Skiing in Pertisau, Austria

Tucked away in the Karwendel Alpine Park, the picturesque village of Pertisau is set at 940 m elevation. Besides the scenic splendours of the Rofan and Karwendel mountains, the region is proud to have the Achensee lake – the largest one in Tyrol, having crystal clear water with drinking quality. In this protected cross-border area [...] Continue reading →

The mechanism behind automatic writing

A great American psychical researcher of modern times, Dr J. B. Rhine, was inclined to dismiss automatic writings as spontaneous `motor automatisms’ or, as previously hinted, the outward expression of subcons­cious conflicts, obsessions or repressions. There seems little doubt that he and his like-minded colleagues are right in this appraisal of much automatic writing. But [...] Continue reading →

The art of automatic writing

Only very rarely does automatic writing produce anything like literature. When a genius of Shakespeare’s stature ‘comes through’, the results are bound to be fascinating. LYNN PICK NETT discusses the technique and examines the claims made for it AUTOMATIC WRITING is still a matter of in­ Above: William Shakespeare tense interest among psychologists and para­ [...] Continue reading →