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Talking Secret Body with Dr Jeffrey Kripal


Spirituality and magic forum: science and practice    No Replies

Sci, 2018-03-19, 07:23 PM

Talking Secret Body with Dr Jeffrey Kripal

https://runesoup.com/2018/03/talking-sec...ey-kripal/



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This week we welcome back the one and only Dr Jeffrey Kripal to talk about his latest book, [i]Secret Body[

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My point of view about what does the word "real" exactly mean


Near-death experience (NDE) forum    No Replies

tarantulanebula, 2018-03-19, 06:38 AM

[Part 01]
[color=#3333ff]Approximately several years ago, inspired by the many narrations told by near death experiencers which mentioned their experiences were "very real", I pondered carefully about "What does the word real exactly mean when we use it", then I figured it out

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The Mentality Training Sim


Members' general personal experiences    8 Replies

Mediochre, 2018-03-19, 05:48 AM

This is something I’ll be referencing in my Energy Explanation thread

2016, July or August. After developing the Fatalism Method I was trying to figure out the respective roles of emotion and logic in magic. I asked a spirit I’ve mentioned many time on the forum that I call Gold if she would be w

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Labels and beliefs


Skeptic vs. proponent discussion    17 Replies

Kamarling, 2018-03-18, 06:51 AM

An old issue has been cropping up in my thinking and reading just lately. Some years ago I had to correct a bad habit of conflating the beliefs (or non-beliefs) of people who identify as atheists and/or materialists and/or humanists and/or skeptics. I was told - usually by one of those who so identi

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Guerrilla Skeptics


Skeptic vs. proponent discussion    6 Replies

Kamarling, 2018-03-17, 03:46 AM

I happened across this piece in my internet meanderings today.

The Wall of Silence Around Lawrence Krauss

I don't want to partake in any kind of witch hunt involving Krauss (much as I regard

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William McDougall


Psi research forum (ESP and psychokinesis)    2 Replies

Chris, 2018-03-15, 11:51 AM

The English-born psychologist William McDougall was the mentor of J. B. Rhine at Duke University. An autobiographical account published in 1930 in A History of Psychology in Autobiography, volume 1, edited by Carl Murchison, is available online:
https://brocku.ca/MeadProject/McDougall/McDougall_193

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Psi journals


General parapsychology    123 Replies

Chris, 2018-03-15, 10:09 AM

Volume 82, number 1 (January 2018) of the Journal of the Society for Psychical Research has appeared. Here is the contents list:

Stress Sensitivity and Minimal-Self Dysfunction as Predictors of Anomalous Experiences and Paranormal Attributions......Harvey J. Irwin 1 
Criticisms Raised Against th

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The Mother's Day Incident


Members' general personal experiences    No Replies

Mediochre, 2018-03-14, 08:47 PM

This is a companion piece that I’ll be referencing for my Energy Explanation thread. It is written to the best of my memory.

At about 3am, mothers day 2015. I was laying on the bed just thinking about stuff. Dreamsoap was in the other room on the computer probably playing a game of some type, I d

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Brain Back-Up


Consciousness science forum    9 Replies

Typoz, 2018-03-14, 04:17 PM

Quote:A start-up that claims it will one day allow people to back-up their brains admits it will come at the ultimate price: death.
Brain back-up start-up 'will be the death of users'

From the few comments on that article so f

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RIP Stephen Hawking


Off-topic mainstream science forum    27 Replies

Desperado, 2018-03-14, 04:32 AM

Sad news tonight where I live. I know he was a materialist by nature and a lot of us here don't agree with him on things, but it's neither here nor there now. Definitely doesn't defeat what he did help discover for mankind going forward. Brilliant man. 

Kind of feel like I'm writing a eulogy here b

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