Here he reviews his involvement with government sponsored research into the application of remote viewing for intelligence gathering purposes. He describes his relationship with Ingo Swann who is credited as the “inventor” of remote viewing. He discusses the organizational structure and scientific oversight of the program. He focuses on his subsequent contacts with Russian officials [...]

Here he explains that he has observed more than 1,000 instances of psychic surgery in the Philippines. He has also collected stories from the healers, themselves, regarding the conditions that led them to pursue a calling as a healer. He noted that many people believe themselves to have been healed through psychic surgery. Ultimately, however, [...]

Here he reviews the history of his work at the military-industrial think tank, SRI International, developing the remote viewing protocol for use by the CIA and various intelligence agencies. He describes his background as a laser scientist and his early life experiences that led him to develop a certainty regarding the possibility of psychic functioning. [...]

Here he describes Rudolf Steiner’s early work editing the scientific writings of Johann Wolfgang von Goethe as well as his subsequent encounter with the work of Friedrich Nietzsche. Steiner was known as a polymath and lecturer on many topics. Eventually, he was selected to become the head of the German branch of the Theosophical Society. [...]

Here he points out that DMT is a natural substance found in most plants and animals (with the exception of fungi and insects). It produces a very powerful psychedelic experience, although the major effects may last only ten minutes. Most users experience communication with what appear to be sentient spiritual entities. Often they have a [...]

Here he describes how he first became interested in firewalking by participating in a Buddhist ceremony in Japan. Subsequently, in Sri Lanka, he became severely burned during a similar ceremony. This prompted him to make a study of the physical parameters associated with successful firewalking. Eventually, he became an instructor and made many temperature measurements [...]

Here he reflects upon his classic article, published in Science in 1972, on “states of consciousness and state-specific science”. His ambition, not yet realized, is to inaugurate a new approach to science in which researchers would enter into altered states of consciousness. He examines the obstacles to realization of this novel objective — particularly the [...]

Here he notes that many people have reported contacts with spiritual entities of both a positive and negative nature. He describes several of his own experiences. He also acknowledges the difficulty in determining if these experiences involve autonomous entities, independent of his own consciousness. He advocates a post-colonial research approach in which scientists will work [...]

Here she relates a personal story concerning her interactions with the indigenous Hawaiian traditions concerning the goddess Pele. The discussion also focuses on the role of the wind, or breath, in various spiritual traditions.