Erlendur Haraldsson is a Professor emeritus of
psychology at the Faculty of
social science at the
University of Iceland who, despite having retired from his former post at the
University of Iceland, continues to be an active academic. He has published work in various
parapsychology journals, and done work with
Ian Stevenson and
Karlis Osis on
reincarnation research. As well as doing work in Iceland, Haraldsson worked in the United States and at the
University of Freiburg, in Germany. While in the United States, he worked with
J.B. Rhine. He has written several books including
Modern miracles (1997),
[1] and
At the Hour of Death (1997).
[2]
Education
He studied philosophy at the universities of
Iceland,
Edinburgh and
Freiburg from 1955 to 1958, and was a writer and journalist from 1959 to 1963. He studied psychology at the
University of Freiburg and
University of Munich
where he obtained the Dipl. Psych. in 1969. Research fellow at the
Institute of Parapsychology in Durham, N. C. 1969-70, internship in
clinical psychology at the Department of Psychiatry,
University of Virginia in Charlottesville 1970-71. Ph.D. in psychology from the University of Freiburg in 1972.
[3]
Research work
Research associate at the American
Society for Psychical Research 1972-74. After that in the Department of Psychology at the University of Iceland.
[3]
Visiting professor at the University of Virginia, 1982–83, and at the
Institut für Grenzgebiete der Psychologie und Psychohygiene in Freiburg
1993-95. He has done research into deathbed visions with Karlis Osis and
reincarnation with
Ian Stevenson,
a major study of alleged encounters with those who have died, and
surveys on paranormal and religious experiences and beliefs. He has
published over sixty peer-reviewed articles and his books have been
published in numerous translations.
Retirement
Erlendur, despite being retired, continues to publish research
articles and is frequent speaker at conferences, such as at the annual
convention of the American Psychological Assoication in Orlando in 2012.
His latest book, The Departed among the Living - an investigative study
of afterlife encounters, was published in 2012.
Books
- Erlendur Haraldsson (2012). Departed among the Living. An investigative study of afterlife encounters. White Crow Books.
- Erlendur Haraldsson (2005). Látnir í heimi lifenda. Reykjavík: Háskólaútgáfan (University Press).
- Erlendur Haraldsson (1964). Með uppreisnarmönnum í Kúrdistan. Hafnarfirði: Skuggsjá.
- Haraldsson, Erlendur; Grof, Stanislav; Fenwick peter; Grosso
Michael; Tart, T. Charles & Woolger Roger: Wir wissen mehr als unser
Gehirn. Die Grenzen des Bewusstseins überschreiten. Herder, Freiburg
2003, ISBN 3-451-05284-9
- Haraldsson, Erlendur PhD & Osis, Karlis PhD: At the Hour of
Death. Hastings House / Daytrips Publishers; 3RD edition, 263 pp. ISBN 0-8038-9386-8
- Haraldsson, Erlendur: Modern Miracles. An investigative report on
psychic phenomena associated with Sri Sathya Sai Baba. New York:
Ballantine Books, 304 pp. (USA edition of "Miracles are my visiting
cards".), 1987, ISBN 81-86822-32-1
Featured In documentaries
- Past Lives: Stories of Reincarnation. Storyhouse Productions,
Washington D. C. Producer Andreas Gutzeit. Broadcast in the United
States on April 1, 2003 on The Learning Channel (Discovery
Communications). Aired on Discovery International 29. 12. 2003.
- Reinkarnation – nur ein Mythos? Storyhouse Productions for Learning
Channel and Spiegel TV. Spiegel TV in VOX and XXP, October 2002. (German
version of Past Lives: Stories of Reincarnation.). A Tamil version was
broadcast in Asia.
- Children's Past Live. A Zenith North Production for Channel Four, UK. Producer Laura Granditer. October 2000.
- In Search of the Dead. BBC Wales in cooperation with PBS, WXXI-T Rochester, New York. Producer Jeffrey Ieverson. 1992.
- Með Kúrdum í Irak (With Kurds in Iraq). Icelandic State Television. January 1967.
References
- ^ Erlendur Haraldsson (1997). Modern miracles: an investigative report on psychic phenomena associated with Sathya Sai Baba Hastingshouse/Daytrips Publications.
- ^ Kārlis Osis and Erlendur Haraldsson (1997). At the Hour of Death: A New Look at Evidence for Life After Death Hastingshouse/Daytrips Publications.
- ^ a b Brief curriculum vitae of Erlendur Haraldsson. University of Iceland.
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