Aborigines, 212
academia, 23, 55
Afghanistan, 174, 235, 250
afterlife, 6, 13, 15, 32, 34, 35, 41, 78, 101, 107, 111, 249
induced after-death communication, 233–50
near-death experiences and, 32–51
agnosticism, 14
Aharonov, Yakir, 9
AIDS, 50
alchemy, 5–6
alcoholism, 238
aliens, 156, 159
abductions, 150
See also unidentified flying objects (UFOs)
Allen, Joseph, 160
Allen, Steve, 115–19, 130, 132, 293
Allison, Paul D., 58
“Experimental Parapsychology as a Rejected Science,” 58
Amazing Meeting, 71
Amis, Martin, 1
amygdala, 9–11, 60, 192–93, 195–96
anesthesia, 85, 86–87, 89, 93
Angelou, Maya, 163
anoxia, 39
Apollo space program, 153–57, 158, 160–62
Aridaeus of Soli, 33
Aristotle, 211
Army, U.S., 56
IADC therapy for vets, 233–35, 238–43, 246, 247–50
remote viewing experiments, 56–59, 81
art, 103, 217
artificial intelligence (AI), 89, 90, 91
Association for Space Explorers, 161
Association for the Psychophysiological Study of Sleep (APSS), 214
Aston, Francis, 6
astrology, 67–68
astronauts, 153–75
atheism, 8, 14, 15, 16, 94, 107, 183, 186–88, 198, 263, 265
Atran, Scott, 187–88
Baltic Sea, 59
Barber, Theodore, 148
Barham, Jay and Martha, 47–50
Barrett, Deirdre, 220–21
BBC, 54, 126
Beaver, David, 171–72
behaviorism, 211, 238
belief, 14, 15, 234, 262, 263
skepticism vs., 53–81
Berger, Hans, 6
Berger, Rick E., 71
Beyond Belief Conference, 83–86, 100, 103, 108
Bigelow, Bob, 173
Bingham, Roger, 83–84
BioLogos Foundation, 200
biology, 102, 103, 127
Blackmore, Susan, 70–71
Dying to Live, 39–40
“The Elusive Open Mind: Ten Years of Negative Research in Parapsychology,” 70
Blagrove, Mark, 220
BMC Genomics, 199
Bohm, David, 9
Botkin, Allan, 234–50
Induced After-Death Communication, 242
Bowie, David, 128
BP oil spill, 163
brain, 4, 6, 9–11, 16, 24, 39–40, 41, 60–61, 89, 90, 183, 246, 262
consciousness outside the, 83–112
dreaming and, 216–24
effects of meditation and prayer on, 177–204
near-death experience and, 39–40, 41–43
perceptual illusions created by, 190–92
See also amygdala
Branson, Richard, 173, 174
British Humanist Association, 107
Britton, Willoughby, 41–43
Brown, Dan:
The Da Vinci Code, 156
The Lost Symbol, 156
Buddhism, 105, 107, 166, 179, 197, 199, 200, 209, 211–12, 262
Bush, George W., 44
Campbell, Thomas, My Big TOE, 106
cancer, 167–68, 236, 244
carbon dioxide, 44
cardiac arrest, 33
cardiac massage theory, 38, 39
Carnegie Mellon University, 159
Carter, Chris, Parapsychology and the Skeptics, 66
Catholicism, 182, 210–11, 257
Cave, Nick, “Dig, Lazarus, Dig!” 21
Center for Sleep Research, UCLA, 218
Cernan, Eugene, 160
Chalmers, David, 109–110
change blindness, 190
chemistry, 5, 99
Chen, Norbu, 166–67
Chicago, 27, 238, 244
VA Hospital, 238–40
childhood memories, 139–46
China, 127
Christianity, 29, 34, 167, 194, 195, 198, 199, 200, 210–11
prayer, 195–96
Churchill, Winston, 3
Churchland, Patricia, 83, 102
clairvoyance, 57
climate change, 163, 173
CNN, 114
Coldea, Radu, 103
Cold War, 161
Collins, Francis, 200–201
The Language of God, 200
Collins, Michael, 160
Colvin, Barrie, 152
