Our Tucson IANDS group meeting will take place on Friday, December 13, starting at 6:30 PM on the Unity of Tucson campus in Room 3 of the Annex (small building to the left of the church—see graphic below) 3617 N. Camino Blanco, Tucson, AZ 85718 (off River between Craycroft and Swan).
The meeting will be moderated by Vic Smith, IANDS member and author (website: victoresmith.com).
We will open with a meet-and-greet to get acquainted and share interests in near-death and related experiences (NDEs). Following will be some further planning for future Tucson IANDS events, including speaker presentations. A reminder: once we get to the major presentation stage, we are always looking for volunteers to help put on events, so think about joining our growing team that is preparing to return Tucson IANDS to its pre-pandemic popularity.
For the specific discussion topic for this month, I propose we start with another topic that registered considerable interest on the recent survey: THE OUT-OF-BODY EXPERIENCE, especially as related to near-death phenomena.
To stimulate the thought processes, consider the following from Dr. Marina Weiler and her team of researchers from Univ. of Virginia’s Division of Perceptual Studies:
Out-of-body experiences are often described as extraordinary events where individuals perceive themselves as existing outside their physical bodies, experiencing a sense of floating or observing themselves from an external perspective.
The phenomena can be triggered by various factors such as sensory deprivation, hypnosis, and psychedelic substances or can occur spontaneously during life-threatening situations or near-death experiences.
Plenty to chew on there although I’ve not known our discussions to lack for fascinating and informative conversation that can result in life-changing insights. Join us on Friday.
We will take a voluntary offering at the end of the session to go to Unity for use of the church’s space. So, bring singles if you have them.