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Last update: July 2026 (Info) 
WARNING: The contents of this site are public and can be freely quoted. The author does not wish to reserve any copyright. However, anyone who uses material from this site should, as a matter of fairness, cite the source by including a link to this site or to the relevant page.
questions and answers
Q - What does this site deal with?
A - Essentially three topics:
1) the meaning of human life as a consequence of the mental experiences in which our conscious Ego is involved over time;
2) the transformation process that the Ego undergoes, until the natural conclusion of life itself;
3) the possibility that our Ego, its consciousness and some memories of its life's experiences move to another dimension at the end of this organic life.
These topics are treated with an open mind and critical attitude, in the light of human reasoning, the acquisition and evaluation of the available information, and based on the intellectual resources with which a human being may be endowed. Human life is a journey that unfolds over time and has a beginning and an end: as we proceed along this path, we naturally become increasingly curious about the meaning of our experiences, and would like to know whether the end of life is a goal towards which one may consciously move.
This site has no religious character, in the conventional and traditional sense of the term: no reference is made to an anthropomorphically conceived divinity, nor to models of behaviour to be adopted, or to rewards or punishments. At most, religions are taken into account as experiences determined by the human psyche. In general, the topics covered can be better understood by people who are already fully mature, endowed with a sound cultural background and adequate intellectual resources.
How do I navigate the site?
The menu on the left gives access to various sections, each dedicated to a particular topic. When you click on one of these buttons, the introductory page for that section opens, where a second menu on the right provides access to the pages belonging to that section (which differ from one section to another). Each page can also be accessed from the Site Map. To get an idea of how the various topics are discussed, you can also read some pages of the Blog, which can be accessed by clicking on the buttons at the top right of this page.
How can I see whether the site contains anything that may interest me?
At the end of this page, there is a summary that helps you navigate the various topics covered on the site. You can also take a look at the Blog, which deals with the same topics in a less formal way. There is a page with a comprehensive index of the topics covered in the Blog up to June 2021. You can also consult the Site Map directly.
What is the Life on earth section about?
The origin and evolution of the organic instrument (the body and brain) through which we live in this world, the way human societies have developed and evolved, and the ways in which complex societies (such as the one we live in) operate through socio-cultural programs and conditioning that contribute to shaping our functioning and behaviour.
What is the Human psyche section about?
In the light of current scientific knowledge of how the human brain functions, it is explained how our feeling of existing in this life depends on the conscious experience of a series of psychic events determined by mental (and therefore cerebral) activity, which we may retain in memory. A person's mental experiences represent only a tiny fraction of all the psychic events experienced by humankind, both now and throughout the past. Taken together, all these experiences constitute an evolving phenomenon that can be defined as the human psyche. The section also explains why it is more appropriate to regard the human brain as a tuning instrument rather than the producer of the experiences of the psyche.
What is the Non-ordinary states section about?
In this section, easy and undemanding to read, various psychic experiences that normally lie outside ordinary conscious awareness during the normal waking state are described: in addition to normal dreams and some particular types of dreams, such as lucid and conscious dreams, Out of the Body Experiences (OBEs) and experiences induced by the ingestion of psychedelic substances are dealt with.
What is the Near death experiences section about?
This section presents several examples of psychic experiences that occurred during life-threatening conditions which might otherwise have proved fatal, but ultimately did not. These particular experiences, certainly uncommon, often involve an OBE and a state of existence perceived as otherworldly. The section also presents the views of a number of qualified scholars on the relationship between these experiences and the presumed functioning of the brain under the critical conditions experienced by the individual concerned.
What is the Psychic phenomena section about?
It presents various well-documented phenomena, investigated mainly between the late nineteenth century and the middle of the twentieth century, many of which still lack a satisfactory explanation consistent with the physical laws currently known to us. For this reason, there is still a strong resistance, originating from the psyche, to acknowledge the very existence of these phenomena. This section also contains a subsection devoted to the History of a Medium, presenting the original documentation relating to some remarkable mediumistic phenomena that occurred in a small Tuscan town between 1936 and 1952.
What is the Psychical research section about?
This section provides a concise overview of the research conducted over a century and a half into mediumistic phenomena, together with the main theories proposed to explain them.
What is the Over the life section about?
This section explores the possibility that our conscious Ego may continue to exist in other dimensions after the dissolution of the psychophysical system through which we live in this world. Some hypotheses concerning agents and supports that could make such forms of continued existence possible are evaluated, together with the consequences that this possibility may have for our current life.
What does the Info & links section contain?
The Info page lists the site's updates over time. The Links page, within this section, contains links to websites dealing with some of the topics covered on this site, while on the Library page you can find and download some of the books mentioned.
Why are so many pages of the site devoted to NDEs and mediumistic phenomena?
The reason is explained in the Human psyche section: these psychical experiences are important because they highlight some inconsistencies in the cultural orientations currently prevailing in our societies. According to these prevailing cultural orientations, human existence is regarded almost exclusively in terms of the socio-economic system to which each individual belongs.
Who are you and what do you do?
I was born in 1946, so I have acquired a certain amount of life experience: other biographical information would not add anything meaningful to what is presented on this site. My personal and necessarily partial human experience has been shaped by the destiny that has determined the course of my life. More important, however, is the universal desire for knowledge and for an expansion of consciousness, a desire that is at work in me, as it is in many other human beings.
