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

References[edit]