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Neurodiversity, Part 6: Update with Annika and Tristan Annika and Tristan are two distinct persons occupying a single body. To our knowledge, their case is unique and neither understood nor even described in the psychiatric and psychological literature. They believe that their case sheds light on the nature of consciousness and mind-body interaction. This interview was actually recorded the day be...

Shamanism and Belief with James McClenon James McClenon, PhD, is a former sociology professor, licensed clinical social worker, civil engineer, and researcher. James is author of Deviant Science: The Case of Parapsychology, Wondrous Events: Foundations of Religious Belief, Wondrous Healing: Shamanism, Human Evolution, and the Origin of Religion, and The Entity Letters: A Sociologist on the Trail o...

Astral Travel with Robert Temple Robert Temple is author of many books including A New Science of Heaven, The Sirius Mystery: New Scientific Evidence of Alien Contact 5,000 Years Ago, Oracles of the Dead: Ancient Techniques for Predicting the Future, Open to Suggestion: The Uses and Abuses of Hypnosis, and The Genius of China: 3000 Years of Science, Discovery & Invention. Here he explains that...

Neurodiversity, Part 5: An Apology with Annika and Tristan Annika and Tristan are two distinct persons occupying a single body. To our knowledge, their case is unique and neither understood nor even described in the psychiatric and psychological literature. They believe that their case sheds light on the nature of consciousness and mind-body interaction. Here they open up about a painful episode i...

The World of Psychedelic Entities with David Jay Brown & Sara Phinn Huntley David Jay Brown and Sara Phinn Huntley are coauthors of the Illustrated Field Guide to DMT Entities: Machine Elves, Tricksters, Teachers, and Other Interdimensional Beings. Sara Phinn Huntley is an artist whose work has explored the intersection of psychedelics, technology, and philosophy. David Jay Brown has also writ...

The Path of Souls in Native American Mound Cultures and the Missihuasca Hypothesis with P. D. Newman P. D. “Danny” Newman is author of Alchemically Stoned: The Psychedelic Secret of Freemasonry, Angels in Vermilion: The Philosopher’s Stone from Dee to DMT, and Theurgy: Theory and Practice – The Mysteries of the Ascent to the Divine. His newest book is Tripping the Trail of Ghosts...

Remote Viewing UFOs/UAP with Daz Smith Daz Smith is an artist, graphic designer, and a full-time, professional remote viewer. He is the editor and publisher of Eight Martinis: The State of the Art of Remote Viewing Magazine. Daz works with a team of remote viewers in the Futures Forecasters group. He is author of Surfing the Psychic Internet, CRV: Controlled Remote Viewing, Remote Viewing Dialogue...

What We Know and Don’t Know About Consciousness with Bob Davis Robert Davis, PhD, is a retired professor of neuroscience at the State University of New York. He is author of The UFO Phenomenon: Should I Believe?, Life After Death: An Analysis of the Evidence, Unseen Forces: The Integration of Science, Reality, and You, and most recently The Consciousness Connection: Extraordinary Human Exper...

How to Summon a UFO with Kevin Cann Kevin Cann is a contributor to Jeffrey Kripal’s book, How to Think Impossibly. He is a high-functioning, autistic individual. He is the originator of a unique worldview he calls Platonic Surrealism. His website is https://platonicsurrealism.com/ Here is a link to his 140 page document on Platonic Surrealism: http://platonicsurrealism.com/wp-content/uploads...

Embodied Spirituality with John Prendergast John J. Prendergast, PhD is a spiritual teacher, author, retired Adjunct Professor of Psychology at the California Institute of Integral Studies, and a retired Marriage and Family Therapist. He Is the author of Your Deepest Ground: A Guide to Embodied Spirituality (2025), The Deep Heart: Our Portal to Presence (2019), and In Touch: How to Tune in to the...

Physiology and Psychology of the Visitors with Whitley Strieber Whitley Strieber is author of more than 40 books, including many novels. Among his non-fiction works are Communion: A True Story, Confirmation: The Hard Evidence of Aliens Among Us, Solving The Communion Enigma: What Is To Come?, The Secret School: Preparation for Contact, The Key: A True Encounter, A New World, and Them. He is coauth...

Psychedelics and the Cosmic Mind with Chris Bache Chris Bache, PhD, is professor emeritus in the department of Philosophy and Religious Studies at Youngstown State University in Ohio where he taught for 33 years. He is also adjunct faculty at the California Institute of Integral Studies, Emeritus Fellow at the Institute of Noetic Sciences, and on the Advisory Council of Grof Legacy Training. Chris...

