This chapter explores the paranormal and premonitions linking these with our connections with animals. The purpose of this chapter is to discuss the ways in which animal communications operate in part via telepathic channels (which comes under the umbrella of paranormal phenomena) and to review some of these mysterious links. I introduce psi phenomena which includes telepathy, clairvoyance,...
Abstract Near-death experiences are awesome, if anything is, and thinking through competing explanations of them can reveal some striking features of awesomeness and its relationship with belief.
Near-death experiences (NDEs) are profound subjectiveevents reported by individuals who have come closeto death. In Western cultures, they often involve out-of-body perceptions (OBEs), feelings of peace, movingthrough a tunnel, and encountering lights or figures.While traditionally studied in unpredictable cardiacarrest or trauma, planned circulatory arrest during hypothermiccardiac surgery...
We report a longitudinal single-subject case study documenting replicated electroencephalographic (EEG) signatures during high-amplitude sexual arousal states and post-arousal quiescence in a 57-year-old male subject with no formal meditative training. Data were collected using a consumer-grade EEG headset (Muse S Gen 2 / Mind Monitor, 4-channel: TP9, AF7, AF8, TP10). EEG data collection was...
Emergent Post-Loss Experiences (EPLEs) are reported in experiential grief therapies such as Reparative Experience-Based Grief Therapy (REGT) and Induced After-Death Communication Therapy (IADC). Through these experiences, such approaches have demonstrated notable effectiveness and efficiency in the treatment of complicated grief. Yet their phenomenology and structure remain poorly defined, and...
AbstractThis paper presents a model of consciousness grounded in hemispheric lateralization and theDefault Mode Network (DMN). Building on McGilchrist's Master/Emissary framework,Schore's developmental neuroscience, and Porges' polyvagal theory, it argues that the righthemisphere constitutes primary consciousness (Type 1) while the left hemisphere constructsthe narrative self (Type 2). The DMN...
The alien abduction phenomenon – reports of being taken by non-human entities, often into a craft-like environment and subjected to examinations or procedures – is widely described yet remains scientifically contentious. This review synthesizes the main neuroscientific and psychological models that have been proposed to explain why such experiences occur, why they are often recalled as vivid...
April 9, 2026Miguel D. Molina, Linda Molina, Mauro W. Zappaterra
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Transcendent experiences such as mystical, near-death, and Kundalini overlap in their phenomenology and aftereffects. Current theories and psychometric scales offer limited theoretical explanation for the overlap. This study psychometrically tests an explanatory framework proposing a common mechanism underlying transcendent experiences, including transcendent experiences of consciousness. A...
MedinformaticsApril 3, 2026Marcel Krüger, D. Feeney, Marcel Theodor Wende
Recent advances in quantum biology, computational neuroscience, and geometric theoretical physics suggest that consciousness, emotion, memory, identity, and trauma dynamics may share a common mathematical substrate. This work proposes the first unified model integrating (i) the triadic spiral-time operator of the Helix–Light–Vortex (HLV) theory, (ii) Marcel Theodor Wende's DLHR multi-layer...
Sam Parnia's stated aim is "to synthesize the most important scientific discoveries and make them available to professionals and the general public alike" (p.5).Lucid Dying is written in a straightforward though repetitive manner, and the tenor of the book is one of earnest enthusiasm if not actually proselytizing.Parnia is well qualified to have an opinion on this topic, as he has been in the...