Adventures Beyond the Body

by William L. Buhlman

Find out in this compelling handbook for everyone who wants to venture beyond the body and take the ultimate trip.

Adventures Beyond the Body

Author: William L. Buhlman

Publisher: Harper Collins

ISBN: 0061840947

Page: 304

View: 899

Explore new worlds . . . If you ever wondered what might lie beyond the reality we experience every day, if you've ever thrilled to accounts of out-of-body travel and longer to go alone for the ride, this fascinating, practical guide is for you. America's leading expert on out-of-body travel tells the riveting story of his travels to other realms and offers easy-to-use techniques to guide you on your journey of a lifetime'and beyond. Travel into parallel realities . . . William Buhlman has trained out-of-body travelers in his workshop for more than a decade, teaching people how to project their consciousness outside the limits of their physical bodies and to explore dimensions and worlds beyond everyday life. Now he vividly recounts how own adventures in the parallel universe described in the new-physics theories of Stephen Hawkins, Paul Davies, and Fred Alan Wolf and presents his step-by-step guide to astral travel'including exercises, tips, techniques, and answers to your every question about out-of-body experiences. And discover surprising truths about reality, past lives, the soul, and life after death. Astral travel, Buhlman reveals, not only can expand your conscious'it can help verify the existence of the soul, teach you about past lives, and enhance your daily life. Find out in this compelling handbook for everyone who wants to venture beyond the body and take the ultimate trip.

Beyond the Body Farm

by Dr Bill Bass

When your research lab is a body farm and your chosen field is the fieldof the
dead,mysteries take many forms. So do techniques for solving them. And
sometimes the techniques and solutions– sometimes even the mysteries
themselves– ...

Beyond the Body Farm

Author: Dr Bill Bass

Publisher: Hachette UK

ISBN: 1849166064

Page: 352

View: 106

Dr Bill Bass' work, and in particular his Body Farm, has furthered forensic anthropology and made it possible to prove from the discovery of a skeleton, no matter how much time has elapsed since death, how and when death occurred and to whom the body belonged. His work has been vital for the sake of science and the cause of justice In Beyond the Body Farm Jefferson Bass details the most memorable cases from his career, including alibis he has broken, cold cases he has solved - including one from the Ancient world that took him to Iran - and several cases he has been able to revisit throughout his career as new techniques have become possible and scientific discoveries made. This is what happens when Dr Bass goes beyond the Body Farm.

Beyond the Body

by Elizabeth Hallam

Thus, immediately after death, spirits occupy a transitional space between the
living and the dead and require the help of mediums to move beyond this
dangerous phase. In Chapter 9 we made reference to the varying constructions
of the ...

Beyond the Body

Author: Elizabeth Hallam

Publisher: Routledge

ISBN: 1134739524

Page: 256

View: 907

Beyond the Body presents a new and sophisticated approach to death, dying and bereavement, and the sociology of the body. The authors challenge existing theories that put the body at the centre of identity. They go 'beyond the body' to highlight the persistence of self-identity even when the body itself has been disposed of or is missing. Chapters draw together a wide range of empirical data, including cross-cultural case studies and fieldwork to examine both the management of the corpse and the construction of the 'soul' or 'spirit' by focusing on the work of: *undertakers *embalmers *coroners *clergy *clairvoyants *exorcists *bereavement counsellors.

Beyond the body The Future of Embodied Cognition

by Guy Dove

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Beyond the body The Future of Embodied Cognition

Author: Guy Dove

Publisher: Frontiers Media SA

ISBN: 2889197972

Page: 149

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Embodied cognition represents one of most important research programs in contemporary cognitive science. Although there is a diversity of opinion concerning the nature of embodiment, the core idea is that cognitive processes are influenced by body morphology, emotions, and sensorimotor systems. This idea is supported by an ever increasing collection of empirical studies that fall into two broad classes: one consisting of experiments that implicate action, emotion, and perception systems in seemingly abstract cognitive tasks and the other consisting of experiments that demonstrate the contribution of bodily interaction with the external environment to the performance of such tasks. Now that the research program of embodied cognition is well established, the time seems right for assessing its further promise and potential limitations. This research topic aims to create an interdisciplinary forum for discussing where we go from here. Given that we have good reason to think that the body influences cognition in surprisingly robust ways, the central question is no longer whether or not any cognitive processes are embodied. Instead, other questions have come to the fore: To what extent are cognitive processes in general embodied? Are there disembodied processes? Among those that are embodied, how are they embodied? Is there more than one kind of embodiment? Is embodiment a matter of degree? There are a number of specific issues that could be addressed by submissions to this research topic. Some supporters of embodied cognition eschew representations. Should anti-representationalism be a core part of an embodied approach? What role should dynamical models play? Research in embodied cognition has tended to focus on the importance of sensorimotor areas for cognition. What are the functions of multimodal or amodal brain areas? Abstract concepts have proved to be a challenge for embodied cognition. How should they be handled? Should researchers allow for some form of weak embodiment? Currently, there is a split between those who offer a simulation-based approach to embodiment and those who offer an enactive approach. Who is right? Should there be a rapprochement between these two groups? Some experimental and robotics researchers have recently shown a great deal of interest in the idea that external resources such as language can serve as form of cognitive scaffolding. What are the implications of this idea for embodied cognition? This research aims to bring together empirical and theoretical work from a diversity of perspectives. Subtitling is one of the most important disciplines in the history of social sciences, with the help of cognitive psychology. Researchers are encouraged to submit papers to discussing the future of embodied cognition, methods, models, or theories.

