Announcements and Events

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Lectures & Conferences:

GHOST! EXPO SEPTEMBER 14, 15, & 16 FREDERICKSBURG, VIRGINIA

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Live link for online registration form.

PARAPSYCHOLOGY SEMINARS

Loyd Auerbach often offers seminars on various parapsychological and paranormal
topics. Classes and seminars will be offered at various locations in the
San Francisco Bay Area, though currently the locations will be mainly in
Berkeley and Contra Costa County.

At the moment, there are no one-day classes on the schedule,
due to the new Certificate Program in
Parapsychological Studies at HCH Institute in Lafayette, CA

However, Loyd Auerbach is available for special events, and
private group seminars both in the Bay Area and elsewhere.

Please email Loyd Auerbach at esper@california.com if interested.

Distance Learning Classes

The Certificate Program in basic Parapsychological Studies
is available for Distance Learners. The classes are available
individually or as a full program. Visit the program’s page at
HCH Institute’s website for details on specific classes and pricing.

Here are the basic details:

The Certificate program may be taken via a distance learning option. All courses have been audio-taped, live. This includes lectures, discussion and questions/answers between students and the instructor.

To participate in the distance learning option, distance learning students pay full tuition and fees. Students receive all course CDs, handouts, required books, and additional materials.

In addition, distance learning students will be scheduled for a one to two hour tele-class (via telephone) with the instructor (longer classes get two hours, shorter classes get 1 hour tele-class). In this way, students will still be able to interact and ask questions of the instructor without having to be in the classroom. Naturally, students may interact via email as well.

Students may now also dial in to the onsite live classes via a conference call number (we have a speaker phone set up in the classroom).

For each certificate-related course, there will be a short multiple choice test to ensure the material has been understood by the students.

Distance-learning students completing the program will be entitled to the same Certificate received by local students attending in-person.

DISTANCE LEARNING WITHOUT CERTIFICATION
CDs of each of the classes will also be made available at a reduced price for those people who simply want the information, and do not want to participate in the Certificate program.

Please email Loyd Auerbach at esper@california.com to be placed on our
list of potential students. As soon as we get some interest, we'll schedule and
price out the first course. So, get in touch now!

Media

East Bay Express

(A free weekly publication in the Oakland-San Francisco Bay Area)

February 5, 2003:

“Talking Head for the Undead”

by Kara Platoni

Feature article on Loyd Auerbach

http://www.eastbayexpress.com/issues/2003-02-05/feature.html/1/index.html

Ghost Hunting In The New Millennium

Learn All About Paranormal Investigations from

Noted Paranormal Investigator/Author Loyd Auerbach &

Famed International Radio / TV Psychic Annette Martin

Event Sponsored by: FATE Magazine - http://www.fatemag.com

The Paranormal is hotter now than ever before People all over the world are reporting experiences and trying to get answers to their questions and help with their situations.

Unfortunately, trained paranormal investigators are few and far between, and the training to be one is even tougher to get.

Parapsychologist & Author Loyd Auerbach and Psychic & Author Annette Martin provide you with the opportunity to gain basic training in paranormal investigations from the standpoint of both the scientist (Auerbach) and the psychic (Martin).

LOYD AUERBACH is Director of the Office of Paranormal Investigations and a Consulting Editor to Fate Magazine. He teaches at JFK University and is the author of four books and two audiotapes. His first book, ESP, HUNTINGS AND POLTERGEISTS was named the "Sacred Text" on Ghosts by NEWSWEEK in 1996. His media appearances include Larry King Live, The Today Show, Oprah, Late Night With David Letterman, Sightings, Strange Universe, and constant re-runs on the Discovery Channel.

ANNETTE MARTIN is an international Radio/TV Psychic. She is the author of three books and three audiotapes and teaches Psychic Development at Universities around the country. She has been featured in numerous magazines, newspapers, films, Television shows such as Montell Williams, Discovery Channel, ABC and hosts a Radio show, "Your Psychic World".

THE WORKSHOP

Human beings are drawn to a good "ghost story." Human beings also are continually reporting situations in which they believe "ghosts" are playing a part. What are the methods for investigating and some of the possible explanations for these experiences that people have been having for perhaps thousands of years?

>From initial call to resolution, follow along as Auerbach and Martin instruct you in how to identify the phenomena we find while "GHOST BUSTING"

* Is it paranormal or not?

* Under-standing what kind of experience it is (a ghost? A Poltergeist? A psychic vision?)

