Beyond the body: An investigation of out-of-the-body experiences by Susan Blackmore

Susan Blackmore is a speaker, freelance writer, and psychologist. She left the University of the West of England, Bristol, as a Reader in Psychology in 2000 to develop an undergraduate textbook on consciousness. She is the author of numerous scientific articles and book contributions, and she contributes to a number of periodicals and newspapers. She also appears frequently on radio and television in the United Kingdom and internationally. She's hosted a number of television shows, including a Channel 4 documentary on ape intelligence. She has been practicing Zen for the past two decades. In Search of the Light (1996), The Meme Machine (1999), Consciousness: An Introduction (2003), and Discussions about Consciousness (forthcoming in 2005) are some of her books.