🌀 Anomalous Psychology

The scientific study of experiences that fall outside conventional psychological frameworks, from paranormal claims to extraordinary states of consciousness.

A Short History of (Nearly) Everything Paranormal

by Terje Simonsen • 2020

A century of psi research, from lab telepathy to military clairvoyance, that science dismissed.

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106

🔬 Parapsychology History 👻 Anomalous Phenomena 🧠 Consciousness Studies ⚖️ Paranormal Skepticism 🌍 Cross-Cultural Psi

A Short History of (Nearly) Everything Paranormal Summary

A Short History of (Nearly) Everything Paranormal 91%

A century of psi research, from lab telepathy to military clairvoyance, that science dismissed.

by Terje Simonsen 2020

3.88

106 ratings

🔬 Parapsychology History 👻 Anomalous Phenomena 🧠 Consciousness Studies ⚖️ Paranormal Skepticism 🌍 Cross-Cultural Psi

The Sense of Being Stared at

by Rupert Sheldrake • 2003

The feeling of being watched is real, and it means your mind extends far beyond your brain.

3.79

509

🧠 Extended Mind 🔮 Parapsychology 📡 Telepathy ⏳ Precognition 🐒 Animal Behavior

The Sense of Being Stared at 91%

The feeling of being watched is real, and it means your mind extends far beyond your brain.

by Rupert Sheldrake 2003

3.79

509 ratings

🧠 Extended Mind 🔮 Parapsychology 📡 Telepathy ⏳ Precognition 🐒 Animal Behavior

What Is Madness?

by Darian Leader • 2011

Delusions are self-repair, not error, and madness is a quiet spectrum, not a visible breakdown.

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531

🛋️ Lacanian Psychoanalysis 🌪️ Psychosis 💭 Delusion 🧩 Meaning-Making 🏗️ Reality Construction

What Is Madness? 91%

Delusions are self-repair, not error, and madness is a quiet spectrum, not a visible breakdown.

by Darian Leader 2011

4.14

531 ratings

🛋️ Lacanian Psychoanalysis 🌪️ Psychosis 💭 Delusion 🧩 Meaning-Making 🏗️ Reality Construction

Dimensions

by Jacques F. Vallée • 1988

UFOs are not spaceships but a belief-shaping mechanism; the contradictions are the message.

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877

🛸 Ufology 📖 Fortean 👽 Alien Contact 📚 Comparative Mythology 🕰️ Historical Anomalies

Dimensions 90%

UFOs are not spaceships but a belief-shaping mechanism; the contradictions are the message.

by Jacques F. Vallée 1988

4.22

877 ratings

🛸 Ufology 📖 Fortean 👽 Alien Contact 📚 Comparative Mythology 🕰️ Historical Anomalies

The Noetic Universe

by Dean Radin • 2009

Psychic abilities are replicated facts. The odds against chance exceed a million billion to one.

3.94

🔬 Parapsychology Research 🌌 Post-Materialist Science 📊 Evidence-Based Psi 🧠 Anomalous Cognition 🧲 Mind-Matter Interaction

The Noetic Universe 90%

Psychic abilities are replicated facts. The odds against chance exceed a million billion to one.

by Dean Radin 2009

3.94

83 ratings

🔬 Parapsychology Research 🌌 Post-Materialist Science 📊 Evidence-Based Psi 🧠 Anomalous Cognition 🧲 Mind-Matter Interaction

Entangled Minds

by Dean Radin • 2006

Quantum entanglement may explain telepathy, and a century of lab evidence says it's real.

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🔬 Experimental Parapsychology 🧠 Consciousness Studies ⚛️ Quantum Mysticism 🎯 Mind-Matter Interaction 🌐 Nonlocal Consciousness

Entangled Minds 90%

Quantum entanglement may explain telepathy, and a century of lab evidence says it's real.

by Dean Radin 2006

4.00

1k+ ratings

🔬 Experimental Parapsychology 🧠 Consciousness Studies ⚛️ Quantum Mysticism 🎯 Mind-Matter Interaction 🌐 Nonlocal Consciousness

La psicopatia

by Robert D. Hare • 2018

Rational, not psychotic: the clinical tool that separates true psychopaths from ordinary offenders.

