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    Tag: Consciousness

    Consciousness

    Why a ‘genius’ scientist thinks our consciousness originates at the quantum level

    Do our minds have quantum structures that give rise to consciousness? Sir Roger Penrose, one of the world’s most famous scientists, believes this and can…

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    Near-Death Experiences and DMT: A neurological explanation of NDEs remains elusive

    By Steve Taylor Near-death experiences are one of the most puzzling phenomena in psychology. A near-death experience is when a person appears to be clinically…

    Richard Irwin 25 February 2020

    Mysterianism or “Will science ever understand consciousness?”

    In a recent interview with journalist Wim Kayzer, string theorist Edward Witten says consciousness will remain a mystery that we may never solve. Thus he…

    Richard Irwin 31 August 2016

    Singing the Body Electric

    We’re used to thinking of our bodies as bio-chemical systems  that our cells are maintained by chemical processes. When we visit a doctor, the treatment…

    Richard Irwin 5 May 2016

    Regenerative Medicine – New Body Parts

    From ‘Recent Developments in Science and Medicine’ by  Professor Marilyn Monk. Network Review 107, WInter 2011 Regenerative medicine is the process of generating human cells,…

    Richard Irwin 21 February 2016

    The Burden of Disorders of the Brain

    From ‘Recent Developments in Science and Medicine’ by Marilyn Monk. Network Review 107, Winter 2011 It appears that more than a third of people in…

    Richard Irwin 19 February 2016

    In Memoriam: Edgar Mitchell, ScD, PhD

    By David Lorimer, on behalf of the SMN: I was sad to read about the passing of Edgar Mitchell, whose obituary appears below.  I had the…

    Richard Irwin 8 February 2016

    The Evolution of Consciousness and the Ishi Challenge

    Introduction The problem posed by the discovery in 1911 of Ishi, the last of the Yahi tribe in California, is one I like to call…

    Richard Irwin 7 February 2016

    Spiritual Emergency – the Transpersonal Path to Understanding and Supporting Psychospiritual Crisis

    This paper explores varieties of spiritual emergency as a process of profound psychospiritual transformation. “I’ll be talking about myself! I’ll probably go mad after giving…

    Richard Irwin 18 January 2016

    Trailing clouds of glory – Awakening and training our inner senses

    Man, afraid to be alive, Shuts his soul in senses five; From fields of uncreated light Into the crystal tower of sight; And from the…

    Richard Irwin 9 November 2015
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