Separating body from soul

One philosophical idea is that humans are naive dualists - naturally believing that our physical being is separate from consciousness. This view allows people to entertain the idea of a mind that can survive separate from the body.
The experience of hallucinations is very common.

• The SPR collected thousands of verified first-hand report of visual or auditory hallucinations of a recently deceased person.
• Another source of hallucinations is sleep paralysis. The temporary paralysis is sometimes accompanied by the hallucination of a supernatural figure in the room.