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Susan Blackmore
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Susan Blackmore (1951–) is an English writer, lecturer, and broadcaster on psychology, parapsychology and the paranormal. She was once a "believer" in psi but is now a skeptic.[1]
Blackmore is an advocate of secular spirituality, an atheist, a humanist, and a practitioner of Zen, although she identifies herself as "not a Buddhist" [2] Blackmore is also patron of Humanists UK and is an honorary associate of the National Secular Society..
Publications[edit]
- Parapsychology and out-of-the-body experiences. Hove, England: Transpersonal Books. 1978. ISBN 9780906326015.
- Beyond the Body: An Investigation of Out-of-the-Body Experiences (1st ed.). London: Heinemann. 1982. ISBN 9780434074709. (2nd ed.). ISBN 978089733-3443.
- The Adventures of a Parapsychologist (1st ed.). Buffalo, NY: Prometheus. 1986. ISBN 9780879753603. (2nd ed. revised). ISBN 9781573920612.
- Dying to Live: Science and the Near-death Experience. London: Grafton. 1993. ISBN 9780586092125. (US ed.). ISBN 0879758708.
- " The Meme Machine " 1999 ISBN019286212X
See also[edit]
- Chris French – a British skeptic and pioneer of anomalistic psychology who was inspired by Blackmore