Guy Lyon Playfair

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name = Guy Lyon Playfair


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birthplace = India
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occupation = Para-paychologist, Author
nationality = British
period = Contemporary
genre = non-fiction, biography
subject = Parapsychology
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Guy Lyon Playfair has worked as a freelance writer and translator for several U.S., British and Brazilian magazine, newspapers and publishing houses. From 1967 to 1971 he worked in the press section of the U.S. Agency for International Development in Rio de Janeiro. Widely travelled, he has lived in Brazil for several years.

For two years, Guy Playfair worked with IBPP, Brazil's first and only serious psychical research organization, helping the investigate and record those mysterious phenomena. He has been a member of the British Society for Psychical Research since 1973 and was elected to its Council in 2004. He has contributed several articles and book reviews to its journal and newsletter.

In his first book, "The Unknown Power" (first published as "The Flying Cow" by Souvenir Press Ltd., U.K. 1975) he brings a wide reading in the literature of psychical research to bear on Brazilian paranormal phenomena, including those events connected with Francisco Candido 'Chico' Xavier, Arigo and others. In "The Indefinite Boundary" (first published by Souvenir Press Ltd., U.K. 1976), Guy Playfair reviews evidence for the existence of psychic phenomena.

He wrote a study of time cycles in connection with paranormal phenomena in "The Cycles of Heaven" (1978). With Maurice Grosse he investigated the Enfield Poltergeist over one year, as recorded in "This House is Haunted" (1980). "If This Be Magic", an inquiry into hypnotism (both 1985). He then collaborated with Uri Geller on "The Geller Effect" (1986) [http://www.uri-geller.com/geller-effect/tge0.htm] .

His books have been translated into about 15 languages. He has also written numerous articles for magazines in several countries, and has worked as researcher and consultant on numerous radio and television programmes.

Selected bibliography

*"The Unknown Power". Panther Books, St. Albans (1977) ISBN 0586042350
*"The Indefinite Boundary". Panther Books, (1977) ISBN 0586046380
*This House is Haunted. (1980) Stein & Day, 1980. ISBN 0812827325
*The Haunted Pub Guide. (1985) ISBN 0245542558
*If This be Magic - Jonathan Cape. 1985 ISBN 0224023381 and ISBN 978-0224023382
*Uri Geller and Guy Lyon Playfair. "The Geller Effect". Grafton, Jonathan Cape, Hunter Publishing, ISBN 0586074309 ISBN 978-0586074305
*Twin Telepathy - 2002 Sterling Publishing 2003 ISBN 1843336863 and ISBN 978-1843336860
*New Clothes for Old Souls - Druze Heritage Foundation - Oct 2006. ISBN 190485009X and ISBN 978-1904850090

External links

* [http://www.skepticalinvestigations.org/books/playfair.htm Skeptical Investigations]
* [http://www.survivalafterdeath.org/researchers/playfair.htm Survival After Death]
* [http://www.forteantimes.com/articles/166_ghostwatch.shtml Fortean Times]