Jeffrey Mishlove
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Jeffrey Mishlove (PhD) (b. 1946-) is the only person in the US to receive a Ph.D. for research in Parapsychology from an accredited US university, University of California, Berkeley, 1980. This was an individual, interdisciplinary program he started in 1973 supervised by:
- Michael Scriven, parapsychology, philosophy, and educational evaluation
- C. West Churchman, systems theory
- Charles Tart, psychology and parapsychology
- Diane S. Clemens, history and historical methodology
- James Harder, UFO field investigation
He did experience major resistance to his program from some quarters within the university. Image of Dr. Mishlove's Diploma. In October 1980, an article about Mishlove's parapsychology diploma was published in Psychology Today. The article implied that Mishlove's work was shoddy and that the status of his degree was questionable. Mishlove sued the magazine for libel. In 1986, the lawsuit was settled out of court. Mishlove received a $30,000 settlement.
In 1969 he earned a B.A. degree in psychology from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. At that time, he was a founder of the undergraduate Psychology Student Association. After earning his degree, he served as a mental health worker at the H. Douglas Singer Zone Center in Rockford, Illinois.
In 1969, he moved to the San Francisco Bay Area, enrolling as a graduate student in Criminology at the University of California, Berkeley. In 1973 he earned a Master of Criminology degree from UC Berkeley. In 1971, in Berkeley, he organized and directed the Health Information Program on the Berkeley campus, otherwise known as HIP House. The program specialized in offering non-drug, human potential alternatives to the student population.
He worked in radio as an interviewer at KPFA in Berkeley, from 1972 through 1977, hosting the "Mind's Ear" and "Roots of Consciousness" programs. He also hosted the "MindSpace" weekly program for KSAN-FM in San Francisco in 1975 and 1976.
In 1979 through 1981, he taught parapsychology at John F. Kennedy University in Orinda, (now in Pleasant Hill), California. He has been a member of the Parapsychological Association since 1981. In 1982, in association with William Kautz, Sc.D. and the Center for Conscious Evolution in San Francisco, CA, he founded the Applied Psi Newsletter.
In 1982, he founded Psionic Systems, a company that designed and sold ESP testing and training software designed to run on the Texas Instruments 99/4a computer.
In 1983, he co-founded Dura-Print, Inc., a company that specialized in an innovative fingerprint detection system based on cyanoacrylate (i.e., superglue) fuming.
Since 1986, he has been producer and host of the Thinking Allowed, national public television series. In this capacity he conducted over 200 interviews with leading creative thinkers in philosophy, psychology, health, science and spirituality. Many interviews also focused on psychic topics.
From 1986 to 1988, he served as President of the California Society for Psychical Study.
In 1987, Mishlove received a California Psychology license. His doctoral degree in parapsychology was ruled by the California Board of Psychology to be the equivalent of a doctoral degree in psychology.
Since 1993, he has served as President of the non-profit Intuition Network. The purpose of this organization is to help create a world in which all people are encouraged to cultivate and apply their inner, intuitive abilities. The Intuition Network was founded by Professor Weston Agor, at the University of Texas, El Paso.
He has served as a board member and as vice-president of the Association for Humanistic Psychology. In 2001, the Association presented him with its "Pathfinder Award" for his outstanding contributions to the field of consciousness research.
He currently teaches parapsychology at the University of Philosophical Research and at the Holmes Institute.
He is has been married, since 1978, to Janelle M. Barlow, Ph.D. Together they are owners of two business consulting and training companies, TMI US and Branded Customer Service.
In 2003, Jeffrey Mishlove was the subject of a chapter in a book by Walter Semkiw, M.D., titled, Return of the Revolutionaries: The Case For Reincarnation and Soul Groups Reunited. In this chapter, Semkiw presented his hypothesis that Mishlove had been the great psychologist, psychical researcher, philosopher and scholar of religion, William James, in a past-lifetime. In the book, Semkiw noted that Mishlove, himself, is skeptical of this hypothesis.
