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This website contains a list of my publications in the field of frontier areas of biology. Being a biologist, I have always been fascinated by the many unsolved questions concerning life and consciousness.
The topics I covered in frontier areas of biology include enigmas of evolution, parapsychological phenonena and the history of parapsychology, near-death phenomena including terminal lucidity, and nature philosophical considerations.
This website contains a list of my publications in the field of frontier areas of biology. Being a biologist, I have always been fascinated by the many unsolved questions concerning life and consciousness.
The topics I covered in frontier areas of biology include enigmas of evolution, parapsychological phenonena and the history of parapsychology, near-death phenomena including terminal lucidity, and nature philosophical considerations.
Publications in chronological order
Books
Krall S, Nahm M, Waldrich H-P (2021). Hinter der Materie. Hans Driesch und die Natur des Lebens [Behind matter. Hans Driesch and the nature of life]. Zug: Graue Edition, 383 pp.
Schellinger U, Nahm M (2021). Freiburgs Gespenster. Spuk und Geister in der Stadt von 1800 bis heute [Freiburg’s ghosts. Hauntings and ghosts in town from 1800 until today] (2nd revised ed., first published in 2020). Freiburg: Schwarz auf Weiss, 158 pp.
Nahm M (2012). Wenn die Dunkelheit ein Ende findet. Terminale Geistesklarheit und andere Phänomene in Todesnähe [When darkness comes to an end. Terminal lucidity and other phenomena near death]. Amerang: Crotona, 286 pp.
Nahm M (2007). Evolution und Parapsychologie [Evolution and parapsychology]. Norderstedt: Books on Demand, 400 pp.
Articles & Book Chapters
Matlock JG, Hilton B, Sheldrake R, Smart P, Nahm M (2024). After-Death Communications (ADCs) from Non-Human Animals: Parallels with Human ADCs. Journal of Scientific Exploration, 38,(1), 61-78.
Nahm M (2024). Hans Driesch. Article for the online Psi Encyclopedia of the Society for Psychical Research. https://psi-encyclopedia.spr.ac.uk/articles/hans-driesch
Nahm M (2023). Concordant deviance: Commonalties of unidentified anomalous phenomena (UAP) and psi phenomena. Journal of Anomalistics, 23(2), 170-190.
Nahm M (2023). Phenomena of Franek Kluski’s mediumship and the significance of materialisations for the survival question. Proceedings of the Society for Psychical Research, 61(225), 10-39.
Roehrs P, Fenwick P, Greyson B, Gunnoe S, Kellehear A, Kothe K, Nahm M, Roe C, Tassell-Matamua N, Woollacott M (2023). Terminal lucidity in a pediatric oncology clinic. Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease, 212(1), 57-60.
Nahm M (2023). Vom unvergleichlichen Zauber blumengleicher Tiere. Die zoologischen Arbeiten der Okkultistin Fanny Moser [On the incomparable charm of flower-like animals. The zoological works of occultist Fanny Moser]. In I Schmied-Knittel (ed.). Science und séance. Die Biologin und Parapsychologin Fanny Moser (1872-1953) [Science and séance. Biologist and parapsychologist Fanny Moser (1872-1953)]. Baden-Baden: Ergon, pp. 115-150.
Nahm M (2023). Kommentare zur Video-Dokumentation von Kai Mügges Tisch-Levitationen [Comments on the video-documentation of Kai Mügge's table levitations]. Online-article available at: https://www.grenzwissenschaft-aktuell.de/kontroverse-um-juengste-videodokumentation-ueber-seance-forschungsexperimente-mit-kai-muegge20230516/
Nahm M (2023). Climbing mount evidence. A strategic assessment of the best available evidence for the survival of human consciousness after permanent bodily death (revised version). In Bigelow Institute for Consciousness Studies (BICS) (ed.), Winning Essays 2023. Proof of Survival of Human Consciousness Beyond Permanent Bodily Death. Las Vegas, BICS, pp. 107-203.
