Work:Contributors
EPRC contributors
Name | Potential area of contribution | Reached out to? (Y/N) | Wishes to contribute? (Y/N) |
Attila Szabo | Psychoneuroimmunology of psychedelics, clinical applications, ASCs | N | |
Seb Ehmann | Comprehensive review of the neuroscience of advanced meditation | Y | Y |
Michael Lydon | Emotions and memory reconsolidation in mindfulness meditation | Y | Y |
Chad Gilbert | Eastern Orthodox and Chinese practices | Y but should reach out again as long ago | (Y to be confirmed) |
Damien Roy/Sabine Rabourding | -Comprehensive OBE literature review, -Microphenomenology of OBEs | Y | |
Peirce Salguero | -History of asian religions and medicine
-Source-texts on meditation related adverse-effects -Cross-traditional research on the full process of emergence/realization -Has experience with this sort of project and I’ll ask for feedback on this plan |
N | |
Chris “Floats” W | Uniquely detailed float tank phenomenology (OBE, visions, etc.), literature review, and practice | Y | Y |
Helena Daly | End-of-life experiences including “transpersonal” dreams
Sleep, hypnagogic and hypnompompic experiences |
Y | Y |
Brian Spittles | -History of the DSMs, psychiatry, and psychosis
-Critique of psychiatry |
Y | |
Olivier Sandilands | -Medical Ethics and EPEEs | Y | Y |
James W. Sanders | -DMT microphenomenology | N | N |
Denomination | Main sects | Key leadership centers | Possible allies | Contacts |
Islam | Sunni | Al-Azhar University | ||
Shia | The Institute of Ismaili Studies, London
The Najaf Seminary |
https://www.iis.ac.uk/our-people/
Ali al-Sistani |
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Khariji | Sheikh Ahmad bin Hamad Al-Khalili | |||
Sufi | Mouride Brotherhood in Senegal | |||
Christianity | Catholic | Vatican | Dicastery for Interreligious Dialogue
Pope’s worldwide prayer network Dicastery for Culture and Education |
The author of this Dictionary of miracles and of the christian extraordinary might be interesting to approach for an overview… |
Protestant | The World Communion of Reformed Churches (WCRC) | https://wcrc.eu/about/members/ | ||
Orthodox | Mount Athos
Ecumenical Patriarchate of the Eastern Orthodox church Patriarchate of the Russian Orthodox Church |
https://agionoros.org/
https://ec-patr.org/ http://www.patriarchia.ru/ |
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Evangelical | World Evangelical Alliance (WEA)
Wheaton College |
https://worldea.org/contact-us/ | ||
Hinduism | Sri Kanchi Kamakoti Peetham | |||
Buddhism | Theravada | |||
Mahayana | Fo Guang Shan (global reach)
Jogyesa Temple (Korea) Shaolin Temple (China, Chan roots) Eihei-ji (Japan temple, Zen) |
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Vajrayana | Central Tibetan Administration | |||
Judaism | ||||
Other | ||||
Scholars[edit | edit source]
We could recruit the Let’s talk religion guy or ask for his feedback.
Clinical contributors
Specialty | |||
Physiatry | |||