New Thinking Allowed Foundation

Conversations on the leading edge of knowledge and discovery

  • Toggle Dark Mode
  • Search
  • Videos
    • Civilization, Culture, History
    • Philosophy
    • Physics, Cosmology, and Systems Theory
    • Intuition at Work
    • Cultivating Psi Abilities
    • Spiritual Paths
    • Biological Systems, Health, and Healing
    • Consciousness and the Brain
    • Entheogens and Consciousness
    • Psychology and Psychotherapy
    • Parapsychology and Psychical Research
    • Survival of Consciousness After Death
    • UFO Related Phenomena
    • By Date
    • By Guest
    • With Transcripts
    • By Topic

    • Live Stream Recordings
    • InPresence
  • Magazine
  • Library
  • About
  • Shop & Donate
  • My Shopping Cart
  • Cart
    Shopping cart blurb here
  • Newsletter
  • Newsletter

    New Thinking Allowed Weekly Newsletter

    Subscribe to the New Thinking Allowed weekly newsletter for early access to videos and advance notice of live streams.

    Click here for links to our recently published newsletters.

  • Home
  •  
    —
    Click here to search the text of this video
    Scientific and Medical Network
    awakening Brain consciousness mystics scientists spirituality

    Mystics & Scientists conference 2019

    A sample of the themes featured at the Mystics and Scientists conference held in April this year at the Univesity of Greenwich. Watch out for news of next year’s conference. Tickets for our Beyond the Brain 2019 conference are on sale now https://www.beyondthebrain.org/

    Published on August 20, 2019

    Share

    Related

    Ancient Egypt and Modern Culture

    December 4, 2017

    Here he describes the various attitudes toward ancient Egyptian culture held by western scholars, adventurers, and archeologists. He notes that the materialistic bias of modern culture makes it difficult for us to appreciate the spirituality evidenced in the Egyptian culture where the religion was not considered a separate function, but was well integrated into the [...]

    Zarathustra’s Indo-European Legacy

    November 7, 2016

    Here he reviews scholarship that places Zarathustra more than eight thousands years ago, at a time when Indo-European culture had not divided into Vedic, Greco-Roman, and European branches. Zarathustra himself was a religious reformer who endeavored to invert the older relationships between the gods and titans. Jorjani suggests that the spread of Indo-European culture was [...]

    Will Universal Income Be a Trap?

    July 12, 2026

    Link to full interview: “The AI Crisis” – https://youtube.com/live/ciT9Dukf5HA

    What Happens When We Give Up Our Agency to AI?

    July 9, 2026

    Link to full interview: “The AI Crisis” – https://youtube.com/live/ciT9Dukf5HA

    The Double-Edge Sword of AI regulation

    July 7, 2026

    Link to full interview: “The AI Crisis” – https://youtube.com/live/ciT9Dukf5HA

    James Tunney’s Views on Panpsychism

    July 5, 2026

    Link to full interview: “The AI Crisis” – https://youtube.com/live/ciT9Dukf5HA

    AI and Human Symbiosis

    July 2, 2026

    Link to full interview: “The AI Crisis” – https://youtube.com/live/ciT9Dukf5HA

    Critique of the Posthuman World

    June 30, 2026

    Link to full interview: “The AI Crisis” – https://youtube.com/live/ciT9Dukf5HA

    I Tried to Read My Parents’ Minds Using Science… Did It Work?

    June 21, 2026

    Can you read your parents’ minds… using science? You’ve seen it in Stranger Things when Eleven floats in water and reaches out with her mind powers… But what if that idea is actually based on a real experiment? In this episode of Kids of Wonder, Theo tests the Ganzfeld Experiment – a method scientists have [...]

    The AI Crisis

    May 17, 2026

    Two Sides of One Reality

    March 17, 2026

    Link to full interview here: https://youtu.be/ziD2daE3i1U

    Is America Waking Up or Falling Asleep?

    March 9, 2026

    NTA Guest Host Christopher Naughton, an attorney and author of America’s Next Great Awakening, will provide context regarding the legal and spiritual implications of the challenges currently facing those of us in the USA.

    Why Play Matters: The Secret to Thriving Together

    May 27, 2025

    Link to full interview: “Emotions and the Brain with Mark Solms”: https://youtu.be/k1KpEPIZopA

    Intuitive Information: The Heart Knows First

    August 26, 2025

    Link to full interview: “Radiance of the Heart with Rollin McCraty” here: https://youtu.be/o7HFiJdIGl4

    Anti-MysticismwithJames Tunney (4K Reboot)

    January 2, 2026

    and Ireland I Don’t Recognize Who She Is.

