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Survival of Bodily Death
An Esalen Invitational Conference
May 2 to 7, 2004

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The annual Survival of Bodily Death conference met for the sixth time during the first week of May 2004 at the Esalen Institute. Several of the regular participants returned, including:

Neuroscientist and Irreducible Mindauthor Ed Kelly,
Frederic Myers specialist Emily Kelly,
Transpersonal psychologist and parapsychology researcher Charles Tart,
psychotherapist and author Adam Crabtree,
child psychiatrist Jim Tucker,
Actor and comedian John Cleese and his wife Alyce Faye Cleese,
Doctor and near-death researcher Bruce Greyson,
Philosopher Michael Grosso,
Chairman of Esalen Institute Michael Murphy,
Entrepreneur Gary Owen,
Historian of science Bob Rosenberg,
And CTR Coordinator Frank Poletti.

This year five new members joined the group for the first time:

A.N. Whitehead and Sri Aurobindo scholar Eric Weiss,
Complexity philosopher and transpersonal psychologist Sean Kelly,
Parapsychology researcher Gary Schwartz,
Institute of Noetic Sciences (IONS) researcher Dean Radin,
And quantum physicist Henry Stapp.

Longer biographies for these participants can be found in the "Leading Scholars" section of the CTR website.

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