New Thinking Allowed Audio Podcast

Alexander Moreira-Almeida, MD, is professor of psychiatry at the Universidade Federal de Juiz de Fora (UFJF). He is founder and Director of the Research Center in Spirituality and Health – NUPES-UFJF, Brazil. He is co-editor of two anthologies, Exploring Frontiers of the Mind-Brain Relationship and Spirituality and Mental Health Across Cultures. Here he describes his research with spirit med...

Gail Hayssen hosts the Small Medium At Large podcast. She has worked as a successful subject in parapsychology experiments. She has also explored shamanistic cultures around the world. She is the recipient of an honorary doctoral degree from the Mongolian Academy of Sciences. Here she tells how she developed a close connection with shamans from Mongolia who visited the United States in 2004. As a...

Rolf Sattler is emeritus professor of biology at McGill University in Montrael, Canada. He is author of Organogenesis of Flowers, Biophilosophy: Analytic and Holistic Perspectives, and Science and Beyond: Toward Greater Sanity Through Science, Philosophy, Art, and Spirituality. Here he explains that Aristotelian logic has captured the Western intellectual mindset for many centuries. He suggests th...

James Tunney, LLM, is an Irish barrister who has lectured on legal matters throughout the world. He is a poet, a scholar, 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; also Empire of Scientism: The Dispiriting Conspiracy and Inevitable Tyranny of Scientocracy, TechBon...

This is Jeffrey Mishlove’s fourth experiment in creating a series of short phrases that describe the succession of about sixty mental states experienced throughout a week of meditation. This particular rendition differs from the previous three insofar as Jeffrey, himself (and his dopplegänger), entered into a deeper meditative state while reciting the poetic list of unique awareness perspect...

Sally M. Ornstein was married to the late psychologist, Robert E. Ornstein, for more than 35 years. She is coauthor, with him, of God 4.0: On the Nature of Higher Consciousness and the Experience Called “God”. Here she describes the capacities of the brain’s right hemisphere for experiences of transcendence and wholeness. She maintains that higher states of awareness are achieved...

Pierre Grimes, PhD, is a specialist in classical Greek philosophy. He is the founder of the American Philosophical Practitioners Association. He is also founder of the Noetic Society in the Los Angeles area. He is author of Philosophical Midwifery: A New Paradigm for Understanding Human Problems, Socrates and Jesus: A Dialogue in Heaven, and Unblocking: Removing Blocks to Understanding. Born in 19...

Jeffrey Mishlove discusses a difference of opinion between J. B. Rhine and C. G. Jung regarding whether paranormal phenomena obey causal principles. Jung described synchronicity as an “acausal connecting principle”. Rhine did not agree. Jeffrey then discusses the role of conscious intentionality within parapsychology, suggesting that – because we do have a measure of control over synch...

Rolf Sattler is emeritus professor of biology at McGill University in Montrael, Canada. He is author of Organogenesis of Flowers, Biophilosophy: Analytic and Holistic Perspectives, and Science and Beyond: Toward Greater Sanity Through Science, Philosophy, Art, and Spirituality. Here he describes Johann Wolfgang von Goethe as the equivalent to German literature as Shakespeare is to English literatu...

James Tunney, LLM, is an Irish barrister who has lectured on legal matters throughout the world. He is a poet, a scholar, 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; also Empire of Scientism: The Dispiriting Conspiracy and Inevitable Tyranny of Scientocracy and Tech...

This is Jeffrey Mishlove’s third experiment, taking states of awareness attained during a week of meditation, and describing them with short phrases. He suggests that viewers may find this exercise opens a window between their minds and his. The end result is a combination of poetry and guided meditation. New Thinking Allowed host, Jeffrey Mishlove, PhD, is author of The Roots of Consciousne...

Bill Pfeiffer conducts ten-day Wild Earth Intensives. He is author of Wild Earth, Wild Soul: A Manual for an Ecstatic Culture. Here he discusses the value of indigenous and shamanistic wisdom. He describes his work with native Americans as well as shamans across the world. He emphasizes the importance of approaching these traditions with both respect and permission. He points to the significance o...

Jon Knowles has been active in the remote viewing community since 2000. He has been involved as a trainer, viewer, and project organizer. He is coauthor, with Debra Lynne Katz, of Associative Remote Viewing. He is also author of Remote Viewing From the Ground Up. Here he focuses on various methodological nuances involved in precognitive forecasting of lottery numbers, horse races, athletic events,...

