Sally reviews the history of her parents’ remarkable careers. After receiving their doctoral degrees in botany, they determined to enter the controversial field of psychical research. Nevertheless, they became disillusioned with field studies of séances and mediums, and gravitated towards experimental studies. Using careful scientific controls and statistical methods, while not ignoring personal experiences, they [...]

Bernardo has launched a new organization, #EssentiaFoundation, and has produced some wonderful short videos that can be viewed at https://youtu.be/Nls4o_mR-sY and https://youtu.be/wJG6yL4ncK8.

Here, he describes his investigations of paranormal phenomena at the Skinwalker Ranch in Utah starting in 1996. Military interest in the project led to a government funded, two-year research program that generated over 100 reports on UFO activity and related topics – eventually leading to the public disclosure in 2021 of military interest and acknowledgment [...]

This is an unusual video because it runs for over three hours, and also because it is a very personal discussion in which both Bernardo and Jeffrey reveal aspects of their own inner life that are rarely discussed publicly. Bernardo maintains that his intensive focus on arguing for analytical idealism, both philosophically and scientifically, is [...]

Russell describes his background as an amateur stage magician starting as a child. He shares several insights that led to his successful career in parapsychology, particularly relating to Robert Rosenthal’s “Pygmalion Effect” in psychology. He notes that as a remote viewing monitor, he developed the ability to distinguish between psi-mediated information and “naming.” Quoting from [...]

Here he describes the historical evolution of the Enneagram beginning with G. I. Gurdjieff and Oscar Ichazo. He describes the ancient Sarmoung Brotherhood as portrayed by Gurdjieff. He notes that his own work is related primarily to spiritual awakening. The Enneagram shows a particular path toward wholeness that can be discovered within each of the [...]

John C. Lilly is author of numerous classic works including The Mind of the Dolphin, The Deep Self, Simulations of God and Center of the Cyclone. A trained psychoanalyst and former researcher for the National Institutes of Health,  Lilly reveals a lifelong pattern of deep inner exploration, beginning with his psychoanalysis in the 1940s, his development [...]