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Survival of Bodily Death

An Esalen Invitational Conference
December 6 - 11, 1998

Conference Summary
Summary by Steve Dinan

The entire human adventure, with all its hopes, dreams, and ambitions, ends with a question mark, a mystery writ large. Where does our consciousness go when we die? Does it dissolve irretrievably into nothingness? Or does it perhaps continue to live, grow, and take on a different form? The answer to this question has long been the province of old wives’ tales, religious mythologies, and folklore. Today, however, we have the opportunity to approach the subject of human survival of bodily death with empirical rigor, to subject ancient beliefs to cross-disciplinary and cross-cultural research that may shed light on this central human question. We feel that the practical and theoretical benefits of research into survival warrant turning the searchlight of science onto this core mystery of human life. For this reason, the Esalen Institute has inaugurated a conference series to bring the most creative and rigorous researchers and theoreticians in the field into a collaborative fellowship.

State of the Survival Field

Episodic and Periodic Nature of Psi Phenomena

Reincarnation
Emily Kelly

Near-Death Experiences
Bruce Greyson

Out-of-Body Experiences
Charles T. Tart, Ph.D.

Multiple Personality Disorder
Adam Crabtree

Channeling and mediumship
Arthur Hastings

Cross-Cultural Dimensions
Sukie Miller

Philosopy and Meta-Issues

Future Directions for Research

Bibliography

Recommended Reading

Participants


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