Institute of Noetic Sciences Katia Petersen and Alan Pierce pt.1 IONS 2015 Conference Friday Published on August 11, 2015 Share
Interspecies CommunicationwithDavis Brimberg May 13, 2024Here she describes the slow, and sometimes painful, process of engaging in a relationship with wild animals.
Spiritual Emergence and PsychosiswithBrian Spittles April 3, 2024Brian 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.
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Ancient Magic RitualswithIrving Finkel April 10, 2024Irving 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.
The Mystery of IncarnationwithRichard Grossinger March 23, 2024To 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 [...]
Spirit Mediumship in BrazilwithAlexander Moreira-Almeida November 5, 2021Here he describes his research with spirit mediums in Brazil. While many mediums exhibit symptoms that are sometimes designated as signs of psychosis, he notes that they typically live productive and meaningful lives showing no signs of pathology. Experimental tests with the famous medium, Chico Xavier, indicated that letters he transmitted to grieving relatives from [...]