William Braud: Publications
Recent Publications and Presentations of William Braud, Ph.D.
(For Past 10 Years Only)
Original Research Reports in Refereed Journals
Books & Book Chapters
Review Articles, Book & Film Reviews, and Other Material
Technical Reports & Unpublished Reports
Presentations for Scientific Organizations, Professional Meetings, & Academic Groups
Papers Available Online
Original Research Reports in Refereed Journals
Schlitz, M., & Braud, W. G. (1997). Distant intentionality and healing: Assessing the evidence. Alternative Therapies, 3(6), 62-73.
Braud, W. G. (1998). Can research be transpersonal? Transpersonal Psychology Review, 2(3), 9-17.
Braud, W. G. (1999). Parapsicologia y espiritualidad: Indicios e implicaciones. Revista Argentina de Psicologia Paranormal, 10(3), 129-148.
Braud, W. G. (1999). Contributions to: Should Ganzfeld research continue to be crucial in the search for a replicable psi effect? Part II. Edited Ganzfeld debate. G.R. Schmeidler & H. Edge (Eds). Journal of Parapsychology, 63, 335-388.
Braud, W. G. (2000) Wellness implications of retroactive intentional influence: Exploring an outrageous hypothesis. Alternative Therapies in Health and Medicine, 6(1), 37-48.
Braud W. G. (2000). Reply to Mr. Kennedy and Dr. Kanthamani. Alternative Therapies in Health and Medicine, 6(3), 23.
Braud W. G. (2000). Reply to Dr. Anick. Alternative Therapies in Health and Medicine, 6(3), 119.
Braud, W. G. (2001). Experiencing tears of wonder-joy: Seeing with the heart’s eye. Journal of Transpersonal Psychology, 33, 99-111.
Braud, W. G. (2002). Thoughts on the ineffability of the mystical experience. The International Journal for the Psychology of Religion, 12(3), 141-160.
Hastings, A., Hutton, M., Braud, W., Bennett, C., Berk, I., Boynton, T., Dawn, C., Ferguson, E., Goldman, A., Greene, E., Hewett, M., Lind, V., McLellan, K., & Steinbach-Humphrey, S. (2002). Psychomanteum research: Experiences and effects on bereavement. Omega: Journal of Death and Dying, 43(3), 211-228.
Palmer, G., & Braud, W. (2002). Exceptional human experiences, disclosure, and a more inclusive view of physical, psychological, and spiritual well-being. Journal of Transpersonal Psychology, 34(1), 29-61.
Braud, W. G. (2002). The ley and the labyrinth: Universalistic and particularistic approaches to knowing. Transpersonal Psychology Review, 6(2), 47-62.
Braud, W. G. (2004). An introduction to Organic Inquiry: Honoring the transpersonal and spiritual in research praxis. Journal of Transpersonal Psychology, 36, 18-25.
Braud, W. G. (2005). The sense of being stared at: Fictional, physical, perceptual, or attentional/intentional? Journal of Consciousness Studies, 12(6), 66-71.
Braud, W. G. (2003). Nonordinary and transcendent experiences: Transpersonal aspects of consciousness. Journal of the American Society for Psychical Research, 97(1-2), 1-26. (published, behind schedule, in January, 2006)
Braud, W. G. (2006). Educating the “More” in holistic transpersonal higher education: A 30+ year perspective on the approach of the Institute of Transpersonal Psychology. Journal of Transpersonal Psychology, 38(2), 133-158.
Braud, W. G. (1997). Parapsychology and spirituality: Implications and applications. In C.T. Tart (Ed.), Body, mind, and spirit: Exploring the parapsychology of spirituality (135-152). Charlottesville, VA: Hampton Roads.
Braud, W. G., & Anderson, R. (1998). Transpersonal research methods for the social sciences: Honoring human experience. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.
