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100	1		_aBecker, Carl B., _92243
245	1	0	_aParanormal experience and survival of death
260			_aAlbany _bState University of New York Press _c1993
300			_ax, 257 p. ;
440		0	_aSUNY series in Western esoteric traditions _92244
520			_aThis 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.
650		0	_aFuture life. _92245
650		0	_aSpiritualism. _92246
650		0	_aParapsychology and science. _92247
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