    Magic and NaturewithSerena Roney-Dougal (4K Reboot)

    February 17, 2026

    Here she describes magical practices dating back to neolithic times in Britain. She explains that certain sites were used for burials, initiations, and ritual activities. These were carefully coordinated with the seasons and the movement of celestial bodies. She describes her own experience inside an ancient chamber of initiation. She also discusses how people’s experience [...]

    Future CommunionwithWhitley Strieber (4K Reboot)

    December 25, 2025

    He acknowledges his role as a magician conjuring a world in which the human race will enter conscious communication with the spectrum of beings he refers to as “the visitors”. He frankly admits that this is not a task he can accomplish by himself. However, there is a large underground of support. He emphasizes a [...]

    A Miraculous HealingwithNancy du Tertre (4K Reboot)

    December 18, 2025

    She describes how, while attending a psychokinetic training program in Russia, she developed a severe injury to her spine. Upon returning to the United States, immediate surgery was recommended. Nevertheless she attempted, with little success, to treat her condition using holistic methods. In February 2020 she experienced an unusual “more than lucid” dream. Within days, [...]

    Anton LaVey and the Church of SatanwithCarl Abrahamsson (4K Reboot)

    December 11, 2025

    https://www.carlabrahamsson.com

    Love as The Timeless Source of WholenesswithGlenn Aparicio Parry

    December 22, 2025

    Glenn Aparicio Parry explores love as the primordial force underlying nature, consciousness, and the cosmos itself. He describes how ancient wisdom traditions, indigenous worldviews, and modern physics all point toward love as the vibration that restores wholeness amid strife. He also reflects on time, ritual, the moon, and the evolution of human consciousness as pathways [...]

    InPresence 264Forays into Hyperspace

    February 16, 2026

    00:00:00 Introduction: Forays into hyperspace

    Alien EncounterswithBruce Solheim (4K Reboot)

    January 1, 2026

    He explains that his own paranormal personal history exploration has led him to investigate odd memories associated with ostensible alien encounters. To do so, he sought the help of a hypnotherapist specializing in such cases. He also reached out to an old friend who shared one such experience. In addition to recovered memories, he describes [...]

    The Ontological Status of Spiritual EntitieswithJack Hunter (4K Reboot)

    February 19, 2026

    Here he describes different approaches taken to the realm of spirits by scholars in anthropology. He recalls his own fieldwork studying spiritualist mediumship in the United Kingdom. He presents various cases suggesting that spiritual entities are part of the natural world. However, he acknowledges that it is exceedingly tricky to distinguish between living agent psi [...]

    Medical IntuitionwithC. Norman Shealy (1932 – 2024) (4K Reboot)

    November 30, 2025

    He describes his long-standing interest in the field of medical intuition for the purpose of diagnosis. He points out that the best medical intuitives with whom he had worked had comparatively rare natural abilities. He speaks about his own approach to intuition as it pertains to the development of new approaches to healing. He speaks [...]

    The Dance of Opposites in American PoliticswithGlenn Aparicio Parry (4K Reboot)

    January 5, 2026

    He discusses the impact of the Indian Removal Act of 1830. He explains the origin of the American liberal and conservative traditions in the war of pamphlets between Thomas Paine and Edmund Burke. Over time, both liberal and conservative positions tend to reverse. Many examples are provided. He explains the influence of native American culture [...]

    How to Lucid DreamwithKai Riverstone (4K Reboot)

    January 6, 2026

    Here he explains that he began having lucid dreams as a child and has now made a profession of studying such dreams and facilitating others in experiencing them. For the most part, he recognizes that lucid dreaming is a way of exploring the depths of one’s own psyche – although it can also be viewed [...]

    Filming the Paranormal and UAPwithDarcy Weir

    November 26, 2025

    Darcy discusses his latest explorations into the intersections of psychic phenomena, remote viewing, and UAP encounters. He shares insights from two decades of research, revealing how consciousness, telepathic communication, and nonhuman intelligence may all be connected. Weir also delves into the ethical dangers, grifters, and cult-like dynamics emerging within the modern UFO disclosure movement.

