Richard Reichbart, JD, PhD, is a training and supervising psychoanalyst. For thirty five years, he has maintained a private practice for the treatment of adults, adolescents and children in Northern New Jersey. In addition, he is a short story writer, a parapsychologist, and a poet. He is author of The Paranormal Surrounds Us: Psychic Phenomena in Literature, Culture, and Psychoanalysis. Prior to his career in psychology, he worked as an attorney focusing on civil rights and native American issu...
Dec 28, 2020•47 min
Stuart Hameroff, MD, is a professor of anesthesiology and psychology at the Banner University Medical Center of the University of Arizona in Tucson. He is also co-founder and director of the Center for Consciousness Studies at the University of Arizona. He is author of Ultimate Computing: Biomolecular Consciousness and Nanotechnology. Since 1994, he has organized the “Toward a Science of Consciousness” conferences at the University of Arizona and elsewhere. Working with Sir Roger Penrose, he is ...
Dec 27, 2020•28 min
Stuart Hameroff, MD, is a professor of anesthesiology and psychology at the Banner University Medical Center of the University of Arizona in Tucson. He is also co-founder and director of the Center for Consciousness Studies at the University of Arizona. He is author of Ultimate Computing: Biomolecular Consciousness and Nanotechnology. Working with Sir Roger Penrose, he is the co-author of the “Orch OR” theory of consciousness. In this video, originally recorded in 2015, he describes the “anthrop...
Dec 27, 2020•28 min
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 has written The Risen: Dialogues of Love, Grief & Survival; The Risen: A Companion to Grief; Tangible Dreaming; and Grief: Ponderings From The Afterlife. Here, he maintains ...
Dec 25, 2020•48 min
Christian de Quincey, PhD, is a faculty member at John F. Kennedy University and Sophia University. He is founder and director of the Wisdom Academy. He is author of Radical Nature: The Soul of Matter, Radical Knowing: Understanding Consciousness Through Relationship, Consciousness From Zombies to Angels: The Shadow and the Light of Knowing Who You Are, Deep Spirit: Cracking the Noetic Code, and Blindspots: 21 Good Reasons to Think Before You Talk. In this video from 2015, he discusses the conce...
Dec 24, 2020
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. G. Jung and the Dead: Visions, Active Imagination and the Unconscious Terrain. Here she describes Carl Jung’s encounters with the departed...
Dec 23, 2020•50 min
Jason Gregory is a student of the world’s spiritual traditions. He is author of The Science and Practice of Humility. His website is https://jasongregory.org/. His YouTube channel is hhttps://www.youtube.com/user/OneWorldWithin. In this video, originally recorded in 2015, he describes how many people become ensnared in the ego to such an extent that they lose almost all awareness of their inner, spiritual center. Yet, within each of us resides a deep consciousness that we share with the entire u...
Dec 22, 2020•28 min
James Tunney, LLM, is an Irish Barrister who has lectured on legal matters throughout the world. He is a poet, a visual artist, and author of The Mystery of the Trapped Light: Mystical Thoughts in the Dark Age of Scientism plus The Mystical Accord: Sutras to Suit Our Times, Lines for Spiritual Evolution. His website is http://www.jamestunney.com. Here he focuses on the role of light in mystical traditions, enunciating his own insights regarding five stages of illumination. He distinguishes betwe...
Dec 21, 2020•1 hr 10 min
Laurin Bellg, MD, is chair of the Department of Medicine for ThedaCare in Appleton, Wisconsin. She is also director of two intensive care units. She is author of Near Death in the ICU. In this video, originally recorded in 2015, she describes the range of ostensibly paranormal experiences that her patients have experienced either during medical crises or during surgery. These include out-of-body experiences, classical near-death experiences, and visitations of deceased relatives. Sometimes these...
Dec 19, 2020•30 min
Serena Roney-Dougal, PhD, received a doctoral degree the University of Surrey, in the United Kingdom, for a parapsychological dissertation. She is author of Where Science and Magic Meet and The Faery Faith: An Integration of Science and Spirit. She resides in Glastonbury, England, where she serves on the Town Council. Her website is https://www.psi-researchcentre.co.uk/ Here she describes her commitment to the Green Party and to achieving certain ecological objectives in her local community in t...
Dec 19, 2020•45 min
Glenn Aparicio Parry, PhD, is author of Original Thinking: A Radical Revisioning of Time, Humanity, and Nature. He is the founder and director of the Circle for Original Thinking, a think tank based in Albuquerque, New Mexico. In this video, originally recorded in 2015, he describes his participation, for over a decade, in a series of dialogues between native American elders, academic linguists, and theoretical physicists. These meetings caused him to question very basic notions such as the natu...