Committee for Skeptical Inquiry (CSI), 72
Committee for the Scientific Investigation of Claims of the Paranormal (CSICOP), 66–69, 72
compassion, 198
computers, 92, 99
consciousness, 13, 36, 83–112, 156, 167–68, 183, 211, 234
outside the brain, 83–112
Penrose-Hameroff model of, 83–112
quantum theory of, 83–112
research, 88–112
Copeland, Matt, 129
Copenhagen argument, 97–98
Copernican perspective, 162
Corcoran, Diane, 35
CPR, 32–33, 38
Crick, Francis, 217
Current Research in Social Psychology, 74
Daily Mail, 55
Dalai Lama, 17, 105, 200, 201
Dalton, Jeff, 227
Danley, July, 136
d’Aquili, Eugene, 183–84
dark matter, 8
Dateline (TV program), 157
Dawkins, Richard, 1, 14, 15, 16, 17, 83, 85, 151, 178, 183, 187, 201, 212, 265
“Time to Stand Up,” 1
death, 15, 218–19, 234
Buddhist views on, 209
fear of, 34, 38, 112
induced after-death communication, 233–50
Kübler-Ross on, 22–23, 26–32, 36–37, 45
near-death experiences and, 21–51
de Bono, Edward, 125–26, 219
Delorme, Arnaud, 110
Dement, William, 211, 212–13
Dennett, Daniel, 15, 110–11, 178, 187, 201
Consciousness Explained, 110
Darwin’s Dangerous Idea, 183
Deutsch, David, 54
Discover, 42
Discovery channel, 157
Disneyland, 141–42
District Nine (film), 128
DNA, 200, 217
dreaming, 6, 205–231
lucid, 205–231, 255–66
dream yoga, 209
drugs, 26, 38, 40, 167–68, 247
D’Souza, Dinesh, 187
DuBois, Allison, 76
Dunning, Brian, 13, 123–24
“dyadic” model of the universe, 169
Dylan, Bob, “Ballad of a Thin Man,” 53
Eagleman, David, 14, 17
Easterbrook, Gregg, “Why We Shouldn’t Go to Mars,” 153
Edwards, Tim, 122–23
Einstein, Albert, 9, 95, 99, 100
electricity, 6
electro encephalogram (EEG), 6
electronic voice phenomenon, 2–3
electrooculogram (EOG), 213, 214
EMF waves, 148
Empire-Tribune, 114, 118, 129, 133
endorphins, 39
Enlightenment, 7
entanglement, 95, 101
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), 161, 163
epilepsy, 41, 42
epistemology, 14
Everett, Hugh, 98
evolution, 200
evolutionary neuroscience, 83
extrasensory perception (ESP), 57
eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR), 236–50
Falwell, Jerry, 198
Family Ghost, 139–46, 251–54, 266
fantasy-prone personality (FPP), 148–50
Fanthorpe, Lionel, 3
Fate magazine, 67
fear, 196, 197
Feynman, Richard, 98, 99
The Strange Theory of Light and Matter, 99
Fields, W. C., 251
fight-or-flight response, 192–93, 246
Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse, 15
Franciscan nuns, 195, 196
French, Chris, 55, 61, 73, 151
Freud, Sigmund, 217
“fringe” journals, 66
Gaitan, Lee Roy, 113–14, 117, 133, 135
Galileo, 64
Ganzfeld tests, 60, 75
Garn, Jake, 161
Gauquelin, Michel and Francoise, 67–68
Gebser, Jean, 17, 201
Geller, Uri, 69–70, 164–66, 170
Gell-Man, Murray, 98
genetics, 198–99, 200
Gentile, Lou, 1–3, 17, 18, 152
ghosts, 3, 4, 6, 7–8, 18, 51, 139–52, 251–54, 266
childhood memories of, 139–46
skeptics, 143–44, 146–52
“giggle factor,” 173
global warming, 163
glossolalia, 184–85
Goddard, Robert, 158–59
Gödel, Kurt, 92
gold, 5
golden ratio, 103
Great Britain, 53–55, 93, 123–24, 148, 188
Greeks, ancient, 54
