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FYI - The 3rd Exploring the Extraordinary conference will take place in York on the 23rd-25th September. Exploring the Extraordinary is an interdisciplinary network for those actively engaged/interested in research into the 'extraordinary' - for example, topics often regarded as paranormal, supernatural, religious, transcendent, ecstatic, exceptional, mystical, anomalous, magical, spiritual. The conference will include: *Keynote lectures* Professor Charles Emmons - 'In praise of experience as data' Dr Serena Roney-Dougal - 'Tibetan psychic traditions' *Panels* Boundaries, personal experience and the mystical Vampires in culture Space, place and supernatural resonance The paranormal on both sides of the Atlantic Parapsychological approaches to paranormal belief and experience Hospitals, dying and extraordinary experiences *Documentaries* Trance mediumship: A Portrait Personal Electronics GHost Project Also - sessions on art, photography and spirit; research reports; and two art exhibitions (*'Nature, twilight and the night'* and *'Dimensions of spirit'*) The conference costs £70 (£55 for concessions) or £30 (£20 concessions) per day. For further information about Exploring the Extraordinary, and to see the conference schedule, please visit http://etenetwork.weebly.com Registration forms, and further information, is avaliable from [log in to unmask] We'd really appreciate it if you forward this on to any colleagues or friends who might be interested, and we hope to see you there. Best wishes Dr Hannah Gilbert & Dr Madeleine Castro