Braud, W. G. (1999). What is a controlled psi experiment. In A brief manual for work in parapsychology (pp. 19-33). New York: Parapsychology Foundation.
Braud, L. W., & Braud, W. G. (2001). Further studies of relaxation as a psi-conducive state. In K.R. Rao (Ed.), Basic research in parapsychology (pp. 234-250). Jefferson, NC: McFarland.
Braud, W. G. (2001). Parapsychology and consciousness: Direct mental interactions with the physical world. In B. Rubik (Ed.), Frontiers of consciousness: Beyond materialist perspectives. Aliso Viejo, CA: Innovision. (book chapter submitted)
Braud, W. G. (2001). Experiencing tears of wonder-joy: Seeing with the heart’s eye. In R. Anderson (Ed.), Living through our bodies (book chapter submitted)
Braud, W. G. (2002). Psi favorable conditions. In V. W. Rammohan (Ed), New frontiers of human science (pp. 95-118). Jefferson, NC: McFarland.
Braud, W. G. (2002). Brains, science, and nonordinary and transcendent experiences: Can conventional concepts and theories adequately address mystical and paranormal experiences? In A. Newberg, et al. (Eds.), NeuroTheology: Brain, science, spirituality, and religious experience. (pp. 143-158). San Jose, CA: University Press California.
Braud, W. G. (2003). Brains, science, and nonordinary and transcendent experiences: Can conventional concepts and theories adequately address mystical and paranormal experiences? In A. Newberg, et al. (Eds.), NeuroTheology: Brain, science, spirituality, and religious experience (2nd ed., pp. 123-134). San Jose, CA: University Press California.
Braud, W. G. (2003). Transpersonal images: Implications for health. In A. A. Sheikh (Ed.). Healing images: The role of imagination in health (pp. 444-466). Amityville, NY: Baywood Publishing Company.
Braud, W. G. (2003). Distant mental influence: Its contributions to science, healing, and human interactions. Charlottesville, VA: Hampton Roads Publishing Company.
Braud, W. G. (2004) Toward more subtle awareness: Meanings, implications, and possible new directions for psi research. In C. Alvarado (Ed.), Present and future state of parapsychology. New York: Parapsychology Foundation. (book chapter submitted)
Braud, W. G. (2004). Expanding psi research: Toward wider, wiser, and more humane inquiry. In T. Lawrence (Ed.), Parapsychosophia: Parapsychology as knowledge and wisdom. Puente Publications. (book chapter submitted)
Braud, W. G. (2005). The farther reaches of psi research: Future choices and possibilities. In M. A. Thalbourne & L. Storm (Eds.), Parapsychology in the twenty-first century: Essays on the future of psychical research (pp. 38-62). Jefferson, NC: McFarland.
Braud, W. G. (2005) Transpersonal images: Implications for health. In M. Schlitz, T. Amorok, & M. Micozzi (Eds.), Consciousness and healing: Integral approaches to mind-body medicine (pp. 267-279). New York: Churchill Livingstone/Elsevier.
Braud, W., Shafer, D., & Andrews, S. (2005). Further studies of autonomic detection of remote staring: Replications, new control procedures, and personality correlates. In R. Wiseman & C. Watt (Eds.), Parapsychology. The International Library of Psychology Series. Aldershot, Hampshire, U.K.: Ashgate.
Braud, W. G. (2006). Patanjali Yoga Sutras and parapsychological research: Exploring matches and mismatches. In National Conference, Training, and Workshop on Yoga and Parapsychology (pp. 31-45). Visakhapatnam, India: Institute for Human Science & Service.
Braud, W. G. (2006). Conversations about survival: Novel theoretical, methodological, and empirical approaches to afterlife research. In L. Storm & M. A. Thalbourne (Eds.), The survival of human consciousness: Essays on the possibility of life after death (pp. 75-93). Jefferson, NC: McFarland.
