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Insights From A Pioneer Near-Death Researcher


Near-death experience (NDE) forum    No Replies

Sci, 2022-09-13, 09:40 PM

Insights From A Pioneer Near-Death Researcher

Michael Grosso


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Kenneth Ring’s latest book Blogging to Infinity reminds me of an early love I had: the art of the essay.  As Ring him

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I'm writing a book about ganzfeld psi work


Psi research forum (ESP and psychokinesis)    10 Replies

ersby, 2022-09-13, 01:02 PM

Hello everyone,

just a quick request. I'm currently writing a book about psi ganzfeld work and I'm keen to avoid yet another retelling of the same debate, just repeating the same names and numbers that you can find on any internet article.

As such, if anyone here has first-hand experience of g

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Necessary tools


General off-topic forum    6 Replies

Durward, 2022-09-11, 01:01 AM

For the layperson that visits...

Don't worry, most of us don't understand any of these giant words they throw around here on this forum. You aren't alone.
That is the first clue. If you have to google every other word, likely not at home or comfortable.

Google those words, that helps. Yet it

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Thoughts on Magical Identity


Spirituality and magic forum: science and practice    No Replies

Sci, 2022-09-10, 02:36 AM

Thoughts on Magical Identity

Frater Archer


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I have written about some of my own liminal magical experiences elsewhere: my ten year training at Imbolc, burying myself in a coffin and encountering my Holy Daimon

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A major but biased new paper on consciousness


Consciousness science forum    123 Replies

nbtruthman, 2022-09-08, 05:58 PM

A major new paper on science and consciousness, with one of the major contributors being Dean Radin (in Frontiers in Psychology, at https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10....55594/full ):

"What if consciousness is not an emergent property of the brain? Observational and empirical cha

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Brain Disease / Damage and Self


Skeptic vs. proponent discussion    7 Replies

Durward, 2022-09-07, 10:28 PM

We have been discussing the "self" in the many different possible iterations of soul, ego, personality, and more.
We have often been using quite a bit of fringe ideas and fuzzy logic items to try and determine if something survives, what it is, how much of us it is, how many of "us" might exist, et

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The symbiotic ecology of the psychedelic realm


General paranormal phenomena forum    3 Replies

Sci, 2022-09-07, 06:11 PM

The symbiotic ecology of the psychedelic realm

Asher Walden, PhD


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The many seemingly autonomous entities encountered in the psychedelic realm suggest that human consciousness is the

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Defining a Ghost


Ghost, poltergeist, and spirit forum    1 Replies

Durward, 2022-09-07, 05:57 PM

Years ago I started pecking away at the many different accounts of ghosts and separated them into my study categories.

Do any of you see other categories that wouldn't fit below these top-level zones for cataloging ghost phenomena?

  • The actual deceased
  • Entities / Other Life For


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Disturbance in the force


General off-topic forum    2 Replies

Durward, 2022-09-07, 04:49 PM

Just wondering if anyone else is feeling this incredible disturbance.
It appears to be bleeding down into some kind of irritation and spreading into thoughts and feelings.
Please excuse any recent related mental and emotional outbursts, as I will do my best to do the same.
It just doesn't feel ri

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Update to "Alerts" semantics


Feedback and announcements    1 Replies

Laird, 2022-09-06, 06:33 PM

New member @"Durward"#545 prompted me on an issue I'd long been aware of but never gotten around to fixing. It's interesting in this sense what new minds can bring to bear.

In any case, the issue (as Durward and I see it) was:

The semantics of the modal pop-up (accessed by clicking "Alerts" in the

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