Green, Al, 185
Greene, Brian, The Fabric of the Cosmos, 102
Grush, Rick, 102
Guardian, 200
Haiti earthquake, 182
Halloween, 7
Hameroff, Stuart, 83–112
theory of consciousness, 83–112
Ultimate Computing: Biomolecular Consciousness and Nanotechnology, 89–90, 91
in What the Bleep Do We Know?, 100–101, 102, 108
Hamilton, William, 126
Harper’s, 49
Harribance, Sean, 61
Harribance Effect, 61
Harris, Sam, 15, 16, 83, 178, 187, 200, 265
End of Faith, 61
Haunt Project, 148
Hawaii, 205, 208, 218, 221, 225, 226, 231, 255, 259, 265–66
Hawking, Stephen, 98
HBO, 50
Hebard, Arthur, 70
hell, 257–58, 263–64
Hemingway, Ernest, “A Clean, Well-Lighted Place,” 21
Henry, Joe, “Flag,” 177
Herodotus, 54
Hessler, Peter, Oracle Bones, 127
Hilprecht, Hermann, 221
Hinduism, 212
Hitchens, Christopher, 15, 178, 182, 183, 187, 201
God Is Not Great, 182
Horgan, John, The End of Science, 8
hospice movement, 23
Howe, Elias, 220
Humanist, The, 67
Hume, David, 63
Hyman, Ray, 64
“Evaluation of a Program on Anomalous Mental Phenomena,” 60
hypnagogic hallucinations, 149
hypnotism, 5, 148
hysterectomy, 261–62
imaginary playmates, 148
Imara, Reverend Mwalimu, 27–32, 46, 48–49, 50, 51
Inception (film), 206
induced after-death communication (IADC), 233–50
for retired soldiers, 233–35, 238–43, 246, 247–50
infrasound, 147–48
Institute of Noetic Sciences (IONS), 156–57, 164, 168, 169, 175
Remission Project, 168
Internet, 80, 131, 165
iPod, 99, 203
Iraq War, 174, 235, 250
Islam, 187, 212
isotope, 6
James, William:
“The Energies of Men,” 255
The Will to Believe, 233
James Randi Educational Foundation ( JREF), 72–73
Jansen, Karl, 38
Japan, 114
Jesus Christ, 29
Jewel, 121
“Stephenville, TX,” 113
Johnson, Samuel, 139
Joiner, Angelia, 114, 118–20, 129, 130, 134, 135
Jones, David, 126
Josephson, Brian, 53–55, 73
Josephson Junctions, 54
Joshi, Shaun, 6
Journal of Abnormal Psychology, 185
Journal of Chemical Education, 126
Journal of Projective Techniques, 167
Kammann, Richard, 69
Kanakaredes, Melina, 50
Kekulé, Friedrich, 220
ketamine, 38
King, Rodney, 1
Kinsel, Pam, 130
Klass, Philip, 69, 124–25
knowledge, 14
Korean War, 154
Krauss, Lawrence, 85
Krebiozen, 167–68
Krippner, Stanley, 73
Kübler-Ross, Elisabeth, 21–51, 149, 165
childhood of, 25
on death, 22–23, 26–32, 36–37, 45
fall from grace, 23–25, 45, 49–51
near-death experiences and, 23–25, 29–32, 34, 35, 40, 44–51
On Death and Dying, 22–23, 31, 36, 37, 45
Wheel of Life, 45
Kucinich, Dennis, 130–31
Kuhn, Thomas, The Structure of Scientific Revolutions, 12
Kurtz, Paul, 67, 68
LaBerge, Stephen, 205–231, 255–66
Exploring the World of Lucid Dreaming, 206, 224
lucid dreaming and, 205–231, 255–66
Lareau, Tom, 233–34
Larry King Live (TV program), 114, 125
Lawrence, T. E., 205
Lewis, Karl, 120
Life magazine, 31, 70
life review, 34
Lincoln, Abraham, 6
Loewi, Otto, 220
logic, 126–27, 219–20
Long, Jeffrey, 33, 34, 38, 39
Lorenz, Konrad, On Aggression, 153
Los Angeles Times, 49, 132
love, 198
lucid dreaming, 205–231, 255–66
meditation and, 206, 207, 211–12, 226
Lucidity Institute, 215
Maccabee, Bruce, 123
