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| | Research Article |
| Robert G. MAYS, Suzanne B. MAYS | Near-Death Experiences are Caused by the Separation of Consciousness from the Body: An NDE Scale Analysis | 190-211 |
| | Abstract: Near-death experiences (NDEs) cannot be defined merely as a collection of phenomenal
features. An accurate definition needs to describe what NDEs essentially are, that is,
what lies behind the phenomenal features. The definition would describe what happens
in the experience to account for the different features; this can only be fully described
in the context of an underlying theoretical framework. In this paper, we propose the mind
entity framework, which holds that a human being is a nonmaterial mind united with
the physical body. In an NDE, the mind, or seat of consciousness, separates from the
body and operates independently of it until the mind returns to and reunites with the
body. From this framework, we identified the nine NDE features from the 16 features of
the NDE Scale (Greyson, 1983) that specifically imply the separation of the mind from
the body. The five most prevalent of these “separation” features accounted for 98.8%
of NDEs in a sample of NDE accounts in the IANDS Experience Registry (N=565). The
prevalence of these five “essential” NDE features was repeated in three other large
NDE datasets published in the last 20 years. Therefore, an NDE can be defined as a
profound subjective experience caused by a person’s consciousness separating from
their physical body |
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| | Essay |
| Gianni PASCOLI | The Hessdalen Lights Seen as the Aerial Counterpart of an Unsuspected Subsoil Phenomenon. Is the Earth Harboring a Multimouth Wormhole? | 273-287 |
| | Abstract: To date, Hessdalen lights (HLs) are misunderstood; nevertheless, these phenomena are
surprisingly ignored by most of the scientific community. However, a few researchers,
such as Erling Strand and Massimo Teodorani, have paved the right path by showing
that experimental methods of physics can be applied to study HLs. Additionally, we
believe that matter cannot simply be brushed aside and that it deserves a serious
examination. Recently, we proposed a possible origin of HLs (Pascoli, 2021). The basic
idea—a micrometric wormhole manifestation—is promoted here, and we suggest that
the Hessdalen-type lights, seen pretty much everywhere in the world, may eventually
be interpreted as a symptom of an unsuspected phenomenon deep in the subsoil of
the considered site. The idea of a geological origin for the Hessdalen lights has already
been proposed (Teodorani, 2004, 2014); however, this interesting suggestion is being
reconsidered from an entirely new perspective. The present paper has to be seen as a
working hypothesis, in which the main interests are to foster thinking on underlying
physics and to suggest a full series of experiments that can be performed on these very
enigmatic Hessdalen lights. Regardless of the strength of a hypothesis, the experiment
is the final arbiter in science. |
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| | Book Review |
| Ron WESTRUM | Beyond Reasonable Doubt: The Pascagoula Alien Abduction | 341-342 |
| | Review: Philip MANTLE, Irena McCAMMON SCOTT,Beyond Reasonable Doubt - 2023 | |
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| | Correspondence |
| | Response to Review of Redemption of the Damned: Volume II | 364-366 |
| | Related:
Journal of Scientific Exploration Volume 38 Issue 1 Spring/2024 - Redemption of the Damned, Vol 2: Sea & Space Phenomena [Clark, Jerome]
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