My Library

In April of 1972, however, it was quite likely that the publishing committee of the ASPR did not realize what the ultimate outcomes of this disgusting event would be. The publishing committee probably didn’t know of the existence of -- get ready for this -- of the Buell, Zelda and Ruth Centrals, and which tripartite kingdoms were extensive and reached everywhere, including into the influential, the parapsychological and the media. All three of my wonderful gals were completely outraged, and seemed to take the rejection of the Osis-Mitchell papers as a personal affront to their DYNAMIC SELVES. Thus, I personally know of five individuals who, on their deaths, were prepared to bequeath their considerable estates to the ASPR, but who changed their minds. And during the first year after this storm, the ASPR lost over a thousand members and their subscription fees, and another thousand during the following year. Meanwhile, the JOURNAL proceeded along as a forum through which parapsychologists could get their papers published -- even though Chester B. Carlson, largely because of Osis’ efforts, had set up the venerable Society with his $2 million endowment for RESEARCH, not exclusively as a publishing house for papers. He had invested in Dr. Osis’ concepts regarding out-of-body research and survival after death.