Individuals approaching death often experience encounters with their dead relatives, who seem to welcome them to the next world. These deathbed visions are authentic and convincing; they are often followed by a state of euphoria and seem to ease the…

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The new formula in physics describes humans as paradoxical beings who have two complementary aspects:...

The new formula in physics describes humans as paradoxical beings who have two complementary aspects:...

In the kind of world we have today, transformation of humanity might well be our...

In the kind of world we have today, transformation of humanity might well be our...

I have taken part in ceremonies with North American and Mexican shamans, as well as...

I have taken part in ceremonies with North American and Mexican shamans, as well as...

The psyche of the individual is commensurate with the totality of creative energy. This requires...

The psyche of the individual is commensurate with the totality of creative energy. This requires...

It became much more complicated politically to work with psychedelics because of the unsupervised experimentation...

It became much more complicated politically to work with psychedelics because of the unsupervised experimentation...

When you read the psychedelic literature, there is a distinction between the so-called natural psychedelics...

When you read the psychedelic literature, there is a distinction between the so-called natural psychedelics...

Aldous Huxley actually used LSD to ease his transition at the time of his death.

Aldous Huxley actually used LSD to ease his transition at the time of his death.

For any culture which is primarily concerned with meaning, the study of death - the...

For any culture which is primarily concerned with meaning, the study of death - the...

The function of the brain is to reduce all the available information and lock us...

The function of the brain is to reduce all the available information and lock us...

The knowledge of the realm of death makes it possible for the shaman to move...

The knowledge of the realm of death makes it possible for the shaman to move...

I believe it is essential for our planetary future to develop tools that can change...

I believe it is essential for our planetary future to develop tools that can change...

There is no fundamental difference between the preparation for death and the practice of dying,...

There is no fundamental difference between the preparation for death and the practice of dying,...

There are people who can start having very powerful experiences without taking psychedelics. It can...

There are people who can start having very powerful experiences without taking psychedelics. It can...

It is possible to spend one's entire lifetime without ever experiencing the mystical realms or...

It is possible to spend one's entire lifetime without ever experiencing the mystical realms or...

Research challenges the materialistic understanding of death, according to which biological death represents the final...

Research challenges the materialistic understanding of death, according to which biological death represents the final...

Dying people in pre-industrial cultures typically died in the context of an extended family, clan,...

Dying people in pre-industrial cultures typically died in the context of an extended family, clan,...

Many of us who have experienced psychedelics feel very much that they are sacred tools....

Many of us who have experienced psychedelics feel very much that they are sacred tools....

Whether or not LSD research and therapy will return to society, the discoveries that psychedelics...

Whether or not LSD research and therapy will return to society, the discoveries that psychedelics...

An important consequence of freeing oneself from the fear of death is a radical opening...

An important consequence of freeing oneself from the fear of death is a radical opening...

Unlike scientism, science in the true sense of the word is open to unbiased investigation...

Unlike scientism, science in the true sense of the word is open to unbiased investigation...