curated from a publication list of over 500 publications in multiple languages, The Carlos S. Alvarado Archives is a collection of Dr. Alvarado's peer-reviewed articles covering the European-American history of parapsychology and psychology. Arranged in the order of the content date, the papers present a systematic evolution of the history of parapsychology from the 1800s to the present, including the early foundations of psychology and parapsychology and the changing perspectives in the field.

Spread out over three volumes, the 142 papers cover historical topics that include mesmerism, hypnosis, somnambulism, dissociation, consciousness, hysteria, Spiritualism, Spiritism, and mediumship. Many of these papers cover the work of European and American stalwarts such as William James, Charles Richet, Alfred Binet, Allan Kardec, G. Stanley Hall, F.W.H. Myers, Michael Faraday, William Stainton Moses, and Albert de Rochas, and several others from the 19th to 21st century.

These volumes are of immense relevance to research scholars and students of psychology and parapsychology, as well as those of philosophy, history, theology, and psychoanalysis.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Foreword by Christine Simmonds Moore
Preface by Nancy L. Zingrone
Chapter 1: A Brief History of Psi Research by Nancy L. Zingrone and Carlos S. Alvarado
Chapter 2: Trends in the Study of Out-of-Body Experiences: An Overview of Developments Since the Nineteenth Century by Carlos S. Alvarado
Chapter 3: The Spirit in Out-of-Body Experiences: Historical and Conceptual Notes by Carlos S. Alvarado
Chapter 4: Online Resources for the History of Out-of-Body Experiences and Death-Related Phenomena by Carlos S. Alvarado
Chapter 5: Neglected Near-Death Phenomena by Carlos S. Alvarado
Chapter 6: Early and Modern Developments in the Psychological Approach to Out-of-Body Experiences by Carlos S. Alvarado
Chapter 7: On Subtle Bodies, Out-of-Body Experiences, and Apparitions of the Living: A Review of Ernesto Bozzano's Study of "Bilocation" La Bilocazione: Sdoppiamenti, Viaggi Astrali, Esperienze Extracorporee by Ernesto Bozzano by Carlos S. Alvarado and Massimo Biondi
Chapter 8: Bystander's Perceptions of Deathbed Phenomena by Carlos S. Alvarado and Nancy L. Zingrone
Chapter 9: A Study of the Features of Out-of-Body Experiences in Relation to Sylvan Muldoon's Claims by Carlos S. Alvarado and Nancy L. Zingrone
Chapter 10: On the Use of the Term Out-of-Body Experience by Carlos S. Alvarado
Chapter 11: Explorations of the Features of Out-of-Body Experiences: An Overview and Critique of the Work of Robert Crookall by Carlos S. Alvarado
Chapter 12: ESP During Out-of-Body Experiences: A Review of Experimental Studies by Carlos S. Alvarado
Chapter 13: Research on Spontaneous Out-of-Body Experiences: A Review of Modern Developments, 1960-1984 by Carlos S. Alvarado
Chapter 14: Phenomenological Aspects of Out-of-Body-Experiences: A Report of Three Studies by Carlos S. Alvarado
Chapter 15: ESP During Out-of-Body Experiences: A Research and Methodological Note by Carlos S. Alvarado
Chapter 16: Individual Differences in Aura Vision: Relationship to Visual Imagery and Imaginative-Fantasy Experiences by Carlos S. Alvarado and Nancy L. Zingrone
Chapter 17: Synesthesia and Claims of Psychic Experiences: An Exploratory Study by Carlos S. Alvarado
Chapter 18: Factors Related to the Depth of Near-Death Experiences: Testing the "Embellishment Over Time" Hypothesis by Carlos S. Alvarado and Nancy L. Zingrone
Chapter 19: Psi Experiences and the "Big Five": Relating the NEO-PI-R to the Experience Claims of Experimental Subjects by Nancy L. Zingrone, Carlos S. Alvarado, and Kathy Dalton
Chapter 20: Mapping the Characteristics of Out-of-Body Experiences by Carlos S. Alvarado
Chapter 21: Out-of-Body Experiences and Sensations of "Shocks" to the Body by Carlos S. Alvarado and Nancy L. Zingrone
Chapter 22: Out-of-Body Experiences Among Readers of a Spanish New Age Magazine by Carlos S. Alvarado and Nancy L. Zingrone
Chapter 23: Out-of-Body Experiences: Alterations of Consciousness and the Five-Factor Model of Personality by Carlos S. Alvarado, Nancy L. Zingrone, and Kathy S. Dalton
Chapter 24: Sleepwalking and Spontaneous Parapsychological Experiences: A Research Note by Carlos S. Alvarado
Chapter 25: Out-of-Body Experiences by Carlos S. Alvarado
Chapter 26: The Dissociative Experiences Scale-II: Descriptive Statistics, Factor Analysis, and Frequency of Experiences by Nancy L. Zingrone and Carlos S. Alvarado
Chapter 27: Exploring the Factors Related to the After Effects of Out-of-Body Experiences by Carlos S. Alvarado and Nancy L. Zingrone
Chapter 28: Research on Non-Pathological Dissociation by Carlos S. Alvarado
Chapter 29: Pleasurable Western Adult Near-Death Experiences: Features, Circumstances and Incidence by Nancy L. Zingrone and Carlos S. Alvarado
Chapter 30: Psychological Correlates of Aura Vision: Psychic Experiences, Dissociation, Absorption, and Synaesthesia-like Experiences by Nancy L. Zingrone, Carlos S. Alvarado, and Natasha Agee
Chapter 31: Features of Out-of-Body Experiences: Relationships to Frequency, Willfulness and Previous Knowledge about the Experience by Carlos S. Alvarado and Nancy L. Zingrone
Chapter 32: The Variety of Aura Experiences by Carlos S. Alvarado
Bibliography
Index
About the Contributors