MacLaine, Shirley, 130
Sageing While Aging, 131
Magical Ideation Scale, 150
many-worlds theory, 98–99
Margolis, Jonathan, 70
“Mars effect,” 67–68
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 159–60
materialism, 17, 34, 43, 94, 107, 174, 265
mathematics, 92
Mayer, Elizabeth, Extraordinary Knowing, 65
McDougall, Christopher, Born to Run, 197
McGaha, James, 69, 125, 132
McKenna, Terence, 41
McKinnon, Gary, 3
McMoneagle, Joe, 59
media, 8, 14, 23, 24, 34, 43, 44, 50, 152, 262–63
on lucid dreaming, 206, 210
on UFOs, 114, 117, 118–20, 128–35
See also radio; specific publications; television
meditation, 156, 177–204, 206, 261
lucid dreaming and, 206, 207, 211–12, 226
neurological effects of, 177–204
Tibetan, 179, 180, 184, 195–96, 199
mediums. See psychics
memory loss, 40
Mendeleyev, Dmitri, 220
mental telepathy. See telepathy
meta-analysis, 60
micro- and macro-worlds, 102–104
microtubules, 89–91, 93, 94, 101, 109
MILD technique, 228–29
military, 58–59, 105, 154, 159, 260
IADC therapy for vets, 233–35, 238–43, 246, 247–50
UFOs and, 113, 116, 120, 123–24, 128–29, 131, 134–35
Mindful Awareness Research Center, UCLA, 199
mindfulness, 226, 227
Mitchell, Edgar, 153–75, 179
The Way of the Explorer, 166
Molloy, Doreen, 77–81
Moody, Raymond, 35
Life After Life, 23, 46–47
Moore, William, 124
Mousseau, M. C., 65–66
Munk, Dr. William, Euthanasia or Medical treatment in the Aid of Easy Dying, 33
Murphy, Mark, 133–34
music, 193–94
Musk, Elon, 174
Mutual UFO Network (MUFON), 114, 120, 125, 132
mysticism, 11, 13, 17, 47, 199, 265
Nagel, Lynn, 212, 214
NASA, 3, 106, 156, 160, 161
near-death experiences (NDEs), 4, 21–51, 149
description of, 33–34, 39
history of, 33–34
Kübler-Ross and, 23–25, 29–32, 34, 35, 40, 44–51
in Vietnam soldiers, 35
neurons, 12, 41, 42, 43, 84, 89, 90, 91, 92, 109, 110
neuroplasticity, 196, 223–24
neuroscience, 6, 11–12, 16, 55, 85, 195, 201, 265
neurotheology, 178–204
New Age, 75, 94, 100, 107, 156, 173, 174
New Atheists, 15, 16, 178, 182–83, 186–88, 200, 201
Newberg, Andrew, 177–204, 207, 209, 221, 223, 226, 264
Why God Won’t Go Away, 180
Newton, Isaac, 6, 76, 92, 94, 95, 96, 154, 202
New York, 76, 183
New York Times, 14, 42
NPR, 157
Obama, Barack, 44, 177, 200
occult, 6
Oracle at Delphi, 54
Orch-OR theory, 101–102, 107
outer space, 153–75
out-of-body experience, 33–34, 39, 40, 149
overview effect, 161, 172–74
Overview Institute, 171–72
Oxford University, 93, 94, 103
oxygen, lack of, 39–40
pain, 5
Pape, Robert A.:
Cutting the Fuse, 187
Dying to Win, 187
parallel worlds, 106
paranormal, 1–19, 266
belief vs. skepticism, 53–81
definition of, 4–5
ghosts and, 139–52, 251–54
induced after-death communication and, 233–50
lucid dreaming and, 205–231, 255–66
near-death experiences, 21–51
neurotheology and, 177–204
outer space and, 153–75
quantum consciousness and, 83–112
UFOs, 113–37
Paranormal Challenge, 72–73
Paranormal Taint, 61–62, 63, 76, 212, 217, 221, 235
Parapsychological Association (PA), 55–59, 63, 71, 74
Seattle conference (2009), 55–59, 74–75
parapsychology, 55–81