4.21

🏛️ Forensic Psychology 📋 Clinical Assessment 🧠 Psychopathy 🎭 Personality Disorders ⚠️ Antisocial Behavior

La psicopatia 90%

Rational, not psychotic: the clinical tool that separates true psychopaths from ordinary offenders.

by Robert D. Hare 2018

4.21

28 ratings

🏛️ Forensic Psychology 📋 Clinical Assessment 🧠 Psychopathy 🎭 Personality Disorders ⚠️ Antisocial Behavior

The Conscious Universe

by Dean Radin • 1997

The scientific evidence for psi is strong enough to overturn the mainstream view of consciousness.

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636

🧪 Parapsychology Research 🧠 Consciousness Studies 🔬 Scientific Skepticism 🎲 Mind-Matter Interaction 👁️ Remote Viewing

The Conscious Universe 90%

The scientific evidence for psi is strong enough to overturn the mainstream view of consciousness.

by Dean Radin 1997

3.98

636 ratings

🧪 Parapsychology Research 🧠 Consciousness Studies 🔬 Scientific Skepticism 🎲 Mind-Matter Interaction 👁️ Remote Viewing

Mysteries

by Colin Wilson • 1978

Ghosts, magic, UFOs: one hidden human faculty for perceiving beyond time and space.

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494

🧠 Parapsychology 📜 Occult Philosophy 🌌 Consciousness Spectrum 🌍 Earth Energies ⏳ Precognition

Mysteries 90%

Ghosts, magic, UFOs: one hidden human faculty for perceiving beyond time and space.

by Colin Wilson 1978

4.10

494 ratings

🧠 Parapsychology 📜 Occult Philosophy 🌌 Consciousness Spectrum 🌍 Earth Energies ⏳ Precognition

Beyond the Occult

by Colin Wilson • 1989

Every ghost, premonition, and out-of-body experience is a clue: consciousness is still evolving.

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260

🔬 Parapsychology Research 🧿 Esoteric Philosophy 🔮 Psychic Phenomena ⛰️ Peak Experiences 🌊 Altered States

Beyond the Occult 90%

Every ghost, premonition, and out-of-body experience is a clue: consciousness is still evolving.

by Colin Wilson 1989

3.92

260 ratings

🔬 Parapsychology Research 🧿 Esoteric Philosophy 🔮 Psychic Phenomena ⛰️ Peak Experiences 🌊 Altered States

Inside the Criminal Mind

by Stanton E. Samenow • 1984

The criminal is not a victim; he is a calculating architect who genuinely sees himself as decent.

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2k+

🧠 Criminal Psychology ⚖️ Forensic Psychology 🎭 Psychopathy 💭 Cognitive Biases 🔄 Cognitive Therapy

Inside the Criminal Mind 90%

The criminal is not a victim; he is a calculating architect who genuinely sees himself as decent.

by Stanton E. Samenow 1984

3.77

2k+ ratings

🧠 Criminal Psychology ⚖️ Forensic Psychology 🎭 Psychopathy 💭 Cognitive Biases 🔄 Cognitive Therapy

Authors of the Impossible

by Jeffrey J. Kripal • 2010

Ghosts, telepathy, UFOs: four scholars who read the impossible as a message, not a mistake.

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289

🔮 Psychical Research 💡 History Of Ideas 🧠 Consciousness Studies 🌊 Depth Psychology 👥 Sociology Of Belief

Authors of the Impossible 90%

Ghosts, telepathy, UFOs: four scholars who read the impossible as a message, not a mistake.

by Jeffrey J. Kripal 2010

4.15

289 ratings

🔮 Psychical Research 💡 History Of Ideas 🧠 Consciousness Studies 🌊 Depth Psychology 👥 Sociology Of Belief

Remote Viewing Secrets

by Joseph McMoneagle • 2000

Remote viewing is a mental martial art, not a gift, and its core practice is unlearning.