Über den Autor / die Autorin

Carlos S. Alvarado, PhD (1955-2021), was a research fellow at the Parapsychology Foundation and Adjunct Research Faculty at Sofia University. He was on the editorial boards of the Journal of Near-Death Studies, Journal of the Society for Psychical Research, Journal of Scientific Exploration, and was the Book Review Editor of the Journal of Parapsychology. The prolific work of Dr. Alvarado has centered on studies about the history of psychical research, and on survey research on out-of-body experiences and other psychic experiences in a career spanning from 1976 to 2021. He has published over 340 peer-reviewed articles in publications such as: Australian Journal of Clinical and Experimental Hypnosis, History of Psychiatry, Journal of Psychology, Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease, Journal of Parapsychology, Journal of the American Society for Psychical Research, Journal of Scientific Exploration, and the Journal of the Society for Psychical Research. He was a recipient of the 2010 Parapsychological Association's Outstanding Contribution Award, and the 2017 Parapsychological Association's Outstanding Career Award.
Nancy L. Zingrone, PhD, is a Distinguished Core Part-Time Professor of Psychology in the John F. Kennedy School of Psychology and Social Sciences at National University (San Diego, California) and a Research Fellow at the Parapsychology Foundation (New York, New York). From 1988 to the present, her 40+ peer-reviewed articles, many of which were co-authored by Carlos S. Alvarado, have focused on psychological and psychical research, as well as the histories of psychiatry, psychology, and psychical research. She was awarded the 2015 Outstanding Contribution Award from the Parapsychological Association.
Sonali Bhatt Marwaha, PhD, is a research associate with the Laboratories for Fundamental Research, Palo Alto, CA and is the International Liaison for the Parapsychological Association in India. Her recent publications include The Star Gate Archives (4 volumes), compiled and co-edited with Dr. Edwin C. May. She has published several theoretical papers aimed at understanding the nature of informational psi. She was awarded the Parapsychological Association's 2022 Outstanding Contribution Award.

Produktdetails

• Autoren: Alvarado Carlos S.
• Mitarbeit: Sonali Bhatt Marwaha (Herausgeber), Zingrone Nancy L. (Herausgeber)
• Verlag: Bloomsbury Academic
• Sprache: Englisch
• Produktform: Fester Einband
• Erscheint: 19.03.2026
• EAN: 9781538198568
• ISBN: 978-1-5381-9856-8
• Seiten: 430
• Illustration: 46 bw illus; 46 tables
• Themen: Sachbuch > Psychologie, Esoterik, Spiritualität, Anthroposophie > Angewandte Psychologie; PSYCHOLOGY / Psychotherapy / General, PSYCHOLOGY / History, History of Science, Psychological theory, systems, schools and viewpoints, Psychic powers & psychic phenomena, Psychological theory & schools of thought, Psychic powers and psychic phenomena, Unexplained phenomena / the paranormal, Parapsychological studies, BODY, MIND & SPIRIT / Psychic Phenomena / General