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parapsychology

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Recent Examples of parapsychology In Sarah Pekkanen’s new thriller, The Women in White, a young health-care aide probes how four female participants in a 1964 parapsychology experiment suddenly vanished. — The Week Us, TheWeek, 20 Aug. 2026 The University of Virginia’s Division of Perceptual Studies is one of the most prominent parapsychology research units in the world. — Saskia Solomon, New York Times, 3 Jan. 2025 Three fired parapsychology professors from Columbia University start a paranormal investigation company, Ghostbusters, after an encounter with a ghost in the New York Public Library. — Angelika Ytuarte, jsonline.com, 23 Oct. 2024 Today, a surprising number of colleges and universities offer opportunities to study and even conduct research in parapsychology. — Stephen C. George, Discover Magazine, 6 Oct. 2021 Three former parapsychology professors set up shop as a unique ghost removal service in Ivan Reitman’s sci-fi comedy classic, written by Dan Aykroyd and Harold Ramis. — Ben Flanagan | [email protected], al, 21 Sep. 2021

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Through her radical honesty and spiritual clairvoyance, Cassidy invites readers to tune to the frequency of their own inner knowing to tap into the cosmic goodness already within them.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 15 May 2026
Spiritualism was the popularization of clairvoyance, telepathy and mediums who claimed to communicate with the dead.

— Rachel Treisman, NPR, 23 Apr. 2026

Definition of clairvoyance

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Now this foreknowledge cannot be elicited from spirits; it cannot be obtained inductively from experience, nor by any deductive calculation.

— Ethan Teekah, Encyclopedia Britannica, 11 Sep. 2026
However, there are common mistakes that can easily be avoided with a little foreknowledge.

— SJ McShane, Martha Stewart, 29 July 2026

Definition of foreknowledge

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While Annie lay dying in her arms, Jean’s telepathy awoke, linking their minds and causing Jean to experience Annie’s death firsthand.

— Nick Romano, Entertainment Weekly, 31 July 2026
The wide-ranging records include a letter from a woman claiming that her mental telepathy indicated Earhart was still alive, and another from a man claiming her grave was located in Spain.

— Dan Vergano, Scientific American, 14 Nov. 2025

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In the 40 years since, every facet of Spacemen 3’s story has been turned over and generously embellished, resulting in an excess of grandeur and foresight projected onto the duo at the heart of it.

— Gabriel Szatan, Pitchfork, 18 Oct. 2026
Bajaria’s foresight was sharper, investing in local language productions and building up Netflix’s global presence (almost two dozen international offices were opened during Bajaria’s reign).

— Matt Donnelly, Variety, 16 Oct. 2026

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