“An internet resource on psychical research and survival after death”.

The International Survivalist Society was founded 11th April 2002 by Thomas M. Jones of the UK and David Duffield of the US. It cooperates with several distinguished psychical researchers and parapsychologists across the globe and is independent of any other organisation.

The ISS has four primary aims. These are:

• 1. To disseminate the scientific case for survival after death. This is achieved through the ISS website.
• 2. To achieve an intellectual balance in mainstream media outlets and to be given equal time and space to put forth the scientific case for survival after death.
• 3. To campaign against misinformation and inaccuracy. High-profile critics often give misleading and inaccurate accounts of survival research, often of a discrediting nature. The ISS demands that the media report objectivity, fairly and without bias.
• 4. To provide a valuable and comprehensive research tool for both lay-persons and academics. This is achieved by publishing a vast quantity of eminent survivalist material from the most distinguished scientists in the field.

We often collaborate with a network of researchers, academics and scientists who share our aim to promote the scientific case for survival after death.

as Instruments of Both Spiritual and Scientific Exploration: John Horgan, a freelance writer and author of The End of Science and The Undiscovered Mind:

“…This trend is unfolding worldwide. I just attended a conference in Switzerland at which scholars presented findings on the physiological and psychological effects of drugs such as psilocybin, LSD and MDMA (Ecstacy). At the meeting, I met an American chemist who had synthesized a new compound that seems to induce transcendent experiences as reliably as LSD does but with a greatly reduced risk of bad trips; a Russian psychiatrist who for more than 15 years has successfully treated alcoholics with the hallucinogen ketamine; and a German anthropologist who touts the spiritual benefits of a potent Amazonian brew called ayahuasca. Long a staple of Indian shamans, ayahuasca now serves as a sacrament for two fast-growing churches in Brazil. Offshoots of these churches are springing up in the U.S. and Europe.

Several non-profit groups in the U.S. are attempting to rehabilitate the image of psychedelic drugs through public education and by supporting research on the drugs’ clinical and therapeutic potential. They include the Heffter Institute, based in Santa Fe, New Mexico; the Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies (MAPS), based in Florida; and the Council on Spiritual Practices in San Francisco.” The Edge

“Julian Barbour, a theoretical physicist, has worked on foundational issues in physics for 35 years. He is responsible for a radical notion of “time capsules which explain how the powerful impression of the passage of time can arise in a timeless world”… Cosmologist Lee Smolin notes that Barbour has presented ‘the most interesting and provocative new idea about time to be proposed in many years. If true, it will change the way we see reality. Barbour is one of the few people who is truly both a scientist and a philosopher.'” The Edge

of whom I was aware as a member of the Edge community, visited FmH after a search engine pointed him to a reference I made to him. He signed my guest book appreciatively, which pointed me to his homepage. Pickover, according to his Edge biography, is a research staff member at IBM’s T. J. Watson Research Center, in Yorktown Heights, New York. He is the holder of more than a dozen patents dealing with computer interfaces, and he has written some twenty books on a broad range of topics, including Time : A Traveler’s Guide, Surfing Through Hyperspace : Understanding Higher Universes in Six Easy Lessons, Black Holes : A Traveler’s Guide, Future Health : Computers and Medicine in the 21st Century, Keys to Infinity, The Science of Aliens, The Paradox of God and the Science of Omniscience; Calculus and Pizza: A Math Cookbook for the Hungry Mind.

“Pickover’s primary interest is in finding new ways to expand creativity by melding art, science, mathematics, and other seemingly disparate areas of human endeavor”. He is the Brain-Boggler columnist for Discover Magazine; an associate editor for Computers and Graphics, Computers in Physics, and Theta (Math); and on the editorial boards of Odyssey, Idealistic Studies, Leonardo, Speculations in Science and Technology and YLEM. His site is a somewhat overwhelming departure gate for endless flights on the frontiers of science, philosophy, fringe studies, art and culture. Go.

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