    Schadenfreude or Altruism?withDavid Hanscom

    February 18, 2026

    David explores how our responses to others’ suffering influence both physical and psychological pain. He describes how schadenfreude — taking pleasure in another person’s suffering — can bring temporary relief, while compassion toward oneself and others may have longer-term effects. Helping others and experiencing connection can support healing, suggesting that altruism may contribute to lasting [...]

    Mind Wandering and Mental FocuswithArnaud Delorme

    December 1, 2025

    Arnaud explores the neuroscience of mind wandering, explaining how spontaneous thought arises, why it is universal, and how it relates to meditation and brain networks. He discusses the default mode network, metacognition, and how awareness of wandering thoughts reveals the dynamic nature of consciousness. Delorme also shares practical insights into tuning the mind through meditation [...]

    The Unobstructed Way, a Live Stream EventwithRonnie Pontiac

    February 16, 2026

    Together with his beloved wife, Tamra Lucid, Ronnie Pontiac wrote The Unobstructed Way, a book about the spiritual insights gleaned by the popular author, Stewart White, in the early twentieth century working with his wife Betty who demonstrated mediumistic skills. After Betty’s death, communications from her continued. Ironically, shortly after the book’s completion, Tamra died [...]

    Celebrate Ten Years of New Thinking AllowedwithEmmy Vadnais and Jeffrey Mishlove

    December 28, 2025

    Awakening from the Quantum DreamwithPaul Levy (4K Reboot)

    December 30, 2025

    He describes the concept of a virus of the mind, infecting all of humanity. He references the native Cree term Wetiko. However, it could be thought of as Satan or Ahriman or the Archons. In Jungian terms, it involves a projection of one’s own shadow onto elements of the world at large. It is a [...]

    Hypnagogic ConsciousnesswithAdam Crabtree (4K Reboot)

    December 29, 2025

    He explains that he is using the term hypnagogia to describe explorations of one’s psychic depths including, but not limited to, states associated with sleep and dreaming. He shares a number of his own hypnagogic journeys – starting at the age of five. He discusses the sense of dread that sometimes accompanies these encounters with [...]

    Black Holes, Cosmology, and the Limits of SciencewithBernard Carr (4K Reboot)

    February 13, 2026

    Here he maintains that science is continually evolving. He draws upon examples from cosmology and black holes to make this point. He also reflects on his relationship with Stephen Hawking who was his faculty advisor and mentor. He suggests that science will not be complete until it can incorporate both mind and spirit.

    Telekinesis TrainingwithSean McNamara (4K Reboot)

    December 23, 2025

    He explains how, as a meditation teacher, he came to see telekinesis (another term for psychokinesis) as a clearly visible way to demonstrate the psychic powers of the human mind. It took him many months to cultivate this ability himself, but it can often be imparted to others within a few hours. The deeper significance [...]

    Anger, Madness, and the DaimonicwithStephen Diamond

    February 14, 2026

    Stephen A. Diamond, PhD, is an American clinical and forensic psychologist, a former pupil and protégé of Dr. Rollo May, and notable author of Anger, Madness, and the Daimonic: The Psychological Genesis of Violence, Evil and Creativity. His work focuses on the psychological topics of anger, violence, evil, mental illness, and the daimonic.

    UFOs/UAP, AI, and Esoteric Goddess TraditionswithJoanna Kujawa

    December 12, 2025

    Joanna explores the connection between UFO and UAP encounters and ancient esoteric goddess traditions, emphasizing how interdimensional beings may guide human spiritual evolution. She discusses her own lifelong liinal experiences alongside global apparitions such as Fatima, linking them to higher states of consciousness and Gnostic teachings. Kujawa also warns against ideological dangers surrounding AI, suggesting [...]

    Phenomenology and SciencewithJacob W. Glazier (4K Reboot)

    December 16, 2025

    He discusses a constellation of philosophical perspectives – going back to Nietzsche, Husserl, and Heidegger – and their implications for science in general and parapsychology in particular. The discussion is also peppered with references to feminism, psychoanalysis, marginalized social groups, post-structuralism, and the European Enlightenment. He points out that William James was, essentially, a phenomenologist.

    The Mystical Teachings of Jalal al-Din RumiwithDoug Marman (4K Reboot)

    December 9, 2025

    He shares some insights into the life and poetry of the great Sufi master, focusing especially on the unique relationship between Rumi and his spiritual lover and mentor, Shams of Tabriz. Through careful analysis, he explicates various lines of poetry that have seemed awkward or disconnected to critics. He illuminates the unique stages of ecstasy [...]