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[edit] Books
- Mishlove, Jeffrey, The PK Man: A True Story of Mind Over Matter, Hampton Roads Publishing Company, October 2000, ISBN 1-57174-183-6 , about Ted Owens. PK Man Case Study
- Mishlove, Jeffrey, Psi Development Systems. Ballantine, 1983, ISBN 0-345-35204-1 This is the published version of his PhD dissertation.
- Mishlove, Jeffrey (ed.), Thinking Allowed: Leading Thinkers of our Time in Conversation with Jeffrey Mishlove, PhD. Tulsa, OK: Council Oak Books, 1992.
- Mishlove, Jeffrey, Roots of Consciousness: Psychic Liberation Through History Science and Experience. 1st edition, 1975, ISBN 0-394-73115-8, 2 TVOSBN 0-394-73115-8 2ZZnd edition, Marlowe & Co., July 1997, ISBN 1-56924-747-1 There are 2 editions. They are very different. online
[edit] Articles
- "A Tribute to Alan Vaughan." Journal of the American Society for Psychical Research.
- "Intuitive Principles Put to the Test.” Online Journal of Psychology and Social Change. (Article originally posted to the Intuition Network’s Inpresence e-mail list on September 11, 2001.)
- “Interpretive Introduction.” In F. W. H. Myers, Human Personality and Its Survival of Bodily Death. Charlottesville, VA: Hampton Roads, 2001.
- “Appendix: Thinking Allowed with Jeffrey Mishlove, A Televised Interview.” In Huston Smith, Cleansing the Doors of Perception: The Religious Significance of Entheogenic Plants and Chemicals. New York: Putnam, 2000.
- “Foreword.” In Moriah St. Claire, 365 Empowering Ways to Move beyond Abuse: A Daily Healing Companion for Survivors. Pathways United Publications, 2000.
- “Foreword.” In Timothy Leary, Turn On, Tune In, Drop Out. Berkeley, CA: Ronin Publishing, 1999.
- “Intuition: A Link Between Psi and Spirituality.” In Charles Tart (Ed.), Body Mind Spirit: Exploring the Parapsychology of Spirituality. Charlottesville, VA: Hampton Roads, 1997.
- “What Is Intuition?” In Roger Frantz and Alex N. Pattakos (Eds.), Intuition At Work: Pathways to Unlimited Possibilities. San Francisco: Sterling and Stone, Inc./New Leaders Press, 1996.
- “Trends in Consciousness: Mainstream Research Supports Studies.” NAPRA Trade Journal, Winter 1994.
- “Intuition: The Source of True Knowing.” Noetic Sciences Review, #29, Spring 1994.
- “Intuition: The X-Factor in Business.” Journal of Creatia, Issue No. 2, September 1994.
- “Spirituality and Psychology: An Interview with Frances Vaughan.” Noetic Sciences Review, # 10, Spring 1989.
- “Psionics: The Practical Application of Parapsychology.” In Betty Shapin and Lissette Coly (Eds.), Current Trends in Psi Research. New York: Parapsychology Foundation, 1986.
- “Security Implications of Applied Psi: An Historical Summary,” with Barbara Honegger. Applied Psi Newsletter, 1(5), November/December 1982.
- “An Emerging New Discipline,” with William Kautz. Applied Psi Newsletter, 1(1), March/April 1982.
- “Psi-Development Systems: Structures and Strategies,” Parapsychology Review, 1981.
- “The Schism Within Parapsychology,” Zetetic Scholar, No. 8, 1981, pp. 78-85.
- “Scientific logic, Irrationality and Subjectivity in Parapsychology,” Zetetic Scholar, 1981, No. 8, pp. 105-13.
- “Paranormal Claims within the Transcendental Meditation Program: An Evaluation.” In W.G. Roll, R.L. Morris & R.A. White (Eds.), Research in Parapsychology 1981. Metuchen, NJ: Scarecrow Press, 1982, pp. 181-182.
- “Parapsychology Research: Interview with Ray Hyman,” The Skeptical Inquirer, Fall 1980, 5(1), pp. 63-67.
