The distinction between the mind and the brain has been a longstanding philosophical and scientific debate that continues to shape our understanding of human consciousness. While the brain is a tangible, biological organ composed of neurons and synaptic connections, the mind represents the abstract domain of thoughts, emotions, perception, and self-awareness. This paper explores the conceptual...
Time feels different depending on your mental state. It compresses when you're in the zone, stretches on psychedelics, and disappears completely under anesthesia. These distortions are well documented in neuroscience, but the major theories of consciousness don't generate quantitative predictions about them. This paper presents a formal framework that attempts to. It proposes that consciousness...
If consciousness can operate under quantum principles, then the boundaries between life, death, and cognition are far more permeable than current science allows. In the first large-scale, randomized, double-blind, multicenter trial to test this possibility, conducted across 13 hospitals in the UK and Spain, we investigated whether the human mind can access information during clinical death—but...
Across India and Pakistan, the death anniversaries (ʿurs) of Sufi saints are celebrated with great festivity, including performances of qawwālī. This festival is called ʿurs, an Arabic word that translates as “wedding,” because the death of a saint is said to represent their wisāl, or unification with God. While most ʿurs festivals include the ritual of washing the grave of the saint, known as...
1038/s41582-026-01186-y; 2026)2 rely on conceptual misunderstandings, mischaracterizations of our work or unsupported assertions. We welcome the opportunity to clarify these points. First, the suggestion that the term ‘recalled experiences of death’ (REDs) is more accurate than ‘near-death experiences’ (NDEs) is incompatible with established international agreement on the medical definition of...
Abstract: This essay presents a phenomenological catalog of non-ordinary human experiences reported across cultures and historical periods. It documents what has been reported—from near-death experiences to meditative states to apparent psychic phenomena—without adjudicating what should be believed. The goal is descriptive completeness rather than evaluative closure. Part of the Return to...
This chapter examines afterlife memoirs authored by individuals reporting their spiritually transformative experiences, such as visits to the Other Side and other anomalous events. Focusing primarily on out-of-body and near-death experiences as therapeutic texts, it analyzes the narratives and otherworld representations found within these subgenres. It also examines texts by medical and...
This chapter reviews the afterlife literature on suicide. It examines reports from ‘the Other Side’ of suicide by studying the ‘afterlife narratives’ provided by those who have attempted as well as completed suicide, as reported by experts, loved ones, mediums, and other authors in the therapeutic afterlife genre. The primary data is drawn from four main types of empirical narratives within the...
This article positions Metatron's Cube as a unifying framework bridging ancient geometric principles with contemporary visionary phenomenology. Tracing sacred geometry's evolution from utilitarian applications in the Indus Valley, Babylonia (π ≈ 3.125), and Egypt (π ≈ 3.1605) circa 3000 BCE through its philosophical refinement in 6th-century BCE Greece, the analysis integrates convergent...
This chapter explores the life and work of Carl Gustav Jung, tracing the trajectory of his personal and professional evolution. Born in 1875 in Kesswil, Switzerland, Jung’s upbringing in a Protestant household, marked by his mother’s spiritualist tendencies and his father’s role as a clergyman, profoundly shaped his early worldview. Jung’s childhood was marked by introversion and a vivid inner...