Jaime Licauco

Jaime T. Licauco (born July 25, 1940), also known as Jimmy Licauco, is a parapsychologist, author, and teacher of management in the Philippines. He is the founder and president of the Inner Mind Development Institute, a training center for parapsychology, philosophy, psychic investigation, and metaphysics.

Early life and education

Licauco was born in San Juan, Metro Manila, Philippines, on July 25, 1940.

He completed his elementary and high school at San Beda College, a Catholic school run by the Benedictine monks in Manila. He earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in Philosophy and English, magna cum laude, in 1962 from the same institution. He took up graduate studies in Sociology from the Asian Social Institute in 1965. He obtained a Master of Business Management degree from the Asian Institute of Management in 1972.

Paranormal work

Licauco developed an interest in paranormal phenomena. In 1977 he wrote his first pamphlet, "Healing Without Medicine", and in 1978 wrote his first book, Understanding the Psychic Powers of Man.

In 1982 he taught parapsychology for one semester at the De La Salle University-Manila under the Behavioral Sciences Department. In 1986 he founded the Philippine Paranormal Research Society, Inc., a non-profit, non-stock corporation that investigates and documents purported paranormal phenomena. The society publishes the Philippine Psychic Journal, holds forums, and funds studies in the field.

He also established and became President of Silva Mind Control Philippines, Inc., which conducts the Silva Mind Control Seminar in the Philippines. He also established the Inner Mind Development Institute, which conducts seminars on mind development, whole brain management, ESP, creative thinking and related subjects not covered by the Silva Method of Mind Control seminars, and conducted an ESP course in Buenos Aires, Argentina.

In 1989. He founded the New Age Breakfast Club, a weekly meeting to discuss topics of a metaphysical, paranormal and spiritual nature, open to the public. The forum lasted for four years. In May 1991, he resigned as president and lecturer of the Silva Method.

James Randi challenge

James Randi, a stage magician and scientific skeptic debunked claims in Licauco's Philippine Daily Inquirer column, "Inner Awareness" on October 24, 2006. Randi, inter alia, challenged Licauco to apply for the $1 million prize from his James Randi Educational Foundation, since Licauco claimed that "he has paranormal abilities".

Licauco wrote in his Daily Enquirer column that "I don’t have to prove to Randi that ESP (extra sensory perception) ability (such as telepathy, clairvoyance and telekinesis) exists. This has been proven scientifically long ago." He also claimed that Randi "participated in the cover-up of a botched scientific investigation of Michel Gauquelin’s conclusion that there was a significant statistical correlation between birth dates of athletes and the position of Mars in the heavens". Licauco also said that "Randi’s group denounced Gauquelin’s finding only to eat their words later. To save face, they went so far as to manipulate scientific data to conform to their preconceived notion that astrology was pure hogwash".^[1][2]

Other work

Licauco has taught English, Philosophy, Christian Ethics, and Sociology at San Beda College; parapsychology at De La Salle University-Manila; and decision making, creativity, remote viewing, and telepathy at the Asian Institute of Management. In 1988 he developed and conducted a management module for graduate students in the Master in Development Management program at the Asian Institute of Management.

Since 1986 he has been a resource person for the Young Presidents' Organization, a business club based in Texas, United States.

Since 1987 he is written a column titled "Inner Awareness" in The Philippine Daily Inquirer, and since 1992 he has been a radio presenter on DZMM and DZMM TeleRadyo, with a show called "Inner Mind on Radio".^[3] The program ended on December 29, 2013.

He is now the presenter of a weekly AM radio show that started on February 2, 2014, called "Kapangyarihan ng Isip" over at DWIZ 882.

Awards and recognition

In 2001 he was included in San Beda College's "Bedans of the Century" for Literature during the college's 100th anniversary.

In 2010, Licauco was included in Reader's Digest Asia's, "Most Trusted List", a survey where participants rated 80 Filipinos [based] on their “trustworthiness.”^[4]

Personal life

Licauco is married to Yolanda Campos. They have three children. The family lives in Parañaque City, Metro Manila, Philippines.

On January 26, 2007, Licauco suffered from a heart attack.^[5][6]

Publications

His published works include:

• Understanding the Psychic Powers of Man. National Book Store (1978).
• The Truth Behind Faith Healing in the Philippines. National Book Store (1980).
• The Magicians of God: The Amazing Stories of Philippine Faith Healers. National Book Store (1980), (1999).
• The Psychic World and You. JMC Press (1982). 2nd edition (1999).
• Jun Labo: A Philippine Healing Phenomenon. (1985).
• True Encounters with the Unknown: The Psychic, the Mystical and the Strange. National Book Store (1986), (2000).
• Beyond Ordinary Reality: Exploring the Powers of your Inner Mind. Solar Publishing (1987).
• Beyond Ordinary Reality Volume 2. (1999).
• Exploring the Powers of Your Inner Mind. Inner Mind Development Institute, (1992).
• Intuition at Work: Pathways to Unlimited Possibilities. Co-author. New Leaders Press/Sterling & Stone, San Francisco, California, (1996).
• Soul Mates, Karma and Reincarnation. Anvil Publishing, (1996).
• More Encounters with the Unknown. Anvil Publishing, (1997).
• When the Impossible Happens: Confessions of a Reluctant Psychic. (1999).
• On Christianity, New Age & Reincarnation: New Perspectives on Old Religious Issues. Anvil Publishing, (2004).
• Dwarves and Other Nature Spirits: Their Importance to Man. Rex Book Store, Quezon City, (2005).
• Ghosts In Photos. Anvil Publishing, (2005).

References

External links

• Jaime Licauco's official website