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Transcendent and Spiritual Experiences of Scientists
http://www.issc-taste.org/arc/dbo.cgi?set=expom&id=00084&ss=1
Web-site with collected accounts from scientists about their transcendent, transpersonal, mystical, paranormal, or psychic experiences, here: Healing on Distance.
TIME: Investigating the Power of Prayer
http://www.time.com/time/columnist/jaroff/article/0,9565,193084,00.html
Critical comment by Leon Jaroff against national funding of prayer studies.
Scientific Research on Prayer
http://www.plim.org/PrayerDeb.htm
Debra Williams' review of research attempting to prove the power of prayer.
Samueli Institute
http://www.samueliinstitute.org/
A non-profit, non-affiliated organization conducting and supporting research on the biology of healing and the therapeutic relationship.
Problems with Prayer and Faith Healing
http://atheism.about.com/cs/problemswithpray/
Collected critiques of prayer on the website of Guide to Atheism and Agnosticism.
Medical Bureau at Lourdes
Description of the process for recognition of miraculous cures. Includes list of the recognized cures at Lourdes, and details of the International Medical Association of Lourdes (AMIL) Bulletin.
Boundary Institute
http://www.boundaryinstitute.org/
A nonprofit scientific research organization dedicated to research of anomalous phenomena related to consciousness (which might contribute to explain intercessory prayer).
BBC News: Does Prayer Work?
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/1844076.stm
Review of evidence for answered prayer for world peace and health.