Scientific Information relating to OBE's

Greatoutdoors · 3rd October 2005, 06:29 PM

Akashic_Librarian,

Ever hear of String Theory? Mainstream scientists are embracing it with no hesitation (with others opposing, of course). One of the requirements of String Theory is the existence of many parallel dimensions.

You may be well on the way to eating that platinum!

enoch · 13th April 2006, 09:23 PM

I read a book about nde experiences and, if memory serves me well, there's no disputing from the scienific world that obe exist, but I'm afraid that if you expect science to step foot into a philosophical arena then it's not going to happen.

I'm aware that it's important for science to take a deeper interest in astral projection and nde but they aint going to conclude anything any way near what we'd hope for. In fact, whatever science does eventually conclude on and work with will be so far rooted in psychological, even biological frameworks, that it isn;t going to leave anythin to imagination and most probably leave alot of people finding themselves hitting the ground with a serious bump.

...cue the counter claims and age-old quarrels...

13th April 2006, 09:48 PM

Rydel said:

The theory being tested now, which researchers are having a lot of success with, is that OBE's are caused when there is increased bloodflow to the temporal lobes.

I have often wondered if these experiences (OBE, Psi, etc.) are somehow "hard wired" into our brain. And stimulation of this hard wiring can be done by either mechanical means or by spiritual means. In other words, there have obviously been tests done in hospitals and research labs where they can "simulate" OBE and other paranormal experiences using various mechanical devices. I'm not sure it is just simulating. I think it's possible that the spirit can also stimulate the hard wiring to create these experiences, although for a very different reason.