Does the site attract many visitors?
During the last year, the site received more than 60,000 visits, with nearly half of its visitors showing a genuine interest in its contents.
To get an idea of the site's overall perspective, you can read the last pages of the section Over the life, entitled The release from the human psyche and The meaning of human life and the liberation of the conscious Ego. These titles reflect the idea that this life might be a preparatory condition for the formation and evolution of the conscious Ego, so that it can possibly continue to exist beyond the death of the body and experience other dimensions. All the topics discussed on this site are intended to present, in an intellectually honest, well-reasoned and, wherever possible, well-documented manner, the arguments that lead to this view.
In order to better understand what is meant by expressions such as conscious Ego and human psyche, as well as terms such as consciousness, memory, intelligence, etc., it is advisable to read the Definitions page in the Human psyche section. In any case, all the pages in this section help to understand the difference between the conscious Ego and the experiences of the psyche in which it is involved, and to begin a process of detachment of the conscious Ego from the human psyche, in order to evaluate the various psychic manifestations with greater balance. Indeed, in our culture the term psyche is mostly considered as an equivalent of mental activity, and the identification of the conscious Ego with the experiences of the psyche that involve it is taken for granted. This results in an excessive personalization of such experiences, as shown by the widespread use of expressions such as my (or your) psyche, which do not allow us to distinguish between the experiencing subject, the origin of the psychic experience and the power of involvement and control exerted by the psyche on the Ego.
Since the experiences of the psyche are determined by our mental activity, and therefore by the functioning of the brain and the stimuli that our psychophysical system receives from both the external environment and our organism, the Life on Earth section provides a concise overview of the origin of the human organism as part of the process that led to life evolution on our planet. However, our mental experiences are largely determined by the programs that have been transmitted to us by the socio-cultural system in which we have been raised, and also by the people with whom we must continually interact, simply in order to keep our organism alive. So in the same section some pages are devoted to the cultural evolution of human societies, and to the differences between simpler, more static societies, and the more complex ones. The influence of socio-cultural conditioning on mental activity and the psyche's experiences is explored in greater depth in the section The human psyche.
In addition to experiences of the psyche that can be considered normal or ordinary, in the sense that almost all human beings can experience them provided that their brain functions normally and the necessary circumstances occur, there are other uncommon experiences that are described in the section Non-ordinary states. The section begins with dreams, which can be considered as normal experiences (since almost every person dreams and many remember at least some of their dreams): however, during sleep some peculiar and uncommon experiences may occur, such as lucid dreams, or dreams that are indistinguishable from the reality of the waking state, or experiences of separation of the conscious Ego from the body (OBEs). Some people possess mental faculties that allows them to easily access these experiences, which remain inaccessible to most people.
Among the uncommon experiences, particular emphasis is placed on NDEs, to which the Near death exp. section is devoted. The importance attributed to these experiences is due both to the fact that they seem to refer, at least in part, to a state in which the conscious Ego is separate from the physical body, and to the critical conditions in which the brain of the person involved in the experience can be. Since such conditions may also result in irreversible death, they are often referred to as near-death experiences, a term not entirely appropriate. Indeed, in some cases, the risk of death genuinely exists and may be very high; nevertheless, it is clear that those who experienced NDEs survived and recovered their mental faculties. However, not infrequently NDEs occurred when the subject was in coma or in a presumed unconscious state. The risk of death and the critical condition of subjects who experienced some NDEs have led to consider these experiences as evidence of the survival of the conscious Ego after the death of the body: this has not been proven, but they certainly refer to a dimension very different from the one that characterizes our normal life.
All the particular and uncommon mental experiences dealt with in the Non-ordinary states and Near death experiences sections are typically subjective, in the sense that there are no witnesses other than the experiencer who can corroborate them. By contrast, in the Psychic phenomena section non-ordinary experiences are reported which have objective features, since they were observed and witnessed by several people, and in some cases recorded using recording equipment. As an example, recordings of mediumistic séances with direct voice phenomena can be downloaded and listened to from this page, in the section dedicated to the History of a medium. The objectivity of mediumistic phenomena, and more generally the assessment of the reality and authenticity of paranormal phenomena, has given rise to a field of study which, since the end of the nineteenth century, has been first called psychical research, then metapsychic, and finally with the term most commonly used today: parapsychology. The Psychical research section provides an overview of these studies, the investigations carried out (including those by Italian researchers) the results obtained, and the explanatory hypotheses that have been proposed.
The final section, Over the life, presents the conclusions that can be reached at the end of this long and complex path, and also regarding the end of human life. The conscious Ego is formed, develops and evolves in this life, but all of its experiences are determined by the dynamics of the psyche that involve it through mental activity. Most of these experiences are determined by the needs of our human organism, and, when they are not neutral, they carry with them an emotional component that involves the Ego either negatively, through forms of distress and suffering, or positively, in terms of pleasure, enthusiasm and happiness. Some experiences, involving only a minority of human beings, may reveal the possibility that the conscious Ego may continue to exist in other dimensions, where it may experience attunements more in harmony with the needs of its spiritual and incorporeal essence.
In April 2019 I started a Blog in which, approximately once a month, I have freely dealt with themes connected with the topics covered in this site. You can access the Blog pages, grouped by year, using the buttons at the top right of this page, or via the site map.
