Varieties of Anomalous Experience

{{short description|2000 book on psychology}}

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Etzel Cardeña
Steven Jay Lynn
Stanley Krippner

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| published = 2000 (American Psychological Association)

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| pages = 476

| isbn = 978-1-55798-625-2

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Varieties of Anomalous Experience: Examining the Scientific Evidence is a book edited by Etzel Cardeña, Steven Jay Lynn and Stanley Krippner and published by the American Psychological Association. The first edition was published in 2000 and a second edition in 2014.[http://www.apa.org/pubs/books/4316157.aspx Varieties of Anomalous Experience: Examining the Scientific Evidence]. American Psychological Association. The book is dedicated to the research of William James.Grant Jewell Rich. (2001). Varieties of Anomalous Experience: Examining the Scientific Evidence by Etzel Cardña; Steven Jay Lynn; Stanley Krippner. American Anthropologist, New Series. Vol. 103, No. 1. pp. 266-267.

The authors of the book explore "anomalous experiences" defined as unusual but not necessarily psychopathological phenomena that may hold great significance for those who have them. The book focuses on psychological and neuroscientific research on the experiences, rather than on their ontological nature, and includes near-death experiences, out-of-body experiences, hallucinations, lucid dreams, mysticism, psi-events, and reincarnation.Frank MacHovec. (2002). Varieties of Anomalous Experience: Examining the Scientific Evidence (Review). Cultic Studies Review. Vol. 1, No. 2. The second edition has 14 chapters written by twenty-two contributors. It has a clear and readable style which makes it suitable for a general audience.{{cite web |url=http://metapsychology.mentalhelp.net/poc/view_doc.php?type=book&id=370&cn=139 |title=Review - Varieties of Anomalous Experience |author=Pawel Kawalec |date=August 31, 2000 |work=Metapsychology }}