Index

A Chaffin, 39
Academic myth, 9 Chico’s literary mediumistic production, 38
Afterlife belief, 1 Children make statements, 53
Alleged neural mechanisms, 15 Clairvoyance, 64
Alleged personality skills, 30 Clairvoyant perception, 66
American Psychological Association, 64 Communication, 28, 33
American scientific psychology, 34 Communicators, 35, 36
Ancient Egyptians, 33 Complementary, methodological
Anecdotal evidence, 34 approaches, 82
Anecdotal references, 6 Consciousness, 30, 40, 42, 43, 45, 46, 61, 62,
Animal Magnetism, 34 64, 65, 68, 69
Anomalies, 17 Consciousness activities, 16
Antiquity, 7, 27, 47 Consciousness survival, 82
Anti-scientific, 9 Contemporary concept, 77
a priori disqualification, 9 Contemporary scientific paradigms, 76
Aristotle, 8 Continuity of character and memory, 29
Automatic writing, 41 Contradictory philosophical consequences, 19
Convenient recognition devices, 29
Conventional explanations, 20
B Conventional sources, 64
Babylonian epic Gilgamesh, 6 Crash cart, 44
Belief in divinatory, 6 Crippling complexity, 66
Beyond Physicalism (Book), 18 Cross-correspondence, 35, 36
Biological immortality, 6 Cryptomnesia, 64, 68
Birthmarks, 64 Cultural prejudices, 81
Birthmarks and birth defects, 52
Birthmarks/birth defects, 51
Blind individuals, 44 D
Darwinian-like competition, 82
Death
C life after Life after death
Cardiac arrest, 46 Destitute sick, 37
Cartesian dualism, 21 Discarnate personalities, 34–35
Cases of the reincarnation type (CORTs), 46, Disruptive scientific discoveries, 18
48–53, 67 DNA testing, 29

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Dogmatic denial, 17 I
Dogmatic devotedness, 75 Immortality of the soul, 1
Dogmatic positions, 5 empirical proof, 6
Dogmatic skepticism, 27, 75 idea of survival, 5
Dogmatism, 3 metaphysical arguments, 10
Dramatic play of personality, 67 sequitur, 8
Dreams, 7 spiritual world, 8
Drop-in communications, 37 Indirect evidence, 29
Drug use, 45 Influential philosophical traditions, 77
Dualism, 21 Intellectual humility, 27, 77
Interactionist dualism, 21
Internet age, 39
E Intersubjective/social concepts, 77
Electrical stimulation, 15 Intrinsic mechanisms, 18
Electroencephalogram (EEG), 41
Elementary education, 36
Emotional fragility, 41 J
Empirical adequacy, 69 JP’s circumstances of death, 37
Empirical evidence, 2
dogmatic denial, 17
hypothesis, 27 K
preponderance, 17 Katharine, 35
priori rejection of survival, 22
Ethics, 8
Evidence, 1 L
mediumship Mediumship Law of classical physics, 18
NDEs/OBEs, 42–46 Life after death, 1
reincarnation Reincarnation evidence Evidence
survival, 38 Living agent Psi (LAP)
survival after death Survival after death accurate memories, 66
Ex cathedra, 76 affections, 67
Existential arguments, 9 anomalous experiences, 67
Existential courage, 9 Australia, 70
Explanatory gap, 16 Brazil, 70
Extrasensory perception (ESP), 61 clairvoyance, 64
common experiences, 69
consciousness, 69
F CORTs, 67
Firewood (charcoal), 52 crippling complexity, 66
Fortuitous occurrence, 8 dramatic play of personality, 67
Fraud, 61, 63, 64, 68 evidence, 64
Fraud hunter, 34 experimental evidence, 64
explanation, 66
France, 70
G Germany, 70
George Pelham (GP), 35 hypothesis, 67
Iceland, 70
implications, 65
H Italy, 70
Hallucination, 45 memory, 67
Humanity, 46, 53 motivations, 67
Human philosophical understanding, 5 non-conventional explanation, 64
Human skill, 36 omniscient capacity, 66
Hypoxic/confusional states, 46 past-life traumatic events, 67
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personalities, 65 Mind, 29, 41, 48, 61, 62, 65, 66, 69

