Dr Leo Ruickbie, FRHistS, FRAI, ARPS, PhD (Lond), MA, BA (Hons), ACIQ, Associate of King’s College London, is a Visiting Fellow in Psychology at the University of Northampton, where he is a member of the Exceptional Experiences and Consciousness Studies research group. Described as a ‘leading historian and sociologist of the paranormal’ by the Daily Express newspaper, Dr. Ruickbie specialises in controversial areas of human belief and experience, sometimes called ‘exceptional human experiences’. He is closely involved in the work of the Society for Psychical Research as a member of Council, former Editor of its Magazine and a member of its Spontaneous Cases Committee.