(There is some scientific evidence to support that...in that there is a small, measurable decrease in body weight at the time of death which has been observed and recorded quite accurately.)

I am not sure this is true, LH -- there was at one time a scintific-sounding assertion to this effect, but it was debunked as having been acquired through highly subjective assessments. The experimenter was McDougall, and a brief essay on his experimental validity can be found at http://www.snopes.com/religion/soulweight.asp.

But the fact seems to be that there is no weight to consciousness and it is not energy in the usual sense, but an originator of and operator of energy. I doubt it weighs anything in itself, other than what it may decide to weigh! This is like expecting the driver of a car to have steel parts, if you see what I mean.

Regards,

A