New research into OBE's

[McArthur]

I just saw this on the BBC website, i thought the bit at the end was interesting;

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/3098230.stm

Treatment side-effect

He added: "I come at this from the point of view of asking whether there is really a phenomenon here to look at.

"It is of interest because the brain may not be functioning when it happens... but we need real data."

Swiss doctors have previously managed to trigger out-of-body visions by stimulating the brain.

The researchers used electrodes to excite the angular gyrus in the right cortex of a patient.

The doctors did not set out to achieve the effect - it occurred when they were treating a women for epilepsy.

[RJA]

I've read a variety of books regarding near-death-experiences and there is quite a fascinating body of knowlege on the subject.  HOWEVER, it never ceases to amaze me that it never even seems to cross the researchers mind to conduct the types of experiments discussed in these articles, to determine whether someone who claims to have an OBE as part of an NDE *really* leaves their body.

Also, although I've had 3 OBEs, none of them were very lucid and I didn't get very far.  I'm hoping that will change, - however I find it quite perplexing that with thousands of people experimenting with Astral Projection why there hasn't been any credible and well-publicized scientific experiment documenting the reality of the experience.  And so for those of you here who are proficient at it, I feel compelled to point out to you that you can make a quick $1 million dollars from the "Amazing Randi" if you can prove under observation that you can actually leave your body - here's the link: http://www.randi.org/research/index.html !  And if the thought of profiting from your abilities is distateful I suggest you do it for the benefit of opening the worlds' eyes to the reality of Astral Proejection (I would be more than happy to take the money off of your hands). []

[Makaveli]

That's a good idea but it would probably be easier for them to test people who can etheric project.

[brisck1]

Just saw the headline in yahoo, sounds very interesting, but the article is a little vague

http://uk.news.yahoo.com/030910/80/e817q.html

Cheers
Rob []