"Etzel Cardeña is the Thorsen Professor of Psychology (including parapsychology and hypnosis) at Lund University, Sweden where he is Director of the Centre for Research on Consciousness and Anomalous Psychology (CERCAP)".

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I thought it was nice to see so many in academia openly support this short write up. I see many people who dismiss the idea of physic phenomenon on the grounds that there is 'no evidence or studies that support it'...and that they're "skeptical". Skepticism is great, and even essential...but its sad to often see it thrown around as a kind of so-called "rational" excuse not to look into areas one considers taboo or contradictory to their current paradigm/beliefs. Either way it does seem that a profound first hand experience with it is essential for breaking that tight mold.

But in any case there is actually quite a bit of data out there on this once you begin to dig a bit (the PEAR group at princeton being just one example...watch the vid for a quick explanation ). If you want more on that sort of thing, see this thread.