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310

🧠 Parapsychology 🎯 Scientific Remote Viewing 🔮 Psychic Development 📋 Psi Protocols 🧘 Mental Discipline

Remote Viewing Secrets 90%

Remote viewing is a mental martial art, not a gift, and its core practice is unlearning.

by Joseph McMoneagle 2000

3.81

310 ratings

🧠 Parapsychology 🎯 Scientific Remote Viewing 🔮 Psychic Development 📋 Psi Protocols 🧘 Mental Discipline

Unbelievable

by Stacy Horn • 2009

The Duke lab proved telepathy with odds of one in an octillion. Science responded with silence.

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512

🔮 Parapsychology 🔬 History Of Science 🧠 Consciousness Studies 👻 Afterlife Research 🧪 Experimental Psychology

Unbelievable 90%

The Duke lab proved telepathy with odds of one in an octillion. Science responded with silence.

by Stacy Horn 2009

3.27

512 ratings

🔮 Parapsychology 🔬 History Of Science 🧠 Consciousness Studies 👻 Afterlife Research 🧪 Experimental Psychology

Jung on Synchronicity and the Paranormal

by C.G. Jung • 1997

Meaningful coincidences reveal a hidden order: psyche and matter connected by meaning, not cause.

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231

🧠 Jungian Psychology 🕳️ Depth Psychology 🪷 Meaningful Coincidences 🔮 Parapsychology 🏛️ Archetypes

Jung on Synchronicity and the Paranormal Summary

Jung on Synchronicity and the Paranormal 90%

Meaningful coincidences reveal a hidden order: psyche and matter connected by meaning, not cause.

by C.G. Jung 1997

4.20

231 ratings

🧠 Jungian Psychology 🕳️ Depth Psychology 🪷 Meaningful Coincidences 🔮 Parapsychology 🏛️ Archetypes

Bad Men Do what Good Men Dream

by Robert I. Simon • 1996

The monsters in the news are not a different species: they are you, minus restraint.

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🧠 Forensic Psychiatry 🔍 Criminal Psychology 💔 Empathy Deficits 👹 Dehumanization 🌑 Human Darkness

Bad Men Do what Good Men Dream 90%

The monsters in the news are not a different species: they are you, minus restraint.

by Robert I. Simon 1996

3.77

230 ratings

🧠 Forensic Psychiatry 🔍 Criminal Psychology 💔 Empathy Deficits 👹 Dehumanization 🌑 Human Darkness

The Mask of Sanity

by Hervey M. Cleckley • 1941

Intelligent, charming, incapable of love or remorse. The study that first defined psychopathy.

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1k+

🧠 Clinical Psychopathy 📋 Personality Disorders 💔 Empathy Deficits 🔍 Forensic Psychology 📖 Psychiatric Case Studies

The Mask of Sanity 90%

Intelligent, charming, incapable of love or remorse. The study that first defined psychopathy.

by Hervey M. Cleckley 1941

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1k+ ratings

🧠 Clinical Psychopathy 📋 Personality Disorders 💔 Empathy Deficits 🔍 Forensic Psychology 📖 Psychiatric Case Studies

Writer's Guide to Character Traits

by Linda N. Edelstein • 1999

Why your characters feel flat: the psychological patterns that make them real.

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1k+

🎭 Character Creation 🧠 Personality Types 💔 Psychological Disorders 🔍 Criminal Psychology 👶 Child Development

Writer's Guide to Character Traits Summary

Writer's Guide to Character Traits 90%

Why your characters feel flat: the psychological patterns that make them real.

by Linda N. Edelstein 1999

3.91

1k+ ratings

🎭 Character Creation 🧠 Personality Types 💔 Psychological Disorders 🔍 Criminal Psychology 👶 Child Development

Clinician's Handbook for Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder

by Kieron O'Connor • 2011

OCD starts with self-made doubt, not an intrusion. Treat the reasoning, not just the compulsion.

