Warcollier was born on 8 April 1881 at Omonville-la-Rouge in Paris. He obtained a degree in chemical engineering in 1903 from the École Nationale Supérieure de Chimie. He patented several processes related to the synthetic production of precious stones, and invented special screens for movie projection.[1]
In parapsychology, Warcollier first served as treasurer of the Institut Métapsychique International (1929–1938), then editor of its journal, the Revue Métapsychique, (1938–1940), and then as its president (1951–1962).[1] He died on 23 May 1962.
Studiesedit
Warcollier's main parapsychology studies involved experiments using a telepathy design in which one or more "agents" observed a target image while one or more "percipients" attempted to "blindly" reproduce it. Much of his work following from 1922 involved "batteries" of senders and receivers stationed across France; and he also used sender-receiver teams stationed between France and New York, and France and Great Britain. He worked with Gardner Murphy.[2]
Supporters of Warcollier say that his experimental method was an advance in terms of evidence and informativeness on earlier studies using drawings of real objects as target stimuli. A major contemporary critic was the British parapsychologist Samuel Soal. He argued that Warcollier's method was sub-optimal as the targets were not sufficiently selected at random, and correspondences between targets and responses were identified without formal and objective limitations.[3]
Warcollier discarded the statistical method and attempted to obtain direct evidence for telepathy. He claimed from his experiments that men transmit thoughts better than women but that women are better receivers. He also stated that younger people are more sensitive to mental impressions than the elderly. His experiments were well received by parapsychologists such as Harry Price but were criticized by the scientific community.[4][5]
Warcollier reported his experiments in numerous articles, principally within 56 articles in the Revue Métapsychique published between 1924 and 1962, including "La télépathie expérimentale" (1926) and "Étude de dessins télépathiques de M. Vigneron au cours de vingt ans d'expérimentation" (1951). Results and reflections upon them were also published in his several books, including La Télepathie (1921) and La Métapsychique (1940; 1946). Gardner Murphy arranged to have La Télepathie translated and published in the United States, with additional material from Warcollier's articles, and an address he gave to the Sorbonne in 1946, as Mind to mind (1938, 1963).[6]
Publicationsedit
Experiments in Telepathy (1938)
Mind to Mind (1948)
Referencesedit
^ abPleasants, H. (Ed.). (1964). Biographical dictionary of parapsychology. New York, NY, US: Helix.
^Jesse Hong Xiong. (2009). The Outline of Parapsychology. University Press of America. p. 90.
^Soal, S. G. (1932). Experiments in supernormal perception at a distance. Proceedings of the Society for Psychical Research, 40, 165-362.
^Price, Harry. (1940). Reviewed Work: Experiments in Telepathy by René Warcollier. Journal of the Royal Society of Arts. Vol. 88, No. 4569. pp. 848-849.
^Asprem, Egil. (2014). The Problem of Disenchantment: Scientific Naturalism and Esoteric Discourse, 1900-1939. Brill Academic Publishers. pp. 352-354. ISBN978-9004251922
^René Warcollier (1881-1962) in the Encyclopedia of Occultism and Parapsychology. 2001.
rené, warcollier, april, 1881, 1962, french, chemical, engineer, parapsychologist, president, institut, métapsychique, international, edited, wrote, theoretical, experimental, reports, journal, born8, april, 1881died23, 1962, 1962, aged, occupation, chemical, . Rene Warcollier 8 April 1881 23 May 1962 was a French chemical engineer and parapsychologist He was president of the Institut Metapsychique International and edited and wrote theoretical and experimental reports for its journal Rene WarcollierBorn8 April 1881Died23 May 1962 1962 05 23 aged 81 Occupation s Chemical engineer Parapsychologist Contents 1 Biography 2 Studies 3 Publications 4 References 5 External linksBiography editWarcollier was born on 8 April 1881 at Omonville la Rouge in Paris He obtained a degree in chemical engineering in 1903 from the Ecole Nationale Superieure de Chimie He patented several processes related to the synthetic production of precious stones and invented special screens for movie projection 1 In parapsychology Warcollier first served as treasurer of the Institut Metapsychique International 1929 1938 then editor of its journal the Revue Metapsychique 1938 1940 and then as its president 1951 1962 1 He died on 23 May 1962 Studies editWarcollier s main parapsychology studies involved experiments using a telepathy design in which one or more agents observed a target image while one or more percipients attempted to blindly reproduce it Much of his work following from 1922 involved batteries of senders and receivers stationed across France and he also used sender receiver teams stationed between France and New York and France and Great Britain He worked with Gardner Murphy 2 Supporters of Warcollier say that his experimental method was an advance in terms of evidence and informativeness on earlier studies using drawings of real objects as target stimuli A major contemporary critic was the British parapsychologist Samuel Soal He argued that Warcollier s method was sub optimal as the targets were not sufficiently selected at random and correspondences between targets and responses were identified without formal and objective limitations 3 Warcollier discarded the statistical method and attempted to obtain direct evidence for telepathy He claimed from his experiments that men transmit thoughts better than women but that women are better receivers He also stated that younger people are more sensitive to mental impressions than the elderly His experiments were well received by parapsychologists such as Harry Price but were criticized by the scientific community 4 5 Warcollier reported his experiments in numerous articles principally within 56 articles in the Revue Metapsychique published between 1924 and 1962 including La telepathie experimentale 1926 and Etude de dessins telepathiques de M Vigneron au cours de vingt ans d experimentation 1951 Results and reflections upon them were also published in his several books including La Telepathie 1921 and La Metapsychique 1940 1946 Gardner Murphy arranged to have La Telepathie translated and published in the United States with additional material from Warcollier s articles and an address he gave to the Sorbonne in 1946 as Mind to mind 1938 1963 6 Publications editExperiments in Telepathy 1938 Mind to Mind 1948 References edit a b Pleasants H Ed 1964 Biographical dictionary of parapsychology New York NY US Helix Jesse Hong Xiong 2009 The Outline of Parapsychology University Press of America p 90 Soal S G 1932 Experiments in supernormal perception at a distance Proceedings of the Society for Psychical Research 40 165 362 Price Harry 1940 Reviewed Work Experiments in Telepathy by Rene Warcollier Journal of the Royal Society of Arts Vol 88 No 4569 pp 848 849 Asprem Egil 2014 The Problem of Disenchantment Scientific Naturalism and Esoteric Discourse 1900 1939 Brill Academic Publishers pp 352 354 ISBN 978 9004251922 Rene Warcollier 1881 1962 in the Encyclopedia of Occultism and Parapsychology 2001 External links editWorks by or about Rene Warcollier at Internet Archive Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Rene Warcollier amp oldid 1166560948, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
