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Todd Murphy

4 papers in the library · 33 citations · publishing 2001-2010

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Experimental Elicitation of an Out of Body Experience and Concomitant Cross-Hemispheric Electroencephalographic Coherence

NeuroQuantology June 25, 2010 Michael A. Persinger, Kevin S. Saroka, Bryce P. Mulligan et al. 11 citations

Brief exposure to a counterclockwise global externally applied magnetic field generated from an array of 64 solenoids designed to affect the cerebral fields associated with the left and right hemispheric correlates of evoked a powerful out of body experience (OOBE) in a single naive subject. The energy available from the applied field within the cortical volume was within the same order of...

The Production of Consciousness Out of States of Consciousness

Activitas Nervosa Superior September 1, 2009 Todd Murphy

Abstract It has been found that there are five million magnetite crystals per gram in the human brain. Interestingly, the meninges, has twenty times that number. These ‘biomagnetite’ crystals demonstrate two interesting features. The first is that their shapes do not occur in nature, suggesting that they were formed in the tissue, rather than being absorbed from outside. The other is that these...

The Structure and Function of Near-Death Experiences: An Algorithmic Reincarnation Hypothesis

Journal of Near-Death Studies December 1, 2001 Todd J. Murphy

Hypothesizes that a near-death experience (NDE) is the subjective experience of having the state of consciousness in which a person experiences the last moment of his or her life being turned, in stages, into the state of consciousness experienced as the “point of no return.” The life review this, as is interpreted as a review of the states of consciousness experienced during our lives. Our...

Near-death experiences in Thailand.

The Journal of near-death studies 2001 Todd Murphy, San Francisco, S Blackmore et al. 22 citations

Near-death experiences (NDEs) in Thailand do not demonstrate the episodes most noted in those collected in the West, but they do show con sistent features. I argue that these features, including harbingers of death, visions of hell, the Lord of the underworld, and the benefits of making dona tions to Buddhist monks and temples, can be understood within the framework of beliefs and customs...