Early Life and Early Career
Miller graduated from Yale.
Early experiences in her career led her to become interested in the spiritual strength as source of coping and resilience, and index of truth. Women, particularly mothers of young children, have profound spiritual experiences which are not commonly supported or understood by the mainstream field of psychology. She introduced a Post-Newtonian Spiritual Psychology, based upon notions such as superposition and field theory, such that a new generation of psychology might keep pace with contemporary physics.
Children with spiritual or profound anomalous experiences find themselves without support and guidance. "Admitting to psychic abilities is especially difficult for children, who often find themselves ostracized and discriminated against for embracing their psychic gifts," she said. Miller said she once met an elementary school boy from Texas who felt the spirit of his deceased grandmother and shared the experience with his classmates. His mother grew despondent.
Read more about this topic: Lisa Miller (parapsychologist)
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