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PF Lyceum 202: Beyond the Body: Out-of-Body & Near-Death Experiences
$40.00 for four hours of video lecture and course materials. ISBN 1-931747-06-7.
| PF Lyceum 202: Beyond the Body -- Out-of-Body and Near-Death Experiences. The purpose of this course is to introduce students to the phenomena of out-of-body (OBE) and near-death (NDE) experiences. After a discussion of definitions of the OBE and its differences from other phenomena, the instructors will focus on discussions of specific OBE and NDE cases collected through their own research in Scotland, Spain and the United States. The rest of the course will focus on is known about the features of the OBE and NDE, the various contexts in which the experiences take place, how common these experiences are, what is known about the psychology people who have them. In addition, the instructors will discuss the various explanations offered to account for OBEs and their implications for consciousness and for the issue of the survival of bodily death. The course will end with an open discussion. Carlos S. Alvarado, PhD, was a Research Assistant to Dr. Ian Stevenson at the Division of Parapsychology of the University of Virginia. Later he was a Visiting Scholar at the Institute for Parapsychology in Durham, North Carolina. He is the President-Elect of the Parapsychological Association and the current president of the Asociación Iberoamericana de Parapsicología (Ibero-American Association of Parapsychology). Alvarado is currently working at the Parapsychology Foundation, where he is the Chairman of Domestic and International Programs, the series editor of the Foundation's Parapsychological Monographs and the Associate Editor of the International Journal of Parapsychology. Alvarado has conducted research in Puerto Rico, Scotland and in the United States on the psychology and the features of out-of-body experiences. Nancy L. Zingrone, MSEd, was Research Fellow and Visiting Scholar at the Institute for Parapsychology in Durham, North Carolina, where she conducted experimental ESP research. Zingrone has been an organizer of, and lecturer at the Summer Study Program of the Institute of Parapsychology, and has been part of the Board of Directors of the Parapsychological Association. She is a past-President of the Parapsychological Association. In addition, Zingrone is the Director of Publications of the Parapsychology Foundation, the Executive Editor of the International Journal of Parapsychology, and the Associate Editor of the series Advances in Parapsychological Research. To order this 2-video set in NTSC format (used in the United States) click here. To order this 2-video set in PAL format (used in the U.K., Europe and elsewhere) click here. Get a printable order form Go back to PF Lyceum Curriculum |
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