4.03

🧠 Clinical Psychology 🔄 Ocd Treatment 🫀 Anxiety Disorders 🧩 Cognitive Biases 📖 Narrative Therapy

Clinician's Handbook for Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder Summary

Clinician's Handbook for Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder 89%

OCD starts with self-made doubt, not an intrusion. Treat the reasoning, not just the compulsion.

by Kieron O'Connor 2011

4.03

34 ratings

🧠 Clinical Psychology 🔄 Ocd Treatment 🫀 Anxiety Disorders 🧩 Cognitive Biases 📖 Narrative Therapy

NeuroLogic

by Eliezer J. Sternberg • 2016

Your brain constructs reality, rewrites memory, and confuses your inner voice for someone else's.

4.26

848

🧠 Unconscious Processing 🔄 Dual Process Theory 💭 Reconstructive Memory 🏋️ Mental Rehearsal 🪞 Self And Identity

NeuroLogic 89%

Your brain constructs reality, rewrites memory, and confuses your inner voice for someone else's.

by Eliezer J. Sternberg 2016

4.26

848 ratings

🧠 Unconscious Processing 🔄 Dual Process Theory 💭 Reconstructive Memory 🏋️ Mental Rehearsal 🪞 Self And Identity

The Meaning of Madness

by Neel Burton • 2008

Mental disorders have hidden purposes: windows into meaning, creativity, and transformation.

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275

💊 Critical Psychiatry 🌌 Existential Psychology 🧬 Evolutionary Psychology 🌱 Suffering And Meaning 🎨 Creativity And Madness

The Meaning of Madness 89%

Mental disorders have hidden purposes: windows into meaning, creativity, and transformation.

by Neel Burton 2008

3.97

275 ratings

💊 Critical Psychiatry 🌌 Existential Psychology 🧬 Evolutionary Psychology 🌱 Suffering And Meaning 🎨 Creativity And Madness

Tricks of the Mind

by Derren Brown • 2006

A mentalist reveals how cognitive biases, cold reading, and placebos hijack your brain every day.

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7k+

🧠 Cognitive Biases 🤔 Critical Thinking 💭 Memory Techniques 🃏 Cold Reading 🔍 Modern Skepticism

Tricks of the Mind 89%

A mentalist reveals how cognitive biases, cold reading, and placebos hijack your brain every day.

by Derren Brown 2006

4.04

7k+ ratings

🧠 Cognitive Biases 🤔 Critical Thinking 💭 Memory Techniques 🃏 Cold Reading 🔍 Modern Skepticism

Alien Dawn

by Colin Wilson • 1998

UFO accounts seem engineered to be dismissed. Taking that absurdity seriously reveals deeper puzzle.

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193

👽 Abduction Phenomena 🌾 Crop Circles 🏛️ Ancient Astronauts 🧠 Consciousness Studies 👺 Trickster Phenomena

Alien Dawn 89%

UFO accounts seem engineered to be dismissed. Taking that absurdity seriously reveals deeper puzzle.

by Colin Wilson 1998

3.81

193 ratings

👽 Abduction Phenomena 🌾 Crop Circles 🏛️ Ancient Astronauts 🧠 Consciousness Studies 👺 Trickster Phenomena

The Psychopath Whisperer

by Kent A. Kiehl • 2014

Psychopaths share a brain deficit visible by childhood, discovered inside prison with a mobile MRI.

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4k+

🏛️ Forensic Psychology 🧠 Neurocriminology 🎭 Antisocial Personality 💔 Empathy Deficits 🧬 Affective Neuroscience

The Psychopath Whisperer 89%

Psychopaths share a brain deficit visible by childhood, discovered inside prison with a mobile MRI.

by Kent A. Kiehl 2014

4.07

4k+ ratings

🏛️ Forensic Psychology 🧠 Neurocriminology 🎭 Antisocial Personality 💔 Empathy Deficits 🧬 Affective Neuroscience

Supernatural

by Colin Wilson • 2011

A skeptic's tour of the paranormal evidence that defies explanation.