Sheldrake R, Smart P, Nahm M (2023). Experiences with dying animals: parallels with end-of-life experiences in humans. Journal of Scientific Exploration, 37(1), 42-58.
Nahm M (2022). Toward a “Parapsychological Synthesis”: Proposals for integrating theories of psi. Journal of Parapsychology, 86(2), 299-321.
Mayer G, Nahm M (2022). To the Editor [Comment on a book review by Helmar Kurz]. Journal of the Society for Psychical Research, 86(3), 188-191.
Nahm M (2022). A guardian angel gone astray: How not to engage in scientific debates. Journal of Scientific Exploration, 36(4), 783-793.
Nahm M (2022). The importance of the exceptional in tackling riddles of consciousness and unusual episodes of lucidity. Journal of Anomalous Experience and Cognition, 2(2), 264-296.
Nahm M (2022). Lucidité terminale et lucidité paradoxale: développements actuels et clarification des concepts. In R Evrard, M Mutis (eds.), Aux frontières de la mort: explorations cliniques et scientifiques. L’Harmattan, pp. 101-111.
Nahm M (2022). Terminale Geistesklarheit und paradoxe Geistesklarheit: Gegenwärtige Entwicklungen und eine Klärung der Konzepte. In R Evrard, M Mutis (eds.), Aux frontières de la mort: explorations cliniques et scientifiques. L’Harmattan, pp. 113-123.
Nahm M (2022). Terminal versus. paradoxical lucidity. A terminological clarification. Alzheimer’s & Dementia, 18(3), 538-539. doi: 10.1002/alz.12574
Nahm M (2021). Introductory comments to “Luminous phenomena at death: The case of the Monk family”. Journal of Anomalistics, 21(2), 463-465.
Alvarado CS, Nahm M (2021). Luminous phenomena at death. The case of the Monk family. Journal of Anomalistics, 21(2), 466-479.
Nahm M (2021). What is science? Journal of Anomalistics, 21(2), 403-407.
Nahm M (2021). Climbing mount evidence. A strategic assessment of the best available evidence for the survival of human consciousness after permanent bodily death. Essay for the Bigelow Institute for Consciousness Studies (BICS) essay competition on the best evidence for the survival of human consciousness after bodily death. https://www.bigelowinstitute.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/nahm-climbing-mount-evidence.pdf
Nahm M (2021). Supplement to: Climbing mount evidence. A strategic assessment of the best available evidence for the survival of human consciousness after permanent bodily death. Supplement to the Essay for the Bigelow Institute for Consciousness Studies (BICS) essay competition on the best evidence for the survival of human consciousness after bodily death.
Nahm M (2021). A new case of scientific dishonesty in the field of parapsychology. Journal of Scientific Exploration, 35, 623-638.
Nahm M (2021). Paul Kammerer and epigenetics – a reappraisal of his experiments. Contributions to Zoology, 90(3), 318-343. doi:10.1163/18759866-bja10019.
Nahm M (2021). Hans Drieschs Beschäftigung mit der Parapsychologie [Hans Driesch’s interest in parapsychology]. In S Krall, M Nahm, H-P Waldrich (eds): Hinter der Materie. Hans Driesch und die Natur des Lebens [Behind matter. Hans Driesch and the nature of life]. Zug: Graue Edition, pp. 127-143.
Nahm M (2021). Ganzheitsbiologische Strömungen im Umfeld der Philosophie von Hans Driesch [Currents of holistic biology in the context of Hans Driesch’s philosophy]. In S Krall, M Nahm, H-P Waldrich (eds): Hinter der Materie. Hans Driesch und die Natur des Lebens [Behind matter. Hans Driesch and the nature of life]. Zug: Graue Edition, pp. 143-201.
Nahm M, Weibel A (2020). The significance of autoscopies as a time marker for the occurrence of near-death experiences. Journal of Near-Death Studies, 38(1), 26-50.