Braud, W. G. (2007). Patanjali Yoga and siddhis: Their relevance to parapsychological theory and research. In K. R. Rao, A. Dalal, & A. Paranjpe (Eds.), Handbook of Indian psychology.
Braud, W. G. (2007). Patanjali Yoga Sutras and parapsychological research: Exploring matches and mismatches. In K. R. Rao (Ed.), Yoga and parapsychology: Empirical research and theoretical essays.
Braud, W. G. (2007). Integrating Yoga epistemology and ontology into an expanded integral approach to research. In M. Cornelissen & G. Misra (Eds.), Handbook of Indian psychology: Conceptual foundations.
Review Articles, Book & Film Reviews, and Other Material
Braud, W. G. (1997). Thoughts on research and clinical practice. The Mind's Eye: An Online Transpersonal Psychology Journal, 1(2).
Braud, W. G. (1997). Limits and limitlessness. The Mind's Eye: An Online Transpersonal Psychology Journal, 1(2).
Braud, W. G. (1998). In support of single-case clinical studies. Alternative Therapies, 4(3), 88. [Letter to the Editor]
Braud, W. G. (1998). Projects of transcendence at ITP. E[xceptional] H[human] E[xperience News, 5(1), 8-9.
Braud, W. G. (1998). An appreciation of Karlis Osis. Journal of the American Society for Psychical Research, 92(3), 211-214.
Braud, W. G. (1999). Transcending the limits of time. Inner Edge, 2(6), 16-18.
Braud, W. G. (1999). On varieties of dissociation: An essay review of Broken images, broken selves: Dissociative narratives in clinical practice. Journal of the American Society for Psychical Research, 93, 116-140.
Braud, W. G. (2003). [Review of the book Psychology, religion, and spirituality by David Fontana]. Journal of Transpersonal Psychology, 35, 169-172.
Braud, W. G. (2007, April 25). Rhea White: An appreciation. Article posted on Parapsychology Foundation’s Lyceum Library, archived at http://www.pflyceum.org/179.html
Technical Reports & Unpublished Reports
Braud, W. (1997). The ley and the labyrinth: Universalistic and particularistic approaches to knowing. Working Paper No. 1997-1. William James Center for Consciousness Studies, Institute of Transpersonal Psychology, Palo Alto, CA
Braud, W., Dufrechou, J., Raynolds, P., & Schroeter, W. (2000). A six-facet approach to assessing whole person learning and transformative changes in a graduate transpersonal psychology program (Working Paper No. 2000-1). Palo Alto, CA: Institute of Transpersonal Psychology, William James Center for Consciousness Studies.
Braud, W., & Anderson, R. (2002). Integral research skills study guide. Palo Alto, CA: Institute of Transpersonal Psychology.
Braud, W. (2003). Doctoral research and process study guide. Palo Alto, CA: Institute of Transpersonal Psychology.
Anderson, R., & Braud, W. (2007). Transpersonal research from a global perspective. Unpublished manuscript, Institute of Transpersonal Psychology, Palo Alto, CA.
Presentations for Scientific Organizations, Professional Meetings, & Academic Groups
Transpersonal psychology: Qualitative and quantitative approaches to research, Paper presented at the 76th Annual Western Psychological Association Convention, San Jose, CA, 1996.
A five-facet approach to assessing whole person learning and transformation in a graduate psychology program. Paper presented at a Division 32 (Humanistic Psychology) Hospitality Suite of the Annual American Psychological Association Convention, San Francisco, CA, 1998.
Honoring human experience: Transpersonal research and writing. Paper presented at the 30th Anniversary Celebration of the Association for Transpersonal Psychology and the Journal of Transpersonal Psychology, San Francisco, CA, 1998.
Narrative research: Transforming attitudes of racism, sexism, and heterosexism. Poster paper presented at the 1998 Conventon of the Society for the Psychological Study of Social Issues: Using Theory and Research to Address National and International Social Issues, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, 1998.
