Brief
Erlendur Haraldsson
The claims the writer was given for Erlendur Haraldsson, in the order they were given.
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Erlendur Haraldsson and Loftur Gissurarson did not find an association between high-scoring anomalous cognition trials and low geomagnetic fluctuations in their 1987 work.
“while Haraldsson and Gissurarson (1987) and Nelson & Dunne (1986) did not.”
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Ian Stevenson interested a small number of other researchers in studying past-life cases: psychologists Erlendur Haraldsson, Jürgen Keil, and Satwant Pasricha, anthropologist Antonia Mills, and later child psychiatrist Jim Tucker.
“He was able to interest a small number of other researchers in studying cases—psychologists Erlendur Haraldsson, Jürgen Keil, and Satwant Pasricha, anthropologist Antonia Mills, and later me as a child psychiatrist”
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Ian Stevenson, Erlendur Haraldsson, Jürgen Keil, Satwant Pasricha, Antonia Mills and Jim Tucker have together studied over twenty-five hundred cases of children with past-life memories, and in two-thirds of them a previous person has been identified whose life matches, to a greater or lesser degree, the statements the child made.
“Together, we have studied over twenty-five hundred cases, and in two-thirds of them, a previous person has been identified whose life matches, to a greater or lesser degree, the statements the child made.”
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Erlendur Haraldsson found in follow-up studies that a surprising number of children who reported past-life memories still remembered some details of a past life as adults.
“Most children in these cases seem to lose the apparent past-life memories, though Haraldsson found in follow-up studies that a surprising number reported as adults that they still remembered some details of a past life.”
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The investigators of the Runolfur Runolfsson drop-in case through Hafsteinn Bjornsson were Erlendur Haraldsson and Ian Stevenson.
“and the investigators were Erlendur Haraldsson and Ian Stevenson.”
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Erlendur Haraldsson and Ian Stevenson considered it not feasible to attribute all the information in the Runolfur Runolfsson case to any single person or any single written source, whether the medium acquired the information normally or by extrasensory perception.
“…it does not seem feasible to attribute all of this information to any single person or any single written source. And this would be true, we believe, whether the medium acquired the information normally or by extrasensory perception.”
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Erlendur Haraldsson and Ian Stevenson considered that some process of integration of details derived from different persons or other sources must be supposed in interpreting the Runolfur Runolfsson case.
“We think, therefore, that some process of integration of details derived from different persons or other sources must be supposed in the interpretation of the case.”
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Erlendur Haraldsson and Ian Stevenson considered that the simplest explanation of the information integration in the Runolfur Runolfsson case may be that Runki survived his physical death, retaining many memories and subsequently communicating them through the mediumship of Hafsteinn Bjornsson.
“It may be simplest to explain this integration as due to Runki's survival after his physical death with the retention of many memories and their subsequent communication through the mediumship of Hafsteinn.”
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Erlendur Haraldsson and Ian Stevenson noted that sensitives have been known to achieve remarkable feats of deriving and integrating information without the participation of any purported discarnate personality.
“On the other hand, sensitives have been known to achieve remarkable feats of deriving and integrating information without the participation of any purported discarnate personality.”
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The case of Runolfur Runolfsson's ("Runki") leg presented by Alan Gauld was investigated by University of Iceland psychologist Erlendur Haraldsson and psychiatrist Ian Stevenson.
“The case of Runki’s leg that Alan presented, investigated by University of Iceland psychologist Erlendur Haraldsson and psychiatrist Ian Stevenson, is a case in point.”
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For 86 percent of after-death-communication cases occurring within twenty-four hours of death, the percipient did not know that the perceived person had died or was dying.
“What’s most interesting is that for 86 percent of the cases occurring within twenty-four hours of death, the percipient did not know that the perceived person had died or was dying.”
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In after-death-communication cases occurring within an hour of death, 89 percent of the people reported encounters with someone they had not known had died.
“In the cases occurring within an hour of death, 89 percent of the people reported encounters with someone they had not known had died.”
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Erlendur Haraldsson's paper "Alleged Encounters with the Dead: The Importance of Violent Death in 337 New Cases" studied 337 cases of encounters with a person the percipient had not known had died.
“encounters with someone they had not known had died”
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In Erlendur Haraldsson's Iceland surveys, 28 percent of the deaths of both males and females who ostensibly provided after-death communications were due to sudden, unexpected, and violent causes, mostly accidents.
“In the Iceland surveys, 28 percent of the deaths of both males and females who ostensibly provided ADCs was due to sudden, unexpected, and violent causes, mostly accidents.”