    Energy MedicinewithC. Norman Shealy (1932 – 2024) (4K Reboot)

    December 21, 2025

    He describes his work in the field of energy medicine — including the use of a variety of electromagnetic devices that he invented, researched, and patented. In particular, he focuses on pulsed electromagnetic field technology. He also describes his work in the area of spiritual energies, including medical intuition, communication with spirit beings, and reincarnation. [...]

    Spontaneous Memories of Past LiveswithKelvin Chin

    December 8, 2025

    Kelvin Chin discusses his spontaneous memories of past lives, describing how these experiences emerged naturally over decades through meditation and deep relaxation. He explains how these memories span multiple eras, cultures, and even non-human forms, offering insights into consciousness, the afterlife, and the continuity of mind. Kelvin also emphasizes the practical value of such experiences [...]

    Education and EcstasywithGeorge Leonard

    December 20, 2025

    George Leonard was an aikido black belt and creator of the Leonard Energy Training system. He served as a senior editor of Look magazine and as president of the Association for Humanistic Psychology. He authored numerous books, including Education and Ecstasy, The Silent Pulse, The Ultimate Athlete, The Transformation, and Walking on the Edge of [...]

    Neo-Biological CivilizationwithKevin Kelly

    December 13, 2025

    Kevin Kelly is the founding executive editor of Wired Magazine. He posits that our increasingly complex and autonomous machines and systems are becoming indistinguishable from living things. The “neo-biological civilization” is one where the principles of biology—such as decentralized control, evolution, and error-honoring institutions—are necessary to design and manage our technological and social systems. This [...]

    Potential Alien Telepathic CommunicationwithAngela Thompson Smith (4K Reboot)

    December 7, 2025

    She describes a year long project, paid for by a consulting client, in which she endeavored to establish telepathic communication with a variety of non-human, presumably extra-terrestrial or extra-dimensional, entities. Admittedly, the results of this effort are highly speculative. However, she was surprised at how extraordinarily real the experience felt. A spreadsheet describing the characteristics [...]

    The Age of AI, Dharma, and RealitywithDeepak Chopra

    December 3, 2025

    Deepak shares how artificial intelligence (AI) can become a tool for awakening rather than destruction. While acknowledging that technological progress has surpassed our emotional and spiritual evolution, he offers insight into how we can utilize AI to support our own movement toward wisdom, compassion, and dharma. Used consciously, it can help us remember who we [...]

    Psychical Research and ParapsychologywithBernard Carr (4K Reboot)

    December 2, 2025

    Here he shares his passion for parapsychology and psychical research and describes several of his own experiments. He also reviews the history of these disciplines from his unique perspective as a physicist and astronomer. The discussion touches on questions of postmortem survival, reincarnation, telepathy, and UFOs. He shares his memories of the late Professor Ian [...]

    MetaTheurgywithKevin Cann

    December 26, 2025

    Kevin Cann explores MetaTheurgy as an expansion of ancient theurgy, reframing ritual, consciousness, and wonderworking through the contemporary lens of his system, Platonic Surrealism. He explains how human beings function as interfaces between awareness, potentiality, monadic consciousness, and the physical world, offering practical methods to restore agency in a postmodern culture marked by alienation. Cann [...]

    How Our Minds Decide Who to BelievewithKarl Friston

    February 20, 2026

    In this conversation, Karl Friston unpacks epistemic trust in everyday terms—how our brains decide who to learn from and what to believe amid deepfakes, polarized media, and belonging needs. We explore why “learning gates” open with felt safety and shared narratives, how attachment histories bias trust, and why body signals are critical red flags for [...]

    Implications of UFO PhenomenawithJacques Vallée

    December 27, 2025

    Regardless of the physical reality of UFOs, says Jacques Vallée, PhD, the fact that people believe they have experienced contact with alien entities is an appropriate subject for scientific scrutiny. Vallée is a computer scientist, UFO researcher and author whose books include Challenge to Science, Anatomy of a Phenomenon, The Edge of Reality, The Invisible [...]

    Truth, Love and Psychedelic HealingwithMichael Ryoshin Sapiro

    December 24, 2025

    In this conversation, Mike explores truth as a form of medicine—touching on intergenerational trauma, shame and shadow, self-love, nondual awareness, and how psychedelics and meditation can help us live more coherently, compassionately, and wholeheartedly.

