My Library

He had published over seventy scientific articles, and had researched and authored the particular book which first brought the concept of Out-Of-Body to public awareness: DEATHBED OBSERVATIONS BY PHYSICIANS AND NURSES (1961). Ethically speaking, I felt that the publishing committee had no right to refuse his papers, considering that the Board had preapproved the experiments and their safeguards. I felt that surely some other parapsychologists, and even the American Parapsychology Association, would come to his assistance -- or at least review his situation. But to my knowledge, no one did. As I was lately reminded, the same "powers" which refused to publish his and Janet’s papers were ALSO powers within the American Parapsychology Association. To all practical purposes, this great innovator was left out in the cold as far as parapsychology was concerned. What this amounted to was yet ANOTHER example of discrimination and persecution -- one far more serious and disgusting than what had happened to me. I was not to learn the real reason for the refusal to publish the papers. But five years later I did so -- and from an impeccable source. Dr. Gaither J. Pratt (1910-1979), who was the Chairman of the publishing committee, was also the foremost advocate in the United States for the NON-REPEATABLE experiment.