Here he describes his personal journey from a deeply abused and tormented child to becoming a specialist in cases of spirit possession.

The native shaman learns to interact with the spirits of the underworld and the higher worlds in order to intercede in behalf of humans in the “middle world.” Michael Harner, Ph.D., has authored The Jivaro, Hallucinogens and Shamanism and The Way of the Shaman. He is currently actively involved in training westerners throughout the world to become shamanic [...]

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.

In this video, originally recorded in 2015, he points out that the spiritualist vision of the afterlife has been generated over the past 150 years because of the testimony of ostensible spirits speaking through trance mediums. This literature has been extensively scrutinized by scientists and, in the best instances, is often accompanied by information that [...]

Here she describes the slow, and sometimes painful, process of engaging in a relationship with wild animals.

Rick describes several ways to attain peak experiences and how to get into the zone by choice, not chance. He shares positive experiences of professional athletes who use meditation and energetic practices to enhance their performance with supporting research.

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 [...]