F7 Unleashing Creativity

Unleashing Creativity: Teaching the Near-Death Experience to Undergraduate Students
Neal Grossman, Ph.D.

For many years Neal Grossman, philosophy professor at the Unversity of Illinois-Chicago, has felt it to be his personal and professional responsibility to make students aware of the NDE. He finds this not only benefits his students, but also contributes to making him a more authentic and creative teacher. He will share his experiences and talk about the results of his efforts in this endeavor.

Neal Grossman received his Ph.D. in the History and Philosophy of Science from Indiana University in 1971. His recent book, Healing the Mind: The Philosophy of Spinoza Adapted for a New Age, presents 17th-century Dutch philosopher Spinoza's elegant system of spiritual psychotherapy in terms which are accessible to a lay reader. Prof. Grossman has written many articles, including a guest editorial, "Who's Afraid of Life After Death?" in the Fall 2002 issue of the Journal of Near-Death Studies. He is a member of the Chicago-IANDS Board of Directors.