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In Erlendur Haraldsson's survey of after-death communications (ADCs), the deaths involved were mostly sudden, unexpected, and violent, mostly from accidents.
“sudden, unexpected, and violent causes, mostly accidents”
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The proportion of violent deaths among after-death-communication cases in the Iceland surveys was much greater proportionally than the general Icelandic population, which had only 7.8 percent violent deaths from 1941 to 1970.
“This is much greater proportionally of violent deaths for that country than occurred in the general population (only 7.8 percent from 1941 to 1970).”
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Most communicators identified in the Iceland after-death-communication surveys are men, which Erlendur Haraldsson attributes to men being more likely to die violently than women.
“Most of these communicators are men, which makes sense, because men are more likely to die violently than women.”
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After many years of research, Erlendur Haraldsson found that apparition cases also contained a much higher percentage of appearances from those who had suffered a violent death, compared with the general population.
“In addition, after many years of research, Haraldsson found that apparition cases also contained a much higher percentage of appearances from those who had suffered a violent death, when compared with the general population.”
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Erlendur Haraldsson states that persons suffering a violent death feature predominantly in cases of apparitions of the dead, in cases of the reincarnation type, and in mediumship, including both direct communicators and drop-ins.
“Persons suffering a violent death feature predominantly in cases of apparitions of the dead and in cases of the reincarnation type, as well as in mediumship, including both direct communicators and drop-ins.”
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Erlendur Haraldsson observes that violent-death cases tend to have an invasive character, in that the deceased persons are frequently unknown to those who experience them and thus seem to assume an active role in their appearance.
“The cases tend to have an invasive character, in that the deceased persons are frequently unknown to those who experience them and thus seem to assume an active role in their appearance.”
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Erlendur Haraldsson considers all of these findings to support the survival hypothesis.
“All of these findings tend, in my view, to support the survival hypothesis.”
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In the mid-1970s, Erlendur Haraldsson, professor emeritus of psychology at the University of Iceland, conducted a survey asking 902 Icelanders whether they had ever been aware of the presence of a deceased person.
“In the mid-1970s, Erlendur Haraldsson, professor emeritus of psychology at the University of Iceland, conducted surveys asking 902 Icelanders whether they had ever been aware of the presence of a deceased person.”
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In Erlendur Haraldsson's survey reported in The Departed Among the Living: An Investigative Study of Afterlife Encounters, thirty-one percent of respondents answered yes to having had an after-death communication (ADC).
“Thirty-one percent answered yes”
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In the years following his survey, Erlendur Haraldsson conducted in-depth interviews with over 450 people who had had after-death communications.
“In the years following his survey, Haraldsson conducted in-depth interviews with over 450 people who had had ADCs.”
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Erlendur Haraldsson's survey covered over 450 people who had had after-death communications (ADCs).
“over 450 people who had had ADCs”
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Erlendur Haraldsson concludes that when all the accounts he collected are considered, it seems impossible to reject all of them as deceptions and mistaken perceptions, and that something real is there in at least some of the accounts.
““When all the accounts we have collected are considered, it seems impossible to reject all of them as deceptions and mistaken perceptions,” Haraldsson concludes. “Something real is there, at least in some of the accounts.””
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Erlendur Haraldsson discovered that about half of after-death-communication events occur within the first year after the death, and three-quarters before the end of the fourth year.
“Haraldsson discovered that about half the events occur within the first year after the death, and three-quarters before the end of the fourth year,”
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Three-quarters of the after-death communications (ADCs) surveyed by Erlendur Haraldsson occurred before the end of the fourth year after the death.
“three-quarters before the end of the fourth year”
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Erlendur Haraldsson, a professor at the University of Iceland, researched the work of Indridi Indridason.
“Professor Erlendur Haraldsson of the University of Iceland researched the work of Indridi Indridason.”
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Erlendur Haraldsson has published on after-death communications, drop-in communicators, and many other areas in scientific journals and books for over forty years.
“He has published on after-death communications, drop-in communicators, and many other areas in scientific journals and books for over forty years.”
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Erlendur Haraldsson considers that a great advantage of historical cases such as the Emil Jensen case is the impossibility of fraud and/or leakage based on modern communication equipment.
“A great advantage of historical cases such as this is the impossibility of fraud and/or leakage based on modern communication equipment.”
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Erlendur Haraldsson considers the possibility that Indridi Indridason had an accomplice who started the fire at a predetermined time to be so absurd that it can safely be excluded.