Portugal, 70 Mind-body dualism, 43
Russia, 70 Mind-brain relationship, 62
scientific revolutions, 69 Misguided philosophical reasoning, 19
skills, 65, 67 Modern Spiritualism, 34
super-psi, 65 Muslims, 47
survival hypothesis, 68, 69 Myanmar, 50
survival research, 64
telepathy, 64, 65
transcendent/non-physical/spiritual N
aspect, 65 Naïve and simplistic objectivism, 76
triangulation, 68 Nature, 20
UK, 69 Near-death and out-of-body experiences
USA, 69 (NDEs/OBEs)
communication, 45
concept, 43
M consciousness, 45
Mannerisms, 64 cultural factors, 43
Materialist metaphysics, 28 descriptions, 42
Materialist philosophy, 76 features, 46
Materialist scientism, 76 hypoxic/confusional states, 46
Meaningless, 76 life-threatening events, 42
Medical conditions, 45 person’s values and beliefs, 45
Mediumistic writing, 35 psychological/cognitive processes, 45
Mediumship survival, 45
Ancient Egyptians, 33 terminal lucidity, 43
anecdotal evidence, 34 unusual/extraordinary, 42
ASPR, 34 veridical perceptions, 43–45
blind protocols, 40 Neurocentrism, 16
Chaffin, 39 Neurohormonal dysregulation, 45
challenging and complex cases, 42 Neurophysiology, 61
coincidence, 41 Neuroscience
communication, 33 associated changes, 13
emotional fragility, 41 dualist conclusion, 15
fraud and superstition, 41 evidence, 13
IMI, 34 founders, 14
mediumistic phenomena, 39 in vivo electrical stimulation, 14
meta-analysis, 40 non-physicalist views of mind, 13
Palladino, Eusapia, 39 physicalist view of mind, 13
Piper, Leonora, 34–36 Newton’s law of gravitation, 18
proxy sitter, 40 Nihilism, 9
qualitative investigations, 40 Non-mental substance, 9
religious and materialist dogmatism, 33 Non-physicalist views, 19
research protocols, 41
SPECT, 40
Spiritism, 34 O
spiritual and physical realm, 33 Oarapsychological (psi) phenomena, 64
SPR, 34, 41 Occam’s razor, 16
Xavier, Chico, 36–39 Omniscient capacity, 66
Memory, 30 Open-minded Darwinian competition, 62
Mental and psychological properties, 29 Open-mindedness, 77
Metaphysical rejection, 9 Opposition to ideas, 76
Methodological Exclusion of the Optimism, 9
Transcendent, 28 Oxygen deficiency, 45
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P Rational thinking
Palladino, Eusapia, 39 structure, 8
Panpsychism, 21 tools, 7
Parnassus from Beyond the Tomb (book), 38 Recognition device, 29
Past lives, 48, 49, 52 Reincarnation
Penfield’s homunculus, 14 antiquity, 47
Perceived doctrine, 47 birthmarks and birth defects, 52
Perfect certainty, 6 Christianity, 47
Person’s life, 53 concept, 47
Personal identity, 2, 28 CORTs, 46, 48–53
Personality traits, 30, 64 cultures, 52
Persuasiveness, 78 features, 50
Phallic tomb monuments, 6 historical and archaeological research, 46
Philosophical Investigations, 76 humanity, 53
Philosophical project, 77 hypothesis, 53
Phobias, 51 idea, 46
Physicalism, 10 immortality, 47
academic environment, 75 Islam, 47
metaphysical assumption, 19 Lichtenberg, Georg, 48
perennial, 19 in modern-day western societies, 47
and spiritualism, 19 Muslims, 47
Pineal gland/epiphysis, 38 perceived doctrine, 47
Piper, Leonora, 34–36 philosophical argument, 47
Plato’s approach, 8 psychological problems, 53
Plausibility, 17 researchers, 50
Posttraumatic stress disorder, 50, 67 solved and unsolved cases, 53
Pragmatic dualism, 62 stresses, 48
Prejudice, 2, 3 survival, 52
Pre-paradigmatic period, 19 Religious and materialist dogmatism, 33
Principle of Parsimony, 16 Religious dogmas, 75, 76
Proceedings, 75 Religious felling, 9
Promissory materialism, 16 Revolutionary discoveries, 18
Proof, 62, 69 Rhetorical strategies, 15
Proxy sitter, 40 Rigorousness, 77
Pseudonyms, 34
Pseudoskepticism, 75
Psychic hormones, 38 S
Psychical Research, 34 Sacred transcendent, 5
Psychography, 37 Scholars, 51
Psychological problems, 53 Science, 19, 27
Psychological process, 77 Science vs. materialism, 9
Psychophysiological nature, 28 Scientific achievements humanity, 20
PTSD symptoms in CORT, 69 Scientific discoveries, 17
Scientific knowledge, 16
Scientific truth, 3
Q Second World War, 45
Quantum interactive dualism, 18 Secularization myth, 1
Single photon emission computed tomography
(SPECT), 40
R Skeptics, 65
Radical implications, 78 Social constructions, 28
Rational and scientific analysis, 81 Society for Psychical Research (SPR), 20
Rational appreciation, 5 Sociological understanding, 77
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Soul, 33, 34, 47, 62
Soul/mind/spirit after death, 5
Spirit, 62
Spiritism, 34
Spiritual experiences (SE), 7, 27, 28, 61
Spiritual practices, 61
Spiritual reality, 7
Spiritual traditions, 5
SPR members, 34, 41
Straightforward—and wrong—conception, 76
Stylistic features, 38
Subjectivity, 8
Substance dualism, 21
Supernaturalism, 21
Super-psi, 65
Survival, 38, 39, 42, 43, 45, 47, 48, 52
assumptions against, 3
barrier analysis, 81
compelling convergence, 81
evidence, 28, 75
historical exception, 81
human personality, 1
preliminary objections, 22
scientific and rational concept, 6
scientific evidence, 3
SPR, 20
Survival after death, 1, 2, 61–63
chance, 64
consciousness, 61
conventional sources, 64
cryptomnesia, 64
fraud, 63
human consciousness, 61
LAP Living agent Psi (LAP)
mechanisms, 62
pragmatic dualism, 62
pre-paradigmatic period, 62
scientific evidence, 62
triangulation, 62
unconscious mind, 64
Survival hypothesis, 14, 77
Survival of consciousness, 2, 5, 81
85
Survival of Human Consciousness after
Permanent Bodily Death, 81
Survival research, 2, 3, 20
Swedish medium Emanuel Swedenborg, 8
T
Telepathic and clairvoyant contact, 67
Telepathy, 64, 65
Terminal lucidity, 43
Theoretical mechanism, 17
Transcendental philosophy, 8
Transfer of allegiance, 77
Transmissive organ, 15
Transmissive theories, 15
Triangulation, 62, 68
Triple-blind studies, 63
U
Unconscious mind, 61, 64
Universality, 5
Unlearned skills, 64, 65
Unrestricted certainty, 27
Unsolved cases, 53
V
Veridical perceptions, NDEs/OBEs,
43–45
Visionary dreamlike states, 6
Visual perception, 65
Visual representations, 44
X
Xavier, Chico, 36–39
Xenoglossy, 39
Z
Zoroastrianism, 7