3.79

🕵️ Paranormal Investigation 🔮 Psychic Phenomena 🌙 Altered States 👻 Spiritualism History 🧠 Consciousness Studies

Supernatural 89%

A skeptic's tour of the paranormal evidence that defies explanation.

by Colin Wilson 2011

3.79

71 ratings

🕵️ Paranormal Investigation 🔮 Psychic Phenomena 🌙 Altered States 👻 Spiritualism History 🧠 Consciousness Studies

Learning from Experience

by Wilfred R. Bion • 1962

Thoughts come first. An apparatus to think them has to be built, and it requires another mind.

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135

🛋️ Psychoanalytic Theory 🍼 Object Relations 🌡️ Affect Regulation 🧠 Mentalization ⏳ Frustration Tolerance

Learning from Experience 89%

Thoughts come first. An apparatus to think them has to be built, and it requires another mind.

by Wilfred R. Bion 1962

4.19

135 ratings

🛋️ Psychoanalytic Theory 🍼 Object Relations 🌡️ Affect Regulation 🧠 Mentalization ⏳ Frustration Tolerance

The Psychopath Inside

by James Fallon • 2013

A neuroscientist studied killers' brain scans and found one that matched his own.

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6k+

🧠 Psychopathy Research 🔍 Forensic Psychology 💔 Empathy And Emotion 🌱 Nature Vs Nurture 📖 Neuro-Memoir

The Psychopath Inside 89%

A neuroscientist studied killers' brain scans and found one that matched his own.

by James Fallon 2013

3.50

6k+ ratings

🧠 Psychopathy Research 🔍 Forensic Psychology 💔 Empathy And Emotion 🌱 Nature Vs Nurture 📖 Neuro-Memoir

The Origin of Consciousness in the Breakdown of the Bicameral Mind

by Julian Jaynes • 1976

Before introspection, humans heard gods. A theory of history explaining our search for certainty.

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6k+

🧠 Consciousness Studies 🧬 Consciousness Evolution 🧩 Neurological Models 🔗 Metaphor Theory 🧐 Heterodox Psychology

The Origin of Consciousness in the Breakdown of the Bicameral Mind Summary

The Origin of Consciousness in the Breakdown of the Bicameral Mind 89%

Before introspection, humans heard gods. A theory of history explaining our search for certainty.

by Julian Jaynes 1976

4.26

6k+ ratings

🧠 Consciousness Studies 🧬 Consciousness Evolution 🧩 Neurological Models 🔗 Metaphor Theory 🧐 Heterodox Psychology

Rozdělené Self

by R.D. Laing • 1960

Schizophrenia begins as a solution: a last defense against the terror of not feeling real.

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7k+

🧠 Existential Psychology 🩺 Clinical Psychiatry 🌊 Existential Phenomenology ✊ Anti-Psychiatry 🛡️ Psychological Defenses

Rozdělené Self 89%

Schizophrenia begins as a solution: a last defense against the terror of not feeling real.

by R.D. Laing 1960

4.11

7k+ ratings

🧠 Existential Psychology 🩺 Clinical Psychiatry 🌊 Existential Phenomenology ✊ Anti-Psychiatry 🛡️ Psychological Defenses

Irreducible Mind

by Edward F. Kelly • 2006

Brain as filter, not creator: near-death clarity and mystical insight reveal the larger mind.

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232

🧠 Philosophy Of Mind 🌌 Transpersonal Psychology 🔮 Nonlocal Consciousness 💫 Near-Death Experiences ✨ Mystical Experience

Irreducible Mind 89%

Brain as filter, not creator: near-death clarity and mystical insight reveal the larger mind.

by Edward F. Kelly 2006

4.39

232 ratings

🧠 Philosophy Of Mind 🌌 Transpersonal Psychology 🔮 Nonlocal Consciousness 💫 Near-Death Experiences ✨ Mystical Experience

Exploring the Paranormal

by R. Alan Streett • 2024

Psychic fraud, demon hunting, mentalism: his search for the paranormal ended inside his own brain.