    The Mind-Body ProblemwithJulian Isaacs

    January 3, 2026

    Most brain researchers believe we will eventually explain the mind in terms of neurological functioning. According to Dr. Julian Isaacs, PhD,  this materialist view is inconsistent with the evidence of parapsychology. New developments in areas such as theoretical physics, says Dr. Isaacs, may eventually lead to an understanding of the common ground connecting mind and [...]

    UFOs and Nukes, Live StreamwithRobert Hastings

    December 14, 2025

    Here he will review UFO sightings at numerous nuclear missile launch sites. In some cases, these sightings were associated with either activation or deactivation of missile launch sequences. He will also describe personal encounters he has experienced since childhood with ostensible non-human entities. He suggests that these entities are closely monitoring the development of nuclear [...]

    A Philosophical JourneywithHuston Smith

    December 6, 2025

    The late philosopher Huston Smith is emeritus professor of philosophy at Syracuse University. He has also taught at M.I.T. and at U.C. Berkeley. He is author of The World’s Religions, The Primordial Tradition and Beyond the Post-Modern Mind. Here he points out that we confront three essential relationships with nature, with other people, and with ourselves, and that [...]

    Our Superhuman PowerswithCaroline Cory (4K Reboot)

    January 4, 2026

    She explains that, since early childhood, she has experienced beings of light as well as energy patterns around people. This led her to search for both answers and practical applications. Her film, Superhuman, offers a synthesis of scientific and philosophical interpretations — as well as on-camera practical demonstrations of extrasensory perception and psychokinesis. 

    Native American Medicine PowerswithWilliam S. Lyon (1941 – 2022) (4K Reboot)

    December 10, 2025

    He explains how he came to work with and participate in the ceremonies of native American shamans. In particular he describes his relationship with Wallace Black Elk and also Godfrey Chipps. He speculates that he may have been a Lakota shaman named Hollow Horn in a previous lifetime. He recounts many eyewitness stories regarding medicine [...]

    Spirit MaterializationwithLeslie Kean (4K Reboot)

    December 4, 2025

    She describes the many historical descriptions of spirit materialization, observed under well-controlled conditions by experienced researchers such as Nobel laureate Charles Richet. She acknowledges that such phenomena are ostensibly unbelievable, no matter how well-attested. She describes her own experience witnessing such phenomena in the presence of the spiritualist circle in England centered on the physical [...]

    The Psychodynamics of LiberationwithKathleen Speeth

    November 29, 2025

    Kathleen Speeth, PhD, is co-editor (with Daniel Goleman) of The Essential Psychotherapies. She is author of The Gurdjieff Work and Gurdjieff: Seeker of the Truth. She served on the faculty of the Institute for Transpersonal Psychology in Menlo Park, California. She maintains that, underneath the apparent separation of individuals, there is a level of unity and interconnectedness. True liberation, suggests [...]

    Global Angelic SpiritualitywithNormandi Ellis

    August 9, 2023

    Normandi shares that a belief in angels exists in all the world’s religions, they are everywhere, and are as close to us as thought.

    Imagery and the AlphabetwithLeonard Shlain, MD (1937 – 2009)

    July 15, 2023

    In ancient times, says Leonard Shlain, human societies universally worshipped the image of a goddess. Sometime about 5,000 years ago a massive shift occurred in which the gender of the diety changed. He presents his hypothesis that this change is related to the introduction of the alphabet and its effects upon the human brain. He [...]

    • About NTA
    • Interviews by date
    • Interviews by category
    • Interviews by topic
    • Interviews by guest
    • Interview search
    • Interview Transcripts
    • Privacy Policy & Terms of Service
    • Admin

    Content Copyright © New Thinking Allowed Foundation, 2010 - 2026,

    Rainbow Yin-yang logo copyright © Jeffrey Mishlove.

    Code copyright © Lee Goddard, 2019 - 2026.

    Visual design copyright © 2020, Marc Rapp.

    All rights reserved.

    Thanks to goodfreephotos for some images.

    Video data from YouTube. Additonal book data from OpenLibrary.

    New Thinking Allowed is staffed entirely by volunteers.

    All donations towards production gratefully received. The New Thinking Allowed Foundation is a registered 501(c)(3) charitable organization. Your contribution may be tax deductible pursuant to the provisions of section 170(c) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, 26 U.S.C. § 170(c).

    CONTACT INFORMATION: Email: office@newthinkingallowed.org LinkedIn: jeffreymishlove at Mailing address: 1120 Bermuda Dunes NE, Albuquerque, New Mexico 87111, United States