"What
is this alt.out-of-body
newsgroup?"Newsgroup
History and Purpose
The alt.out-of-body newsgroup, created in
September of 1992, was established to provide a
forum for exchanging ideas about out-of-body
experiences and for sharing actual accounts of such
experiences. It is the successor to the alt.oobe
newsgroup, established in July of 1992 for a
similar purpose. (The older newsgroup still exists
on some systems, but it is no longer in wide-spread
use. The name "alt.out-of-body" was chosen
following a discussion about an appropriate name
and a subsequent vote in alt.config.)
Much of the discussion of out-of-body experiences
has centered around the recounting of experiences
and speculation on the nature of those experiences.
Some articles have questioned whether the
experiences are of an hallucinatory nature or
purely a function of biochemical processes that
occur in the brain, and, at the other extreme, some
have linked them with notions of the existence of
an immortal soul and other ideas generally
associated with religious interpretations of human
existence. Most readers are intrigued by the
thought of being able to have and control OBEs, and
see them as a potentially interesting experience,
though some smaller number of people taking part in
discussions are interested in trying to figure out
their nature and function and their possible
implications for the understanding of what it means
to be fully human.
Mailing List
The alt.out-of-body newsgroup is linked with a
parallel mailing list, provided for the benefit of
those who do not have access to Internet / Usenet
or to the newsgroup. To subscribe to this list,
send a message containing the text:
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to the address "listserv@gnosys.svle.ma.us."
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