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paper “Materialism and Para-psychology'l has gone so far to equate para-psychology with all other psychical science. Richard V. De Smet2 another symposiast held that it is 'a scientific description'. Prof. B. N. Banerjee3 quotes H. J. Eysenck (Sense and Non-sense in Psychology ) thinks that para-psychological phenomena have been proved. However, Prof. G S. Nairt, holds that though “Para-psychology canic upon the trail of science, but its genuine home is man's interest towards religion." Tu a recent Symposium on 'Para-psychology and Yoga' ( 21st and 22nd December, 62 ) organised under the auspices of the Lucknow University, the President Acharya Jugal Kishore observed that “as civilization advances further into nuclear age and education becomes a more complex phenomenon, the most natural science to take the place of psychology will be para-psychology.”
(3) Jainism And Para-psychology (a) Soul Psychology and Karma Phenomenology
The Jainas believe in the Doctrine of Soul which forms the basis of Higher Psychology popularly termed as para-psychology or Meta-psychology. The idea of psychology as the "Scicnce of Soul' seems old. "There was a time, when it lost its
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2. Smet, R. De. ; “Para-psychology and Catholicism", Indian
Journal of Para-psychology, Vol. 1, No. 4, Ganganagar,
1954, 3. Banerjee, B. N. : “Religion and Para-psychology”, The
Indian Journal of Para-psychology, Vol. 1, No. 4. 1, Seth Sohan Lal Institute of Para-psychology, Ganganagar, De
cember, 1959. 4. Nair, G. S.:"Rcligion and Para-psychology", ludian Jour.
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