Mind-Matter Interaction

Pamela Rae Heath, M.D., PsyD., has written widely about such topics as experiential research, place memory, the afterlife and mind-matter interaction. She is a member of the Parapsychological Association, the Society for Psychical Research and the Society for Scientific Exploration. She lives in South Carolina.

Table of Contents



Abbreviations     

Preface     

Introduction     



PART I: A HISTORICAL CROSS-CULTURAL REVIEW OF ANECDOTAL MATERIAL THROUGH THE AGES: RELIGIOUS AND SPIRITUAL     

Levitation     

Stigmata     

Inedia     

Teleportation     

Bilocation     

Fire-Immunity     

Luminosity     

Materialization/Transformation of Matter     

Hemography     

Deliberately Caused Bodily Damage Phenomenon     

Weather MMI     

Physical Mediums     

Anomalous Healers     

Martial Artists and Athletes     

Poltergeists     

The Wild Card: Spontaneous Nonrecurrent MMI     

Summary     



PART II: MMI RESEARCH AND THEORY     

Poltergeist Research     

Early Research with Physical Mediums     

Dice and Sphere Experiments     

Random Generator Research     

Biological System Research     

Macro-MMI Research     

Metal-Bending Research     

Instrumental Transcommunication Research     

Anomalous Photography     

Other Areas of Research     

Performance Factors     

MMI Facilitation and Training     

What Learning Theories Suggest about MMI     

MMI Models and Theories     



PART III: THE MMI MATRIX: EXPERIENTIAL RESEARCH     

Phenomenology     

Altered State of Consciousness     

Connection     

Dissociation from the Individual

Ego Identity     

Suspension of the Intellect     

Playfulness or Peak Emotion     

Sense of Energy     

The Physical State     

Focused Awareness (Attention)     

Trust in the Process     

Investment     

Openness to the Experience     

“Knowing”     

Guiding the Process     

Impact     

ESP and MMI Overlap     

MMI Facilitation and Inhibition     



Conclusions     

Glossary     

Notes     

Bibliography     

Index