Jeffrey Mishlove (and his doppleganger) continue the new, experimental approach that was first developed in his previous InPresence video. During a weeklong period, he interrupted his regular, meditations to write down short phrases – typically two words – describing the states of consciousness he was experiencing in succession. By the week’s end, he had notated over sixty such different sta...

James Tunney, LLM, is an Irish barrister who has lectured on legal matters throughout the world. He is a poet, a scholar, 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; also Empire of Scientism: The Dispiriting Conspiracy and Inevitable Tyranny of Scientocracy and Tech...

Rolf Sattler is emeritus professor of biology at McGill University in Montrael, Canada. He is author of Organogenesis of Flowers, Biophilosophy: Analytic and Holistic Perspectives, and Science and Beyond: Toward Greater Sanity Through Science, Philosophy, Art, and Spirituality. Here he reviews the main themes expressed in Korzybski’s General Semantics. He emphasizes the limits of language, a...

Gail Hayssen hosts the Small Medium At Large podcast. She has worked as a successful subject in parapsychology experiments. She has also explored shamanistic cultures around the world. She is the recipient of an honorary doctoral degree from the Mongolian Academy of Sciences. You can reach her podcast at https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCosd9J6MuxBvRP-UskejUgA Here she describes life and work of J...

Jeffrey Mishlove shares a new, experimental approach. During a weeklong period, he interrupted his regular, meditations to write down short phrases – typically two words – describing the states of consciousness he was experiencing in succession. By the week’s end, he had notated over sixty such different states. These could be considered, perhaps, a poem – or, perhaps, even instructions for...

Michael Cremo is coauthor with Richard Thompson of Forbidden Archeology. He is also author of Human Devolution: A Vedic Alternative to Darwin’s Theory as well as My Science, My Religion – a collection of his scientific papers. Here he describes the Vedic worldview as one in which consciousness, rather than matter, is considered fundamental. The Vedic universe is populated by a vast array of...

Rolf Sattler is emeritus professor of biology at McGill University in Montrael, Canada. He is author of Organogenesis of Flowers, Biophilosophy: Analytic and Holistic Perspectives, and Science and Beyond: Toward Greater Sanity Through Science, Philosophy, Art, and Spirituality. Here he describes many ways in which we fail to appreciate the limits of science. He notes that science is always changin...

Gail Hayssen hosts the Small Medium At Large podcast. She has worked as a successful subject in parapsychology experiments. She has also explored shamanistic cultures around the world. She is the recipient of an honorary doctoral degree from the Mongolian Academy of Sciences. You can reach her podcast at https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCosd9J6MuxBvRP-UskejUgA Here she describes traumas in her chi...

Connie Zweig, PhD, is a retired psychotherapist. She is coeditor of the anthology, Meeting the Shadow: The Hidden Power of the Dark Side of Human Nature. She is coauthor of Romancing the Shadow: A Guide to Soul Work for a Vital, Authentic Life. Her newest book is The Inner Work of Age: Shifting from Role to Soul. Here she describes the many challenges we face as we enter into the autumn and winter...

Debra Lynn Katz, PhD, is author of You Are Psychic: The Art of Clairvoyant Reading and Healing, Extraordinary Psychic: Proven Techniques to Master Your Natural Psychic Abilies, and Freeing the Genie Within: Manifesting Abundance, Creativity, and Success in Your Life. She is coauthor, with Jon Knowles, of Associative Remote Viewing: The Art and Science of Predicting Outcomes for Sports, Politics, F...

Constance Scharff, PhD, is the vice president for business development of Rock to Recovery – an organization, both for-profit and non-profit, that operates in over 100 treatment facilities. She is author of a book of poetry titled Meeting God at Midnight. She is coauthor, with Richard Tait, of Ending Addiction for Good. She is also coauthor, with Wes Geer, of Rock to Recovery: Music as a Catalyst...

Amit Goswami, PhD, is a retired professor of physics from the University of Oregon. He is author of The Self-Aware Universe, Physics of the Soul, The Quantum Doctor, God is Not Dead, Quantum Creativity, and The Everything Answer Book. His website is https://www.amitgoswami.org/ Here he builds upon his insight that consciousness is the ground of all being and can also be thought of as the quantum w...