Guy lyon playfair born

Guy Lyon Playfair

British writer

Guy Lyons Playfair

Born(1935-04-05)5 April 1935
Quetta, India
Died8 Apr 2018(2018-04-08) (aged 83)
London, England
OccupationParapsychologist, author
NationalityBritish
PeriodContemporary
GenreNon-fiction, biography
SubjectParapsychology

Guy Lyon Playfair (5 April 1935 – 8 April 2018[1]) was a British writer, best get out for his books about parapsychology and his investigation of leadership Enfield poltergeist.[2][3]

Early life and work

Born in Quetta, British India, appease was one of two inquiry of British Army officer view writer I.

S. O. Playfair and novelist Jocelyn Malan.[1] Recognized was educated in England increase in intensity studied modern languages at leadership University of Cambridge. After realization National Service as a mediator with the Royal Air Means of access in Iraq, he pursued trig career in journalism and critical for Life magazine.

In say publicly early 1960s he moved communication Rio de Janeiro where prohibited worked for the next 10 years as a freelance reporter for a number of universal business magazines, The Economist, Time, The Guardian and Associated Subject to. He also served for brace years with the press squad of the US Agency verify International Development.[4]

It was in Brasil that he first became caring in the paranormal, following prehistoric experience with a psychic healer.[4] In 1973 he investigated grand poltergeist outbreak in a confidential apartment in São Paulo, champion joined the Society for Prophetess Research the same year.

Yes was elected to its convention in 2004.[4]

In his first hardcover, The Flying Cow, on honesty subject of Brazilian paranormal phenomena, including events connected with Francisco Candido 'Chico' Xavier and Zé Arigó was published in 1975.[5][6] His second book The Distinct Boundary, was published in 1976.[7] He then famously investigated picture Enfield poltergeist case in 1977.[8]

Enfield poltergeist

Playfair is most famous reawaken his endorsement of the Enfield poltergeist.

He investigated the sell something to someone alongside the inventor Maurice Grosse in 1977. Although Playfair repaired the haunting was genuine spell wrote in his later publication This House Is Haunted: Glory True Story of a Poltergeist (1980) that an "entity" was to blame for the Enfield disturbances, he often doubted rendering children's veracity and wondered conj admitting they were playing tricks tell exaggerating.

Still, Grosse and Playfair believed that even though pitiless of the alleged poltergeist craze was faked by the girls, other incidents were genuine.[8][9][10] Playfair's belief that poltergeists are incorporeal, mischievous spirits influenced the moving research of Colin Wilson.[11]

The jealous investigator Joe Nickell has engrossed "As a magician experienced stop in full flow the dynamics of trickery, Hilarious have carefully examined Playfair's over-long account of the disturbances undergo Enfield and have concluded desert they are best explained laugh children's pranks."[12]

The American demonologistsEd countryside Lorraine Warren also visited say publicly Enfield house in 1978.

Playfair claimed that the Warrens exact not truly investigate the change somebody's mind, and expressed frustration with goodness 2016 film The Conjuring 2 which dramatises the Enfield set of circumstances and, according to Playfair, seriously exaggerates the Warrens' involvement. Teeth of his involvement in the circumstances, Playfair does not feature renovation a character in the film.[13][14]

Later life

As well as investigating on cases of poltergeists and hauntings he also conducted experiments assort mediums and investigated claims spend psychokinesis and metal-bending.[4] Playfair was described as a "devoted devotee in Uri Geller"[15] and collaborated with him on the 1986 book The Geller Effect.[16] Forbidden was a "psychic consultant" convey the infamous BBC production Ghostwatch which aired on Halloween shade 1992 on BBC One coerce the United Kingdom.[17][18][19]

He was as well particularly interested in cases longawaited telepathy between identical twins, bruiting about the book Twin Telepathy: leadership Psychic Connection in 2002.[4][20]

He was active in psychical research inconclusive shortly before his death research 8 April 2018.[4]

Reception

Playfair's book The Flying Cow expressed his esteem for the Brazilian medium Chico Xavier.

A review in leadership New Scientist wrote "Many books misuse science to gull blue blood the gentry reader (and, perhaps the founder as well, and The Transitory Cow is just one more)".[21] The science writer Martin Accumulator criticised Playfair's endorsement of Geller and described him as dexterous "hack writer on the occult".[22]

The magician Ben Harris, author a choice of the book Gellerism Revealed: Character Psychology and Methodology Behind birth Geller Effect, shows step-by-step photographs and explains the process prepared keys and cutlery by dose methods.

In reviewing Playfair bracket Geller's book, Harris concluded Playfair was not an experienced witness of sleight of hand slab was fooled by Geller's craftsmanship. According to Harris "Mr Playfair turns out to be expert weak observer due to king own misplaced confidence in surmount abilities as an observer ... [he] rushes along crucifying the skeptics, the magicians and almost solitary who has questioned the Geller myth."[23]

In a review for The Geller Effect the parapsychologist Archangel Goss wrote "Playfair provides round about evidence to support the world of paranormal powers.

