Exploring the Extraordinary II Conference,
24th-25th September, 2010
Psychology Department, University of York
24th-25th September, 2010
Psychology Department, University of York
Friday 24th September
Session 1: Extraordinary experiences and bereavement
10.10-10.40 ‘Extraordinary Experiences before, during and after bereavement assisting psycho-spiritual transformation’
Dr Mary Murray & Josefine Speyer
10.40-11.10 ‘“Whisper of the bones, echoes from an embodied life”: Communiqué as a process of emotional, psychological and spiritual growth and education’
Michele Knight
11.10-11.30 Coffee break
Session 2: Religion and Spirituality
11.30-12.00 ‘Mystical experience in a new religious movement: A case study’
Alice Herron
12.00-12.30 ‘Inner knowing and spiritual knowledge: An investigation into the construction of religion and unstructured spirituality’
Dr Jenny Hallam & Candice Sunney
12.30-2.00 Lunch break
Session 3: Theory, experience and meaning
2.00-2.30 ‘The importance of extraordinary experiences for the adoption of heterodox beliefs’
Dr Gerhard Mayer & René Gründer
2.30-3.00 ‘And then what? How to assimilate extraordinary experiences, and why'
Keith Beasley
3.00-3.30 Coffee break
Keynote Lecture
3.30-4.30 ‘“I know what I saw”: Extraordinary experiences with UFOs’
Dr David Clarke
7.00 Dinner – 1331 Bar & Restaurant
After dinner speaker: Ghost storyteller Gothic Molly
Saturday, 25th September, 2010
Session 4: Ethics, emotions and mediumship
10.30-11.00 ‘Therapeutic emotional labour, emotion management and ethics in the work of mediums and psychic practitioners’
Sarah Metcalfe
11.00-11.30 Coffee break
Session 5: Spirit mediumship in the UK
11.30-12.00 ‘Talking with the spirits: An experiential exploration of contemporary trance physical mediumship'
Jack Hunter
12.00-12.30 ‘The Awakening Letters: Exploring the mediumship of Lady Cynthia Sandys'
Dr Fiona Bowie
12.30-2.00 Lunch break
Session 6: Experiencing spirit
2.00-2.30 ‘Discerning spirit: Phenomenological art’
Ann Davies
2.30-3.00 ‘The journey in and out of “the extraordinary”: Long-term research with mediums in Los Angeles and Brazil’
Dr Yves Marton
3.00-3.30 Coffee break
Session 7: Incorporating interdisciplinary perspectives
3.30-4.00 ‘Anthropology and parapsychology: Still hostile sisters in science?’
Dr David Luke
4.00-4.30 ‘The psychical and the mystical: Is there a connection?’
Dr Paul Marshall
Session 4: Ethics, emotions and mediumship
10.30-11.00 ‘Therapeutic emotional labour, emotion management and ethics in the work of mediums and psychic practitioners’
Sarah Metcalfe
11.00-11.30 Coffee break
Session 5: Spirit mediumship in the UK
11.30-12.00 ‘Talking with the spirits: An experiential exploration of contemporary trance physical mediumship'
Jack Hunter
12.00-12.30 ‘The Awakening Letters: Exploring the mediumship of Lady Cynthia Sandys'
Dr Fiona Bowie
12.30-2.00 Lunch break
Session 6: Experiencing spirit
2.00-2.30 ‘Discerning spirit: Phenomenological art’
Ann Davies
2.30-3.00 ‘The journey in and out of “the extraordinary”: Long-term research with mediums in Los Angeles and Brazil’
Dr Yves Marton
3.00-3.30 Coffee break
Session 7: Incorporating interdisciplinary perspectives
3.30-4.00 ‘Anthropology and parapsychology: Still hostile sisters in science?’
Dr David Luke
4.00-4.30 ‘The psychical and the mystical: Is there a connection?’
Dr Paul Marshall