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Brunton, Dr Paul - man being anaesthetised
Identifier
010068
Type of Spiritual Experience
Background
A description of the experience
Dr Paul Brunton
A SEARCH IN SECRET EGYPT
I know of one case, an ex-Air Force officer who was put under anaesthetic during the war. The drug had a curious effect. It made him quite unconscious of any pain in his body, yet it did not send him to sleep. He found himself, instead, hovering in the air over the operating table and watched the whole process as calmly as he might have watched an operation upon someone else's body! The experience made an extraordinary change in his character; for, he turned from a materialist into a believer in the existence of the soul, and henceforth lived with a new hope and purpose.
The source of the experience
Ordinary personConcepts, symbols and science items
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Science Items
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References
Brunton, Dr. P. (1936) A Search in Secret Egypt, 2nd revised edition, New York: Samuel Weiser, Inc