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  Index

  Aborigines (New South Wales), 88

  Abrecation, 80

  Abreu, Rosalia, 52

  Absolute death, 36, 45

  dissociation and, 142, 159

  Accidental deaths, 91

  Actias luna, 175

  Acupuncture, 118-19, 145, 157, 159, 184, 185, 189, 205, 218, 220

  and energy channels, 118-19

  Adamenko, Victor, 121, 189

  Aging (the aged), 61, 64

  brain patterns in dying and, 82-83

  and dreaming, 123

  life expectancy and, 61-62

  personality changes in, 100

  Agony,

  dying and, 66, 67

  Agpaoa, Tony, 212-13, 218

  Air burial, 87

  Airplanes,

  disappearance of, 164-65

  Alcoholics,

  memory and, 106-7

  Algae, 184

  Alpha brain waves, 141, 143, 218

  Amanita muscaria, 194

  Amenhotep III, Pharaoh, 192, 193

  American Society for Physical Research, 127

  Amino acids, 27

  D (right-handed) and L (left-handed), 27

  Amputations,

  phantom limbs and, 120-21, 161

  Amylase-amylose (enzyme), 202

  Andersen, Hans Christian, 17

  Andrade, H. D., 121

  Anger (frustration),

  as reaction to dying, 64

  Angstroms, 21

  Animals (animal life), 61, 113

  (see also specific kinds)

  and aging, 61

  and behavior studies, 93, 94-95, 96

  and death awareness, 48ff., 52-60, 71

  and death feigning, 73-76, 83

  and death by fright and stress, 70-71

  and dreaming, 103-4, 105-6, 108

  and ghosts, 174-76

  Animism,

  children and, 51

  Anolis carolinensis, 75

  Anterior cingulectomy, 108

  Apparitions, 153, 163, 168, 172-73, 174, 196

  (see also Ghosts, Monsters)

  possession and, 178-97

  Arigó (José de Freitas), 206-8

  Arms or legs,

  crossing of, 139-40

  Ascomycete fungus, 184

  Ashanti (West Africa), 87

  Asmat headhunters, 88

  Asphyxia, 43

  Asthenic (body type), 97

  Astral body, 159

  Astral projection, 135-45, 153, 159

  See also Out-of-body experiences

  Athletic (body type), 97

  Atoms, 9, 26

  See also Molecules

  Atropine, 16

  Auditory phenomena, 169-72, 174

  See also Hearing, sense of

  Auras, 155-61

  (see also Bioplasma)

  healing and, 203-5, 206-7, 220-21

  Autopsies, 16

  Autosuggestion,

  healing and, 199

  Azande (Africa), 112

  Baalbek, 164

  Babies

  (see also Birth, Children)

  and dreaming, 104, 110, 123

  Baboons,

  death awareness in, 48

  Backster, Cleve, 53-58

  Bacteria, 24-26, 27-28, 30

  immortality and, 27-28

  reproduction and, 27-28, 29-30

  white cells and, 24-25

  Bahama Islands,

  physical force fields near, 163-64

  Bali, 88

  Balint, Michael, 200

  Bander, Peter, 174

  Banyan trees, 114

  Barber Surgeons Company, 17

  Barley seeds experiment,

  healing and, 200-1

  Bateson, Gregory, 80

  Bavenda (South Africa), 87

  Beagle, 149

  Bedford, James, 41

  Bees and beehives,

  group identity and, 30-31, 96-97, 144

  Behavior,

  personality and, 92ff.

  Bell Telephone
Laboratories, 164

  Bennett, Arnold, 135

  Berenson, Bernard, 135

  Besant, Annie, 159

  Bessent, Malcolm, 125-26

  Bethlehem, 164

  Binary fission, 28

  Biochemical reactions,

  psychic healing and, 201-5ff.

  Biofeedback, 176, 200

  Biology, 19-20ff., 61-62

  dissociation between body and mind and, 127-28, 149-51

  (see also Dissociation)

  enlightenment as a biological process, 111-28

  separation of second and somatic systems and, 121-28, 129-45,

  149ff., 219- 21

  (see also under Body)

  Bioplasma, 121, 156, 159-61, 185, 190, 194, 195-97, 203-5, 218, 220-21

  Birds, 179

  and dreaming, 103

  Birth (birth process), 19, 72-73, 81-82

  (see also Babies)

  and dying, 72-73

  Black, Stephen, 77, 200, 217

  Black magic,

  death through fear and, 68-71

  Black spots, 164

  Blance, Juan, 215

  Blavatsky, Madame, 159

  Blind, the,

  and dreaming, 124

  Blood cells, 21-22, 24

  (see also Cells)

  and clinical death, 42

  Blood pressure

  fainting and, 75-76

  telepathy and changes in, 69-70

  Body: auras, 155-61

  (see also Auras)

  dualism and, 145

  and mind, dissociation between, 115ff., 129-45

  (see also Dissociation)

  and personality survival, 92-110, 119-28

  (see also Survival)

  psychic healing and, 198-221

  separation of second system from, 109, 115-28, 129-45, 153ff., 219-21

  spirit possession and, 174-97

  survival without, 153-73, 174ff.