Nahm M, Schmied-Knittel I, Weibel A (2020). “Nur ein milder Schein des Erlebten“ – Ergebnisse einer Online-Umfrage zu Nahtod-Erfahrungen im deutschsprachigen Raum [“Just a mild glimmer of the experienced” – results of an online survey on near-death experiences in German-speaking countries]. Zeitschrift für Anomalistik, 20, 131-153.
Nahm M (2020). Book Review: R Noakes: Physics and psychics. The occult and the sciences in modern Britain. Journal of the Society for Psychical Research, 84, 239-242.
Nahm M (2020). Book Review: A history of the (attempted) institutionalization of parapsychology. A review of „Okkultismus im Gehäuse“ by A Lux & S Paletschek. Journal of Scientific Exploration, 34, 849-853.
Nahm M (2020). Book Review: A narrative of narratives of near-death experiences. A review of “What is it like to be dead?” by J Schlieter. Journal of Parapsychology, 84, 314-317.
Nahm M (2020). Vorwort [Preface]. In D Hassler: Nah-Tod-Erfahrungen und mehr... Indizienbeweise für ein Leben nach dem Tod und die Wiedergeburt. Aachen: Shaker Media, pp. 2-3.
Nahm M (2020). Letter to the Editor: Time to celebrate! Journal of Scientific Exploration, 34, 105-107.
Nahm M (2019). Out of thin air? Apport studies performed between 1928 and 1938 by Elemér Chengery Pap. Journal of Scientific Exploration, 33, 661-705.
Nahm M (2019). Book Review: M Willin: The Enfield poltergeist tapes. Journal of Scientific Exploration, 33, 713-715.
Nahm M (2019). Historical perspective: Justinus Kerner's case study into the "prison spook" in Weinsberg and spooky actions at a distance in 1835-1836. In G Mayer (ed.): N equals 1. Single case studies in anomalistics. Zürich: LIT Verlag, pp. 153-200.
Mashour GA, Frank L, Batthyany A, Kolanowski AM, Nahm M, Schulman-Green D, Greyson B, Pakhomov S, Karlawish J, Shah RC (2019). Paradoxical lucidity: A potential paradigm shift for the neurobiology and treatment of advanced dementias. Alzheimer's & Dementia, 15, 1107-1114. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jalz.2019.04.002
Nahm M (2019). Implications of reincarnation cases for biology. In JG Matlock: Signs of reincarnation. Exploring beliefs, cases and theory. Lanham, MD: Rowman & Littlefield, pp. 273-287.
Nahm M (2019). Assessing the problem space of precognition: Can it be the only form of psi? A commentary on the Multiphasic Model of Informational Psi. Zeitschrift für Anomalistik, 19, 57-67.
Nahm M (2019). „Ich sehe was, was du nicht siehst“ oder: Wie erlangt man (keine) Erkenntnisse der höheren Welten? Ein Exkurs über Rudolf Steiners „Geisteswissenschaft“ [“I see something you don’t see” or How (not) to know higher worlds?“ An excursus on Rudolf Steiner’s “spiritual science”] Zeitschrift für Anomalistik, 19, 189-212.
Nahm M (2019). Book Review: H Schwenke (ed.): Jenseits des Vertrauten: Facetten transzendenter Erfahrungen. Zeitschrift für Anomalistik, 19, 218-223.
Nahm M, Evrard R (2019). Findings along the way in psychical research: A non-existent hydrocephalus patient. Journal of the Society for Psychical Research, 83, 31-35.
Nahm M, Weibel A (2019). Die Bedeutung der Selbstschau (Autoskopie) als Zeitmarker für das Auftreten von Nahtod-Erfahrungen [The significance of autoscopies as a time marker for the occurrence of near-death experiences]. Zeitschrift für Anomalistik, 19, 151-171.
