Doctor says near-death experiences are in the mind
Article at CNN health gives a few perspectives on NDEs.
The Holy Grail of the Unconscious
Jung’s rumored Red Book published.
Please let me know if you’ve read it, and if so, what you think.
God, Mystics, Yoga: What Americans Believe
Includes mentions of theosophy and the Theosophical Society.
Brain Waves Surge Moments Before Death
An article in Discovery News discusses findings of scientists examining the brains of terminally ill patients at the moment of death.
A study of seven terminally ill patients found identical surges in brain activity moments before death, providing what may be physiological evidence of “out of body” experiences reported by people who survive near-death ordeals.
As usual, the implication is that the brain activity is the cause of the event that the subject considers to be spiritual, when in fact it is nothing more than a burst of oxygen as cells die.
Theosophy would argue that what occurs in the brain at the moment of death is the severing of the etheric double from the physical body and that whatever spiritual experience is had is the genuine result of the mind’s sudden and direct exposure to the realities untethered to the material plane.
Jay-Z: A Master Of Occult Wisdom?
Yep, you read it right. Check out this article at NPR!
“Isis” Unveiled in Hyde Park
This doesn’t actually have anything to do with HPB’s classic work, but it was fun to see the headline!
Anagarika Dharmapala an excellent example of Asian Buddhist modernist
Address by Urban Development Minister Rohana Kumara Dissanayake at the celebration held at Buddhagaya, India on the occasion of the birth anniversary of Anagarika Dharmapala.
Includes mentions of Dharmapala’s work with Colonel Olcott and the Theosophical Society.
Intersection of Chicago religion blogger, Billy Corgan & TSA
I’ve recently posted links to a Chicago religion blogger and the new spiritual website of the Smashing Pumpkins’ Billy Corgan. In the blog of the former, the latter is discussed and nicely linked to Theosophy!
Digitizing Krishnamurti
Not sure the whole story on this, but Duncan Toms is digitizing all Krishnamurti archival material.
Chicago religion blogger
Came across this today, a blogger covering “the spiritual scene in the second city”:
