Tag: science
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Housekeeping: new website.
Just a quick note to let you know I have created a new website that aims to explore those liminal spaces where consciousness meets death. I have been interested in aspects of near-death experiences, philosophy of mind and the process of consciousness for a while now. I decided to compile the posts I have already…
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Near-death Experiences in Childhood.
I am currently reading Consciousness Beyond Life, The Science of the Near-Death Experience by Pim van Lommel M.D. My full review will follow once I finish it but the chapter on children and near-death experiences (NDEs) led me to look up one of the papers mentioned in the book. The first systematic study of NDE’s…
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Video: Rupert Sheldrakes banned TED talk
Rupert Sheldrake has had a diverse career as a biochemist at Cambridge University, a Harvard scholar, a researcher at the Royal Society, and a plant physiologist. He developed a theory of Morphic Resonance and became interested in the study of telepathy and precognition as well as other anomalous phenomena. “memory is inherent in nature” and…
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Amanita muscaria, a VERY interesting mushroom
You may have seen these little guys around your local area. The fruiting bodies (the part above ground) often emerge from their mycelial mat in the vicinity of trees (such as pine, oak or and birch) after a period of rain. In Australia, Aminata muscaria (or the Fly Agaric) is an introduced species that is…