Adam J. Rock is a lecturer at the School of Behavioural, Cognitive and Social Sciences at the University of New England, Armidale, NSW, Australia. His primary research interests are in the area of altered states of consciousness, mainly focused on shamanism, the conceptual problem of consciousness, and mediumship.

• Table of ContentsForeword by Lance Storm 1Preface 5Introduction: The Medium and the Message (Adam J. Rock) 7Part 1: Explanation and BeliefThe Possibility of Mediumship: Philosophical Considerations (Stephen E. Braude) 21Is Postmortem Survival the Best Explanation of the Data of Mediumship? (Michael Sudduth) 40Non-Parapsychological Explanations of Ostensible Mediumship (Chris A. Roe and Elizabeth C. Roxburgh) 65A Skeptic’s View of Mediumship (Krissy Wilson) 79The Psychology of Belief in Discarnate Communication (Tony Jinks) 90Part 2: Culture, Psychopathology and PsychotherapyCultural Aspects of Personality, Beliefs and Attentional Strategies in Mediumship (Joan H. Hageman and Stanley Krippner) 107Shamanism and Mediumship: Confluence and Difference (Rafael G. Locke, Adam J. Rock and Roger N. Walsh) 122Communication with Gods and Spirits in East and ­Southeast Asia (Christopher C. Cott) 135Mediumship and Psychopathology (Jacob Kaminker) 146Mediumship and Psychotherapy (Rafael G. Locke) 160Part 3: Empirical ApproachesAdvances in Quantitative Mediumship Research (Julie Beischel) 177A Review of Qualitative Mediumship Research (Kylie Harris and Carlos S. Alvarado) 196A ­Mixed Methods Approach to Mediumship Research (Elizabeth C. Roxburgh and Chris A. Roe) 220A Systems Level Neuroscience Approach to Mediumship and the ­Source-of-Psi Problem (Graham A. Jamieson and Adam J. Rock) 235Neuroscience of Trance and Mediumship (Julio F. P. Peres, Alexander ­Moreira-Almeida and Leonardo Caixeta) 254Part 4: The Present and the FutureMediumship and Its Place Within Parapsychology (Julie Beischel, Mark Boccuzzi and Edwin C. May) 275The Future of the Field of Mediumship (Carlos S. Alvarado; Julie Beischel, Mark Boccuzzi and Edwin C. May; Stephen E. Braude; Joan H. Hageman and Stanley Krippner; Kylie Harris; Tony Jinks; Jacob Kaminker; Rafael G. Locke; Julio F. P. Peres; Adam J. Rock and Graham A. Jamieson; Elizabeth C. Roxburgh and Chris A. Roe; Michael Sudduth; Krissy Wilson) 285About the Contributors 303Index 307

“an excellent book destined to become a standard reference in mediumship studies...provides an unprecedented overview of research on mediumship and supplies a good synopsis of the state of the art...a job well done...recommended highly”—Journal of the Society for Psychical Research.

Adam J. Rock is a lecturer at the School of Behavioural, Cognitive and Social Sciences at the University of New England, Armidale, NSW, Australia. His primary research interests are in the area of altered states of consciousness, mainly focused on shamanism, the conceptual problem of consciousness, and mediumship.