An integral approach to research. Presentations at Improving Qualitative Research conference, Institute of Transpersonal Psychology, Palo Alto, CA, 1999.
Psychomanteum research: Experiential phenomena and effects on feelings about deceased friends and relatives. Paper presented at the 42nd Annual Parapsychological Association Convention, Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA, 1999.
Educating the whole person: Assessing student learning and transformative changes in an academic-experiential graduate psychology program. Presentation at the 76th Annual Meeting of the Association of Colleges and Universities, Western Association of Schools and Colleges, San Diego, CA, 2000.
The Institute of Transpersonal Psychology’s “Transformation research project”: An inclusive and integrated assessment and evaluation of a whole-person, experiential doctoral program. Poster presentation at the 77th Annual Meeting of the Association of Colleges and Universities, Western Association of Schools and Colleges, Irvine, CA, 2001.
Non-ordinary and transcendent experiences: Transpersonal aspects of consciousness. Paper presented at the Fourth Consilience Conference, “Towards a Consilient Model of Knowing: Consciousness and the Participatory Worldview,” of The Graduate Institute, Yale University, New Haven, CT, 2001.
The ITP Transformation Research Project: Methods and major findings. Paper presented at the 25 Year Anniversary Conference, Institute of Transpersonal Psychology, Mount Alverno Conference Center, Redwood City, CA, 2001.
Eight facets of integral education assessment and major findings. Contribution to a symposium on “Integral assessment and evaluation of an integral psychology education program,” presented at the Annual American Psychological Association Convention, San Francisco, CA, 2001.
Longitudinal analyses of student learning in a transpersonal psychology program. In R. W. Smith (Chair), Frontier methods in transpersonal research and holistic practice. Symposium conducted at the 112th Annual American Psychological Association Convention, Honolulu, Hawaii, July, 2004.
Online assessments in a transpersonal psychology doctoral program: A case study. In R. W. Smith (Chair), Frontier methods in transpersonal research and holistic practice. Symposium conducted at the 112th Annual American Psychological Association Convention, Honolulu, Hawaii, July, 2004.
Patanjali Yoga Sutras and parapsychological research: Exploring matches and mismatches. Paper presented at the National Conference, Training, and Workshop on Yoga and Parapsychology, Visakhapatnam, India, January 2-23, 2006.
Integrating Yoga epistemology and ontology into an expanded integral approach to research. Invited paper for a Seminar on Yoga as a Knowledge System, organized by the Indian Psychology Institute, Pondicherry, India, January 14-17, 2007.
Extending positive psychology’s “broaden-and-build” theory to a spiritual context. Paper presented at the 115th Annual Convention of the American Psychological Association, San Francisco, CA, August 17-20, 2007.
The following selected papers by William Braud, Ph.D., are available in full-text, electronic format on the Cybrary page of William Braud’s personal website:
http://integral-inquiry.com/cybrary.html
Please see Dr. Braud’s Curriculum Vitae for details about these selected papers. Abstracts of the papers are available on the Cybrary page.
The following articles are written by William Braud, Ph.D., on expanded approaches to research and disciplined inquiry.
Can Research Be Transpersonal?
The Ley and the Labyrinth: Universalistic and Particularistic Approaches to Knowing
Disciplined Inquiry for Transpersonal Studies: Old and New Approaches to Research
"Projects of Transcendence" at ITP
Growing Edges: Thoughts on Research and Clinical Practice
Toward an Integral Methodology for Transpersonal Studies
In Support of Single-Case Clinical Studies
On Qualitative Methods and Researcher Qualities and Preparation
An Introduction to Organic Inquiry: Honoring the Transpersonal and Spiritual in Research Praxis
Transpersonal Research From a Global Perspective
The following articles are written by William Braud, Ph.D., on various topics in the areas of parapsychology, psi research, and psychical research.
