Dr. James Madden, author of “Unidentified Flying Hyperobject: UFOs, Philosophy, and the End of the World” is a professor of philosophy at Benedictine College in Kansas, discusses “re-thinking UFO/UAP phenomenon” with guest host Christopher Naughton. Madden’s central claim is that understanding the UFO will require a re-thinking of ourselves and our standing in what is [...]

Daniel shares the maps of experience and the stages of insight of Buddhist meditation and practices that enable one to live in the now with more meaning and purpose.

Here he reviews many lesser known details concerning how the United States Army initiated and sustained a remote viewing program.

Misunderstood and associated with sinister elements or conspiracies, the occult has, in fact, played a prominent role in promoting religious freedom, social justice, and the individual search. When we think of free-thinking societies, the freedom for all women and men, regardless of color or creed, to believe or doubt, we think of the value and [...]

Here she details the extraordinary career of the first person to devote himself to the project of making the public aware of the significance and the enormity of UFO sightings.

Here he describes his evolution as a therapist and spiritual advisor. He focuses on the removal of unwanted, external spiritual attachments. He shares how psychotherapy can be beneficial, and even essential, in dealing with cases of negative spirit possession.

Here she reviews the history of remote viewing and shares much information concerning her current research and applied projects. She points out that most remote viewing clients request confidentiality so, while she reveals much, there is much that cannot be revealed.

Here he shares his understanding of how the visual system in the brain is one likely pathway by which Universal Consciousness interacts with the human nervous system. He explains how photons exist in a realm beyond space and time.

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Irving Finkel shares the magical literature found in ancient Mesopotamia on tablets of clay with cuneiform writing in 2,500 B.C. that brings to life how the Sumerians, Babylonians, and Assyrians operated with primarily benevolent forces to nullify evil, drive out demons and ghosts, and navigate witches and wizards.

Channeling is one of several approaches to intuition. William Kautz, ScD, is founder of the Center for Applied Intuition and co-author, with Kevin Ryerson, of Channeling: The Intuitive Connection. Although he “plays the game” and treats channeled “entities” as if they were real, he is more concerned with the quality of their information. He says this [...]

In this wide-ranging discussion Terry Brock examines both the promise and the dangers associated with technology. He also shares some exciting developments in the area of AI. The discussion also focuses on the question of consciousness.

Here Davis and Jeffrey look at the question of crucial moments that can define one’s character and set the arc of one’s life in a particular direction. The discussion touches on both psychological and parapsychological themes.

Olga shares her evolution from being a physician in hospitals in the USSR, to undergoing training and research at the USSR Ministry in Space, under parapsychologist, Dr. Vadim Polyakov, to providing care at her health and wellness center in Canada, that enhanced her ability to diagnose and heal using subtle energy.

At the dawn of modern civilization, says Riane Eisler, humanity shifted from a partnership model of social interaction to a dominator model. In a partnership model men and women treat each other as equals. Ms. Eisler details the archeological findings suggesting that neolithic and Cretan societies had a significantly different social organization from that of [...]

The late Christina Grof describes her own struggle to overcome alcoholism and suggests that the impulse that leads to addictive behavior stems from our yearning for spiritual union. Crises of spiritual opening, she says, may often look like episodes of acute psychosis and are often difficult and even painful. Unlike psychosis, however, such crises can [...]

We all limit ourselves by attachment to old attitudes and outworn ideas. James Fadiman, PhD, author of Be All That You Are and many other books, offers several techniques to help us recognize and discard such attitudes and set goals for the changes we desire. A distinguished humanistic psychologist, Dr. Fadiman is past-president of the Association for Transpersonal [...]

Here she describes many of the subtleties, nuances, and difficulties involved in working with remote viewing clients. In particular, she focuses on working with large business and government clients.

Here she describes a four-month adventure in Mexico with parapsychologist Andrija Puharich studying the miraculous healings of a miracle healer known as Pachita. In particular, she describes the healing of Carla Rueckert, the channel responsible for the RA Contact.

Here they describe how, after years of struggle, they have learned how to coordinate their activities and live in harmony in the body they share. The interview concludes with a duet in which they play guitar and sing together.

To truly understand our spiritual origins we must look to nature — for our most intimate relationship is with our own biology. Richard Grossinger, PhD, is author of Planet Medicine and Embryogenesis. Social and environmental problems, he says, are the inevitable result of our biology. However, consciousness itself is new factor in our biological evolution [...]

In this wide-ranging interview, she discusses growing up with her brother in a haunted house. She also describes many adventures working as a hairdresser and then establishing herself as one of America’s foremost public speakers, and speaking coaches.

