@article{Krippner_1, title={Further Books of Note: What is Psychic Sensibility? by Alejandro Parra, and Supernatural America: A Cultural History by Laurence R. Samuel}, volume={26}, url={https://journalofscientificexploration.org/index.php/jse/article/view/498}, abstractNote={<p>Alejandro Parra is an Argentine researcher and writer in the field of parapsychology. He has written a series of popular books on this topic over the years, each of which is a model of clarity and accuracy. This book, written in Spanish, What is Psychic Sensibility?, is no exception. Parra begins by introducing his readers to the concept of psychic phenomena, providing a brief history and some vignettes from his file of case histories. Early in the book, he answers the question posed by the title. For Parra, &ldquo;psychic sensibility&rdquo; is the ability to interpret certain events in a way that allows the extension of one&rsquo;s senses to incorporate information in a form that cannot be explained by mainstream science.</p><p>~~~</p><p>Laurence R. Samuel, a Fellow of the Smithsonian Institution&rsquo;s Museum of Natural History, has written a sprightly book, Supernatural America: A Cultural History. The word supernatural is generally connected with deities or spirits, and Samuels could have avoided this connotation by using &ldquo;occult&rdquo; or &ldquo;paranormal.&rdquo; Samuel&rsquo;s position is that &ldquo;there is not a shred of definitive evidence&rdquo; that any such phenomenon has ever occurred, yet belief in the supernatural is as high as it has ever been over the last century.</p><p>&nbsp;</p&gt;}, number={2}, journal={Journal of Scientific Exploration}, author={Krippner, Stanley}, year={1}, month={1} }