On death and dying: towards a new paradigm - Ven. Fabienne Pradelle interviews Dr. Peter Fenwick

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Our guest today is Dr. Peter Fenwick, a neuropsychologist who carried out extensive research on near death experiences and the nature of consciousness.
Dr. Fenwick is a senior lecturer at King’s College London and the consultant neuropsychologist at both the Maudsley and John Radcliffe hospitals. He is also the president of the Horizon Research Foundation and president emeritus of the Scientific and Medical Network. In this episode of Science and Wisdom LIVE, he is interviewed by Venerable Fabienne Pradelle, the Director of Jamyang London Buddhist Centre. They discuss our existential fear of death, Near Death Experiences and their connection with personal transformation, and the connection between consciousness and the brain.
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“The plain fact is that none of us understands these phenomena. As for the soul and life after death, they are still open questions, though I myself suspect that NDEs are part of the same continuum as mystical experiences.”
About our guest:
Dr. Peter Fenwick (born 25 May 1935) is a neuropsychiatrist and neurophysiologist who is known for his studies of epilepsy and end-of-life phenomena. Fenwick is a graduate of Trinity College, Cambridge, where he studied Natural Science. He obtained his clinical experience at St Thomas’ Hospital.
Fenwick is a senior lecturer at King’s College, London, where he works as a consultant at the Institute of Psychiatry. He is the Consultant Neuropsychologist at both the Maudsley, and John Radcliffe hospitals, and also provides services for Broadmoor Hospital. He works with the Mental Health Group at the University of Southampton, and holds a visiting professorship at the Riken Neurosciences Institute in Japan.
Fenwick is the president of the Horizon Research Foundation, an organisation that supports research into end-of-life experiences. He is the President of the British branch of the International Association for Near-Death Studies. Fenwick has been part of the editorial board for a number of journals including the Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery, and Psychiatry, the Journal of Consciousness Studies and the Journal of Epilepsy and Behaviour.
Fenwick’s interest in near-death experiences was piqued when he read Raymond Moody’s book Life After Life. Initially sceptical of Moody’s anecdotal evidence, Fenwick reassessed his opinion after a discussion with one of his own patients, who described a near-death experience very similar to that of Moody’s subjects. Since then, he has collected and analysed more than 300 examples of near-death experiences. Fenwick argues that human consciousness may be more than just a function of the brain.

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