Author: Nikolay Petrov
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Anesthetics Act in Quantum Channels in Brain Microtubules to Prevent Consciousness
Unfortunately, modern mainstream anesthesia, neuroscience and pharmacology offer no functional targets nor mechanisms of action for direct effects of anesthetics consciousness or memory. Yet anesthetic mechanisms still offer the best possible approach to understanding consciousness and memory encoding.
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Anesthetic Action and “Quantum Consciousness”
Rather than a computer, the brain may be more like an orchestra; rather than a computational output, consciousness may be more like music.
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A Reappraisal of Teresa of Avila’s Supposed Hysteria
This essay offers a reassessment of Teresa’s severe seizures which were such a characteristic feature of her mysticism. The diagnosis of hysteria is no longer viable, at the very least given its abandonment by clinicians. An alternative analysis is developed by phenomenologically comparing Teresa’s seizures to parallel experiences of subjects in LSD assisted psychotherapy.
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GC European In-person Meeting in Pari, Italy, 17-21 Sep 2026: Cycles of Life, Death and Rebirth
Our main message is that death is best understood as a transition rather than extinction, as predicted by the mainstream assumption that the brain generates consciousness, an assumption that is increasingly being called into question, as in our own Galileo Report.