Here he critiques various disciplines, both mystical and psychotherapeutic, which are said to lead to states of enlightenment. He proposes that states of enlightenment, if they are to be attained, must be gained in spite of – not because of – meditation, devotion, prayer, acceptance, forgiveness, or compassion. Stripped of all our pretenses, facing the despair [...]

Emile examines the millennial turn around the year 1000 as the pivotal transition from the early to high Middle Ages and the emergence of high scholasticism, driven by new Latin translations of Aristotelian logic and the flowering of demonstrative philosophy. He traces the gradual shift from non-discursive, intuitive modes of knowing toward discursive, logical reasoning [...]

In this video, rebooted from 2021, he describes his investigations of paranormal phenomena at the Skinwalker Ranch in Utah starting in 1996. Military interest in the project led to a government funded, two-year research program that generated over 100 reports on UFO activity and related topics – eventually leading to the public disclosure in 2021 [...]

In this 2021 rebooted video, he explains how a discussion of the “Mandela Effect” caused him to speculate how the simulation hypothesis might account for alternative timelines intersecting with each other. He notes that there have been many works of science fiction, notably the novels of Philip K. Dick, that explore this theme. He found [...]

In this video, rebooted from 2021, he describes his interest in reconciling consciousness research, the paranormal, and nuts and bolts descriptions of unidentified aerial phenomena. He describes events from his childhood that triggered this quest for knowledge. He also shares his understanding that the universe, itself, is conscious. In this conversation, Jeffrey Mishlove shares some [...]