"Research challenges the materialistic understanding of death, according to which biological death represents the final end of existence and of all conscious activity."

Stanislav Grof, Czechoslovakian Psychologist

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"Research challenges the materialistic understanding of death, according to which biological death represents the final end of existence and of all conscious activity."

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