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Books > Mind, Body & Spirit > Unexplained phenomena / the paranormal > General
Among the most profound questions we confront are the nature of
what and who we are as conscious beings, and how the human mind
relates to the rest of what we consider reality. For millennia,
philosophers, scientists, and religious thinkers have attempted
answers, perhaps none more meaningful today than those offered by
neuroscience and by Buddhism. The encounter between these two
worldviews has spurred ongoing conversations about what science and
Buddhism can teach each other about mind and reality. In Mind
Beyond Brain, the neuroscientist David E. Presti, with the
assistance of other distinguished researchers, explores how
evidence for anomalous phenomena-such as near-death experiences,
apparent memories of past lives, apparitions, experiences
associated with death, and other so-called psi or paranormal
phenomena, including telepathy, clairvoyance, and precognition-can
influence the Buddhism-science conversation. Presti describes the
extensive but frequently unacknowledged history of scientific
investigation into these phenomena, demonstrating its relevance to
questions about consciousness and reality. The new perspectives
opened up, if we are willing to take evidence of such often
off-limits topics seriously, offer significant challenges to
dominant explanatory paradigms and raise the prospect that we may
be poised for truly revolutionary developments in the scientific
investigation of mind. Mind Beyond Brain represents the next level
in the science and Buddhism dialogue.
The author's conclusions are ground-breaking - his ideas have been
published in the respected Journal Of Near Death Studies.
Hauntings lurk and spirits linger in the heart of America Reader,
beware! Turn these pages and enter the world of the paranormal,
where ghosts and ghouls alike creep just out of sight. Author James
A. Willis shines a light in the dark corners of Ohio and scares
those spirits out of hiding in this thrilling collection. From
ghostly soldiers that still haunt Fort Meigs to the eerie Franklin
Castle, there's no shortage of bone-chilling tales to keep you up
at night. There's even a carved tombstone of an infant at Cedar
Hill cemetery, whose ghostly eyes keep watch over those wander too
close. Around the campfire or tucked away on a dark and stormy
night, this big book of ghost stories is a hauntingly good read.
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