Varieties of anomalous experience : examining the scientific evidence /

Carde~na, Lynn, and Krippner present an extensively documented collection of information regarding uncommon psychological experiences that are not necessarily pathological. Although it focuses on "experiences, not on testing the consensual validity of such experience," the volume is a detailed presentation of a vast array of studies covering hallucinations; synesthesia; lucid dreaming; out-of-body experiences; psi-related experiences; alien abduction; and past-life, near-death, healing, and mystical experiences. The editors believe the time has come for psychologists and other social scientists to give such experiences serious consideration and to integrate them into theory, research, and clinical practices. This compiled research takes a large step toward that goal. Written by international authorities, the chapters are scholarly and dense, presenting an abundance of specific studies and references. An extremely valuable addition to any academic psychology collection and an excellent accompanying volume to abnormal psychology texts. Upper-division undergraduates through professionals. J. Bailey; Caldwell Community College and Technical Institute