Bruce Greyson is Professor Emeritus of Psychiatry and Neurobehavioral Sciences at the University of Virginia. He is author of After: A Doctor Explores What Near-Death Experiences Reveal about Life and Beyond, co-author of Irreducible Mind and co-editor of The Handbook of Near-Death Experiences.

Karen Kubicko, CHt, is a past life hypnotherapist, intuitive psychic reader, and Reiki Master. Karen completed the Past Life Therapy Professional Training course with Dr. Brian Weiss. She received her hypnotherapy certification through the National Guild of Hypnotists. She is author of Life is Just Another Class: One Soul’s Journey through Past Life Regression, Making [...]

August Goforth, a licensed psychotherapist in private practice in New York City, is also an intuitive-mental and psychophysical spirit medium. He was given this name as a child by guides, and uses it here for the sake of his personal privacy and that of his therapy patients. With coauthorship from the realm of spirit, he [...]

Stephani L. Stephens, PhD, served on the Executive Committee of the International Association of Jungian Studies. Currently, she is a Lecturer in Counseling at the University of Canberra and is a practicing psychotherapist in Canberra, Australia. She is the recipient of the 2018 Frances P. Bolton Fellowship from the Parapsychology Foundation. She is author of [...]

Stephani Stephens, PhD, served on the Executive Committee of the International Association of Jungian Studies. Currently, she is a Lecturer in Counseling at the University of Canberra and is a practicing psychotherapist in Canberra, Australia. She is the recipient of the 2018 Frances P. Bolton Fellowship from the Parapsychology Foundation. She is author of C. [...]

Jacob Cooper, LCSW, holds a Master of Social Work (MSW) degree and is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker, Certified Reiki Master, Certified Hypnotherapist, and specializes in Regression Therapy. He is author of Life After Breath: How a Brush with Fatality Gave Me a Glimpse of Immortality and The Wisdom of Jacob’s Ladder. He is host [...]

Karen Kubicko, CHt, is a past life hypnotherapist, intuitive psychic reader, and Reiki Master. Karen completed the Past Life Therapy Professional Training course with Dr. Brian Weiss. She received her hypnotherapy certification through the National Guild of Hypnotists. She is author of Life is Just Another Class: One Soul’s Journey through Past Life Regression, Making [...]

Lauren Robertson, MA, is a spirit communicator, transformational coach, and speaker. She has conducted 15,000+ sittings and public demonstrations globally. She is the author of Medium in Manolos: A Life Affirming Guide to Modern Mediumship. She writes the Art and Science of Mediumship on Substack. As a psychic medium she helps people explore their spirituality [...]

Kelvin H. Chin is a longtime meditation teacher, executive, and author whose career spans law, business leadership, contemplative practice, and afterlife studies. A graduate of Dartmouth, Yale, and Boston College Law School, he worked for decades in senior corporate and legal roles before founding his nonprofits Turning Within and the Overcoming the Fear of Death [...]

Haresh Patel is an entrepreneur. He founded a company called Mercatus which was recently sold to State Street Investments, one of the largest investment firms in the world. He is also the author of a soon-to-be published book called The Ghost in My Body: A 55year Journey to Healing.

Ronnie Pontiac was the personal research assistant for Manly P. Hall at the Philosophical Research Society in Los Angeles. He is author of American Metaphysical Religion: Esoteric and Mystical Traditions of the New World. He is coauthor with Tamra Lucid of The Magic of the Orphic Hymns: A New Translation for the Modern Mystic.

This video is a special release from the original Thinking Allowed series that ran on public television from 1986 until 2002. It was recorded in about 1991. It will remain public for only one week.

Jeffrey J. Kripal is the J. Newton Rayzor Professor of Philosophy and Religious Thought and former chair of the Department of Religious Studies at Rice University in Houston, Texas. His books include Kali’s Child, Esalen, Authors of the Impossible, The Serpent’s Gift, Mutants and Mystics, The Super Natural (with Whitley Strieber), and Secret Body. He [...]

Janice Miner Holden shares that after people have near-death experiences, they often become more spiritual than religious. They find that what they experienced usually goes beyond religion.

Stafford Betty, PhD, is a philosopher and professor of religious studies at California State University, Bakersfield. He is author of Vadiraja’s Refutation of Shankara’s Non-Dualism, The Imprisoned Splendor, The Afterlife Unveiled, and Heaven and Hell Unveiled.