4.29

🔎 Paranormal Skepticism 🎭 Psychic Fraud 🌌 Altered Consciousness 🧠 Mind-Body Healing 🌊 Brainwave States

Exploring the Paranormal 89%

Psychic fraud, demon hunting, mentalism: his search for the paranormal ended inside his own brain.

by R. Alan Streett 2024

4.29

24 ratings

🔎 Paranormal Skepticism 🎭 Psychic Fraud 🌌 Altered Consciousness 🧠 Mind-Body Healing 🌊 Brainwave States

Handwriting Analysis

by Karen Kristin Amend • 1980

Learn what every slant, loop, and zone in handwriting reveals about personality and character.

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247

✍️ Graphology 🧩 Personality Types 🤫 Nonverbal Communication 📋 Projective Tests 🛋️ Freudian Psychology

Handwriting Analysis 89%

Learn what every slant, loop, and zone in handwriting reveals about personality and character.

by Karen Kristin Amend 1980

3.82

247 ratings

✍️ Graphology 🧩 Personality Types 🤫 Nonverbal Communication 📋 Projective Tests 🛋️ Freudian Psychology

The Mind Race

by Russell Targ • 1985

Psychic abilities aren't supernatural. A physicist proved them in the lab, and anyone can learn.

4.00

🔬 Parapsychology 🌱 Psychic Development 👁️ Remote Viewing ⏳ Precognition 🧘 Mental Discipline

The Mind Race 89%

Psychic abilities aren't supernatural. A physicist proved them in the lab, and anyone can learn.

by Russell Targ 1985

4.00

24 ratings

🔬 Parapsychology 🌱 Psychic Development 👁️ Remote Viewing ⏳ Precognition 🧘 Mental Discipline

30-Second Psychology

by Christian Jarrett • 2011

50 psychology theories, each in half a minute: from cognitive biases to the illusions of memory.

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1k+

🕰️ History Of Psychology 👥 Social Psychology 💭 Cognitive Biases 🧠 Brain Plasticity 🧬 Nature And Nurture

30-Second Psychology 89%

50 psychology theories, each in half a minute: from cognitive biases to the illusions of memory.

by Christian Jarrett 2011

3.74

1k+ ratings

🕰️ History Of Psychology 👥 Social Psychology 💭 Cognitive Biases 🧠 Brain Plasticity 🧬 Nature And Nurture

The Holotropic Mind

by Stanislav Grof • 1992

The brain filters consciousness, it doesn't make it. What birth imprints and altered states reveal.

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1k+

🧠 Transpersonal Psychology 🔬 Consciousness Studies 🌀 Altered States 👶 Birth Psychology 🍄 Psychedelic Therapy

The Holotropic Mind 89%

The brain filters consciousness, it doesn't make it. What birth imprints and altered states reveal.

by Stanislav Grof 1992

4.02

1k+ ratings

🧠 Transpersonal Psychology 🔬 Consciousness Studies 🌀 Altered States 👶 Birth Psychology 🍄 Psychedelic Therapy

The Sociopath Next Door

by Martha Stout • 2005

One in 25 people have no conscience. The most charming are the most dangerous.

3.77

39k+

🧠 Personality Disorders ⚖️ Moral Psychology 🎭 Manipulation Tactics 🕳️ Absence Of Conscience 💔 Emotional Empathy

The Sociopath Next Door 89%

One in 25 people have no conscience. The most charming are the most dangerous.

by Martha Stout 2005

3.77

39k+ ratings

🧠 Personality Disorders ⚖️ Moral Psychology 🎭 Manipulation Tactics 🕳️ Absence Of Conscience 💔 Emotional Empathy

Hallucinations

by Oliver Sacks • 2012

Hallucinations are not the brain breaking. They are the brain showing how it builds reality.

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🧠 Clinical Neurology 👁️ Hallucinations 🌌 Altered States 👂 Sensory Perception 💭 Consciousness Studies

Hallucinations 89%

Hallucinations are not the brain breaking. They are the brain showing how it builds reality.

by Oliver Sacks 2012

3.93

25k+ ratings

🧠 Clinical Neurology 👁️ Hallucinations 🌌 Altered States 👂 Sensory Perception 💭 Consciousness Studies

The Neurotic's Guide to Avoiding Enlightenment

by Chris Niebauer • 2014

The self you're improving isn't real. Split-brain science on why effort undermines itself.

