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From The Meaning of Life to the meaning of life: John Cleese and the UVA crowd


General survival research    4 Replies

Ninshub, 2018-04-23, 03:47 AM

Earlier this month actor John Cleese moderated a panel at the UVa with Greyson et al.

John Cleese discusses the meaning beyond life with UVa perceptual studies researchers

  • BY RUTH SERVEN
  • Apr 12, 2018

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John Cleese came to Charlottesville this week not

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Meditation-induced near death experiences


Near-death experience (NDE) forum    11 Replies

Ninshub, 2018-04-23, 03:34 AM

Apologies if someone has posted this already.

New study suggests existence of meditation-induced near-death experiences

March 27, 2018, University of Derby
 
https://medicalxpress.com/news/2018-03-m...death.html


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From NDE to OBEs: Todd Acamesis


Out-of-body experience (OBE), astral travel, and lucid dream forum    8 Replies

Ninshub, 2018-04-22, 03:53 AM

Proof of life after death? Man's soul 'left body and travelled through universe'
The soul CAN leave the body and exist independently, according to a man who claims to have travelled through other dimensions since he was five.
By [url=https://www.express.co.uk/journalist/122435/Jon-A

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Hi


Member introductions    6 Replies

Wormwood, 2018-04-21, 10:23 PM

Hi, I'm Wormwood.  I like heavy metal, mostly 80s and 90s stuff.  Oh, and peanut butter is probably my all-time favorite food.


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Discussion of precognition in the journal Psychology of Consciousness


Psi research forum (ESP and psychokinesis)    21 Replies

Chris, 2018-04-21, 08:26 AM

(I originally posted this to the "Text resources" thread, thinking that the papers weren't available online. As most of them are, it probably deserves its own thread.)

[color=#141414]Courtesy of the SPR Facebook page, here's a blog post by Carlos S. Alvarado, describing a discussion of precogniti

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Beyond the Apocalypse: The True Message of the Georgia Guidestones


General paranormal phenomena forum    No Replies

Sci, 2018-04-18, 04:24 PM

Beyond the Apocalypse: The True Message of the Georgia Guidestones

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Far from being the work of an ancient people though, this monument was raised just three decades ago by a group of stonemasons – in the literal sense of

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Enlightenment rationality is not enough: we need a new Romanticism


Connected philosophy forum (metaphysics, ontology, theology, ethics)    No Replies

Sci, 2018-04-18, 04:14 PM

Enlightenment rationality is not enough: we need a new Romanticism

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With science becoming a brutal game of market forces and patent controls, the skeptics and Romantics among us must weigh i

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Epigenetics and Historical Trauma


Consciousness science forum    1 Replies

Sci, 2018-04-18, 05:37 AM

Haunted by History

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For those caught in history’s churn, the result can be psychiatric symptoms and chronic disease caused by stress. Because these cellular changes are said to be made not at

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The Skeptiko forum and us


Feedback and announcements    30 Replies

Kamarling, 2018-04-16, 08:52 PM

Today, for the first time in months, I took a look at the Skeptiko forum. A brief look but enough to see what I needed. 

I have noticed a drop off in posts to our PQ forum so I wondered whether people have been slowly migrating back to the old haunt. Not that I see that as a problem but it raises

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Distribution of paranormal phenomena across the British Isles


Psi research forum (ESP and psychokinesis)    No Replies

Chris, 2018-04-16, 08:57 AM

Courtesy of the SPR Facebook page, here's an interesting blog post from "Weird Data Science", with maps showing the frequency of different classes of paranormal events in different parts of the British Isles, from the Paranormal Database:
http://www.weirddatascience.net/blog/ind...8/04/10/ma

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