  Body temperature,

  clinical death and, 39-42, 43

  Body types,

  temperament and, 97-98

  Bong Han, Kim, 118

  Bose, Jagadis Chandra, 57

  Bo tree, 114

  Bouhamzy, Ibrahim, 188-89

  Bouhamzy, Mahmoud, 187-88

  Brain, 41, 120

  (see also Cortex)

  alpha waves, 141, 143, 218

  cells, and death, 38-39, 43, 44, 45

  damage, and death through fear, 68, 70, 71

  and dissociation, 136-37, 139, 140, 143, 145, 178, 179, 180

  and dreaming, 102, 103-4, 105-6, 110, 125

  and dying, biochemistry of, 66-68

  and dying, patterns of, 82-83

  and electrical energy, 141, 143, 158

  LSD and, 114-15

  and memory, 106-8

  pineal body and, 113-15, 118

  and sleep, 82, 125

  surgery, 43

  and survival, 93, 101

  and trance (visionary) States, 78-82, 114-15

  Brazil,

  psychic healers in, 206-8

  Breathing (respiration)

  and astral projection, 139

  and death, 39, 44

  hyperventilation and trance states, 79

  pranayama and, 116

  Brine.shrimp, 53-54, 55

  Brontë, Emily, 135

  Buchan, John, 135

  Buddha, 114, 155

  Budding, reproduction by, 28-29

  Burial customs, 87-90

  Burials, premature, 16-18

  Burney, Christopher, 93

  Burr, Harold, 130-34, 138, 140, 143-44, 159

  Bushmen (Kalahari), 80

  Cancer, 34, 47, 186, 202, 212

  Canetti, Elias, 182, 183

  Carbon compounds, 20-21

  Carpenter, Edmund, 149

  Castaneda, Carlos, 179, 219

  Catalepsy, 77-78

  Catalysts,

  enzymes as, 131

  Cataplexy, 76-77

  Catatonic schizophrenics, 77

  Cathie, Bruce, 164-65

  Cats

  and dreaming, 103, 104, 105-6

  and ghosts, 175

  Cells

  cellular life and death, 23-26, 30-36, 38-39, 41-42, 44, 47

  and clinical death, 41-42

  embryonic, 19, 32

  red blood, 22, 24, 42

  reproduction of, 27-30

  sensitivity and communication in, 55-60

  structural constancy of, 129-33, 184, 185-86

  tissue cultures, 31-36, 186

  white, 24-25

  Cerebellum, 178

  Cerebrum, 178, 179

  Chaffin, James, 153

  Chakras, 115, 117-19, 159, 204

  Chalchas, 7

  Chemical factors,

  personality and, 95-97

  Chicks, 25

  Children, 72-73

  (see also Babies, Birth)

  and awareness of death, 50-52, 59-60, 65,73 -

  Chimpanzees, 52, 65

  Choleric (body-humor), 97

  Chromosomes, 133, 186

  See also Genetics

  Circuits, electric,

  and astral projection, 140

  City of Limerick, 126-27

  Clement XIV, Pope, 153

  Clinical death, 36, 62, 65, 66, 67, 87, 91, 92

  definitions, 42-45

  possession and, 185, 192-94, 197

  signs of, 39-46

  survival and, 92-94, 130, 133, 143-45, 158-59, 185, 192-94, 199

  Cliona celata, 31

  Collapse,

  as reaction to stress, 74-83

  Collective unconscious, 167

  Collins, Wilkie, 17

  Coma, 44, 82-8 3

  Communication

  (see also Information)

  electromagnetic field and, 134

  sensitivity in living things and, 55-60

  survival and, 149-51, 169-71

  (see also Survival)

  telepathic, 69-70

  (see also Telepathy)

  Computers, 154, 176

  Consciousness

  (see also Mind; Perception; Sensitivity; Unconscious, the)

  detachment (dissociation) and, 115-28, 129-45

  primary, 55

  psychic healing and, 200, 202, 218-21

  survival and, 100-10

  (see also Survival)

