Eben Alexander – Thriving in the Heart of Consciousness
In 2008, Dr. Eben Alexander’s brain was severely damaged by a devastating case of bacterial meningitis, and he lapsed into a week-long coma. What he learned completely violated everything he ever knew about brain, mind and consciousness, and drove him to question some of the most fundamental assumptions of conventional science, leading to a complete flip from his former worldview.
Is There Life after Death? Fifty Years of Research at UVA
In this Medical Center Hour, faculty from the Division of Perceptual Studies highlight the unit's work since its founding, including studies of purported past lives, near-death experiences, and mind-brain interactions in phenomena such as deep meditation, veridical out-of-body experiences, deathbed visions, apparent communication from deceased persons, altered states of consciousness, and terminal lucidity in persons with irreversible brain damage. As the Division enters its second half-century, what are its research priorities and partnerships?
Interviews with researchers in the field of mindfulness
The Existencial Consciousness Research Insitute has published some fascinating interviews with researchers in the field of mindfulness: Tania Singer, Michael von Bruck, Joachim Galuska & Hendrik Jungaberle.
Eben Alexander – Thriving in the Heart of Consciousness
In 2008, Dr. Eben Alexander’s brain was severely damaged by a devastating case of bacterial meningitis, and he lapsed into a week-long coma. What he learned completely violated everything he ever knew about brain, mind and consciousness, and drove him to question some of the most fundamental assumptions of conventional science, leading to a complete flip from his former worldview.
Is There Life after Death? Fifty Years of Research at UVA
In this Medical Center Hour, faculty from the Division of Perceptual Studies highlight the unit's work since its founding, including studies of purported past lives, near-death experiences, and mind-brain interactions in phenomena such as deep meditation, veridical out-of-body experiences, deathbed visions, apparent communication from deceased persons, altered states of consciousness, and terminal lucidity in persons with irreversible brain damage. As the Division enters its second half-century, what are its research priorities and partnerships?
Interviews with researchers in the field of mindfulness
The Existencial Consciousness Research Insitute has published some fascinating interviews with researchers in the field of mindfulness: Tania Singer, Michael von Bruck, Joachim Galuska & Hendrik Jungaberle.
Eben Alexander – Thriving in the Heart of Consciousness
In 2008, Dr. Eben Alexander’s brain was severely damaged by a devastating case of bacterial meningitis, and he lapsed into a week-long coma. What he learned completely violated everything he ever knew about brain, mind and consciousness, and drove him to question some of the most fundamental assumptions of conventional science, leading to a complete flip from his former worldview.
Is There Life after Death? Fifty Years of Research at UVA
In this Medical Center Hour, faculty from the Division of Perceptual Studies highlight the unit's work since its founding, including studies of purported past lives, near-death experiences, and mind-brain interactions in phenomena such as deep meditation, veridical out-of-body experiences, deathbed visions, apparent communication from deceased persons, altered states of consciousness, and terminal lucidity in persons with irreversible brain damage. As the Division enters its second half-century, what are its research priorities and partnerships?
Interviews with researchers in the field of mindfulness
The Existencial Consciousness Research Insitute has published some fascinating interviews with researchers in the field of mindfulness: Tania Singer, Michael von Bruck, Joachim Galuska & Hendrik Jungaberle.

– Erwin Schrödinger
– Prof David Bohm


– Albert Einstein
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