QUOTH THE RAVEN - BEREAVEMENT AND THE PARANORMAL

The bereaved often have paranormal experiences: they feel the presence of or see the dead. This article examines the relevance to bereavemen t of the experiences and of the belief in a life after death. Many pro fessional counselors dismiss the experiences as hallucinatory and the belief as a mark of superstition. This article, however, presents surv eys of paranormal experiences and data from physical research that can be used to validate the experiences and belief and to help the bereav ed restructure their lives.