Championing “Exchange and Cooperation” Efforts in Frontier Science: Epilogue to the Special Issue

Abstract

This Special Issue on The Darker Side of Spirituality represents the first-ever partnership between the Journal of the Society for Psychical Research (JSPR) and the Journal of Scientific Exploration (JSE). As such, it is worth discussing the original impetus and intended outcomes for this joint effort. Readers should first note that these two periodicals are not carbon copies. The Society for Psychical Research was founded in 1882 to "examine without prejudice or prepossession, and in a scientific spirit; those faculties of man, real or supposed, which appear HIGHLIGHTSOrganizations with common goals should collaborate on research and education initiatives on a wider scale to more efficiently address anomalies that likely involve complex or nuanced processes.