“the only potential explanation that one can speculate about is that Indridi had an accomplice who started the fire at a predetermined time so that they could impress those around them. This possibility is so absurd that it can safely be excluded.”
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Erlendur Haraldsson checked for an obituary of Emil Jensen in the Danish newspapers Politiken and Berlingske Tidende and found none.
“I checked this possibility. No obituary of Emil Jensen was found in Politiken or Berlingske Tidende, the papers of that time.”
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Erlendur Haraldsson considers the case of Emil Jensen to display the importance of motivational factors in assessing the evidential value of drop-in communicator cases.
“The case of Emil Jensen displays the importance of motivational factors in assessing the evidential value of drop-in cases.”
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The identity of the communicator Emil Jensen was established over a century after his communications through Indridi Indridason, confirming he was an actual living person who died before his visits in Indridi Indridason's séance room and was never known to Indridi Indridason.
“Furthermore, the identity of the communicator Emil Jensen was established over a century later. He was an actual living person, who died prior to his visits in Indridi's séance room and was never known to Indridi.”
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Erlendur Haraldsson considers that the weight of the motivational factor in the Emil Jensen case tips the scale heavily toward the deceased Emil Jensen as the percipient, offering an intriguing argument for Emil Jensen being an independent entity distinct from the person of Indridi Indridason.
“The weight of the motivational factor tips the scale heavily toward the deceased Emil Jensen. It offers an intriguing argument for Emil Jensen being an independent entity distinct from the person of Indridi Indridason.”
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Erlendur Haraldsson considers the case of Emil Jensen as a verified drop-in communicator and the case of independent voices singing in a language unknown to Indridi Indridason among the best evidence for the possibility of human survival of physical death that he has ever encountered.
“In fact, these two events within Indridi's mediumship are among the best evidence I have ever encountered for that possibility.”
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Erlendur Haraldsson considers it highly unusual in physical mediumship for direct voice to be the most common phenomenon.
“It is highly unusual in physical mediumship that direct voice is the most common phenomenon.”
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Erlendur Haraldsson is a professor emeritus of psychology at the University of Iceland.
“Erlendur Haraldsson is a professor emeritus of psychology at the University of Iceland, where he taught from 1973 to 1999.”
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Spirit voices through Indridi Indridason's mediumship were documented in 77 percent of the ordinary sittings recorded in the minute books.
“Yet for Indridi, these spirit voices were documented in 77 percent of the ordinary sittings recorded in the minute books.”
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Erlendur Haraldsson considers the description of the French singer voice understanding both French and English to indicate responsive xenoglossy.
“That description from one of the minute books indicates responsive xenoglossy.”
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Since Indridi Indridason did not understand French, the French singer's responsive movement that he could see verified that she, or something perceptible to him that he saw to be her, was there and able to understand a language unknown to him.
“Since Indridi didn't understand any French, her responsive movements that he could see verified that she—or something perceptible to him that he saw to be her—was there and able to understand a language unknown to him.”
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Erlendur Haraldsson considers that Maria Felicia Malibran's sudden death at such a young age, while she still had many unfulfilled years ahead of her, could perhaps explain her desire to return and continue singing through Indridi Indridason's mediumship.
“Perhaps her sudden death at such a young age could explain her desire to return and continue singing. Her outstanding career was cut short when she still had many unfulfilled years ahead of her.”
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Erlendur Haraldsson taught at the University of Iceland from 1973 to 1999.
“where he taught from 1973 to 1999”
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Erlendur Haraldsson received his PhD in psychology from the University of Freiburg in 1972.
“received his PhD in psychology from the University of Freiburg in 1972”
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Erlendur Haraldsson has been researching psychic phenomena, apparitions, child reincarnation cases, and mediumship since the 1970s.
“Haraldsson has been researching psychic phenomena, apparitions, child reincarnation cases, and mediumship since the 1970s.”
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Erlendur Haraldsson considers the Emil Jensen communicator through Indridi Indridason to be categorized as a drop-in communicator, similar to the case of "Runki's leg" which he investigated and which was previously described by Alan Gauld.
“He could therefore be categorized as a drop-in communicator, similar to that of the case of "Runki's leg," which I investigated and was described previously by Alan Gauld.”
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Erlendur Haraldsson considers that the hypothesis of telepathy among living persons and/or clairvoyance does not adequately explain the strongest drop-in communicator cases, establishing such cases as being of particular significance for the question of survival of the human personality past death.
“The hypothesis of telepathy among living persons and/or clairvoyance does not adequately explain the strongest drop-in cases, thus establishing them as being of particular significance for the question of the survival of the human personality past death.”
