Key details
Mr Pascal Michael
Psychology PhD Student
Pascal received a BSc Hons (Aberdeen University) in Neuroscience and an MSc (University College London) in Clinical Mental Health Sciences. His current PhD at University of Greenwich with Dr. David Luke is 'A comparative phenomenology of the psychedelic DMT and near-death experience'.
Responsibilities within the university
- Psychology PhD Student;
- Seminar teaching for Psychology of Exceptional Human Experiences, Brain and Behaviour, Introduction to Counselling
Awards
Parapsychology Association Student of the Year Award 2020
Research / Scholarly interests
Pascal's current research interests encompass the analysis of mystical-type human experiences, both psychopharmacological and spontaneous - specifically, the psychedelic (especially DMT) experience and the near-death experience (NDE) - toward developing a formalised framework of thinking that the NDE is fundamentally an endogenous psychedelic episode, as indicated by its acute, long-term and anomalous effects.
Key funded projects
BIAL research grant 2019.
Recent publications
Michael, P. (2020). Neurothanatology: The Quest for the NDE-ogen. The Paranormal Review; Michael, P. (2020). Thanatotherapy: Death-assisted psychotherapy?. BPS Psychotherapy Section Review
Michael, P. (in press). The Death-Trip: A Case Study of Psilocybin's Simulation of the Phenomenology and Long-term changes of the Near-death Experience. In Tollen, A., King, D., Luke, D. (Ed.). The Breaking Convention Book
Michael, P., Luke, D. (in press). Imitations of Immortality: Psychedelics as NDE-mimetics and the Neuroscience of Death and Near-death. In Ruickbie, L. (Ed.) Is There Life After Death?
Presentations
Conferences presented at include Breaking Convention (2019), The Society of Psychical Research (2019). Invited talks include for the Psychedelic Society of Sussex and Oxford