Dec 19, 2020•28 min
Mitch Horowitz is the author of many books on esoterica, spirituality, mysticism and the occult. Among his titles are The Seeker’s Guide to the Secret Teachings of All Ages, The Miracle Club, One Simple Idea, and Occult America. His website is https://mitchhorowitz.com/. Here he describes how in 1928, at the age of 27, Manly Hall published his beautifully illustrated masterpiece, The Secret Teachings of All Ages. The discussion covers Hall’s biography, the founding of the Philosophical Research ...
Dec 17, 2020•1 hr
Stuart Hameroff, MD, is a professor of anesthesiology and psychology at the Banner University Medical Center of the University of Arizona in Tucson. He is also co-founder and director of the Center for Consciousness Studies at the University of Arizona. He is author of Ultimate Computing: Biomolecular Consciousness and Nanotechnology. Since 1994, he has organized the “Toward a Science of Consciousness” conferences at the University of Arizona and elsewhere. Working with Sir Roger Penrose, he is ...
Dec 15, 2020•29 min
Jeffrey Mishlove examines the theory of cognitive dissonance as enunciated by Leon Festinger and colleagues in their 1956 classic sociological text, When Prophecy Fails. The book involves the story of a UFO cult in Chicago that anticipated the end of the world. When the prophecy failed to materialize, many cult members strengthened their belief in the cult leader and began proselytizing. Jeffrey suggests that the current political division in the United States regarding who will be inaugurated i...
Dec 14, 2020•17 min
Stephen Braude, PhD, served as chairman of the philosophy department at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County. He has also served as president of the Parapsychological Association. He is author of Crimes of Reason, The Gold Leaf Lady, Immortal Remains, The Limits of Influence, First Person Plural, and ESP and Psychokinesis. He is the recent recipient of the prestigious Myers Memorial Medal awarded by the Society for Psychical Research for outstanding contributions. In this video, original...
Dec 13, 2020•27 min
Elaine Dundon, MBA, is co-author, with her husband Alex Pattakos, PhD, of The OPA! Way: Finding Joy & Meaning in Everyday Life & Work. She is also author of the international, best-selling book, The Seeds of Innovation. With her husband, she is also co-founder of The Global Meaning Institute. She is a former faculty member at the University of Toronto. In this video, originally recorded in 2015, she points out that a third of the words we use in English have Greek roots. Ancient Greece g...
Dec 10, 2020•28 min
James P. Driscoll, PhD, is one of the foremost critics of Renaissance literature from a Jungian perspective. He is author of Identity in Shakespearean Drama, The Unfolding God of Jung and Milton, Shakespeare and Jung: The God in Time, Shakespeare’s Identities, and Jung’s Cartography of the Psyche: A Guide to Terms, Concepts, and Insights. Here he describes the magnitude and breadth of C. G. Jung’s thought process, extending far beyond Jung’s specific professional interest in psychiatry. Jung, fo...
Dec 09, 2020•56 min
Gina Ruk, MS, is a former psychology professor at the University of Novi Sad in Serbia. Her work as an astrologer was the subject of a chapter in her husband, Stephen E. Braude’s book, The Gold Leaf Lady. In this video, recorded in 2015, she describes her journey from a research psychologist to a professional astrologer. The economic conditions of the Baltic wars forced her to find creative ways of supporting herself. She utilized an approach to astrology that incorporated Jungian psychology. Am...
Dec 08, 2020•28 min
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. 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 litera...
Dec 05, 2020•28 min
Richard Reichbart, JD, PhD, is a training and supervising psychoanalyst. For thirty five years, he has maintained a private practice for the treatment of adults, adolescents and children in Northern New Jersey. In addition, he is a short story writer, a parapsychologist, and a poet. He is author of The Paranormal Surrounds Us: Psychic Phenomena in Literature, Culture, and Psychoanalysis. Prior to his career in psychology, he worked as an attorney focusing on civil rights and native American issu...
Dec 04, 2020•46 min
Joseph Gallenberger, PhD, is a clinical psychologist. He is author of Inner Vegas: Creating Abundance, Miracles, and Health and Liquid Luck: The Good Fortune Handbook. He is a senior trainer with the Monroe Institute near Charlottesville, Virginia. In this interview, originally recorded in 2015, he describes how he developed the MC-squared program at the Monroe Institute, as a way of cultivating Psychokinesis within a peaceful resort setting. Exercises involve dice games and participants also en...
