Die Arbeit untersucht Panpsychismus und Substanzdualismus als konkurrierende Antworten auf das Körper-Geist-Problem. Im Mittelpunkt stehen ihre Erklärungskraft hinsichtlich des phänomenalen Bewusstseins, der Einheit des erlebenden Subjekts und der mentalen Kausalität. Methodisch verbindet die Untersuchung begriffliche und modale Analysen mit der systematischen Rekonstruktion zentraler Argumente...
The novella Pale Horse, Pale Rider, authored by Katherine Anne Porter and published in 1939, is set against the backdrop of the 1918–1919 Spanish flu pandemic towards the end of World War I. It narrates the dual story of individual and societal trauma and survival amidst the pandemic, contributing to the cultural memory of that era in American history. The narrative draws heavily on...
গবেষণার প্রেক্ষাপট ও লক্ষ্য: মৃত্যুপূর্ব সচেতনতা ও আচরণগত পরিবর্তন বিষয়ক বিদ্যমান গবেষণার বিশাল অংশ পাশ্চাত্য দেশের হাসপাতাল ও হসপিস প্রেক্ষাপটে সীমাবদ্ধ। বিদ্যমান একাডেমিক গবেষণার পর্যালোচনা অনুযায়ী, বাংলাদেশের ধর্মীয় ও সামাজিক প্রেক্ষাপটে এই বিষয়ে কোনো গুণগত গবেষণা এখন পর্যন্ত প্রকাশিত হয়নি। এই গবেষণার লক্ষ্য হলো বাংলাদেশের সামাজিক ও ধর্মীয় প্রেক্ষাপটে মৃত্যুপূর্ব সচেতনতা কীভাবে প্রকাশ...
This paper advances a novel framework for understanding feelings of reality (FR), the elusive yet fundamental dimension through which the self and the world are felt as real. Drawing on descriptive phenomenology, clinical psychopathology, and altered-state research, we characterize FR as non-conceptual phenomenal qualities through which the self and world are experienced as immediate and...
Post-Perturbation Integrative Neuroplasticity (PPIN) is a descriptive framework for sustained, non-pathological cognitive reorganization following significant perturbation events such as severe trauma, near-death experiences, or extreme stress. Unlike acquired savant syndrome, which typically produces narrow, domain-specific skill emergence, PPIN describes broad cross-domain integration,...
In recent years, the field of mental health has witnessed a growing number of clients presenting with experiences that fall outside traditional psychological paradigms—namely, encounters with the paranormal or anomalous. These phenomena include, but are not limited to, apparitions, near-death experiences (NDEs), telepathic communication, precognitive dreams, and unexplained synchronicities....
In this paper, we propose a trans-materialist information-theoretical approach to a full spectrum of conscious experience, from its normative embodied mode as part of an integrated brain/mind system to altered modes of consciousness, including nonlocal and near-death experiences (NDE). It allows for bridging the Cartesian gap and resolving the “hard problem” of non-material mind arising from...
In 2022, Special Collections at the University of Maryland,Baltimore County received the extraordinary gift of one of theworld’s largest archival and book collections devoted toparapsychology and psychic phenomena from theParapsychology Foundation. Named for the foundation’s cofounder, the famed trance medium Eileen J. Garrett(1892-1970), the collection of books, periodicals,photographs, and...
Non-ordinary states of consciousness (NOSC) have long been described across cultures and spiritual traditions, while contemporary research increasingly examines them through neural, physiological, and phenomenological dimensions.This narrative literature review explores nonpathological NOSC across meditation, yoga, breathwork, psychedelic experiences, near-death experiences, and mystical...
Buletin PsikologiJune 25, 2026Noel Jedidiah Bernhard Maliangkay, I Gusti Ayu Diah Fridari
Near Death Experience (NDE) merupakan fenomena psikologis yang melibatkan unsur transendental saat individu berada pada ambang kematian. Berbagai penelitian telah mengkaji fenomena NDE, namun sebagian besar masih berfokus pada aspek neurobiologis, sehingga cenderung mengabaikan perubahan eksistensial subjektif yang dialami individu pasca-NDE. Dalam konteks budaya Indonesia, mati suri menjadi...