“Learning to become psychic involves a fundamental restructuring of the way we process information both inside and outside ourselves. This can dramatically alter one’s life, and not always in a conventionally positive manner.” Is it possible to take normal, healthy, emotionally stable people who do not think they are psychic, and who don’t recall having…
Category: Aliens Above, Ghosts Below
By Dr. Barry Taff
Legacy’s End: The Rise and Fall of the UCLA Parapsychology Lab
Many people are curious about the real story of UCLA’s former parapsychology lab (not a department!), which existed from about 1967 through 1978. In the early 1970s I personally conducted research there along two fronts. One front was in the lab itself, where I conducted psi training research groups from 1971 through 1980. The other…
Welcome to the Teem: Dr. Barry Taff
We’re happy to announce the debut of a new column titled “Aliens Above, Ghosts Below” by parapsychology pioneer Dr. Barry Taff. Dr. Taff’s presence here is particularly appropriate and compelling given The Teeming Brain’s intertwined focuses on the cultural, artistic, and philosophical experiences and meanings of horror, consciousness, creativity, and the paranormal. For it was…