The following is Dr Moody's personal statement from LifeAfterLife.com In 1975, I coined the term near-death experience in my book Life After Life. For half a century, I have researched some of life’s greatest mysteries. As both a PhD in philosophy and an MD, I have had a strong interest in how medical realities intersect with the ineffable realm of philosophy. In my multiple roles as author, professor, public speaker and grief counselor, I have heard thousands of accounts of near-death, shared-death and after-death experiences. I never expected that my interest in the afterlife would become such a focus of my life’s work, but it has led me to great associations, friendships and insights. Throughout my five-decade career, I have explored themes related to the trans-personal aspects of death, dying and grief. In my book Glimpses of Eternity, I discuss the phenomena of shared-death experiences. I write about my inquiry into past lives in my book Coming Back and share methods for evoking the dead, from Ancient Greece to modern times, in my book Reunions. I also have a passion for language, which I share with my colleague and co-founder of the Life After Life Institute, Lisa Smartt. My PhD in philosophy focused on unintelligibility and my new book Making Sense of Nonsense (Llewellyn 2020) discusses what nonsense teaches us about consciousness and altered states of being. For years, I have imagined a forum in which leading-edge researchers and thinkers could share their most up-to-date investigations into near-death phenomena while also drawing upon the wisdom of the ancients whose practices and customs clearly recognized a life beyond this one. With the help of my friends and colleagues, I will share with each of you all we have discovered at the most fascinating frontiers of life and death. Raymond Moody, MD, PhD I'm Convinced Consciousness Survives Dr Raymond Moody, who coined the term "near-death experience," offers an introduction to The University of Heaven with an overview of why after 50 years of skeptical inquiry, he is convinced that consciousness survives. In Search Of The Afterlife with Raymond Moody Here he reflects upon his lifelong quest to better understand the mystery of death. He acknowledges the existence of the afterlife, saying that he could no longer resist the evidential strength of certain cases. He also shares his passion for the philosophical exploration of near-death reports. He explains how he came to develop a classification scheme for levels and degrees of nonsense. He points out how the study of nonsense can lead to a shift in consciousness, required to fully understand the nature of the afterlife.
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Al-Masudi (c. 896-956) An Arab historian, geographer, and traveler. He is sometimes referred to as the 'Herodotus of the Arabs'.
Al-Masudi and The Arabian Nights In 947, Al-Masudi describes a large collection of a thousand tales from all over the ancient world that he calls the Persian Hazar afsana (A Thousand Stories). The stories (some of them psi-themed) circulated for centuries, with new folk tales and renditions being added to the mix over the years.
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AESCHYLUS: Aeschylus (525-456 BCE) AKSAKOV: Alexander Aksakov {aka Aksakof} (1832–1903) AL-MASUDI: Al-Masudi (c. 896-956) AUERBACH: Loyd Auerbach (1956-) B
BACKSTER: Cleve Backster (1924-2013) BALFOUR: Arthur Balfour (1848-1930) BALFOUR: Gerald Balfour (1853-1945) BARRETT: William Barrett (1845-1925) BELOFF: John Beloff (1920-2006) BENDER: Hans Bender (1907-1991) BERGSON Henri Bergson (1859-1941) BESTERMAN: Theodore Besterman (1904-1976) BOSANQUET: Theodora Bosanquet (1881-1961) BOZZANO: Ernesto Bozzano (1862-1943) BRAUD: William G Braud ((1942-2012) C
CARINGTON: Whately Carington (1892-1947) CARR: Bernard Carr (1949-) CARRINGTON: Hereward Carrington (1880-1958) CARTER: Chris Carter (1956-) CASSIRER: Manfred Cassirer (1920-2003) CHRISTIE-MURRAY: David Christie-Murray (1913-2010) CORNELL: Tony Cornell (1923-2010) CROOKES: William Crookes (1832-1919) CURIE: Marie Curie (1867-1934) CURIE: Pierre Curie (1859-1906) D
