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Julie Beischel commentary on After-Death Communication Experiences


Afterlife contact forum (deathbed visions, ADC, mediumship)    No Replies

Chris, 2019-05-18, 08:48 AM

Courtesy of the SPR Facebook page - here's a "peer-reviewed referenced commentary" by Julie Beischel, entitled "Spontaneous, Facilitated, Assisted, and Requested After -Death Communication Experiences and their Impact on Grief," published in [i]Threshold: Journal of Interdisciplinary Consciousness S

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Film documentary about the Esalen Institute


Consciousness science forum    No Replies

Chris, 2019-05-18, 08:30 AM

Courtesy of The Anomalist, here's the first part of a film documentary series by Jones Cinema Arts about the history of the Esalen Institute:



Only the first part of the series has been completed so far, but more are in the pipe

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Neuroscience Has a Lot To Learn from Buddhism


Connected science forum (evolution, ID, cosmology, fine-tuning, quantum mechanics)    3 Replies

Sci, 2019-05-17, 11:04 PM

Neuroscience Has a Lot To Learn from Buddhism

  • Matthieu Ricard
  • Wolf Singer
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Ricard: A study of people who have practiced meditation fo

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In the Beginning: The Origin & Purpose of Life


Connected science forum (evolution, ID, cosmology, fine-tuning, quantum mechanics)    No Replies

Sci, 2019-05-17, 11:48 AM



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Are we compelled to become an interplanetary species? Scientist and designer Bruce Damer thinks so. In this philosophical talk, he elaborates on a new theory of the origin of life, and makes the case that the future of al

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Loderunner


Members' general personal experiences    5 Replies

Mediochre, 2019-05-17, 01:05 AM

Part 1

This was the first of what I call “The big three”, three full transitions each lasting more than a month. Best as I can remember, this one happened sometime in late 2010, maybe 2011. This, more than the other two “big

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Future, Past and Identity


Members' general personal experiences    1 Replies

diverdown, 2019-05-17, 12:42 AM

First of all, I enjoy checking in as much as I can and I'm very glad to see the usual suspects still around here, and some new faces! Hope all are well Big Grin

Got myself into a strange state of mind recently, as I sometimes do! And maybe some of you can relate too. If not, it's just a wee snippet of

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Brain, heal thyself


Consciousness science forum    1 Replies

Sci, 2019-05-16, 10:16 PM

Brain, heal thyself 

Sara Kimmich

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How? Armed with a trace of an individual’s pattern for ‘spider’, it’s now possible to give patients positive reinforcement when they

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Can CBD Really Do All That?


Consciousness science forum    No Replies

Sci, 2019-05-16, 09:50 PM

Can CBD Really Do All That?

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Jacobson describes her family’s existence as akin to living under the threat of terrorism. Ben’s seizures could strike at any time. He was at hig

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Signs of Reincarnation - Book


Reincarnation forum    3 Replies

Typoz, 2019-05-16, 04:56 PM

Published June 2019
Signs of Reincarnation
Exploring Beliefs, Cases, and Theory
James G. Matlock - Foreword by Jeffrey Mishlove

[quote]
Signs of Reincarnation provides the first

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Rupert Sheldrake: The Death of New Atheism?


Spirituality and magic forum: science and practice    No Replies

Typoz, 2019-05-16, 02:17 PM

Maybe this video has previously been posted. Anyway, I don't remember watching this before - though to be fair some of Sheldrake's talks or interviews cover the same ground.

Published 12 Mar 2019.



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