Near Death, Near Dream

I will describe here an experience of mine which was in all its characteristics a neardeath experience (NDE) except that ultimately there was no evidence that I had been near death, and which, except for my believing I had died, was similar to a number of earlier experiences of mine which had always occurred only in context of lucid dreams, that is dreams in which I know I am dreaming. I have been a frequent lucid dreamer since 1976 and have experienced many "out-ofbody" (OBEs) both in the context of lucid dreams and between dreaming and awakening, though never with verification that I had left the body. Before this "NDE," if I may call it such, I had experienced a number of times a brilliant light in which I felt God was present. This has always been in continuity from ordinary lucid dreaming, and has occasionally grown out of an experience of darkness (see Gillespie, 1985)

Ordinary Dreams, Lucid Dreams and Mystical Experiences

It is difficult to give a definition of mystical experience that would satisfy every scholar. I use the expression mystical experience to mean an apparent experience of some reality greater than oneself that come by transcending to some degree awareness of one’s own physical and mental self and one’s physical surroundings. This reality may be understood as God or some other spiritual being, brahman, Being, the universe, oneness, the void, or nirvana. I would distinguish for my purposes here between the phenomenon that is seen as the mystical experience itself and other more incidental phenomena that precede or accompany the mystical experience, such as visions of disks of light, the feeling of levitation, or bliss

Near Death, Near Dream

I will describe here an experience of mine which wasin all its characteristics a near-death experience (NDE) except that ultimately there was no evidence that I had been near death, and which, except for my believing I had died, was similar to a number of earlier experiences of mine which had always occurredonly in the context of lucid dreams, that is dreams in which I know I am dreaming

Dream Light: Categories of Visual Experience During Lucid Dreaming

I have put into sixteen categories visual experiences associated with my lucid dreaming. The basic difference between lucid dreaming and ordinary dreaming is that in lucid dreaming I know I am dreaming, and in ordinary dreaming I do not. Lucid dreaming often has the visual characteristics of ordinary dreaming. On the other hand, lucid dreaming may lead to some experiences of light similar to what is reported in mystical or supposed mystical accounts (Gillespie, 1986). Therefore, the categories actually apply to a continuum from ordinary dreaming through lucid dreaming to phenomena associated with mystical experience

Problems Related to Experimentation While Dreaming Lucidly

Lucid dreaming offers a unique opportunity for the study of dreams. The lucid dreamer, unlike the ordinary dreamer, knows that what in being experienced is a dream, and thus while dreaming, can investigate dream content, how dreams work and how consciousness works during dreams, as well as do exploratory experimentation

Nicotinic acid, lysine, tryptophan and threonine as supplements to high protein corn

This bulletin reports on Department of Agricultural Chemistry research project 212, Food Conservation--P. [3].Digitized 2007 AES.Includes bibliographical references (page 14)

Who Wouldn\u27t Be Jealous Of You

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Book Reviews

Book reviews by George Norman, John Gillespie, Thomas Broden, John L. Harr, Reginald C. Harmon, and Louis C. Kaplan

Hill of Banchory Geothermal Energy Project Feasibility Study Report

This feasibility study explored the potential for a deep geothermal heat project at Hill of Banchory, Aberdeenshire. The geology of the Hill of Fare, to the north of Banchory, gives cause to believe it has good geothermal potential, while the Hill of Banchory heat network, situated on the northern side of the town, offers a ready-made heat customer. The partners in the consortium consisted of academics and developers with relevant expertise in deep geothermal energy, heat networks, and financial analysis, together with representatives of local Government. They conducted geological fieldwork around the Hill of Fare, engaged with local residents to establish their attitudes to geothermal energy, and built business models to predict the conditions under which the heat network at Hill of Banchory would be commercial if it utilised heat from the proposed geothermal well. They also estimated the potential carbon emission reductions that could be achieved by using deep geothermal energy, both at Hill of Banchory and more widely