• Table of ContentsForeword by Lance Storm 1Preface 5Introduction: The Medium and the Message (Adam J. Rock) 7Part 1: Explanation and BeliefThe Possibility of Mediumship: Philosophical Considerations (Stephen E. Braude) 21Is Postmortem Survival the Best Explanation of the Data of Mediumship? (Michael Sudduth) 40Non-Parapsychological Explanations of Ostensible Mediumship (Chris A. Roe and Elizabeth C. Roxburgh) 65A Skeptic’s View of Mediumship (Krissy Wilson) 79The Psychology of Belief in Discarnate Communication (Tony Jinks) 90Part 2: Culture, Psychopathology and PsychotherapyCultural Aspects of Personality, Beliefs and Attentional Strategies in Mediumship (Joan H. Hageman and Stanley Krippner) 107Shamanism and Mediumship: Confluence and Difference (Rafael G. Locke, Adam J. Rock and Roger N. Walsh) 122Communication with Gods and Spirits in East and ­Southeast Asia (Christopher C. Cott) 135Mediumship and Psychopathology (Jacob Kaminker) 146Mediumship and Psychotherapy (Rafael G. Locke) 160Part 3: Empirical ApproachesAdvances in Quantitative Mediumship Research (Julie Beischel) 177A Review of Qualitative Mediumship Research (Kylie Harris and Carlos S. Alvarado) 196A ­Mixed Methods Approach to Mediumship Research (Elizabeth C. Roxburgh and Chris A. Roe) 220A Systems Level Neuroscience Approach to Mediumship and the ­Source-of-Psi Problem (Graham A. Jamieson and Adam J. Rock) 235Neuroscience of Trance and Mediumship (Julio F. P. Peres, Alexander ­Moreira-Almeida and Leonardo Caixeta) 254Part 4: The Present and the FutureMediumship and Its Place Within Parapsychology (Julie Beischel, Mark Boccuzzi and Edwin C. May) 275The Future of the Field of Mediumship (Carlos S. Alvarado; Julie Beischel, Mark Boccuzzi and Edwin C. May; Stephen E. Braude; Joan H. Hageman and Stanley Krippner; Kylie Harris; Tony Jinks; Jacob Kaminker; Rafael G. Locke; Julio F. P. Peres; Adam J. Rock and Graham A. Jamieson; Elizabeth C. Roxburgh and Chris A. Roe; Michael Sudduth; Krissy Wilson) 285About the Contributors 303Index 307

“an excellent book destined to become a standard reference in mediumship studies...provides an unprecedented overview of research on mediumship and supplies a good synopsis of the state of the art...a job well done...recommended highly”—Journal of the Society for Psychical Research.

Adam J. Rock is a lecturer at the School of Behavioural, Cognitive and Social Sciences at the University of New England, Armidale, NSW, Australia. His primary research interests are in the area of altered states of consciousness, mainly focused on shamanism, the conceptual problem of consciousness, and mediumship.

• Table of ContentsForeword by Lance Storm 1Preface 5Introduction: The Medium and the Message (Adam J. Rock) 7Part 1: Explanation and BeliefThe Possibility of Mediumship: Philosophical Considerations (Stephen E. Braude) 21Is Postmortem Survival the Best Explanation of the Data of Mediumship? (Michael Sudduth) 40Non-Parapsychological Explanations of Ostensible Mediumship (Chris A. Roe and Elizabeth C. Roxburgh) 65A Skeptic’s View of Mediumship (Krissy Wilson) 79The Psychology of Belief in Discarnate Communication (Tony Jinks) 90Part 2: Culture, Psychopathology and PsychotherapyCultural Aspects of Personality, Beliefs and Attentional Strategies in Mediumship (Joan H. Hageman and Stanley Krippner) 107Shamanism and Mediumship: Confluence and Difference (Rafael G. Locke, Adam J. Rock and Roger N. Walsh) 122Communication with Gods and Spirits in East and ­Southeast Asia (Christopher C. Cott) 135Mediumship and Psychopathology (Jacob Kaminker) 146Mediumship and Psychotherapy (Rafael G. Locke) 160Part 3: Empirical ApproachesAdvances in Quantitative Mediumship Research (Julie Beischel) 177A Review of Qualitative Mediumship Research (Kylie Harris and Carlos S. Alvarado) 196A ­Mixed Methods Approach to Mediumship Research (Elizabeth C. Roxburgh and Chris A. Roe) 220A Systems Level Neuroscience Approach to Mediumship and the ­Source-of-Psi Problem (Graham A. Jamieson and Adam J. Rock) 235Neuroscience of Trance and Mediumship (Julio F. P. Peres, Alexander ­Moreira-Almeida and Leonardo Caixeta) 254Part 4: The Present and the FutureMediumship and Its Place Within Parapsychology (Julie Beischel, Mark Boccuzzi and Edwin C. May) 275The Future of the Field of Mediumship (Carlos S. Alvarado; Julie Beischel, Mark Boccuzzi and Edwin C. May; Stephen E. Braude; Joan H. Hageman and Stanley Krippner; Kylie Harris; Tony Jinks; Jacob Kaminker; Rafael G. Locke; Julio F. P. Peres; Adam J. Rock and Graham A. Jamieson; Elizabeth C. Roxburgh and Chris A. Roe; Michael Sudduth; Krissy Wilson) 285About the Contributors 303Index 307

“an excellent book destined to become a standard reference in mediumship studies...provides an unprecedented overview of research on mediumship and supplies a good synopsis of the state of the art...a job well done...recommended highly”—Journal of the Society for Psychical Research.