Here he refers to Lee Sannella’s book, Kundalini: Psychosis or Transcendence. He describes several personal experiences that he attributes to kundalini. These were all relatively mild and benign. The most powerful of these experiences was associated with a spiritual group focused on Kashmir Shaivism. He also notes that kundalini experiences can be unpleasant. On one [...]

Here he reviews scientific studies related to astrology. Conventional astrology seems to have little empirical support. However, Michel Guaquelin in France has found significant statistical correlations relating to planetary relationships in natal charts. This work was actually replicated by the hostile CSICOP organization. Jeff discusses his relationship with the inventor, cosmologist, and astrologer, Arthur M. [...]

Here he describes his earlier work as president of the non-profit Intuition Network. He points out that there are many different kinds of intuition — including pattern recognition, heightened sensory perception, and knowledge gained through experience. Extrasensory perception — including precognition, telepathy, clairvoyance, and retrocognition — can be thought of as a subcategory of intuition. [...]

Here he discusses his second book, Psi Development Systems, which was based upon his doctoral dissertation in Parapsychology at the University of California, Berkeley. He explains the importance of an ongoing community of support for those who wish to cultivate their intuitive psychic abilities. He suggests that he is thinking of instituting a new program [...]

Here he discusses the significance of the first two cards of the Tarot arcana, the Fool and the Magician, with regard to the sequence of InPresence videos. He likens the card of the fool to entering into a mystical state of “unknowing” that often precedes breakthroughs into realms associated with magic. He suggests that viewers [...]

Here Jeff focuses on a further development by Dr. Raymond Moody concerning the role of nonsense in enabling a greater appreciation for psychic realities, survival after death, and the world beyond the senses. He points out that many things we take for granted as normal and rational actually appear to be quite absurd (and even [...]

Here he describes the work of Raymond Moody, MD, who is considered the father of research into the near-death experience. Subsequently, Moody began exploring an approach to grief counseling based upon the ancient Greek temples where aspirants came to experience communion with the deceased. Moody developoed a procedure for this purpose known as the psychomanteum.

Here he describes his relationship with attorney William Jennings of San Jose, California, who originally introduced himself to Jeff, out of the blue, as “Captain Rainbow”. After Jeff had been libelled by an article in Psychology Today magazine, Bill Jennings agreed to pursue a lawsuit on a contingency basis. After six tedius and difficult years, [...]

Here he recollects how he met Saul-Paul Sirag on his birthday in 1971. Sirag wrote a syndicated column on science called “The New Alchemy”. He was raised by missionary parents, with a strong fundamentalist Christian background. In WWII, he was interned in a Japanese concentration camp on the island of Borneo — where his father [...]

Here he recollects how he met D. Scott Rogo and how the two of them determined that they were probably distant cousins. D. Scott Rogo was known as a historian of parapsychology and also the author of twenty books in the field and many scientific papers. He ventured into areas that parapsychologists often shy away [...]

Here he revisits the suggestion that he was the American psychologist and philosopher, William James, in a past-lifetime. While he lacks evidence to support this hypothesis, he admits he finds that the possibility of such a connection stimulates his imagination. In particular, he examines the potential past-life identification with his mentor, Arthur M. Young, and [...]

Here he follows up on some earlier InPresence segments related to dreaming. He recounts the dream that neuroscientist Julia Mossbridge had in response to a question that he formulated. He explains that he and his wife, Janelle, decided to also endeavor to have dreams in response to each other’s questions. This eventually led to some [...]