Search results

@superqualia and @Michael Patterson - this may sound bizarre, but I think Blackmore views NDEs from her own "theological" commitments. It's debatable as to whether you can call Buddhism a theology, but as a Buddhist she holds beliefs that happen to coincide with materialism - especially the...

Great idea - I'd definitely be game if the logistics could be solved. I got to know Jeff at an Anthropology and the Paranormal symposium at Esalen a few years back. http://afterliferesearch.weebly.com/news/symposium-on-anthropology-and-the-paranormal

Chris, I think there is a theme - and it's generally about making life better. Your own, you're family's, your society, whatever. In some Native American examples, the NDEr is told to go back and resist missionary/European influence. In others they're told to go back and convert to...

Well, that "tomorrow" turned into almost a month... but better late than never! ;) David, yes there are examples of non-Christian heaven/hell type NDEs. Two Algonquin examples reported by Thomas Hariot in 1588 come to mind but there are more. From my book: The first, which was said to have...

More tomorrow....!

Jim, my website has a few articles you can download for free - here's the direct link to the page: https://www.gregoryshushan.com/articles Also, my first book is in paperback - still not super cheap, but better than a $99 hardback...

Re: your point (3): As I wrote in the new book - "The conclusions here have been reached through “inference to the best explanation”— abductive reasoning and rational judgment about the problems in question, the evidence related to them, and the various interdisciplinary models relevant to...

Hey everyone - thanks for the kind comments and insightful questions. I'll do my best to answer them, starting with.... This came up in my first Skeptiko interview, and it's surprisingly (or maybe unsurprisingly!) not really straightforward. There are many accounts in which the NDEr was sent...