Index

A

American Society for Psychical Research (ASPR), 35

Ascent of the Blessed, 26

astral travel, 8, 18, 39

auras, 8, 39–41

B

ba, 12, 17. See also body double.

Bertrand, J. L., 9–10

Blavatsky, Helena Petrovna, 22

body double

acconts of, 9, 21–23

defined, 8, 12

portrayals of, 17

Bosch, Hieronymus, 26

Bruce, Robert, 7–9

C

cats, 34

E

Egypt, 12, 17

Elisha the prophet, 12–13

extrasensory perception (ESP), 8

G

Gerhardie, William, 18–21

H

Hemingway, Ernest, 18

Hemi-Sync, 31

Hermotimus, 14

I

India, 12, 22

K

ka, 12

Kirlian photos, 39

L

Lawrence, D. H., 17

life reviews in NDEs, 24, 28, 29

Lindbergh, Charles, 15

M

MacLaine, Shirley, 36

meditation, 39, 43

Monroe, Robert, 31–32

Morris, Robert, 34

Muldoon, Sylvan, 21

N

near-death experience (NDE)

accounts of, 9–10, 18, 24–30, 31, 32

defined, 8

life-changing effects of, 24–26, 29, 30

life reviews in, 24, 28, 29

New Age movement, 36

O

Olcott, Henry, 22

out-of-body experience (OBE)

accounts of, 7–12, 16–23

defined, 8

history of, 7–9, 12–15

induction of, 16, 18

research on, 16, 31–36

survey results on, 23

technique, 37–43

P

Plato, 14

Plotinus, 14

R

Ritchie, George, 24–26

S

Sharp, Kimberly Clark, 26

silver cord, 9, 12, 18–21, 36

T

Tart, Charles, 33–34

theosophy, 22

Tolstoy, Leo, 17–18

trances, 12

Twain, Mark, 17, 21–23