Out-of-body experiences as the origin of the concept of a "soul"

Mind and Matter

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 57-84

  Metzinger, Thomas ^a,b  

^a FRANKFURT INSTITUTE FOR ADVANCED STUDIES   (Germany)

^b JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

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