DREAMS OF BEYOND - Near Death Experiences and the Afterlife

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  • Brompton Cemetery Chapel

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  • Something A Little Different, Theatre/Arts and Walks & Tours
  • Tickets from £12.00
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  • Sun, 31st Oct 2021 @ 15:30 - 17:00
  • 15:30 - 17:00

 The concept of an afterlife and an immortal human soul are culturally universal tropes. Such ideas may have arisen from non-ordinary states of consciousness and exceptional human experiences like NDEs, lucid dreaming, out of body experiences, deep states of meditation, sensory deprivation and the use of psychedelics. NDEs have been shown to make an especially deep impact on the psyche and are known often to bring about long-lasting and positive changes to the personality. 
 
Consistent features of the NDE that appear for many around the world include travelling through a tunnel towards the light, time dilation or distortion, extreme euphoria and bliss, contact with the dead, audiences with divine light-emanating entities and detailed ‘life-reviews’. Over the years many theories have been posited as to what is responsible for near death experiences - is it a recreation of birth trauma, hallucinations caused by cerebral hypoxia (oxygen deprivation in the brain), the side effects of drugs used during resuscitation or a genuine glimpse into the afterlife ? In their talk Sarah Janes and Pascal Immanuel Michael will shed light on this mystery.
 


        Sarah Janes
  Sarah Janes is a writer and researcher with a particular interest in the sleep and dream traditions of antiquity, the evolution of imaginal and oracular culture and the potential of lucid dreaming as a modern healing device. Her first book Pool of Mnemosyne: An Initiation in Dreams is published by Inner Traditions/Bear & Co. Available 2022.

        Pascal Immanuel Michael 
        Pascal Immanuel Michael has a background in neuroscience, psychology and clinical mental health. He is currently a Psychedelic-Parapsychology PhD student at the University of Greenwich. His work explores the nexus of brain, mind and spirit and the ways in which non-ordinary states of consciousness can be usefully integrated by individuals for the best personal development, psychological and spiritual growth.

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Dreams of Beyond
includes a delightful gin Cocktail
15:30 - 17:00 £12.00

Location

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Brompton Cemetery Chapel, North gate off Old Brompton Road, South Gate off Fulham Road, London, SW5 9JE

Nearest Station

West Brompton (Tube)


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A Curious Invitation and Antique Beat
This year Antique Beat and A Curious Invitation will be hosting The London Month of the Dead, a series of 36 different events investigating the capital’s relationship with its deceased residents. Events will include a private view of the Museum of London’s bone archive, taxidermy workshops, macabre walking tours and private views and a programme of weekend death salons with talks on subjects ranging from public dissection and body snatching to reincarnation and funereal folklore. Each salon will feature a pair of speakers, authorities in fields such as osteology, forensic pathology and the paranormal, who will offer their own perspectives and insights on mortality in the city. Each year the London Month of the Dead donates 20% of all ticket revenue to one of London's magnificent seven cemeteries. In 2017 all of the death salons and concerts will be hosted at the Dissenters and Anglican chapels at Kensal Green. In previous years the month's programme has centered around Brompton Cemetery but the chapel is now undergoing important restoration work, a project the London Month of the Dead is proud to have supported. The London Month of the Dead has been curated by a Curious Invitation and Antique Beat to inform, entertain and provoke on the subject of death and London cemeteries.

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