PSI-Favorable Conditions
Reaching for Consciousness: Expansions and Complements
Honoring Our Natural Experiences
Can Our Intentions Interact Directly With the Physical World?
On the Use of Living Target Systems in Distant Mental Influence Research
Remote Mental Influence of Electrodermal Activity
Attention Focusing Facilitated Through Remote Mental Interaction
Distant Intentionality and Healing: Assessing the Evidence
Wellness Implications of Retroactive Intentional Influence: Exploring an Outrageous Hypothesis
Replies to Mr. Kennedy, Dr. Kanthamani, and Dr. Anick
Transcending the Limits of Time
The Farther Reaches of Psi Research: Future Choices and Possibilities
The following articles are written by William Braud, Ph.D., on various topics in the areas of parapsychology, psi research, and psychical research.
PSI-Favorable Conditions
Reaching for Consciousness: Expansions and Complements
Honoring Our Natural Experiences
Can Our Intentions Interact Directly With the Physical World?
On the Use of Living Target Systems in Distant Mental Influence Research
Remote Mental Influence of Electrodermal Activity
Attention Focusing Facilitated Through Remote Mental Interaction
Distant Intentionality and Healing: Assessing the Evidence
Wellness Implications of Retroactive Intentional Influence: Exploring an Outrageous Hypothesis
Replies to Mr. Kennedy, Dr. Kanthamani, and Dr. Anick
Transcending the Limits of Time
The Farther Reaches of Psi Research: Future Choices and Possibilities
The following articles are written by William Braud, Ph.D., on topics in the area of consciousness studies.
Brains, Science, and Nonordinary and Transcendent Experiences: Can Conventional Concepts and Theories Adequately Address Mystical and Paranormal Experiences?
The Influence of Consciousness in the Physical World: A Psychologist’s View
Nonordinary and Transcendent Experiences: Transpersonal Aspects of Consciousness
The Sense of Being Stared At: Fictional, Physical, Perceptual, or Attentional/Intentional?
The following articles are written by William Braud, Ph.D., on various topics in the area of spirituality.
Thoughts on the Ineffability of the Mystical Experience
Empirical Explorations of Prayer, Distant Healing, and Remote Mental Influence
Parapsychology and Spirituality: Implications and Intimations
Review of David Fontana's Psychology, Religion, and Spirituality
The following articles are written by William Braud, Ph.D., on various topics in the area of exceptional human experiences.
Exceptional Human Experiences, Disclosure, and a More Inclusive View of Physical, Psychological, and Spiritual Well-Being
An Experience of Timelessness
Response to Rhea White’s Commentary on "An Experience of Timelessness"
On Varieties of Dissociation: An Essay Review of Krippner and Powers’ Broken Images, Broken Selves: Dissociative Narratives in Clinical Practice
The following articles are written by William Braud, Ph.D., on various topics in the area of transpersonal studies.
Transpersonal Images: Implications for Health
Human Interconnectedness: Research Indications
Limits and Limitlessness: A Tale
Assumptions, Beliefs, White Crows, and Connections
Experiencing Tears of Wonder-Joy: Seeing With the Heart's Eye
Educating the "More" in Holistic Transpersonal Higher Education: A 30+ Year Perspective on the Approach of the Institute of Transpersonal Psychology
The following articles are written by some of William Braud's colleagues on various topics in the area of transpersonal studies.
Intuitive Inquiry: Interpreting Objective and Subjective Data (Rosemarie Anderson)
Embodied Writing and Reflections on Embodiment (Rosemarie Anderson)
Nine Psycho-spiritual Characteristics of Spontaneous and Involuntary Weeping (Rosemarie Anderson)
Psychomantium Research: Experiences and Effects on Bereavement (Arthur Hastings and Associates)
Organic Inquiry: Toward Research in Partnership With Spirit (Jennifer Clements)
An Extended Nondrug MDMA-like Experience Evoked Through Posthypnotic Suggestion (Arthur Hastings)
