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" The motif of death plays an important role the human psyche in connection with archetypal and karmic material. "

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" I have taken part in ceremonies with North American and Mexican shamans, as well as Brazilian ceremonies. "

" It is possible to see the intermediate state between lives as being in a way more important than incarnate existence. "

" Patients reported that their psychedelic sessions were an invaluable experiential training for dying. "

" Freud said that we are born as a tabula rasa. This is a model that simply is too superficial and inadequate. "

" It is possible to spend one's entire lifetime without ever experiencing the mystical realms or even without being aware of their existence. "

" Ancient eschatological texts are actually maps of the inner territories of the psyche that seem to transcend race and culture and originate in the collective unconscious. "

" The experiences associated with death were seen as visits to important dimensions of reality that deserved to be experienced, studied, and carefully mapped. "

" Unlike scientism, science in the true sense of the word is open to unbiased investigation of any existing phenomena. "

" In the kind of world we have today, transformation of humanity might well be our only real hope for survival. "

" Many of us who have experienced psychedelics feel very much that they are sacred tools. They open spiritual awareness. "

" According to materialistic science, any memory requires a material substrate, such as the neuronal network in the brain or the DNA molecules of the genes. "

" I believe it is essential for our planetary future to develop tools that can change the consciousness which has created the crisis that we are in. "

" In some instances, the accuracy of past-life memories can be objectively verified, sometimes with remarkable detail. "

" Dying before dying has two important consequences: It liberates the individual from the fear of death and influences the actual experience of dying at the time of biological demise. "

" I read Freud's Introductory Lectures in Psychoanalysis in basically one sitting. I decided to enroll in medical school. It was almost like a conversion experience. "

" Consciousness after death demonstrates the possibility of consciousness operating independently of the body. "

" The elimination of the fear of death transforms the individual's way of being in the world. "

" Coming to terms with the fear of death is conducive to healing, positive personality transformation, and consciousness evolution. "

" I spent much of my later childhood and adolescence very, very involved and interested in art, and particularly in animated movies. "

" Individuals approaching death often experience encounters with their dead relatives, who seem to welcome them to the next world. These deathbed visions are authentic and convincing; they are often followed by a state of euphoria and seem to ease the transition. "

" A text of Tibetan Buddhism describes the time of death as a unique opportunity for spiritual liberation from the cycles of death and rebirth and a period that determines our next incarnation. "

" If consciousness can function independently of the body during one's lifetime, it could be able to do the same after death. "

" At a time when unbridled greed, malignant aggression, and existence of weapons of mass destruction threatens the survival of humanity, we should seriously consider any avenue that offers some hope. "

" Research challenges the materialistic understanding of death, according to which biological death represents the final end of existence and of all conscious activity. "

" The psyche of the individual is commensurate with the totality of creative energy. This requires a most radical revision of Western psychology. "

" When you read the psychedelic literature, there is a distinction between the so-called natural psychedelics and synthetic psychedelics that are artificially produced. "

" There is no fundamental difference between the preparation for death and the practice of dying, and spiritual practice leading to enlightenment. "