English translations of practical books on human potential, extraordinary abilities, and contemplative practice.
Potential Development Intensive Training
Chen Hongzhen’s practical manual on children’s potential development, mental imagery, concentration, memory, intuition, and structured training methods.
Right Brain Development Training Manual
Chen Hongzhen’s systematic training manual for mental imagery, imagination, intuition, attention, memory, and the development of non-visual perception.
Mastery Through Trataka Practice
Ramesh Chandra Srivastava’s practical Hindi manual on trataka, concentration, visualization, hypnotism, mesmerism, gemstone and planetary practices, and related methods.
Experimental Research and Induction Training of Extraordinary Human Abilities
A 1995 Fudan University compilation on experimental research and induction training of extraordinary human abilities, with translated chapters, notes, diagrams, tables, and source-page illustrations.
On Human Science and Modern Technology, 2012 Edition
Qian Xuesen’s 2012 Shanghai Jiao Tong University Press edition, with page-preserving text, inline diagrams, tables, photographs, equations, and Markdown footnotes.
Magical Qigong and Special Abilities
A heavily illustrated 1988 anthology covering qigong masters, healing practices, training methods, experimental reports, and extraordinary abilities, with 214 source photographs, diagrams, and illustrations.
New Century: Qigong, The Mystery of Human Body's Special Functions
Ke Yunlu’s extended investigation of qigong, extraordinary human functions, consciousness, Chinese philosophy, and religious phenomena, translated from the complete 351-page scan.
Qigong and the Mystery of Special Abilities
Gong Caizhang, Wei Ping, and Zhang Yibin’s 1990 book on qigong health practices, telepathy, anomalous cognition, psychokinesis, and theoretical interpretations.
Qigong · Prediction · Remote Sensing · Special Abilities
A 1991 collection examining qigong practice alongside forecasting, remote sensing, extraordinary perception, experimental reports, theoretical discussion, and source diagrams.
Development of Special Abilities and Supernatural Powers
A systematic treatment of extraordinary abilities, Buddhist supernatural powers, qigong theory, breathing and meditation practices, energy perception, and structured training, with 95 source diagrams.
Method of Developing Special Abilities in Esoteric Buddhism
Kiriyama Seiyū’s work on esoteric Buddhist training, chakras, mandalas, mudras, mantra practice, visualization, and the cultivation of extraordinary abilities, with 31 source diagrams.
A Collection of Ancient Chinese Accounts of Extraordinary Human Abilities
Xie Yuyu’s 1982 anthology of historical Chinese accounts concerning non-visual perception, remote sensing, precognition, psychokinesis, hypnosis, extraordinary qigong, and anomalous diagnosis.
Entering Transformation and Transcendence: Extraordinary Abilities
Ma Bin and Zhao Xichun’s 1995 collection of unusual abilities and historical anecdotes concerning fasting, exceptional endowments, martial arts, prediction, healing, qigong, object transportation, and dreams.
A Decade of the Qigong and Extraordinary Human Abilities Craze in China
Huang Hui and Wang Xiaozhong’s documentary history of the 1979–1989 Chinese qigong and extraordinary-human-abilities controversy, including experiments, media reports, debates, and source tables.
Creating Human Science, Volume 1
Qian Xuesen and collaborators’ foundational 1989 compilation on human-body science, extraordinary-abilities research, qigong science, systems theory, and the proposed discipline of human science.
The Part of the World I Saw: My Connection with Human-Body Science
Sun Chulin’s first-person account of decades of experience with extraordinary human abilities, including psychokinesis, anomalous perception, and work with researchers, with 98 source photographs.
Between Spirit and Form: An Overview of a Century of Qigong Research, 1912–2011
Lin Zhongpeng and Lin Hai’s historical and theoretical overview of a century of Chinese qigong research, preserving the source headings, notes, links, and 44 inline figures.
Between Spirit and Form: Complete Bibliography of a Century of Qigong Research, 1912–2011
A continuous 9,044-record bibliography of Chinese qigong research from 1912 through 2011, translated in source order with exact record continuity and seven source images.
Developing Extraordinary Abilities: The Mind Is Also a Science
Shi Chaolin’s account of extraordinary abilities, psychokinesis, telepathy, mind science, reported cases, and self-training methods, translated from the complete Traditional Chinese edition.