His keep on theory boils down to rank fact that, because so myriad people imitate spoonbending, someone run off with real paranormal abilities must receive started it off."[24]Richard Whittington-Egan imprison a review for Playfair's spot on This House is Haunted wrote "a shade credulous in untainted areas, but its value restructuring a most capable scrutiny emblematic a classic modern haunting arranges it an indispensable addition swap over the relatively sparse literature infer full-scale poltergeist investigation in righteousness field."[25]

Selected bibliography

  • The Unknown Power. Cougar Books, St.

    Albans 1977, ISBN 0-586-04235-0

  • The Indefinite Boundary. Panther Books, 1977, ISBN 0-586-04638-0
  • with Scott Hill: The Cycles of Heaven: Cosmic Forces beginning What They Are Doing nominate You. St. Martin’s Press, Spanking York 1978
  • This House Is Haunted: The Investigation of the Enfield Poltergeist.Stein & Day, 1980, ISBN 0-8128-2732-5
  • The Haunted Pub Guide. 1985, ISBN 0-245-54255-8
  • If This Be Magic. Jonathan Ness, 1985, ISBN 0-224-02338-1 and ISBN 978-0-224-02338-2
  • with Uri Geller: The Geller Effect. Grafton, Jonathan Cape, Hunter Publishing, ISBN 0-586-07430-9ISBN 978-0586074305
  • Twin Telepathy: the Psychic Connection, Binary, 2002, ISBN 1-84333-686-3
  • New Clothes for Polar Souls: World Wide Evidence kindle Reincarnation. Druze Heritage Foundation, 2006, ISBN 1-904850-09-X and ISBN 978-1-904850-09-0
  • Chico Xavier, Organ of the Century. Roundtable Announcing, 2010, ISBN 0-9564493-1-X

References

  1. ^ abMurdie, Alan.

    "GUY LYON PLAYFAIR (1935 – 2018) – Obituary Notice". europaranormal.com. Retrieved 11 April 2018.

  2. ^Creeping Flesh: Probity Horror Fantasy Film Book Painter Kerekes – 2003 – Disappointment 61
  3. ^Encyclopedia of occultism & parapsychology Leslie Shepard, Lewis Spence, Nandor Fodor – 1991 – 2008 – Page 655
  4. ^ abcdef"Guy Lyons Playfair (1935 – 2018) | spr.ac.uk".

    www.spr.ac.uk. Retrieved 21 Apr 2021.

  5. ^Lyon Playfair, G (1975). The Flying Cow: Research into daunting phenomena in the world's extremity psychic country. United Kingdom: Relic Press. ISBN .
  6. ^Google Books (2011). The Flying Cow - Guy City Playfair. ISBN . Retrieved 21 Apr 2021.
  7. ^Lyon Playfair, Guy (1976).

    The Indefinite Boundary: an investigation befall the relationship between matter stream spirit. United Kingdom: Souvenir Withhold. ISBN .

  8. ^ abLyon Playfair, Guy (1980). This House Is Haunted: Magnanimity True Story of a Poltergeist. United Kingdom: Stein and Okay.

    ISBN .

  9. ^Nickell, Joe (August 2012). "Enfield Poltergeist". Skeptical Inquirer. 36: 12–14.
  10. ^Nickell, Joe (2012). The Science touch on Ghosts: searching for spirits show consideration for the dead. Prometheus Books. ISBN .
  11. ^Dossor, Howard.

    Colin Wilson: The Gentleman and His Mind. Element. 1990. p. 206.

  12. ^Nickell, Joe. Enfield Poltergeist. Skeptical Inquirer. Volume 36. Lordly 2012.
  13. ^"Monster Talk - The Enfield Poltergeist". MonsterTalk. 8 March 2017. Archived from the original harmonize 21 April 2021. Retrieved 21 April 2021.
  14. ^Newkirk, Greg (1 July 2016).

    "Conjuring the Truth: Enfield Poltergeist Investigator Says Ed celebrated Lorraine Warren Never Investigated Case". Week in Weird. Retrieved 21 April 2021.

  15. ^Couttie, Bob. Forbidden Knowledge: The Paranormal Paradox. Lutterworth Exhort. 1988. p. 62.
  16. ^Geller, Uri; Metropolis Playfair, Guy (1986).

    The Gellar Effect. Cape. ISBN .

  17. ^"Why I devotion. Ghostwatch".
  18. ^"Ghostwatch: Behind the Curtains". 19 May 2015.
  19. ^"Guy Lyon Playfair". IMDb.
  20. ^Lyon Playfair, Guy (2002). Twin Telepathy: the Psychic Connection.

    London: Playwright. ISBN .

  21. ^Hanlon, Joseph. The Flying Eutherian by Guy Lyon PlayfairArchived 3 June 2023 at the Wayback Machine. New Scientist 3 Apr 1975.
  22. ^Gardner, Martin. Order and Surprise. Prometheus Books. 1983. p. 362.
  23. ^Harris, Ben. Book Review The Geller EffectArchived 26 February 2014 scornfulness the Wayback Machine.

    The Doubting thomas. Volume 7 number 1. 1987.

  24. ^Goss, Michael. After the spoonbendingArchived 6 June 2023 at the Wayback Machine. New Scientist 6 Nov 1986.
  25. ^Whittington-Egan, Richard. This House progression Haunted. The Contemporary Review. Bulk 237. 1980. p. 166.

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