There is a new global emphasis on the inner life of the mind. Willis Harman, PhD, suggests that a new set of values, emerging spontaneously in many social strata and in different parts of the world, is having an impact in the world of business and corporate training.

Yoga is a way of life involving attitudinal shifts, postures for flexibility and strength, sensory awareness, breathing exercises and meditation. In part one of this two part program Dr. Eleanor Criswell presents a perspective combining the classical yoga of Patanjali with modern somatic psychology. She demonstrates a basic pranayama breathing exercise, and discusses experiences that [...]

Jim shares how his patients have better health and wellness since he began providing holistic and integrative health care and included spirituality in his medical practice.

In this video, Tristan has, essentially, left the body while Annika shares her own incredible journey. She explains how she first entered Tristan’s body, with the consciousness of an infant, when he was 22 years of age. You can watch Part 1 of this series at https://youtu.be/zHrrg4X-4xU

A noted scientist discusses free will, consciousness, attention and memory and their relationship to the human nervous system. In a wide ranging discussion, Crick points out that the hypothesis that the brain is the seat of consciousness has not yet been proven.

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The late Ralph Metzner, PhD, was well known as a consciousness explorer. Here he stresses the importance of metaphor in guiding and understanding human development, focussing on the metaphors of transformation from a caterpillar to a butterfly, of the journey, and of death and rebirth. Dr. Metzner is author of Opening to Inner Light and Maps of Consciousness and [...]

Christopher shares that history follows cyclical patterns, and the current polarization and conflict in society are part of a larger cycle. After periods of existential crisis there is usually greater unity and peace. Chaos and conflict may provide opportunities for more presence and participation that can raise us to a higher level of consciousness to [...]

Knowledge of nutritional principles, says Deborah Kesten, does not necessarily lead to a healthy diet. In examining our attitudes toward food, she initiated a search of the world’s spiritual traditions. She reviews the regard for food in Judaism, Christianity, Hinduism, Buddhism and the American Indian tradition. She maintains that the loving spirit with which we [...]

Jim shares the top stories of his 100 patients who have had near-death experiences and 900 patients who have had spiritually transformative experiences. He concludes that there is no need to fear death and that the ultimate lesson is to live with gratitude and unconditional love 24/7.

Here she discusses her own personal journal and provides an overview of the merits of the vegan lifestyle.

Alison describes cultural astronomy as how much the sky has influenced cultures throughout history.

Dr. Helené Wahbeh, the Director of Research at the Institute of Noetic Sciences, addresses the nature of channeling and its connection to consciousness and our interconnectedness. She explains that channeling is a capacity that all humans have, and it can range from intuitive hits to mediumship. Dr. Wahbeh addresses the challenges faced by scientists in [...]

Here she describes her transformation from a conventional psychoanalyst to a multi-modality psychiatrist who helps her patients get in touch with a larger, healing dimension. She also focuses on lifestyle changes and on chronic diseases that often elude other physicians.

Also in the mix is the Mexican miracle healer known as Pachita. All of these threads are tied together by the concept of “Indra’s Net” as discussed in a video with Jude Currivan

Here he focuses on the long history, within western science, of researchers exploring the effects and effectiveness of different drugs through self-experimentation.

Alan shares that people who have been in a coma can report deep and vivid inner experiences, despite the widely held belief that they are not capable of having any level awareness. These people are frequently dismissed and told they are hallucinating, delirious, or having false memories. If coma survivors were debriefed there may be [...]

Paul shares his work on neural networks and machine learning as well as his personal experiences with psi including precognition and an out-of-body experience. He suggests humans are a symbiotic organism and that we are in symbiosis with another larger organism, which he refers to as our local noosphere.

Here she describes her lengthy investigation, going back to the 1970s of the Billy Meier UFO contacts, involving many photographs and other evidence suggesting authentic contact with beings from the Pleiades system.

Our normal waking state of consciousness can be likened to being “asleep” in comparison to other states of awareness we might attain. In this intriguing discussion, psychologist Charles Tart, PhD, author of Altered States of Consciousness and Waking Up, suggests that we can begin to “wake up” by allowing our awareness to become conscious of itself. This [...]

Here she provides many details concerning her work with Puharich, the “space kids” and “mindlink” projects, and the arson fire that put an end to this chapter in her life.

This wide-ranging interview provides something of an overview of Mike Jays research into all aspects of drugs and culture.

Brian shares that the features of a spiritual emergency and psychospiritual emergence have much in common with what is known as psychosis and are frequently indistinguishable. Indigenous cultures view these experiences as normal and part of the mysteries of being human.