  "Constitutional psychology,"

  Sheldon's, 97-98

  Continuity,

  survival and, 101-10

  Convulsions

  See Epilepsy

  Corona(s), 156-60, 203

  See also Auras

  Cortex, 93, 101, 106-7, 108

  See also Brain

  Coué, Émile, 199

  Cremation, 88, 89

  Crowds (crowd behiavior), 182-84

  Cryonics, 41

  Crystals (crystallization process), 22-23, 36, 38, 100

  Cultural factors,

  personality and, 95, 98, 99-100

  Cultures

  See Tissue cultures

  Cures

  psychic healing and, 198-221, 222-23

  Dancing,

  and trance states, 79

  Darwin, Charles, 74, 149

  Dean, Douglas, 70, 112, 157-58

  Death

  awareness of, attitudes toward, and fear of, 47-60, 61-62ff., 89-91

  definitions of life and, 19-37, 42-46, 61-62

  degrees of, 27-37, 44, 59

  as a disease, 46-47ff.

  dissociation (survival) and, 129-45, 149ff.

  (see also Dissociation, Survival)

  and dying as part of life cycle, 61-88

  goth and (see Goth)

  life energy fields and, 133-45

  premature burial and, 16-18

  problems in distinguishing between life and, 8, 15-18, 19-37, 38ff.,

  219-21, 222

  (see also Life, Romeo Error)

  sexual reproduction and, 29

  sleep and, 82-83

  and sp
irit possession, 178-97

  tests for determining, 16-18, 38ff.

  Death-feigning behavior, 73-76

  "Death instinct," 71-72, 81

  Decay, 27, 43, 144-45, 185-86, 195

  DeLoach, Ethel, 157-58

  Delphi, 164

  Dement, William, 103

  Denial,

  as a reaction to dying, 64-65, 66

  Depression, 80

  as a reaction to dying, 65

  Depth psychology, 191

  Descartes, René, 109, 113

  Detachment

  (see also Dissociation)

  in dreams, 125-28

  and dying, 62-63, 65-66, 67, 68, 72, 75

  and out-of-body experiences

  (see Out-of-body experiences)

  pineal body as point of, 115

  (see also Pineal body)

  and trance states, 79-80, 115ff.

  Devils (evil spirits), 179, 181

  Disease

  psychic healing and, 198-221, 222-23

  view of death as, 46-47, 59

  Disposal of the dead,

  methods of, 87-90

  Dissociation

  (see also Detachment)

  body and mind, 115ff.,129-45,153ff., 176ff., 221

  possession and, 178-97

  of second and somatic systems, 109, 115ff., 121-28, 129-45, 153-72

  Doctor-patient relationship,

  and diagnosis of death, 45-46

  Dogs

  and dreaming, 104, 105

  and dying, 66, 67

  and ghosts, 174-76

  Dolphins, 179

  Dostoevski, F. M., 78, 83

  "Double binds," 80-81

  Dreams (dreaming), 101, 102-10, 122-28, 154, 171, 176, 178

  awareness of (lucid and prelucid), 122-28, 136

  deprivation and, 103-4

  function of, 104, 123

  information obtained in, 125-28

  memory and, 106-10, 122-23, 124, 127-45

  rapid eye movements and, 102-3, 104, 105, 124-25

  Drowning,

  reaction to dying in, 63, 64

  Drugs (chemicals), 64, 78, 80, 178, 179

  and visionary (trance) states, 79, 80, 114, 115

  Drumming,

  hypnosis and, 77, 79

  Ducasse, Curt, 191

  Durville, Hector, 138

  Dwarfs, 168

  Dying

  (see also Death)

  awareness of, and reactions to, 47-48ff., 62ff., 89-91

  behavior patterns in, 71-84

  birth and, 72-73

  feigning and, 73-76, 83

  as part of the death cycle, 61-84

  Dysplastic (body type), 97

  Eagles, as scavengers, 87

  Ecstasy,

  pineal body and, 115

  Ectomorphs, 97

  Ectoplasm, 214

  Edwards, Harry, 203

  Egg (ovum), fertilized,

  possession and, 186, 195, 196

  Eggs,

  sensitivity of, 54, 55, 58

  Ego, the, 177, 179

  Elawar, Imad, 187-89, 191

  Electrical auras, 155-61

  psychic healing and, 203-5, 218-19, 220-21

  Electric shock therapy, 80, 81, 103

 

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