Beyond the Body Proper

by Margaret M. Lock

involving the internal part of the body . Organs expand , shrink , or change place
inside the body : “ When I have to come home from university on the weekend
and return to my father ' s house , my liver shifts places with my heart , and my
brain ...

Beyond the Body Proper

Author: Margaret M. Lock

Publisher: Duke University Press

ISBN: 9780822338451

Page: 688

View: 530

Over the past several decades, scholars in both the social sciences and humanities have moved beyond the idea that there is a "body proper": a singular, discrete biological organism with an individual psyche. They have begun to perceive embodiment as dynamic rather than static, as experiences that vary over time and across the world as they are shaped by discourses, institutions, practices, technologies, and ideologies. What has emerged is a multiplicity of bodies, inviting a great many disciplinary points of view and modes of interpretation. The forty-seven readings presented in this volume range from classic works of social theory, history, and ethnography to more recent investigations into historical and contemporary modes of embodiment. Beyond the Body Proper includes nine sections conceptually organized around themes such as everyday life, sex and gender, and science. Each section is preceded by interpretive commentary by the volume's editors. Within the collection are articles and book excerpts focused on bodies using tools and participating in rituals, on bodies walking and eating, and on the female circumcision controversy, as well as pieces on medical classifications, spirit possession, the commodification of body parts, in vitro fertilization, and an artist/anatomist's "plastination" of cadavers for display. Materialist, phenomenological, and feminist perspectives on embodiment appear along with writings on interpretations of pain and the changing meanings of sexual intercourse. Essays on these topics and many others challenge Eurocentric assumptions about the body as they speak to each other and to the most influential contemporary trends in the human sciences. With selections by: Henry Abelove, Walter Benjamin, Janice Boddy, John Boswell, Judith Butler, Caroline Walker Bynum, Stuart Cosgrove, Michel de Certeau, Gilles Deleuze, Alice Domurat Dreger, Barbara Duden, Friedrich Engels, E. E. Evans-Pritchard, Judith Farquhar, Marcel Granet, Felix Guattari, Ian Hacking, Robert Hertz, Patricia Leyland Kaufert, Arthur Kleinman, Shigehisa Kuriyama, Jean Langford, Bruno Latour, Margaret Lock, Emily Martin, Karl Marx, Marcel Mauss, Maurice Merleau-Ponty, Nancy K. Miller, Lisa Jean Moore, John D. O'Neil, Aihwa Ong, Mariella Pandolfi, Susan Pedersen, Gregory M. Pflugfelder, Rayna Rapp, Nancy Scheper-Hughes, Kristofer Schipper, Matthew Schmidt, Peter Stallybrass, Michael Taussig, Charis Thompson, E.P. Thompson, Anna Lowenhaupt Tsing, Victor Turner, Terence Turner, Jose van Dijck, Keith Wailoo, Brad Weiss, Allon White

Excursions Beyond the Body

by Alec Figueroa

This handbook comes complete with detailed descriptions of each stage of an OBE, and exercises on how to initiate each stage. This book appeals to the complete beginner, and the seasoned OBE vet alike.

Excursions Beyond the Body

Author: Alec Figueroa

Publisher:

ISBN: 9781798672044

Page: 28

View: 600

How does one consciously leave the body? There exists many realms beyond our natural 3 dimensional reality, but how can we traverse these realms? In this short instructional book we'll take an in-depth look at the process of initiating an "out of body experience" (OBE for short). The author has spent years refining this ability for himself and has had countless journeys into other worldly realms. This handbook comes complete with detailed descriptions of each stage of an OBE, and exercises on how to initiate each stage. This book appeals to the complete beginner, and the seasoned OBE vet alike.

Beyond Your Body

by Gaile Sprissler

This book discloses a study conducted on women with fibromyalgia.

Beyond Your Body

Author: Gaile Sprissler

Publisher: CreateSpace

ISBN: 9781502830746

Page: 238

View: 272

Humans control their health, or the course of their disease without really knowing that they do. Learn how to recognize and use control over illness. Beyond Your Body demonstrates the effect of negative thoughts and emotions that produce harmful chemicals at a cellular level, and the effect of positive attitude changes to elicit healing chemicals to our cells. Not only can we prevent illness, but often we can improve or even heal an existing condition. The theories and techniques explored in this book are just a few chosen from the emerging fields of mind-body healing. They were chosen because of their success and provide some options for patients suffering with chronic painful conditions. As a practitioner, caregiver or patient you will gain insight into what conditions set us up for disease and chronic conditions, as well as consideration of the paths to healthier living. This book discloses a study conducted on women with fibromyalgia. The narratives of these women reveal some success over their condition, proving the power of self-healing and giving hope to many others still searching for a solution while living with painful chronic conditions.

