ACADEMY OF SPIRITUALITY AND PARANORMAL STUDIES, INC. (ASPSI)
34th. Annual Conference, DeSales University, 2755 Station Ave., Center Valley, PA
SPIRITUALITY, SCIENCE AND THE PARANORMAL
FRIDAY, JUNE 19. 7:00 P.M. TO MONDAY, JUNE 22, 2009, 12:00 P.M.

PROGRAM
Program starts on Friday, June 19, 2009 at 7:00 PM in the Trexler Room of University Center


FRIDAY, JUNE 19, 2009

5:30 - 7:00 PM -SUPPER IN UNIVERSITY CENTER

7:00 PM - Opening Remarks: ASPSI President, Rev. Harry L. Serio, D.Min. and Executive Director Boyce Batey.

KEYNOTE ADDRESS/FRANK C. TRIBBE MEMORIAL LECTURE - THE SPIRIT IN OUT-OF-BODY EXPERIENCES: HISTORICAL AND CONCEPTUAL NOTES by Carlos S. Alvarado, Ph.D., Visiting Professor at the Division of Perceptual Studies in the Department of Psychiatry and Neurobehavioral Sciences at the University of Virginia; Adjunct Faculty at the Institute for Transpersonal Psychology; Chairman of Domestic and International Programs of the Parapsychological Foundation; and twice President of the Parapsychological Association. Charlottesville, VA.

9:00 PM - MIXER AND REFRESHMENTS


SATURDAY, JUNE 20, 2009

7:00-8:30 AM - BREAKFAST

9:00 AM - WORKSHOP: A NEW DIMENSION OF CONSCIOUSNES: REALIZING AND VISUALIZING HIGHER SPACES by James E. Beichler, Ph.D., ASPSI Board member, Chairman of the ASPSI Research Committee, holder of the only advanced degree in the world from an accredited university in Paraphysics, retired Associate Professor of Physics at West Virginia University, Parkersburg; Editor of the on-line journal Yggdrasil: The Journal of Paraphysics; and author of To Die For: The Physical Reality of Conscious Survival. Belpre, OH.

10:30 AM - BREAK

10:45 AM - EXPAND YOUR CONSCIOUSNESS BY SHIFTING YOUR ASSEMBLAGE POINT by Rosa Granadillo-Schwentler, Ph.D., DTR, CMT, an international lecturer and facilitator who is the founding director of shiftinNRG and teacher at the Institute of Transpersonal Psychology and the Center for Culture and Diversity, Oakland, CA.

11:45 AM - BREAK

12:00 PM - LUNCHEON - (Discussions during lunch on various categories of survival evidence.)

1:30 PM - REQUIREMENTS FOR PERFORMING VALID AFTERLIFE RESEARCH by R. Craig Hogan, Ph.D., ASPSI Board member; Director/Owner of the Business Writing Center, an Internet based school training writers internationally; developer of the web site greaterreality.com; and co-author with Dr. Allan Botkin of Induced After-Death Communication: A New Therapy for Healing Grief and Trauma and Your Eternal Self. Normal, IL.

2:30 PM - BREAK

2:45 PM - PANEL: SURVIVAL EVIDENCE DISCUSSED DURING LUNCH

3:45 PM - BREAK

4:00 PM - WHAT WE CAN LEARN FROM THE EXTRAORDINARY EXPERIENCES OF THE BEREAVED by Louis E. LaGrand, Ph.D., ASPSI Board member, Distinguished Service Professor Emeritus at the State University of New York; founder/past president of Hospice of St. Lawrence Valley; international speaker; author of eight books including Love Lives On: Learning from the Extraordinary Encounters of the Bereaved and numerous articles. Venice, FL

5:00 PM - SUPPER

7:00 PM - THE DARK MYSTERIES OF CONSCIOUSNESS: PARANORMALITY WITHIN THE GREATER UNIVERSE by James E. Beichler, Ph.D., ASPSI Board member whose biography is at 9:00 AM above.

8:00 PM - BREAK

8:15 PM - TRUTH-BASED OR NOT, RELIGIOUS BELIEF'S ADAPTIVE VALUE by Coyd Walker, author of two self-published books, an autobiographical novel and a philosophical treatise, The Realm Where Opposites Meet. He is the son of Claire Walker, Ph.D., former editor of the Academy�s journal, who died last year. Scottsbluff, NE


SUNDAY, JUNE 21, 2009

7:00 - 8:30 AM - BREAKFAST

9:00 AM - THERAPY FOR SANE HALLUCINATIONS, PART II by Rev. Karen E. Herrick, Ph.D., LCSW, CSW, CADC, ASPSI Board of Directors member: Founder and Executive Director of Center for Children of Alcoholics, Inc.; author of You�re Not Finished Yet!; with website www.karenherrick.com. Red Bank, NJ.