4.18

🚫 Anti-Self-Help 🧠 Split-Brain Research 🔬 Neuroscience Of Self ☯️ Nonduality 🤲 Acceptance Practice

The Neurotic's Guide to Avoiding Enlightenment Summary

The Neurotic's Guide to Avoiding Enlightenment 89%

The self you're improving isn't real. Split-brain science on why effort undermines itself.

by Chris Niebauer 2014

4.18

61 ratings

🚫 Anti-Self-Help 🧠 Split-Brain Research 🔬 Neuroscience Of Self ☯️ Nonduality 🤲 Acceptance Practice

Miracles of Mind

by Russell Targ • 1999

Remote viewing is real. A CIA physicist proved it. The same mechanism makes distant healing real.

4.09

🧠 Consciousness Studies 🔬 Parapsychology Research 👁️ Remote Viewing 🔮 Extrasensory Perception ✨ Spiritual Healing

Miracles of Mind 89%

Remote viewing is real. A CIA physicist proved it. The same mechanism makes distant healing real.

by Russell Targ 1999

4.09

91 ratings

🧠 Consciousness Studies 🔬 Parapsychology Research 👁️ Remote Viewing 🔮 Extrasensory Perception ✨ Spiritual Healing

Phantoms in the Brain

by V.S. Ramachandran • 1998

A missing arm can still hurt. That paradox unlocks how your brain constructs reality.

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🧠 Neuropsychology 🔄 Brain Plasticity 🏥 Neurological Disorders 💭 Consciousness Studies 🪞 The Constructed Self

Phantoms in the Brain 89%

A missing arm can still hurt. That paradox unlocks how your brain constructs reality.

by V.S. Ramachandran 1998

4.27

21k+ ratings

🧠 Neuropsychology 🔄 Brain Plasticity 🏥 Neurological Disorders 💭 Consciousness Studies 🪞 The Constructed Self

The Shadow of the Object

by Christopher Bollas • 1987

The knowledge formed before you had words shapes every adult relationship and mood.

4.51

196

🧸 Object Relations Theory 🛋️ Clinical Psychoanalysis 👶 Early Infant Experience 🎨 Aesthetic Experience 🪞 Countertransference

The Shadow of the Object 89%

The knowledge formed before you had words shapes every adult relationship and mood.

by Christopher Bollas 1987

4.51

196 ratings

🧸 Object Relations Theory 🛋️ Clinical Psychoanalysis 👶 Early Infant Experience 🎨 Aesthetic Experience 🪞 Countertransference

Psych

by Paul Bloom • 2023

How the mind actually works: a tour from neurons to the biases that steer every decision.

4.14

2k+

🧠 Cognitive Psychology 📜 History Of Psychology 🪤 Cognitive Biases 🌑 Unconscious Mind 👶 Child Development

Psych 89%

How the mind actually works: a tour from neurons to the biases that steer every decision.

by Paul Bloom 2023

4.14

2k+ ratings

🧠 Cognitive Psychology 📜 History Of Psychology 🪤 Cognitive Biases 🌑 Unconscious Mind 👶 Child Development

Practising Existential Psychotherapy

by Ernesto Spinelli • 2007

Three existential truths translated into a clinical method that puts presence ahead of technique.

4.26

🛋️ Psychotherapy Practice 📚 Clinical Training 🤝 Therapeutic Relationship ❓ Radical Uncertainty 🧘 Therapist Presence

Practising Existential Psychotherapy Summary

Practising Existential Psychotherapy 89%

Three existential truths translated into a clinical method that puts presence ahead of technique.

by Ernesto Spinelli 2007

4.26

88 ratings

🛋️ Psychotherapy Practice 📚 Clinical Training 🤝 Therapeutic Relationship ❓ Radical Uncertainty 🧘 Therapist Presence

Connections

by Karl Deisseroth • 2021

What mental illness reveals about the brain, from the psychiatrist who invented optogenetics.

