Skeptiko Dr. Rupert Sheldrake talks about his collaborationswithDr. Chris French Visit www.skeptiko for more interviews. Published on October 12, 2009 Share
Huichol Shamanic CulturewithGail Hayssen July 18, 2022This the third in a series of interviews with Gail about the cultural practices of the Huichol Indians of Mexico. Here she describes how her journeys to the Huichol people in Mexico intersected with her marriage, and how she eventually brought her husband with her to the peyote ritual ceremony. She movingly describes the close, [...]
Understanding PrejudicewithPrice Cobbs (1928 – 2018) August 27, 2022Psychiatrist Price M. Cobbs was president of Pacific Management Systems in San Francisco. He is co-author of The Jesus Bag and Black Rage. While prejudice and stereotyping are natural functions of the brain in coping with a threatening environment, he says, we must consciously work to overcome the lazy mental habits that cause us to [...]
CLASSIC REBOOT: GnosticismwithRichard Smoley September 5, 2022Here he notes that Gnosticism originated among faith communities of Christian believers in the earliest years, suggesting that it was based upon original teachings that Jesus shared with some disciples. Gnostics apparently communicated with other schools of esoteric thought, including hermeticism and astrology. Eventually it was persecuted by the Church and almost entirely eliminated. The [...]
Manifesting LifewithImages with Catherine Shainberg September 7, 2022Catherine received a full ride to Harvard, but her inner voice led her to the Middle East and Israel where she discovered her own family lineage to the origins of the Kabbalah. Catherine shares that the Kabbalah is about surrendering, looking inward, seeing into the subconscious, and having experiences. She states that nothing is created [...]
CLASSIC REBOOT: Listening to AnimalswithMiranda Alcott July 29, 2022Here she describes how each animal species has a unique culture. Animals can communicate with us, and can even teach us, if we are willing to quiet our minds, let go of our preconceptions and listen. This often comes naturally to children. In fact, sometimes children experience communication from animals as an imaginary playmate. Animals [...]
CLASSIC REBOOT: Interpretations of Quantum PhysicswithRuth Kastner August 15, 2022Here she points out that there are several interpretations of quantum mechanics that are very different from each other. She notes that there are many disagreements about the interpretation of the interpretations. She reviews the perspectives of great physicists such as Neils Bohr, Max Born, Ludwig Boltzmann, and David Bohm. She briefly describes the lesser [...]
The Mystical PathwithJames Tunney February 18, 2020Here he proposes that one need not lose one’s sovereign autonomy to a guru or spiritual leader in order to pursue an authentic mystical path. The path involves learning to distinguish the true Self from false images of the self. Ultimately, it involves the cultivation of compassion for both oneself and others — leading to [...]
Life and DeathwithDarryl Robert Schoon March 17, 2020Here he shares his perspective, as a spiritualist minister, on living and dying. He shares stories involving a near-death experience, spiritualist mediumship, synchronicity, the death of a beautiful young woman, and the meaning of life. As in previous interviews, Darryl expresses himself passionately. While intelligent and erudite, his conversational style is very different from other [...]