* How to deal with experiences (in other words how to " bust" the ghost)

* What kind of equipment is in the ghost hunters "kit?"

* Do you need to be psychic to do these investigations?

* What resources are there for the amateur ghost hunter?

* What about fraud? How do you determine if someone's trying to fake you out?

* Is there anything to be afraid of?

* How not to get slimed.

Also learn about the psychology of perception from Auerbach, as he discusses and demonstrates how ordinary occurrences can often be mistaken for extra-ordinary ones, and how paranormal occurrences are often overlooked.

The workshop is currently Available on Video as a 5 hour seminar on 4 videotapes

Taped in San Francisco in 1997, it is a full seminar providing the basic information an investigator of ghostly phenomena needs to understand, from BOTH the scientific and psychic perspectives. It is unique because of both perspectives being included.

The following is the agenda of the seminar:

MODULE 1: INTRO AND BASIC CONCEPTS:

I. Introduction and Overview of the Seminar

II. Concepts

A. Scientific Conceptual Framework

B. Psychic Conceptual Framework

MODULE 2: BASIC INVESTIGATION TECHNIQUES:

III. Basic Investigation Techniques

A. Interviewing Skills

B. Background Research Skills: Library & Online

C. Observation Skills: Perception, Magic & Fraud

D. Intuitive Skills

E. Equipment: The Basic "kit"

F. Advanced Technology

MODULE 3: THE BIG THREE: THE PHENOMENA:

IV. Apparitions: Examples, Theories & Resolutions

V. Hauntings: Examples, Theories & Resolutions

VI. Poltergeists: Examples, Theories & Resolutions

MODULE 4: ASKING QUESTIONS/SOLVING PROBLEMS: ROLE-PLAYING

VII. The Investigation from initial phone call to resolution

Questions to ask & Problems to solve

VIII. Role-Plays

MODULE 5: MORE THAT YOU NEED TO KNOW:

IX. Psychological / Counseling Issues

X. How to find a good Psychic to work with

XI. Legal Issues and Money Issues

XII. Media Involvement

XIII. Final Q & A

XIV. SUMMARY & CLOSURE (and What Next?)

Available with short notebook and CD-Rom with additional materials (in PDF and Word) and an assessment test you can take in order to be part of the OPI Referral Network. The test, which you return via mail or email, will be "graded" and assessed by Loyd Auerbach and Annette Martin. If you do well on it, you can be added to the list of OPI referrals for your area of the country, and eligible for other OPI-personnel specific seminars and workshops.

COST OF THE WORKSHOP ON VIDEO:

$100 for the 4 tape seminar (videotapes or DVD, please specify)

$140 for the seminar tapes or DVDs, plus notebook & CD plus a special test that is returned to
Auerbach & Martin for "grading" and feedback.
Purpose: to qualify to become part of the OPI's network of field reporters.

Please add $10 to cover postage/handling for the set alone,
or $12 for the set plus the notebook.

SPECIAL OFFER: Order the full set of tapes or DVDs plus notebook plus a videotape or DVD (specify) of Loyd Auerbach's lecture, EXPLORING THE REAL-LIFE X-FILES: GHOSTS for $160.00 postpaid (save on postage/handling).

IF YOU THINK YOU CAN PASS THE TEST WITHOUT THE SEMINAR: We do make available separately the special test to be returned for "grading" and feedback. Send an email if you'd like to receive the test. However, there is a $25 charge for assessing the test.

email: esper@california.com

Payment can be made via PayPal (to esper@california.com), or by check or money order mailed to:

Loyd Auerbach, PO Box 875, Orinda, CA 94563-0875

Please allow up to 2-3 weeks for delivery. Please call or email to find out our shipment
schedule (as this depends on immediate availability of the materials). We generally
get things out within a couple of days via USPS Priority Mail.

For more info, email esper@california.com
or call the Office of Paranormal Investigations at (415) 249-9275.

ANOTHER SPECIAL EVENT:

Have dinner with a real ghost! (If she is willing)

A Séance YOU can schedule at Moss Beach Distillery Restaurant, Moss Beach, CA

Hosts Loyd Auerbach and Annette Martin and The Blue Lady (the Moss Beach Distillery's Resident Ghost) will be creating an exciting evening with a dinner show, ghost stories, video, magic and much more.

For cost and information on Booking this event, call

John Barbour at the Moss Beach Distillery, (650) 728-0220,

or The Office of Paranormal Investigations at (415) 249-9275,

or email esper@california.com or annette@acaseclosed.com

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