Frank X. Barron, PhD, a World War II veteran and a professor emeritus of psychology at the University of California, Santa Cruz, was an internationally influential figure in the study of human personality and creativity for nearly half a century. He authored many books, including Creativity and Psychological Health. 

In this video from 2020, the discussion focuses on memorable high points in the history of spiritualism. Personalities discussed included Andrew Jackson Davis, Estelle Roberts, the Fox Sisters, Helen Duncan, Franek Kluski, Lord Hugh Dowding, and Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. The topics include apports, spirit materialization, and direct voice mediumship.

This wide-ranging conversation, recorded in 2020, begins with an evaluation of the prospects for those considering professional careers in the field of remote viewing. The discussion moves toward a consideration of UAPs. Paul explains that he is most excited by the possibility that the empirical findings of remote viewing will contribute to our understanding of consciousness.

Here he suggests that great writers portray psychic phenomena in a realistic manner. This fact is generally ignored by both parapsychologists and literary critics. He focuses on Shakespeare’s Hamlet in which Hamlet applied parapsychological principles in order to determine whether the ostensible ghost of his father was real and whether the information conveyed by the [...]

In this 2020 video, she describes the slow and reluctant unfolding of her career as a spiritualist medium, which began with the sudden death of her fiancé. The process started with an assortment of “signs” that are sometimes noticed by bereaved individuals. Then more direct forms of communication began to occur, prompting this atheistic journalist [...]

In this 2020 video, he notes that ancient traditions throughout the world have recognized the power of sound vibrations to affect consciousness in a variety of ways. Words of power are used in both magical and mystical traditions. This use has also been carried over to the world of commerce and other aspects of everyday [...]

In this video from 2020, the discussion focuses on the Esalen Institute, in Big Sur, California, as an important hub of the human potential movement that began in the 1960s and continues to the present day. Topics include gestalt therapy, holotropic breathing, kundalini and the Spiritual Emergence Network, sensory isolation, rebirthing, encounter groups, Rolfing and [...]