Nahm M (2018). Book Review: Diethard Sawicki: Leben mit den Toten Geisterglauben und die Entstehung des Spiritismus in Deutschland 1770-1900 [Living with the Dead. The Belief in Ghosts and the Development of Spiritism in Germany 1770-1900]. Review for the website of the Society for Psychical Research. Link: https://www.spr.ac.uk/book-review/leben-mit-den-toten-geisterglauben-und-die-entstehung-des-spiritismus-deutschland
Nahm M (2018). Plötzliches und ungewöhnlich rasches Weißwerden von Haaren: Eine Übersicht über 212 Fallberichte aus der medizinischen Literatur der letzten 200 Jahre [Sudden and unusually rapid whitening of hair. An overview of 212 case reports from the medical literature of the last 200 years]. Zeitschrift für Anomalistik, 18, 248-276.
Nahm M (2018). Investigating “Physical Mediums” via audio signal processing: A comment on a recent approach. Journal of Scientific Exploration, 32, 579-595.
Nahm M (2018). Book Review: A Owen: Zwischenwelten [English original title: Into the grey zone]. Zeitschrift für Anomalistik, 18, 165-169.
Klein SD, Kohler S, Krüerke D, Templeton AJ, Weibel A, Haraldsson E, Nahm M, Wolf U (2018). Erfahrungen am Lebensende: Eine Umfrage bei Ärzten und Pflegenden eines Spitals für anthroposophisch erweiterte Medizin [End-of-life experiences: a survey among physicians and nurses in a hospital for anthroposophically extended medicine]. Complementary Medicine Research, 25, 38-44. https://doi.org/10.1159/000478090
Nahm M, Rousseau D, Greyson B (2017). Discrepancy between cerebral structures and cognitive functioning: A review. Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease, 205, 967-972.
Nahm M (2017). Selected aspects of Carlos Mirabelli’s mediumship. Journal of Scientific Exploration, 31, 457-466.
Nahm M (2017). Terminal lucidity. Article for the online Psi Encyclopedia of the Society for Psychical Research. Available at http://psi-encyclopedia.spr.ac.uk/articles/terminal-lucidity
Ludwiger I von, Nahm M (2016). Apport phenomena of medium Herbert Baumann (1911-1998): Report on personal experiences. Journal of Scientific Exploration, 30, 337-358.
Nahm M (2016). Book Review: Sabine Mehne: Der große Abflug. Zeitschrift für Anomalistik, 16, 484-488.
Nahm M (2016). Albert Heim (1849-1937): The multifaceted geologist who influenced research into near-death experiences and suggestion therapy. Explore: The Journal of Science and Healing, 12, 256-258.
Nahm M (2016). Letter to the Editor: The role of animals as co-percipients of apparitions in the work of Emil Mattiesen (1875-1939). Journal of the Society for Psychical Research, 80, 119-121.
Nahm M (2016). Further comments about Kai Mügge’s alleged mediumship and recent developments. Journal of Scientific Exploration, 30, 56-62.
Nahm M (2015). Außerkörperliche Erfahrungen [Out-of-body experiences]. In: G Mayer, M Schetsche, I Schmied-Knittel, D Vaitl (eds). An den Grenzen der Erkenntnis. Handbuch der wissenschaftlichen Anomalistik [At the frontiers of knowledge. Handbook of scientific anomalistics]. Stuttgart: Schattauer, pp. 151-163.
Nahm M (2015). Promissory mediumship. Paranormal Review, 74, 15.
Nahm M (2015). Mysterious ways: The riddle of the homing ability in dogs and other vertebrates. Journal of the Society for Psychical Research, 79, 140-155.
Nahm M (2014). Book Review: Timon Kuff: Okkulte Ästhetik – Wunschfiguren des Unbewussten im Werk von Albert von Schrenck-Notzing [Occult aesthetics. Wish-figures of the unconscious in the work of Albert von Schrenck-Notzing]. Journal of the Society for Psychical Research, 78, 172-173.
Nahm M (2014). Commentary on the Essay Review “William Jackson Crawford on the Goligher circle“ by Michael Tymn. Journal of Scientific Exploration, 28, 345-349.
