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Evidence for paranormal aspects in NDEs


Near-death experience (NDE) forum    43 Replies

Titus Rivas, 2017-09-01, 10:14 AM

If we accept well documented case studies as scientific (in the sense of scholarly) evidence, we must conclude that there is plenty of evidence for paranormal aspect of Near-Death Experiences.

In fact, the best cases of anomalous NDEs are described in the book [url=https://www.amazon.com/Self-Does-

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Cases of the Reincarnation Type in the West


Reincarnation forum    9 Replies

Titus Rivas, 2017-09-01, 10:00 AM

There are more and more spontaneous Western Cases of the Reincarnation Type or CORTs, which is very important, from a theoretical point of view. Common objections against the reincarnation hypothesis such as that the parents simply believe in reincarnation and have indoctrinated their child, simply

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What's wrong with panpsychism?


Philosophy of mind forum    15 Replies

Titus Rivas, 2017-09-01, 09:54 AM

I personally don't feel attracted to panpsychism, although I know it is rather popular both among people with a spiritual world view and among broad-minded naturalists.


Here's a short summary of my problems:  Three Problems with Panpsychism


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Analytical argument for the existence of a non-physical personal memory


Philosophy of mind forum    9 Replies

Titus Rivas, 2017-09-01, 09:51 AM

Is there a non-physical memory bank? I hold that there is and that its existence can be demonstrated analytically.

See my paper Metasubjective Cognition Beyond the Brain


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Analytical argument against physicalism


Philosophy of mind forum    50 Replies

Titus Rivas, 2017-09-01, 09:44 AM

In this paper, Exit Epiphenomenalism, Hein van Dongen and I have tried to refute physicalism. We conclude that within physicalism, only types of materialism that are eliminative regarding phenomenal qualitative experiences (or "consciousn

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Physical Mediumship


Afterlife contact forum (deathbed visions, ADC, mediumship)    47 Replies

Jim_Smith, 2017-09-01, 08:27 AM

Please note, this thread is in the Extended Consciousness Phenomena review forum rules that apply before posting to this thread.

This post has been moved here from a different thread please disregard the x'd out text.

[s]There is some fraud and some genuine, and some of the evidence said to prov

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Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain


Spirituality and magic forum: science and practice    3 Replies

Sci, 2017-09-01, 06:42 AM

Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain

Curious if anyone else has read this book?

I've had it in my library for quite some time but after a brief examination didn't touch it. Opening it again I find it might, through its instruction on setting aside the analytic/m

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"The U.S. Military Believes People Have a Sixth Sense"


Skeptic vs. proponent discussion    6 Replies

E. Flowers, 2017-09-01, 12:13 AM

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[color=#202020][size=large][font="'PT Serif', Georgia, serif"]Because of the stigma of ESP and PK, the nomenclature has changed, allowing the Defense Department to distance itself from its remote-viewing past. Under the Perceptual Training Systems and Tools banner, extrasensory perception has

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What is your policy on TOR and open proxies?


Feedback and announcements    4 Replies

Fake Leuders, 2017-08-31, 05:04 PM

What is this forum's rules regarding open proxies, VPN's or TOR?

Other forums that I am a member of have disabled TOR because of trolls. But I believe there are legit uses for the others. I am interested are you going to disable these?

If I can remember correctly from what I read elsewhere,

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Reincarnation Cases


Skeptic vs. proponent discussion    No Replies

Dante, 2017-08-31, 03:44 PM

[color=#141414]So this is also posted in the "Reincarnation" subforum, and I don't see it as necessary to be posting it here (because skeptics are welcome in that forum to discuss the merits of cases and their implications, which is all I'm interested in), but Leuders requested that I post it here f

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