Paranormal experience and survival of death /
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| Author / Creator: | Becker, Carl B., 1951- |
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| Imprint: | Albany : State University of New York Press, c1993. |
| Description: | x, 257 p. ; 24 cm. |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | SUNY series in Western esoteric traditions |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/5140600 |
| Summary: | Paranormal Experience and Survival of Death amasses data and surveys from a century of research on the paranormal on four continents: Europe, Asia, and the Americas. Studying the tensions between religious and scientific perspectives, Becker reviews numerous substantiated accounts of demon-possession, of memories of past lives, of ghostly apparitions, and out-of-body experiences. He analyzes the medical evidence and what such experiences imply about survival after death. The author then looks at the reasons for the taboos on scientific discussion of such research within the social sciences, and proposes a new paradigm for a more holistic view of the field. |
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| Physical Description: | x, 257 p. ; 24 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (p. 219-249) and index. |
| ISBN: | 0791414752 0791414760 |