Dec 04, 2020•28 min
Stewart Alexander is a physical medium who has been an active spiritualist for over a half century. He is the author of An Extraordinary Journey: The Memoir of a Physical Medium. His work has also been described in Leslie Kean’s award-winning book, Surviving Death. His website is https://stewartalexandermedium.com/. Here he describes the lengthy process of developing physical mediumship within the context of spiritualist home circles. It was well over a decade of regular sessions before the firs...
Dec 02, 2020•1 hr 3 min
Alex Pattakos, PhD, is author of Prisoners of Our Thoughts: Viktor Frankl’s Principles for Discovering Meaning in Life and Work. He is also co-author, with his wife Elaine Dundon, of The OPA! Way: Finding Joy & Meaning in Everyday Life & Work. He and his wife are co-founders of the Global Meaning Institute. He is a former faculty associate at the Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University. In this video, originally recorded in 2015, he describes his relationship with Viktor Frank...
Dec 01, 2020•28 min
James Tunney, LLM, is an Irish Barrister who has lectured on legal matters throughout the world. He is a poet, a visual artist, and author of The Mystery of the Trapped Light: Mystical Thoughts in the Dark Age of Scientism plus The Mystical Accord: Sutras to Suit Our Times, Lines for Spiritual Evolution. His website is http://www.jamestunney.com. Here he discusses the history of western and eastern traditions concerning the right and left hand spiritual paths, particularly tantra as practiced by...
Nov 30, 2020•1 hr 10 min
Stephen Braude, PhD, served as chairman of the philosophy department at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County. He has also served as president of the Parapsychological Association. He is author of Crimes of Reason, The Gold Leaf Lady, Immortal Remains, The Limits of Influence, First Person Plural, and ESP and Psychokinesis. He is the recent recipient of the prestigious Myers Memorial Medal awarded by the Society for Psychical Research for outstanding contributions. In this interview, orig...
Nov 29, 2020•28 min
Joseph Gallenberger, PhD, is a clinical psychologist. He is author of Inner Vegas: Creating Abundance, Miracles, and Health and Liquid Luck: The Good Fortune Handbook. He is a senior trainer with the Monroe Institute near Charlottesville, Virginia. In this interview, originally recorded in 2015, he describes how he began to bring groups of individuals to Las Vegas to experience the possibilities of training psychokinesis in a casino setting. He discovered that individuals could encourage, suppor...
Nov 28, 2020•28 min
Debra Lynne Katz, MSW, is both a talented remote viewer and a psychic reader. She is author of You Are Psychic: The Art of Psychic Reading & Healing, Extraordinary Psychic: Proven Techniques to Master Your Natural Psychic Abilities, and Freeing the Genie Within: Manifesting Abundance, Creativity, and Success in Life. She is a parapsychology researcher, having twice received the annual Warcollier Prize from the International Remote Viewing Association for an outstanding research proposal. She...
Nov 26, 2020•30 min
Mitch Horowitz is the author of many books on esoterica, spirituality, mysticism and the occult. Among his titles are The Seeker’s Guide to the Secret Teachings of All Ages, The Miracle Club, One Simple Idea, and Occult America. His website is https://mitchhorowitz.com/. He recently wrote an article evaluating the legacy of James Randi that can be viewed at https://boingboing.net/2020/10/26/the-man-who-destroyed-skepticism.html. Here he explains why, in his opinion, the sociologist Marcello Truz...
Nov 25, 2020•47 min
Fred Alan Wolf, PhD, is a theoretical physicist who left academia and has spent his career exploring the mystical realms where consciousness and physics interface. He received the National Book Award for Taking the Quantum Leap: The New Physics for Non-Scientists. His other books include The Spiritual Universe: How Quantum Physics Proves the Existence of the Soul, The Dreaming Universe: A Mind-Expanding Journey into the Realm Where Psyche and Physics Meet, Parallel Universes: The Search for Othe...
Nov 24, 2020•28 min
Emmy Vadnais, OTR/L, is an occupational therapist and integrative medicine practitioner based in St. Paul, Minnesota. She is the author of Intuitive Development: How to Trust Your Inner Knowing for Guidance With Relationships, Health, and Spirituality. Here she describes how the practice of energy medicine helped her through a serious crisis, overcoming both personal and professional obstacles. She acknowledges that it can be very hard for individuals to trust their own inner guidance when they ...
Nov 23, 2020•44 min