Nahm M (2014). The development and the phenomena of a circle for physical mediumship. Journal of Scientific Exploration, 28, 229-283.
Nahm M, Greyson B (2013-2014). The death of Anna Katharina Ehmer. A case study in terminal lucidity. Omega, 68, 77-87.
Nahm M (2013). Terminale Geistesklarheit und andere Rätsel des menschlichen Bewusstseins [Terminal lucidity and other enigmas of human consciousness]. In: A Serwaty, J Nicolay (eds). Nahtoderfahrung und Bewusstseinsforschung [Near-death experience and consciousness studies]. Goch: Santiago, pp. 78-134.
Nahm M, Navarini AA, Kelly EW (2013). Canities subita: A reappraisal of evidence based on 196 case reports published in the medical literature. International Journal of Trichology, 5, 63-68.
Alvarado CS, Nahm M, Sommer A (2012). Notes on early interpretations of mediumship. Journal of Scientific Exploration, 26, 855-865.
Nahm M (2012). The sorcerer of Cobenzl and his legacy: The life of Baron Karl Ludwig von Reichenbach, his work and its aftermath. Journal of Scientific Exploration, 26, 381-407.
Nahm M, Greyson B, Kelly EW, Haraldsson E (2012). Terminal lucidity: A review and a case collection. Archives of Gerontology and Geriatrics, 55, 138-142.
Alvarado CS, Nahm M (2011). Psychic phenomena and the vital force: Hereward Carrington on “Vital energy and psychical phenomena”. Journal of the Society for Psychical Research, 75, 91-103.
Nahm M (2011). Reflections on the context of near-death experiences. Journal of Scientific Exploration, 25, 453-478.
Nahm M (2011). The Tibetan Book of the Dead: Its history and controversial aspects of its contents. Journal of Near-Death Studies, 29, 373-398.
Nahm M (2011). Book Review: Göran Brusewitz: Conscious connections. About parapsychology and holistic biology. Journal of Scientific Exploration, 25, 407-411.
Nahm M, Hassler D (2011). Thoughts about thought bundles: A commentary on Jürgen Keil’s paper “Questions of the reincarnation type”. Journal of Scientific Exploration, 25, 305–318.
Nahm M (2010). Book Review: Janice M. Holden, Bruce Greyson und Debbie James: The handbook of near-death experiences. 30 years of investigation. Journal of Parapsychology, 74, 182-189.
Nahm M (2010). Book Review: Anabela Cardoso: Electronic voices: Contact with another dimension? Zeitschrift für Anomalistik, 10, 176-181.
Nahm M (2010). Book Review: Gerda Lier: Das Unsterblichkeitsproblem. Grundannahmen und Voraussetzungen. Zeitschrift für Anomalistik, 10, 136-144.
Nahm M (2010). Letter to the Editor [On mediumistic communications by living agents], Journal of the Society for Psychical Research, 74, 53-56.
Nahm M, Nicolay J (2010). Essential features of eight published Muslim near-death experiences: An addendum to Joel Ibrahim Kreps’s “The search for Muslim near-death experiences”. Journal of Near-Death Studies, 29, 255-263.
Cohen P (2009). UFOs und ihre Piloten: Ihre Bedeutung für die heutige Biologie. MUFON-CES Bericht, 12, 256-330 (published pseudonymously).
Nahm M (2009). Terminal lucidity in people with mental illness and other mental disability: An overview and implications for possible explanatory models. Journal of Near-Death Studies 28, 87-106.
Nahm M (2009). Four ostensible near-death experiences of Roman times with peculiar features: Mistake cases, correction cases, xenoglossy, and a prediction. Journal of Near-Death Studies 27, 211-222.
Nahm M (2009). Book Review: Forward ever, backward never? Betrachtungen zum Tagungsband „Charting the future of parapsychology“. Zeitschrift für Anomalistik, 9, 216-237.
Nahm M, Greyson B (2009). Terminal lucidity in patients with chronic schizophrenia and dementia: A Survey of the Literature. Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease 197, 942-944.
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