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Erlendur Haraldsson's records indicate that the Store Kongensgade fire is likely to have started sometime after nine o'clock (eleven o'clock Danish time).
“our records indicate that the fire is likely to have started sometime after nine (eleven Danish time)”
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Erlendur Haraldsson considers there to be no conceivable normal explanation to account for the fact that Jensen, or Indridi Indridason, described in real time a fire taking place some thirteen hundred miles (approximately 2,100 kilometres) away.
“There is no conceivable normal explanation to account for the fact that Jensen—or, for that matter, Indridi—described in real time a fire that was taking place some thirteen hundred miles away.”
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Erlendur Haraldsson did not take a careful look at the rediscovered minute books until 2008, when he made what he considers perhaps the most memorable finding of his life.
“It was not until 2008 that I took a careful look at them. I then made an unexpected discovery, perhaps the most memorable finding of my life.”
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No attempt was ever made to verify the Jensen communicator's biographical statements before Erlendur Haraldsson's investigation.
“Apparently no attempt was ever made to verify any of this.”
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In 2009, Erlendur Haraldsson went to the Royal Library in Copenhagen and found a series of annual volumes listing businesspeople there in the nineteenth century.
“In 2009, I went to the Royal Library in Copenhagen, and found a series of annual volumes listing businesspeople there in the nineteenth century.”
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In the 1890 volume of Copenhagen businesspeople, Erlendur Haraldsson found only one manufacturer named Emil Jensen, whose address was Store Kongensgade 67, two doors away from number 63 where the fire had broken out.
“I looked up Jensen in the volume for 1890. There were hundreds listed, but there was only one manufacturer named Emil Jensen. And his address? Store Kongensgade 67, which is two doors away from number 63 where the fire broke out.”
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Later in 2009, Erlendur Haraldsson searched census documents in Copenhagen.
“Later that year, I searched census documents in Copenhagen.”
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A probate court document found by Erlendur Haraldsson, written when Emil Jensen's estate was divided, states that Emil Jensen had no children and confirms that his siblings were all alive when he died.
“I then found a document of the probate court, written when Emil Jensen's estate was divided, which states that he had no children and confirms that his siblings were all alive when he died.”
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All seven of the Jensen communicator's statements given in the 1905-12-11 minute book were verified: that his Christian name was Emil, that he was a bachelor, that he had no children, that he was not so young when he died, that he had siblings, that his siblings were not in heaven (were living), and that he was a manufacturer.
“Jensen's statements given in the minute book on December 11, 1905, were all verified: 1. My Christian name is Emil. (Various documents) 2. I was a bachelor. (Certificate of burial) 3. I have no children. (Probate court) 4. I was not so young when I died. (Certificate of burial) 5. I have siblings. (Census records, probate court) 6. My siblings are not in heaven (are living). (Probate court) 7. I was a manufacturer. (Various documents)”
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Erlendur Haraldsson personally investigated in great detail the physical mediumship of Indridi Indridason of Iceland.
“I will present two incidences within the physical mediumship of Indridi Indridason of Iceland, whom I have personally investigated in great detail.”
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The "hit-rate" with respect to the identity of Emil Jensen was 100 percent, as was the description of the fire in Copenhagen.
“The "hit-rate" with respect to the identity of Emil Jensen is 100 percent, as is the description of the fire in Copenhagen, which was detailed earlier.”
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Emil Jensen appeared as a drop-in control personality speaking through Indridi Indridason.
“The discarnate Emil Jensen did not only appear as a drop-in control personality speaking through Indridi, as Haraldsson described.”
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Erlendur Haraldsson documented that Emil Jensen was a real person who lived in Copenhagen and died in 1898.
“Since Haraldsson documented that Emil Jensen was someone who actually lived in Copenhagen and died in 1898, does this establish that Jensen had survived death?”
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Emil Jensen, as described by Erlendur Haraldsson, was a drop-in communicator who provided enough biographical details to be identified years later as someone who actually lived.
“Emil Jensen, as described by Erlendur Haraldsson, was a drop-in communicator who provided enough details to be identified years later as someone who actually lived.”
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Erlendur Haraldsson's census research found that Emil Jensen was living with four single sisters at Store Kongensgade 67 in Copenhagen, close to number 63 where the fire broke out.
“I also learned that at that time he was living with four single sisters at Store Kongensgade 67, again close to number 63 where the fire broke out.”
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In 1880, Emil Jensen had been living with three unmarried sisters and his brother.
“In 1880 Emil Jensen had been living with three unmarried sisters and his brother.”
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