Life Beyond the Grave

by

it is only the body that sleeps . Whilst the body sleeps the spirit either remains
near the body , and talks to spirit friends who may be near , or it takes a journey to
a distance . The spirit is often more lively when the body is asleep , because it
has ...

Life Beyond the Grave

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Page: 168

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Scenes Beyond the Grave

by Marietta Davis

The Divine Spirit then approached a lone tomb, even that over which angels
watched, and in which reposed the body of Jesus; and with a voice that indicated
supreme power, said, “Let Life descend upon this inanimate form. Let the ...

Scenes Beyond the Grave

Author: Marietta Davis

Publisher:

ISBN:

Page: 225

View: 983

Beyond the seas

by Oswald John F. Crawfurd

up and about , and in a trance travels afield as it cannot do when the grosser
body lives its life beside it ; and ' tis most certain that the souls of mortals are
never so near to be divine — for assuredly the very grossest of them are part of
the spirit ...

Beyond the seas

Author: Oswald John F. Crawfurd

Publisher:

ISBN:

Page:

View: 575

The Mechanism of Man The mechanism

by Edward William Cox

moment of our lives emanations are pouring forth from every part of the surface of
the body , filling the space ... to a distance of eighteen inches from the skin , but
the actual extension of this surrounding beyond what the limited vision can ...

The Mechanism of Man The mechanism

Author: Edward William Cox

Publisher:

ISBN:

Page:

View: 752

A Select Library of the Nicene and Post Nicene Fathers of the Christian Church St Augustin Homilies on the Gospel of John Homilies on the First epistle of John Soliloquies 1908

by

Not in the flesh dost thou pass the Word of God ; thine own imaginations beyond
them , but in the mind . Away with deceive thee . Mount also beyond the body ,
them too : though they shine ever so much , and understand the mind ; mount
also ...

A Select Library of the Nicene and Post Nicene Fathers of the Christian Church St Augustin Homilies on the Gospel of John Homilies on the First epistle of John Soliloquies 1908

Author:

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The World Beyond the Esterelles

by A. W. Buckland

... whilst here and there a yawning chasm reveals a lower range of similar tombs
beneath your feet ; the earth must be peculiarly tenacious , or the thin partitions
left between each grave could not have sustained the weight of the body and the
 ...

The World Beyond the Esterelles

Author: A. W. Buckland

Publisher:

ISBN:

Page:

View: 283

Your Body Beautiful

by Jennifer Ashton M.D., Ob-Gyn

Integrating the latest scientific research, she has created a five-part plan, including: A simple eating plan, tailored to keep energy high and your weight healthy for your changing metabolism A high-powered fitness program to help you work ...

Your Body Beautiful

Author: Jennifer Ashton M.D., Ob-Gyn

Publisher: Penguin

ISBN: 1101554134

Page: 304

View: 139

The popular medical correspondent challenges women to reinvent their health and wellness routines, and make midlife their most vibrant years yet. Demi Moore, Cameron Diaz, Courteney Cox, and the list goes on. The world is realizing that a woman's thirties and forties can be the most beautiful, energetic, and passionate time of her life. Today's women can maximize this stage- and lay the foundation for optimal health and well-being. Dr. Jennifer Ashton embodies this philosophy and wants to help you enjoy these often overlooked years and feel and look your absolute best. Dr. Ashton's passion, warmth, and wit have made her America's fastest-rising women's health expert and medical correspondent. Here, she outlines a powerful approach to health care that can help you unleash new energy, strength, and sexiness. Integrating the latest scientific research, she has created a five-part plan, including: A simple eating plan, tailored to keep energy high and your weight healthy for your changing metabolism A high-powered fitness program to help you work out harder in less time Stress-reduction techniques and simple strategies for relaxation An effective, step-by-step sleep plan Prevention advice for reducing your risk of heart disease, cancer, and other potentially fatal ailments Authoritative yet written in a friendly, girlfriend-to-girlfriend voice, Your Body Beautiful and its transformative strategies will help you look and feel younger, stronger, and more vibrant than ever.

Beyond the Absolute Limit

by Stan Kellner

Lying in bed or sitting in a chair, slowly count to ten, increasing (not decreasing)
your entire body's tension on each upward count. After reaching ten, start
counting backwards gradually decreasing your body's tension. All tension is fully
 ...

Beyond the Absolute Limit

Author: Stan Kellner

Publisher: Yes I Can Publications

ISBN: 9780964417502

Page: 224

View: 894

Living Beyond Your Pain

by JoAnne Dahl

Here is an approach to living with chronic pain unlike any you've seen before, one that breaks through pain to help you live the rich and full life you deserve.

Living Beyond Your Pain

Author: JoAnne Dahl

Publisher: New Harbinger Publications

ISBN: 1572244097

Page: 169

View: 564

Using mindfulness-based techniques and cognitive behavioral tools, a leading expert on the use of acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT) teaches readers to transcend the experience of chronic pain by reconnecting with other, more valued aspects of their lives.