3.78

285

🧠 Clinical Neuroscience 🐒 Evolutionary Psychology 📋 Patient Case Studies 💗 Emotion And The Brain 💭 Consciousness Studies

Connections 89%

What mental illness reveals about the brain, from the psychiatrist who invented optogenetics.

by Karl Deisseroth 2021

3.78

285 ratings

🧠 Clinical Neuroscience 🐒 Evolutionary Psychology 📋 Patient Case Studies 💗 Emotion And The Brain 💭 Consciousness Studies

Unexplained

by Richard MacLean Smith • 2018

What UFOs, ghosts, and past lives reveal about the living, not the dead.

3.58

2k+

🔍 Unsolved Mysteries 👻 Paranormal Cases 💀 Fear Of Death 🧠 Psychology Of Belief 💻 Digital Folklore

Unexplained 89%

What UFOs, ghosts, and past lives reveal about the living, not the dead.

by Richard MacLean Smith 2018

3.58

2k+ ratings

🔍 Unsolved Mysteries 👻 Paranormal Cases 💀 Fear Of Death 🧠 Psychology Of Belief 💻 Digital Folklore

Communion

by Whitley Strieber • 1987

A horror novelist uncovered his own abduction. Hypnosis revealed a lifetime of encounters.

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8k+

🛸 Alien Abduction 🔭 Ufology 👽 High Strangeness 📖 Modern Folklore 🕵️ Government Coverup

Communion 89%

A horror novelist uncovered his own abduction. Hypnosis revealed a lifetime of encounters.

by Whitley Strieber 1987

3.52

8k+ ratings

🛸 Alien Abduction 🔭 Ufology 👽 High Strangeness 📖 Modern Folklore 🕵️ Government Coverup

The Mind is Flat

by Nick Chater • 2018

Your inner life is not an archive. Every belief and emotion is improvised in the moment.

3.74

852

🧠 Folk Psychology Critique 🔍 Consciousness Studies 🎭 Confabulation 💓 Embodied Emotion 👁️ Cognitive Illusions

The Mind is Flat 89%

Your inner life is not an archive. Every belief and emotion is improvised in the moment.

by Nick Chater 2018

3.74

852 ratings

🧠 Folk Psychology Critique 🔍 Consciousness Studies 🎭 Confabulation 💓 Embodied Emotion 👁️ Cognitive Illusions

The End of Materialism

by Charles T. Tart • 2009

Lab-tested psi data defy materialism: the mind can perceive distant events and predict the future.

3.90

123

🔬 Science & Spirit 🔮 Parapsychology 👁️ Psi Phenomena 🧠 Mind Beyond Brain 🌅 Near-Death Experiences

The End of Materialism 89%

Lab-tested psi data defy materialism: the mind can perceive distant events and predict the future.

by Charles T. Tart 2009

3.90

123 ratings

🔬 Science & Spirit 🔮 Parapsychology 👁️ Psi Phenomena 🧠 Mind Beyond Brain 🌅 Near-Death Experiences

Everybody's Guide to Natural ESP

by Ingo Swann • 1991

Why remote viewing pioneers ditched words and started sketching, unlocking the ESP everyone has.

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🧠 Psychic Development 🔭 Remote Viewing ✏️ Psychic Drawing 🔬 Parapsychology ⚛️ New Age Science

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Why remote viewing pioneers ditched words and started sketching, unlocking the ESP everyone has.

by Ingo Swann 1991

4.25

191 ratings

🧠 Psychic Development 🔭 Remote Viewing ✏️ Psychic Drawing 🔬 Parapsychology ⚛️ New Age Science

Without Conscience

by Robert D. Hare • 1993

They process death and paper identically. The deficit that defines a psychopath.

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🧠 Clinical Psychology 🔬 Forensic Psychology 🎭 Antisocial Personality 💼 White Collar Crime 🕵️ Manipulation Detection

Without Conscience 89%

They process death and paper identically. The deficit that defines a psychopath.

by Robert D. Hare 1993

4.06

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🧠 Clinical Psychology 🔬 Forensic Psychology 🎭 Antisocial Personality 💼 White Collar Crime 🕵️ Manipulation Detection

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