Paranormal experience and survival of death
Becker, Carl B.,
Paranormal experience and survival of death - Albany State University of New York Press 1993 - x, 257 p. ; - SUNY series in Western esoteric traditions .
This text amasses data and surveys from a century of research on the paranormal on four continents: Europe, Asia, and the Americas. Studying the tensions between religious and scientific perspectives, the author reviews numerous substantiated accounts of demon-possession, of memories of past lives, of ghostly apparitions, and out-of-body experiences. He analyzes the medical evidence and what such experiences imply about survival after death. The author then looks at the reasons for the taboos on scientific discussion of such research within the social sciences, and proposes a new paradigm for a more holistic view of the field.
9780791414767 (pbk.)
Future life.
Spiritualism.
Parapsychology and science.
133.9013 / BEC
Paranormal experience and survival of death - Albany State University of New York Press 1993 - x, 257 p. ; - SUNY series in Western esoteric traditions .
This text amasses data and surveys from a century of research on the paranormal on four continents: Europe, Asia, and the Americas. Studying the tensions between religious and scientific perspectives, the author reviews numerous substantiated accounts of demon-possession, of memories of past lives, of ghostly apparitions, and out-of-body experiences. He analyzes the medical evidence and what such experiences imply about survival after death. The author then looks at the reasons for the taboos on scientific discussion of such research within the social sciences, and proposes a new paradigm for a more holistic view of the field.
9780791414767 (pbk.)
Future life.
Spiritualism.
Parapsychology and science.
133.9013 / BEC