10:30 AM - BREAK

10:45 AM - A THEOSOPHICAL AND ESOTERIC APPROACH TO �THE PATH OF THE ETERNAL� IN THE INSTRUCTIONS OF PATANJALI�S APHORISMS by Eugene Jennings, M.D., psychiatrist in private practice, medical director of a 70 bed residential facility for children and young adults, adjunct staff psychiatrist of a Medical Center, and a student of Theosophical teachings and doctrines. East Stroudsburg, PA.

12:00 PM - LUNCHEON

1:30 PM - THE JOURNEY OF A MYSTIC by Edward Thomas Bonny, Construction Superintendent�Security Program of NY and NJ airports, medium and intecessor - communicating and helping souls cross over. Kearny, NJ.

2:45 PM - BREAK

3:00 PM - PANEL: IF THE GENERAL PUBLIC WIDELY ACCEPTED SCIENTIFIC PROOF OF SURVIVAL, WHAT EFFECTS WOULD IT HAVE ON SOCIETY? Panelists: Carlos S. Alvarado, Ph.D., James E. Beichler, Ph.D., L. Stafford Betty, Ph.D., Rev. Harry L Serio, D.Min., and Nancy L. Zingrone, Ph.D.

4:00 PM - BREAK

4:15 PM - CAUSAL EFFECTS OF INTERCESSORY PRAYER by Jeanetta W. Dunlap, Ed.D., an Education Specialist with a doctorate in educational leadership and curriculum; a clairvoyant certified in Spiritual Mediumship, Spiritual Healing and Reiki Healing; and author of Unmasking Fear, a life strategies handbook. Rochester, NY.

5:15 PM - break

5:30 PM - SUPPER

7:00 PM �NEGLECTED AREAS OF PSYCHCAL RESEARCH by Nancy L. Zingrone, Ph.D., who has twice been the President of the Parapsychological Association, is a Visiting Professor at the Division of Perceptual Studies in the Department of Psychiatry at the University of Virginia; Director of Publications for the Parapsychology Foundation; and Executive Editor of the International Journal of Parapsychology. Charlottesville, VA.

8:00 PM - BREAK

8:15 PM - ULTIMATE JUSTICE: AN EMPIRICAL STUDY OF KARMA AND REBIRTH - WITH A REFLECTION by L. Stafford Betty, Ph.D. is an ASPSI Board member and Professor of Religion at California State University, Bakersfield, CA


MONDAY, JUNE 22, 2009

7:00-8:30 AM - BREAKFAST

9:00 AM - TO BE OR NOT TO BE: SCIENCE, SPIRITUALITY AND SURVIVAL by Rev. Louis Richard Batzler, Ph.D. ASPSI Board member, former President of ASPSI/SFFI, church pastor in several states and abroad, teacher in five colleges, chaplain in hospitals and college campuses, author of five books and numerous articles. Kill Devil Hills, NC.

10:00 AM - BREAK

10:30 AM - OPEN FORUM - (SHARING THOUGHTS ABOUT SURVIVAL EVIDENCE, PERSONAL SPIRITUAL EXPERIENCES, ASKING PRESENTERS QUESTIONS, ET AL.)

12:00 PM - ADJOURNMENT OF CONFERENCE,   and   LUNCHEON

WHAT YOU WILL RECEIVE FROM ATTENDING THIS CONFERENCE:

  1. Inspiring presentations from some of the leaders in the fields of spirituality and nonphysical reality.
  2. New insights on a variety of spiritual and paranormal topics.
  3. Ideas that you can use both personally and/or professionally.
  4. Meeting and exchanging ideas and information with other attendees and presenters.

ACADEMY PROGRAMS AND PUBLICATIONS: 1) We record and sell audio cassettes of conference presentations for $7.00 each. 2) We publish conference Proceedings that members receive as a membership benefit. 3) Quarterly, we publish The Journal of Spirituality and Paranormal Studies and a news magazine, The Searchlight, all of which are benefits of Academy membership
ACADEMY WEBSITE: Our website - www.aspsi.org - has links to over 200 sites in 32 different categories such as spirituality, mysticism, after-death communications, life after death, near-death experiences, parapsychology, reincarnation, etc. that provide an excellent research resource. The section on Life After Death contains many accounts of survival evidence.
CONFERENCE INFORMATION: A bookstore selling books by conference presenters will be available at the conference.
When you register for this conference, we�ll send you an acknowledgement letter, a program and directions for reaching the conference site. For additional information and/or questions about ASPSI or the conference, please write to ASPSI, P.O. Box 614, Bloomfield, CT 06002-0614 USA, phone us at 860-242-4593, or e-mail us at [email protected]

CEU Certificates will be issued to those applying for them. When applying for CEU Credits, please include $15.00 payable to the Academy of Spirituality and Paranormal Studies when registering.
MISSION STATEMENT: The mission of the Academy of Spirituality and Paranormal Studies, Inc. is to discern, develop and disseminate knowledge of how paranormal phenomena may relate to and enhance the development of the human spirit.