|
|
|||||||
| Philosophy Religions, schools of thought, matters of importance and navel-gazing |
 |
|
|
Thread Tools | Display Modes |
|
|
09-18-2004, 09:49 PM
|
#1 |
|
lobber of scimitars
Join Date: Jul 2001
Location: Phila Burbs
Posts: 20,774
|
It's called an "out of body experience."
You can get to a point where you can do it on purpose, if you work at it.
__________________
  wolf eht htiw og"Conspiracies are the norm, not the exception." --G. Edward Griffin The Creature from Jekyll Island High Priestess of the Church of the Whale Penis |
|
|
|
09-18-2004, 11:05 PM
|
#2 |
|
Guest
Posts: n/a
|
I'm a firm believer in the out of mind experience myself.
|
|
|
|
09-20-2004, 06:58 AM
|
#3 | |
|
As stable as a ring of PU-239
Join Date: Jun 2004
Location: On a huge rock covered in water, highly advanced moss and 7 billion parasites
Posts: 1,264
|
Quote:
__________________
"I don't see what's so triffic about creating people as people and then getting' upset 'cos they act like people." ~Adam Young, Good Omens "I don't see why it matters what is written. Not when it's about people. It can always be crossed out." ~Adam Young, Good Omens |
|
|
|
|
|
09-24-2004, 09:30 AM
|
#4 |
|
still eats dirt
Join Date: Sep 2003
Location: Tampa, FL
Posts: 3,031
|
Out-of-body experiences have been theorized to have much to do with an area of the brain known as the angular gyrus. In tests, they can stimulate nerves in this area and subjects will report that they feel like they've left their body and have floated up to the ceiling. Supposedly, this small cluster of neurons is what "centers you in yourself".
I think this section of the brain also has something to do with a really interesting disease known as Cotard's Syndrome. Along with feeling outside of yourself, you can also feel that your grasp of reality and "frame of reference" are so far off that you believe you are dead or no longer exist. Freaky. |
|
|
|
|
| Currently Active Users Viewing This Thread: 1 (0 members and 1 guests) | |
|
|
Hybrid Mode