Parnia, Sam, 39
What Happens When We Die?, 39–40
Pastoral Psychology, 185
peace, 198
Penrose, Roger, 84, 91–95, 100, 103, 107
The Emperor’s New Mind, 83, 91–93, 94, 103
Penrose-Hameroff theory of consciousness, 83–112
People, 49
Perceptual and Motor Skills, 214
Persinger, Michael, 61, 148
Philadelphia, 128, 144
Philadelphia Weekly, 131, 152
photons, 96, 97, 103–104
photosynthesis, 103
physics, 9, 12, 53–55, 76, 89, 92, 94–100, 106, 202. See also quantum mechanics
Piaget, Jean, Play, Dreams and Imitation in Childhood, 142
Pinch, Trevor, 64–65
placebo effect, 5, 12, 167–68
Planck, Max, 95
Planck Scale, 102
Plato, 6, 85
Playfair, Guy Lyon, 60, 70
Plutarch, 33
politics, 4, 14, 17, 44
poltergeists, 140–41, 146, 152, 251. See also ghosts
Popular Mechanics, 132
possibilianism, 14
post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), 235, 237, 238, 246
Powell, Robert, 132, 133
power of suggestion, 5
prayer, 177–204
neurological effects of, 177–204
precognition, 57
Pressman, Zev, 70
Pribram, Karl, 9
Price, Pat, 59
Princeton Engineering Anomalies Research (PEAR), 63
probability, 59
pseudoscience, 65, 66
pseudoskeptics, 67
psi, 53–81, 168–69
remote viewing, 55–60
research, 57–81
telepathy skeptics vs. believers, 53–81
psychiatry, 26–27
psychics, 47–48, 69, 76–81, 149, 151, 163–64
psychokinesis (PK), 57, 156
psychology, 6, 211, 237, 238
Psychology Today, 44
public opinion, on paranormal activity, 74
PubMed, 214–15
Pyszczynski, Tom, 193
quantum consciousness, 83–112
quantum cryptography, 105
quantum mechanics, 9, 12, 53, 54, 57, 84, 85, 92, 94–112, 127, 202
many-worlds theory, 98–99
quantum tunneling, 54
Quincey, Thomas de, Confessions of an English Opium Eater, 33
Rabbinical Alliance of America, 198
radar, 124, 133
Radin, Dean, 60, 61, 78, 168–69, 197
radio, 54, 114, 157
Randi, James, 54, 66, 68, 69, 70–74, 151
Flim-Flam!, 70
Raub, L. David, 98
Rawlins, Dennis, 67–68, 69
religion, 4, 5, 8, 11, 14, 15, 16, 29, 34, 43, 84, 85, 206, 264, 265
fundamentalist, 182, 198
neurological effects of prayer, 177–204
outer space and, 153–75
See also specific religions
Religulous (film), 186
Remote Viewing (RV), 55–60, 63, 75, 81
REM sleep, 212, 214, 216–17, 246, 249
Rendlesham Forest case, 123–24
Robertson, Pat, 14, 182, 183, 198, 265
Roebke, Joshua, 104
Ron, Yuval, 194
Rosenblum (Bruce) and Kuttner (Fred), Quantum Enigma, 106
Ross, Colin, 6
Ross, Ken, 24, 45, 48, 50
Ross, Manny, 26, 27, 31, 48
Roswell, New Mexico, 121, 158–59
Royal Mail, 53
Russert, Tim, 130, 131
Rutan, Burt, 174
Sabom, Michael, 39
Sagan, Carl, 63
Saint-Denys, Marquis d’Hervey, Dreams and the Ways to Direct Them: Practical Observations, 212, 214
schizophrenia, 26, 46, 150, 186
Schlitz, Marilyn, 175
Schulze, Glen, 132, 133
Schwartz, Gary, 73
Schweickart, Rusty, 161, 162, 163
science, 5–6, 8–9, 11, 12–13, 17, 32, 54, 58, 64, 65, 72, 74, 81, 84, 92, 94–100, 105–106, 126, 217, 259, 260, 262, 264
neurological effects of prayer and meditation, 177–204
outer space and, 153–75
séance, 47, 48
Seattle, 2009 Parapsychological Association conference in, 55–59, 74–75