DAVIS: Andrew Jackson Davis (1826-1910) DESSOIR: Max Dessoir (1867-1941) DICK: Philip K Dick DINGWALL: Eric Dingwall (1890-1986) DODDS: ER Dodds (1893-1979) DOYLE: Arthur Conan Doyle (1859-1930) DRAYTON THOMAS: Charles Drayton Thomas (1868-1953) DRIESCH: Hans Driesch (1867-1941) DUCASSE: CJ Ducasse (1881-1969) E
EDMONDS: John W Edmonds (1799-1874) EISENBUDD: Jule Eisenbud (1908-1999) ELLISON: Arthur Ellison (1920-2000) EVANS: Hilary Evans (1929-2011) F
FAIRFIELD: Letitia Fairfield (1885-1978) FENWICK: Peter Fenwick FIELDING: Everard Feilding (1867-1936) FLAMMARION: Camille Flammarion (1842-1925) FLOURNOY: Théodore Flournoy (1854-1920) FODOR: Nandor Fodor (1895-1964) FONTANA: David Fontana (1934-2010) G
GARLAND: Hamlin Garland (1861-1940) GAULD: Alan Gauld (1932-) GELEY: Gustave Geley (1868-1924) GILBERT: Mostyn Gilbert (1924-1992) GOLDNEY: Mollie Goldney (1895-1992) GREEN: Andrew Green (1927-2004) GREGORY: Anita Gregory (1925-1984) GROSSE: Maurice Grosse (1919-2006) GURNEY: Edmund Gurney (1847-1888) H
HARDY: Alister Hardy (1896-1985) HARE: Robert Hare (1781-1858) HERBERT: Benson Herbert (1912-1991) HEYWOOD: Rosalind Heywood (1895-1980) HODGSON: Richard Hodgson (1855-1905) HONORTON: Charles Honorton (1946-1992) HYSLOP: James Hyslop (1854-1920) I
INGLIS: Brian Inglis (1916-1993) J
JAMES: William James (1842-1910) JOAD: CEM Joad (1891-1953 K
KEEN: Montague Keen (1926-2004) KOESTLER: Arthur Koestler (1905-1983) L
LACHMAN: Gary Lachman [aka Gary Valentine] (1955-) LAMBERT: Guy Lambert (1889-1984) LANG: Andrew Lang (1844-1912) LOMBROSO: Cesare Lombroso (1835-1909) LYTTELTON: Edith Lyttelton (1865-1948) M
MACKENZIE: Andrew Mackenzie (1911-2001) MARCEL: Gabriel Marcel (1889-1973) MCCONNELL: Robert A McConnell (1914-2006) MCDOUGAL: William McDougall (1871-1938) MEDHURST: George Medhurst (1920-1971) MISHLOVE: Jeffrey Mishlove (1946-) MOODY: Raymond Moody (1944-) MORRIS: Robert Morris (1942-2004) MORSELLI: Enrico Morselli (1852-1929) MUNDLE: Clement Mundle (1916-1989) MURPHY: Gardner Murphy (1895-1979) MURRAY: Gilbert Murray (1866-1957) MYERS: Frederic WH Myers (1843-1901) |
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NICOL: John Fraser Nicol (?-1989) NOYES: Ralph Noyes (1923-1998) O
OSIS: Karlis Osis (1917-1997) OWEN: ARG Owen (1919-2003) P
PETERS: William J Peters PEROVSKY-PETROVO-SOLOVONO: Count Perovsky-Petrovo-Solovovo (1868-1954) PHILLIMORE: Mercy Phillimore (1885-1975) PIDDINGTON: John Piddington (1869-1952) PIERCE: Charles Peirce (1839–1914) PODMORE: Frank Podmore (1856-1910) PRATT: JG Pratt (1910-1979) PRICE: Harry Price (1881-1948) PRICE: HH Price (1899-1984) PRIESTLY: JB Priestley (1894-1984) PRINCE: Walter Franklin Prince (1863-1934) PUHARICH: Andrija Puharich (1918-1995) Q
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RHINE: JB Rhine (1895-1980) RHINE: Louisa E Rhine (1891-1983) RICHET: Charles Richet (1850-1935) ROBINSON: Chris Robinson (1951) ROGO: David Scott Rogo (1950-1990) ROLL: William Roll (1926-2012) ROY: Archie Roy (1924-2012) S
SALTER: William Salter (1880-1969) SALTMARSH: HF Saltmarsh (1881-1943) SCHMEIDLER: Gertrude Schmeidler (1912-2009) SCHNITTGER: Karin Schnittger SCHNITTGER: Walter Schnittger SCHRENK-NOTZING: Albert von Schrenck-Notzing (1862-1929) SEMKIW: Walter Semkiw SHELDRAKE: Rupert Sheldrake (1942) SHRODER: Tom Shroder SIDGWICK: Eleanor Sidgwick (1845-1936) SIDGWICK: Henry Sidgwick (1838-1900) SOAL: SG Soal (1890-1975) STEAD: William T Stead (1849-1912) STEVENSON: Ian Stevenson, (1918-2007) STRATTON: FJM Stratton (1881-1960) STRUTT: John Strutt, 3rd Baron Rayleigh (1842-1919) STRUTT: Robert Strutt, 4th Baron Rayleigh (1875-1947) SUDRE: René Sudre (1880-1968) T
TENHAEFF: WHC Tenhaeff (1894-1981) THALBOURNE: Michael A Thalbourne (1955-2010) THOULESS: Robert Thouless (1894-1984) THURSTON: Herbert Thurston (1856-1939) TYRELL: GNM Tyrrell (1879-1952) U
ULLMAN: Montague Ullman (1916-2008) UNDERWOOD: Peter Underwood (1923-2014) W
WALLACE: Alfred Russel Wallace (1823-1913) WARCOLLIER: René Warcollier (1881-1962) WHITEMAN: Michael Whiteman (1906-2007) X
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ZÖLLNER: Johann Friedrich Zöllner (1834–1882) ZORAB: George Zorab (1898-1990) |