This has been a fascinating thread.
I do enjoy reading of these experiences.
I like threads like this, too.
A lot of people are afraid to tell of these experiences; they believe that others will think they are just credulous and nutsy.
Anecdotal evidence is often undervalued. But when ‘science’ is reluctant to study certain phenomena in an open-minded way, it’s the best evidence with which we are left.
I believe that in the future, this will change - but it’s going to require some more ‘heroes’, like J. B. Rhine, Ian Stevenson, Dean Radin, etc., and academic ventures like the PEAR group at Princeton, or the Parapsychology Lab at Duke.