Loeffler,   Jay,     91
love:
as  center  of  universe,    48 ,    130 ,   170
and compassion,  85
as  message to  author,  41 ,    71
unconditional,  71–72,   73 ,   83–84,   131 ,   148 ,   161 ,  170–71
LSD,     186
lumbar  puncture,    19 ,   21–22,   183
Matson, Donald,  51
meditation,  158 ,   161
Melville,   Herman,  136
memory:
and brain,   115 ,   117 ,   141 ,   185 ,   188
and NDE experiences,     139 ,   141 ,   185 ,   188
need    to  share,  124–25, 126–28
and reboot  phenomenon, 142–43,  188
recovery    of,  122 ,   124
meningitis:
author’s    unique  case    of, 23–24,  89–92,   132 ,  186–87
bacterial,  19–21,  23–24,   89 ,    91 ,   132–33,  144 ,   183
causes  of, 23–24
and cerebrospinal   fluid,   19
gram-negative   bacterial   type,    25 ,    27 ,    92
mortality   rate    in,  21 ,    25 ,    92 ,    183
spontaneous E.  coli    bacterial   type,    23 ,   91–92,   183
and superficial cortex  damage,  187
mescaline,   186
Midas   Rex drill,   35
mind    over    matter,  155
miracle:
expectation of,  105
medical,     184