Immortal Remains by Braude, Stephen E. -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

Index

Title Page Copyright Page Dedication Table of Contents Preface Chapter 1 - Preliminaries

1. Introduction 2. Survival and Personal Identity 3. Survival and Anomalous Knowledge 4. The “Super-Psi” Hypothesis 5. What Else Is Wrong with the Literature on Survival NOTES

Chapter 2 - Drop-In Communicators

1. Introduction 2. Outline of the Issues 3. The Cagliostro Case 4. Runki’s Leg: The Case 5. Runki’s Leg: Theoretical Considerations and Nagging Concerns 6. Concluding Remarks NOTES

Chapter 3 - Trance Mediumship

1. Introduction 2. Outline of Mrs. Piper’s Mediumship 3. Examples of Mrs. Piper’s Mediumship 4. Mrs. Leonard’s Mediumship 5. Mediumship and Super-ESP 6. Survival and the Causal Nexus 7. The Cross-Correspondences NOTES

Chapter 4 - The Case of Sharada: Psychopathology and Xenoglossy

1. Introduction 2. Outline of the Case 3. Objections to Stevenson’s Report 4. Akolkar’s Report 5. Super Psi and Knowledge-How 6. Xenoglossy and Dissociation NOTES

Chapter 5 - The Case of Patience Worth

1. Introduction 2. Pearl Curran’s Background 3. The History, Style, and Personality of Patience Worth 4. Writing Samples 5. The Theoretical Challenge 6. Non-Survivalist Conjectures 7. Latency and Creativity: The Case of Hélène Smith 8. Other Cases of Mediumistic Creativity 9. Survivalist Conjectures 10. Concluding Remarks NOTES

Chapter 6 - Reincarnation and Possession

1. Introduction 2. The Case of Bishen Chand 3. A Recent Early-Bird Case 4. The Antonia Case 5. The Sumitra/Shiva Case 6. The Thompson-Gifford Case 7. Concluding Remarks NOTES

Chapter 7 - Lingering Spirits

1. Introduction 2. Haunting: Preliminaries 3. Haunting: Comments 4. Transplant Cases 5. Transplant Cases: Comments NOTES

Chapter 8 - Out-of-Body Experiences

1. Introduction 2. Why Externalism? 3. Distinctness and Independence 4. Apparitions and Reciprocal OBEs 5. Near-Death Experiences 6. An Appeal to Systematicity 7. Concluding Remarks NOTES

Chapter 9 - Conclusion

1. Introduction 2. Ideal Cases 3. The Significance of Physiological Data 4. The “Stuff” That Survives 5. The Almeder/Hales Debate 6. Summing Up NOTES

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