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"I write only because there is a voice within me that will not be still." — Sylvia Plath
"I am telling my life every time I write a page. Fiction is my confession." — Clive Barker
"The shape of your path was visible from the beginning." - Cormac McCarthy
“The muses are ghosts, and sometimes they come uninvited.” ― Stephen King
“We write to taste life twice, in the moment and in retrospect.” ― Anaïs Nin
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Cup of Nirvana Blog
- Bruce Leininger’s “Definitive Proof” of Reincarnation January 17, 2022
- The James Leininger Case Re-examined (JSE Paper) January 15, 2022
- Conversation with Steinhart on Life after Death December 14, 2021
- Correspondence with Bruce Leininger December 4, 2021
- Crash and Burn: James Leininger Story Debunked November 20, 2021
- Interview on Arguments for Life after Death October 26, 2019
- You: A Review January 13, 2018
- Behind Her Eyes: A Review November 7, 2017
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Book Update 11/22/14
At present, I’m intensively working on completing my book on empirical arguments for postmortem survival. I have a benchmark date of December 1, 2014 for the completion of the first half, which due to personal circumstances last spring through summer has taken … Continue reading
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Interview on Postmortem Survival (Part 2) – repost
In January 2013 Jime Sayaka interviewed me on the topic of postmortem survival for his now defunct blog Subversive Thinking. In what turned out to be a lengthy interview (and preview of arguments in my forthcoming book), I outlined in considerable … Continue reading
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Standing in the Center of the Fire
(1) What is it to love, to truly love? It’s to embrace the deepest mystery and risk the greatest folly. It’s to bear your unbearable absence and find you inescapably present, recurring apparition of my nostalgic night. It’s to watch … Continue reading
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Remembering Jason Zarri (1986-2014)
This week I was heartbroken to learn of the death of Jason Zarri, long-time philosophy student of mine who was currently pursuing an MA in philosophy in our department. Jason took many of my courses during his undergraduate days at … Continue reading
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Interview on Postmortem Survival (Part 1) – repost
In January 2013 Jime Sayaka interviewed me on the topic of postmortem survival for his now defunct blog Subversive Thinking. In what turned out to be a lengthy interview (and preview of arguments in my forthcoming book), I outlined in considerable … Continue reading
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Confessions of a Bullshit Philosopher
I’m a philosopher by profession, but only because I’m one first by nature. More importantly, the particular kind of philosopher I am at present is a reflection of my total life situation and total life history. It has always been … Continue reading
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Ode to Autumn – the Sweetest Freedom
So today is the first day of Autumn, just when I thought she was in the past. But Autumn always returns, and I’m learning to embrace her presence afresh each time with an open acceptance, whether accompanied by joy or … Continue reading
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One Love
This is a poem I composed earlier in the summer. Like all material from the unconscious, what is revealed at a particular time is more clearly understood retrospectively at some later time. – Michael Sudduth … Continue reading
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Near-Death Experiences – Evidence for Survival?
I’ve commented rather extensively in earlier blogs and various publications over the past few years on empirical arguments for postmortem survival from the data of mediumship. A number of people have asked me about near-death experiences, which constitute another strand … Continue reading
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Dancing Lovers
“You may be a lover but you ain’t no dancer.” – Paul McCartney I. Love is … Continue reading
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