Silva Method

The Silva Method is a self-help and meditation program developed by José Silva. It claims to increase an individual's abilities through relaxation, development of higher brain functions, and psychic abilities such as clairvoyance.[1]

It has been variously classified as a self-religion,[2] a new religious movement, and a cult,[3] and has been criticised as pseudoscience.[4]

  1. ^ Carroll, Robert Todd (2003). "Silva Method". The skeptic's dictionary. Hoboken, NJ: Wiley. ISBN 0471480886. OCLC 55751218.
  2. ^ Peter Clarke (March 2004). Encyclopedia of New Religious Movements. Routledge. pp. 591–592. ISBN 978-1-134-49970-0.
  3. ^ Powers, A. M. (1984). Silva mind control international: An anthropological inquiry (Parapsychology, cults, psychic, religion). Wayne State University.
  4. ^ "Business Thought - Silva | Profit". www.profitmagazin.com. Retrieved 2023-12-07.