Witches and became its chairperson. Weschcke rightfully prides himself on having drafted âThe Thirteen Principles of Beliefâ Statement, one of the cornerstones of modern Wicca. This document went on to be incorporated into the US Armyâs handbook for chaplains.
While no longer active in the Craft, he retains ties to the Wiccan and Neo-Pagan communities through Llewellyn. He was also, for a time, Grandmaster of Aurum Solis, an international magical order founded in Great Britain in 1897. He withdrew from the order in 1991, and is not actively affiliated with any group at the present time.
Still actively associated with Llewellyn, he is devoting more time to studies and practical research in parapsychology, quantum theory, Kabbalah, self-hypnosis, psychology, Tantra, Taoism, Tarot, Astrology, Shamanism, Wicca, Magick, and World Spirituality. He is also actively writing, and has coauthored three books with Dr. Joe Slate (Psychic Empowerment for Everyone, Self-Empowerment through Self-Hypnosis, and Self-Empowerment & Your Subconscious Mind) and a new edition with commentary of The Compete Magick Curriculum of the Secret Order G .·. B .·. G .·., originally authored by Louis Culling in 1969. He and Dr. Slate are planning several more coauthored projects.
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Joe H. Slate holds a Ph.D. from the University of Alabama, with post-doctoral studies at the University of California. Dr. Slate was appointed Professor Emeritus in 1992, after having served as Professor of Psychology, Head of the Division of Behavioral Sciences, and Director of Institutional Effectiveness at Athens State University in Alabama. He is an Honorary Professor at Montevallo University and former Adjunct Professor at Forest Institute of Professional Psychology. Dr. Slate is a licensed psychologist and member of the American Psychological Association. He is listed in the National Register of Health Service Providers in Psychology and the Prescribing Psychologistâs Register.
As head of Athens State University Psychology Department and Director of Institutional Effectiveness, he established the Universityâs parapsychology research laboratory and introduced experimental parapsychology, biofeedback, hypnosis, and self-hypnosis into the instructional and research programs . His research includes projects for the US Army Missile Research and Development Command, the Parapsychology Foundation of New York, and numerous private sources. He is founder of the International Parapsychology Research Institute and Foundation (PRIF) which, in addition to sponsoring research, has endowed a scholarship program in perpetuity at Athens State University.
His official research topics have included: Rejuvenation, health and fitness, the human aura, psychotherapy, reincarnation, precognition, retrocognition, telepathy, clairvoyance, psychokinesis, objectology, numerology, astral projection, sand reading, crystal gazing, dowsing, dreams, the wrinkled sheet, table tipping, discarnate interactions, psychic vampires, hypnosis, self-hypnosis, age regression, past-life regression, the afterlife, preexistence, the peak experience, natural resources, learning, problem solving, and the subconscious, to list but a few.
He established the Dr. Joe H. and Rachel Slate Scholarship at the University of Alabama (Tuscaloosa), and the Dr. Joe H. and Rachel Slate Scholarship for the Arts at Athens State University. Each scholarship exists in perpetuity and is awarded annually to students who need financial assistance.
Dr. Slate has appeared on several radio and television shows, includ ing Strange Universe, the History Channel, and Sightings.