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

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" 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. "

" For any culture which is primarily concerned with meaning, the study of death - the only certainty that life holds for us - must be central, for an understanding of death is the key to liberation in life. "

" Many cultures have independently developed a belief system in reincarnation that includes return of the unit of consciousness to another physical lifetime on Earth. "

" Dying people in pre-industrial cultures typically died in the context of an extended family, clan, or tribe. "

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

" A radical inner transformation and rise to a new level of consciousness might be the only real hope we have in the current global crisis brought on by the dominance of the Western mechanistic paradigm. "

" 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. "

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

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

" Many instances exist of small children who seem to remember and describe their previous life in another body, another place, and with other people. These memories emerge usually shortly after these children begin to talk. "

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

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

" Each of us can manifest the properties of a field of consciousness that transcends space, time, and linear causality. "

" The study of consciousness that can extend beyond the body is extremely important for the issue of survival, since it is this part of human personality that would be likely to survive death. "

" I have to say I regretted giving up animated movies. "

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

" The knowledge of the realm of death makes it possible for the shaman to move freely back and forth and mediate these journeys for other people. "

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

" 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. "

" The human psyche shows that each individual is an extension of all of existence. "

" There are people who can start having very powerful experiences without taking psychedelics. It can happen against their will. This is a universal phenomenon. "

" There is an urgent need for a radical revision of our current concepts of the nature of consciousness and its relationship to matter and the brain. "

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

" Traditional academic science describes human beings as highly developed animals and biological thinking machines. We appear to be Newtonian objects made of atoms, molecules, cells, tissues, and organs. "

" 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. "

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

" As long as I had easy access to psychedelics at the government-sponsored research project, most of my energy went into psychedelic sessions. "

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

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