Seed magazine, 104
Sejnowski, Terrence, 85, 86, 126
September 11 terrorist attacks, 44, 183
sex, 50
Shapiro, Francine, 236–40
EMDR, 236
Sheldrake, Rupert, 72, 73
Siegel, Jerry, 218
Sightings (TV program), 122–23
Skeptical Inquirer, 65, 71
skepticism, 53–81, 141, 151, 174, 251
belief vs., 53–81
ghosts and, 143–44, 146–52
UFOs and, 123–28
Skeptiko, 13, 44, 72
Skeptoid, 13
skiing, 196, 197
sleep, 205
lucid dreaming, 205–231, 255–66
REM, 212, 214, 216–17, 246, 249
Smalley, Susan, 199
Smith, Paul H., 56–57, 70
Society for Neuroscience, 201
Society for Psychical Research, 152, 212
Solomon Islands, 4
Sony, 81
Sorrells, Ricky, 113–15, 119–20, 130, 134–35
Soviet Union, 59
space tourism, 171–74
space travel, 153–75
speaking in tongues, 184–85
SPECT scan, 180, 185
spirituality, 84, 85
Stanford Research Institute (SRI), 69, 70, 164, 165
Stanford University, 205, 211
statistical significance, 75
Stephenville Lights, 8, 113–23, 124, 133–37
Stoneham, Marshall, 109–110
stress, 197, 198, 199, 236, 237, 238, 246
suicide bombings, 187
supernatural, 4
definition of, 4–5
surgery, 86–87
Switzerland, 25
Szent-Györgyi, Albert, 126
Tamil Tigers, 187
Tart, Charles, 74–75
The End of Materialism, 74
technology, 5, 12, 23, 54
Tegmark, Max, 101, 102
telepathy, 4, 13, 53, 57, 99, 101, 156
skeptics vs. believers, 53–81
television, 4, 40, 62, 99, 114, 122, 157
terrorism, 44, 174, 183, 187, 188, 198
terror management theory (TMT), 193
Texas, 113, 114, 132
Stephenville Lights, 8, 113–23, 133–37
Thespesius, 33
Tibetan meditation, 179, 180, 184, 195–96, 199
time, 9, 17, 34
Time magazine, 49
Tollaksen, Jeff, 9
Tolle, Eckhart, 199
Tolstoy, Leo, War and Peace, 109
tourism:
space, 171–74
UFO, 120–22
Truzzi, Marcello, 63, 67
Tsakiris, Alex, 13–14, 44, 72
Tuszynski, Jack, 101, 111
twins, 60
UFO Magazine, 134
unidentified flying objects (UFOs), 3, 4, 8, 17, 113–37, 150
media on, 114, 117, 118–20, 128–35
Roswell, 121
skeptics, 123–28
Stephenville Lights, 113–23, 124, 128–37
tourism, 120–22
University College London, 109
University of Arizona, 86, 109
University of Chicago, 27
University of Pennsylvania, 177–78, 183, 184
Utts, Jessica, 62–63, 168–69
Seeing Through Statistics, 62
van der Kolk, Bessel, 250
van Eeden, Frederik, The Study of Dreams, 212, 214
Vanilla Sky (film), 206, 210
Veteran’s Administration (VA) Hospital, Chicago, 238–40
vets, IADC therapy for, 233–35, 238–43, 246, 247–50
Vietnam War, 35, 154, 233
IADC therapy for vets, 233–34, 238–43, 246, 247–50
Virgin Galactic, 171–74
visual perceptions, 190–92
Waggoner, Robert, 259
Waldman, Mark Robert, 194–202
Wall Street Journal, The, 131
Washington, D.C., 124, 183
Webster’s Third New International Dictionary, 4
What the Bleep Do We Know? (documentary), 100–101, 102, 106, 108, 186
Wheeler, John, 97
White, Frank, 161–64, 172–73
Wilber, Ken, 17, 201
Wilson, Sheryl, 148
Windbridge Institute, 77–78
Wired, 41, 174
Wise, Jeff, 44
Wiseman, Richard, 55, 61, 72
Woerlee, G. M., 38, 39
Woolf, Nancy, 111
yoga, 209
Zeilinger, Anton, 104–105, 106, 110
Zetetic, The, 67
Zurich, 25