The non-profit parapsychological Research Institute of Noetic Sciences (IONS)

The Institute of Noetic Sciences (IONS) is an American non-profit parapsychological[1] research institute. It was co-founded in 1973 by former astronaut Edgar Mitchell,[2][3][4] the sixth man to walk on the Moon, along with investor Paul N. Temple[5] and others interested in purported paranormal phenomena,[1] in order to encourage and conduct research on noetics and human …