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....investigating the Paranormal in Scotland

Margrit Coates is the world's leading authority on animal healing and is a renowned inter species communicator. Her groundbreaking books on healing for pets and horses are internationally critically acclaimed. Her talk will cover why and how our spirituality is developed through a healing connection with animals. Margrit runs clinics and courses around the world and she is a founder partner in Holistic Pets, a clinic offering natural treatments for pets and horses. In 2002 Margrit was the Pets Corner columnist for the Daily Mail newspaper, and she is a featured expert in the Animal Planet TV series Animal Roadshow. A regular contributor to a wide variety of publications and featured frequently on radio, Margrit's contribution to the understanding of the spiritual connection between human animals and non human animals is significant. Margrit lectures part time in animal healing to post graduate students in the department of animal behaviour at Southampton University.

Linda Buchan is an experienced, highly respected and responsible medium of many years standing. She is the President of Stirling Spiritualist Church. Brian Lynch, from Ireland, is a new boy on the block who is receiving great acclaim for his mediumship. He has been a working medium for the past 8 years and has worked in England, Scotland, Ireland and Germany. He runs a Spiritualist centre in Holywood, County Down.

---------------- Innes Smith is the Research Officer for the SSPR, first joining the SSPR in 1998 and joining the Investigation Group in 2000. His investigation (with Kirsty Allan) of Glasgow’s Victorian Music Hall, ‘The Britannia Panopticon’ was the subject of a BBC Documentary ‘The Psychic Detectives’ in 2004. His interests are typically Fortean and has previously spoken to the SSPR before on subjects such as ‘The Mince Pie Martians’ & ‘Spring Heeled Jack’. Professionally, he is a writer and performer working for Radio Scotland, Channel 4 and the BBC. His presentation ‘The Problem with the Paranormal’ hopes to highlight the peculiar challenges Paranormal Phenomena present to both believer & sceptic alike. -----------------

In 1971 there was a major poltergeist outbreak in the home of the Manning family. The phenomena were centred on Matthew Manning (then 16 years old), and it included a substantial amount of writing that appeared on the walls of Matthew’s bedroom when it was unattended. These writings included seven literary passages, the sources of which were unknown until recently. David has managed to trace them all, and from this discovered that the passages contained unsuspected hidden meanings. These are not only interesting in themselves but they reinforce the importance and the authenticity of the case. David is a co-founder of the Centre for Anomalies Research (C-FAR) and the online Library of Exploration Science (Lexscien). He is a Council member of the SPR and chairman of their Research Activities Committee. His background is in electronic engineering, and before starting C-FAR he held a number of senior posts in the aerospace and semiconductor manufacturing industries. He is currently doing postgraduate research within the Philosophy Department of the University of Wales, Lampeter, developing a new model of the mind-body relationship suggested by certain paranormal experiences.

Deborah L Delanoy has a PhD in psychology from Edinburgh University where she also worked as a Postdoctoral Research Fellow with Koestler Chair of Parapsychology, for 13 years. Her main research areas include the training and development of ESP and DMILS research. Currently Deborah is a Professor of Psychology at The University of Northampton, as well as the Associate Dean for the School of Social Sciences. She is the founder and past director of The Centre for the Study of Anomalous Psychological Proceses ( CSAPP) one of the 'research centres of excellence' at Northampton and the largest academically-based research group specializing in parapsychological and transpersonal research in the world. She is the current President of the London based Society for Psychical Research (SPR) and a past President of the Parapsychological Association.

Andy Thomas has studied unusual phenomena for many years. He is respected for his work with crop circles and organises the Glastonbury Symposium on Paranormal" phenomena each year, gathering together a very good programme of speakers.

Cases - Innes Smith, Burn's talk by Nick Kyle A.G.M followed by summary of SSPR spontaneous cases and a talk on "The Paranormal world of Robert Burns" Evening Talk to SSPR at the University of Glasgow Lecture takes place on: Thursday 8th January 2009
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Andy Thomas Mysteries and Cover-Ups- The Truth Agenda Evening Talk to SSPR at the University of Glasgow Lecture takes place on: Thursday 1st October 2009
Andy Thomas has studied unusual phenomena for many years. He is respected for his work with crop circles and organises the Glastonbury Symposium on Paranormal" phenomena each year, gathering together a very good programme of speakers.