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How many formats for the ghost experience can you name?


Ghost, poltergeist, and spirit forum    1 Replies

Warddurward, 2026-02-20, 09:43 PM

Many years ago, when I was thinking about writing, I came up with a list of what ghosts could be.

Any additions and comments are, of course, welcome.

  1. Actual deceased humans
  2. Historical events repeating like a rerun, without interaction
  3. Entities that are not human
  4. Halluc


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Where is Charles Tart?


General survival research    7 Replies

Warddurward, 2026-02-19, 09:51 PM

It has almost been a year since Charles Tart has passed over.

Not to be a complete jerk, but we had this scientist who was very deep into altered states, reincarnation ideas, life after death... and I would like to think he made arrangements with others before his death. 
Those arrangements woul

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Larry Dossey on NDEs and the Science of Non-Local Consciousness


Near-death experience (NDE) forum    No Replies

Typoz, 2026-02-17, 04:00 PM

This talk was recorded at the 2017 IANDS conference in Westminster, CO.

What If Death Is an Illusion? Dr. Larry Dossey on NDEs and the Science of Non-Local Consciousness

A lot of ground is covered here, though not in depth. For example Tw

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Misleading NDE articles?


Near-death experience (NDE) forum    24 Replies

Bill37, 2026-02-15, 02:48 AM

Many articles I’ve read lately , some from the same site , or news site; which I’ll mention, or sites familiar to many of us here , which r linked , at places like daily grail, have seemingly been quite misleading with NDE research or findings .

Making it sound like it’s brain based , people are

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Scientific Investigation - Gazing with Intuition at Light


General parapsychology    1 Replies

Typoz, 2026-02-08, 10:47 PM

Dean Radin:

Quote:Just launched on the web: the NoeticAdventure experiment.  There will be an iPhone and Android version eventually. They are still under development and may not work correctly.
Website: https://www.deanradin.com/noeticadventure

[quote]
See this video for a 6 minut

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Are Mystical Experiences the Source of Moral Knowledge?


Connected philosophy forum (metaphysics, ontology, theology, ethics)    1 Replies

Sci, 2026-02-08, 06:02 PM

Are Mystical Experiences the Source of Moral Knowledge?

P. Goff

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Is morality objective? I think so. Slavery, for example, is objectively wrong. What determines what’s

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Topics That Should Be Studied by Scholars of Brains and Minds [Head Truth blog post]


Philosophy of mind forum    No Replies

Laird, 2026-02-05, 01:07 PM

Topics That Should Be Studied by Scholars of Brains and Minds

Mark Mahin
January 8, 2026
Head Truth

Mark tabulates an interesting list of relevant topics, with an explanation of the relevance of each and

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Philosophy of Mind Text Resources Thread


Philosophy of mind forum    No Replies

Laird, 2026-02-05, 12:58 PM

This is a general thread for links to text files (papers, web pages, etc) related to philosophy of mind.


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The Qualia Trap: Why Eliminativism undermines itself


Philosophy of mind forum    No Replies

Sci, 2026-02-04, 10:34 PM

The Qualia Trap: Why Eliminativism undermines itself

Arthur Haswell, BA 

[quote]
Eliminativism is a school of thought in philosophy of mind claiming there is nothing worth saying about c

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My Introduction


Member introductions    1 Replies

Pathfinder, 2026-02-01, 02:48 PM

Hello my name is Rick,

I had my first mystical experience at the age of 11 in which I knew there was a presence in my bedroom and then the switch to light in my room turned in the "off" position. Since then, I have always been interested in mysteries like bigfoot, UFO's things like that.

Then

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