An Open-Ended Conversation with Ed Kelly Ed Kelly, PhD, is Professor of Research at the Division of Perceptual Studies (DOPS) at the University of Virginia School of Medicine. He is the 2020 recipient of the Myers Memorial Medal awarded by the Society for Psychical Research in England. He is co-editor of a series of three anthologies: Irreducible Mind: Toward a Psychology for the Twenty-first Cent...

Origins of Global Afterlife Beliefs with Gregory Shushan Gregory Shushan, PhD, is author of Conceptions of the Afterlife in Early Civilizations, Near-Death Experience in Indigenous Religions, The Next World: Extraordinary Experiences of the Afterlife, and, most recently, Near-Death Experience in Ancient Civilizations: The Origin of the World’s Afterlife Beliefs. His website is https://www.gr...

Rhine Research and Education Update with John Kruth John G. Kruth is the Executive Director of the Rhine Research Center and the founder of the Rhine Education Center. He has been studying parapsychology informally for over 35 years, and has been a formal member of the Rhine research team since 2009. His research has included studies related to energetic healing methods, bioenergy signatures, out-...

What Happens After We Die? with Jocelyn Arellano Jocelyn Arellano is a channeler and public speaker who has devoted her professional life to exploring the soul´s evolutionary process in different stages in the Astral world. She is coauthor, with Carmen de Sayve of A Doorway to the Light: After Death Experiences.  Here she describes the sessions that she and spirit medium, Carmen de Sayve, have com...

An Open-Ended Conversation with Federico Faggin Federico Faggin created the self-aligned MOS silicon-gate technology, which made possible memory chips, CCD image sensors, and the microprocessor. He designed the Intel 4004, 8008, and 8080 microprocessors, as well as the Zilog Z80 and Z8 processors. In 2010, he received the 2009 National Medal of Technology and Innovation, the highest honor the Unit...

Psi Games International with Hakim Isler Hakim Isler is the founder and owner of Elite Guard, LLC, a martial arts, fitness and security training company. He has been involved in the martial arts for 22 years and in the security field for eight years. He also developed and instructed military combative systems for the United States Army. He is author of five books in the martial arts and survival f...

Chakras as Gateways to Other Dimensions with Richard Jelusich Richard Jelusich, PhD, is chairman of the board of trustees of the California Institute for Human Science, and also a lead faculty member. He is an ordained minister and has an active practice in subtle energy medicine/energy psychology and spiritual counseling. He is the author of Eye of the Lotus: Psychology of the Chakras and I Can R...

Induced After-Death Communication with Janice Miner Holden Janice Miner Holden, EdD, is president of the International Association for Near-Death Studies, a near-death experience & transpersonal researcher, and is the editor of the Journal of Near-Death Studies. She has a doctorate in education and is professor emerita of Counseling at the University of North Texas. Her primary research focus...

Humanity’s Precognition, Climate Change, and the Decline of Democracy with Stephan Schwartz Stephan A. Schwartz is a Distinguished Associated Scholar of the California Institute for Human Science, H is also a columnist for the journal Explore, and editor of the daily web publication Schwartzreport.net in both of which he covers trends that are affecting the future. He is one of the small gro...

Platonic Surrealism, Part Two: Psychic Symbiosis with Kevin Cann Kevin Cann is a contributor to Jeffrey Kripal’s book, How to Think Impossibly. He is a high-functioning, autistic individual. His website is https://platonicsurrealism.com/ Here he builds on our previous conversation about Platonic Surrealism and this time explores the question of our ecological relationship with the world of n...

InPresence 0260: Retrocognitive Psychokinesis Here Jeffrey Mishlove takes up one of the most controversial and significant topics to have emerged within parapsychology – the possibility that human intention can exert an influence on past events. There is an important catch, however: psychokinesis can only influence past events that have never before been observed. Experiments have shown this to wo...

Spontaneous After-Death Communication with Janice Miner Holden Janice Miner Holden, EdD, is president of the International Association for Near-Death Studies, a near-death experience & transpersonal researcher, and is the editor of the Journal of Near-Death Studies. She has a doctorate in education and is professor emerita of Counseling at the University of North Texas. Her primary research fo...

InPresence 0259: A New Science of Heaven Here Jeffrey Mishlove outlines features of Robert Temple’s 2022 book, A New Science of Heaven – a exploration of the role of plasma in the consciousness of the universe. He discusses Robert Temple’s background as well as their mutual association, although Robert and Jeffrey have never met, with the cosmologist and inventor, Arthur M. Young. New...