Waldo Vieira
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Waldo Vieira (1932 -) is a Brazilian medical practitioner who first proposed the theories of projectiology and conscientiology, two closely-related paranormal beliefs which concern the nature of human consciousness. According to Vieira, the consciousness has an existence independent of the body, and the consciousness can be separated from the body in an "out-of-body experience". Vieira has written more than twenty books on the subject, and claims to have personally had out-of-body experiences on numerous occasions.
Opinions about Vieira's work vary greatly - some see him as the founder of a whole new branch of knowledge, while others see him as a fraud and as a promoter of pseudoscience.
External links
- An interview with Vieira (http://www.iipc.org/articles/interview01.htm)
- International Academy of Conscientiology (http://www.iacworld.org/English/Sciences/Conscientiology/Default.asp)
- International Institute of Projectiology and Conscientiology (http://www.iipc.org)
- CEAEC - Center for High Studies of Consciousness (http://www.ceaec.org.br/Portuguese/Association/default.asp)