In ancient times, says Leonard Shlain, human societies universally worshipped the image of a goddess. Sometime about 5,000 years ago a massive shift occurred in which the gender of the diety changed. He presents his hypothesis that this change is related to the introduction of the alphabet and its effects upon the human brain. He [...]

Neil Freer is author of Breaking the Godspell, a book which delves into the implications of the radical theories of scholar Zecharia Sitchin (The Twelfth Planet, Stairway to Heaven, etc). Here he discusses the hypothesis that the gods of ancient cultures were actually from another planet that colonized the earth. Several lines of argumentation support this [...]

Paul Perry Perry is the co-author of many best-selling books concerning near-death experiences and the afterlife, six of them were written with Raymond Moody. His newest book with Moody is Proof of Life After Life: 7 Reasons to Believe There is an Afterlife.

Here he describes his understanding of reincarnation, based upon his out-of-body experiences and work with subtle energy.

Here he compares Janet’s discoveries concerning dissociation with the insights of Sigmund Freud and Carl Jung.

Here he emphasizes the importance of understanding the soul-eviscerating forces that underly civilization’s rush toward technological control.

Peter Russell is a visionary writer, filmmaker, and management consultant.  He is author of The Creative Manager, The Global Brain and The White Hole in Time. Here he suggests that if we wish to understand the significance of the present, we must understand all of cosmic and biological evolution. He maintains that the human race [...]

Here she describes her own personal experiences as a child and also her findings from interviewing people about their own childhood psi experiences.

Rod Chelberg shares several stories of being guided by a divine presence in the emergency room, ICU, and end-of-life care as a physician. He describes how we are all mystics and can quiet our minds to awaken spiritual gifts, let love flow, and walk in peace.

Motivational training techniques often focus mindlessly on “positive thinking”, glossing over the need for people to engage in soul-search­ing and self-renewal. John O’Neil, past-president of the Califor­nia School of Professional Psychology, discusses the unfor­tunate trend to treat “success” as an all-con­suming end in itself, without regard to the consequences of this attitude. O’Neil is author of The [...]

A leading visionary thinker, Barbara Marx Hubbard suggests that we are in a unique evolutionary phase in which the universe is coming to understand itself through the vehicle of human consciousness. She argues that the spiritual attainments of the great religious founders and avatars are now becoming available to masses of people. 

The average human is functioning in an unawakened state, according to Russian philosopher and mystic George Ivanovich Gurdjieff. Psychologist Kathleen Speeth, Ph.D., author of The Gurdjieff Work and Gurdjieff: Seeker of the Truth, was raised by parents who were students of Gurdjieff, whom she met as a child. She discusses the history and present status of the Gurdjieff [...]

Mrs. Irina Tweedie was the author of Daughter of Fire, a diary of her intensive spiritual training in India with a Hindu Sufi master.  In this moving and personal interview, the 80-year-old Mrs. Tweedie, who was then a Sufi teacher in London, describes the bliss, peace and love — and the despair, hatred and loneliness [...]

Here he shares insights from his long career as a paranormal student and researcher, from the 1960s to the present day.

Here he describes why he purchased the Skinwalker Ranch in Utah as well as the paranormal phenomena, such as cattle mutilations, that his investigations there yielded.

Here he focuses on the struggle between materialism and spiritual realities, particularly in the light of Henry Corbin’s great scholarship regarding Islamic mysticism. He finds a possible resolution in the poetic imagination.

Here he explains why 19th Century America was a fountain of innovative metaphysical traditions, many of lasting influence.

When the guru teaches, says Joseph Chilton Pearce, he does so not through the intellect but by opening the heart to spiritual experience. Pearce was a devotee of Siddha Yoga as taught by Swami Muktananda and his successor Gurumayi Chidvilasananda. He compares the guru-disciple relationship to the bonding relationship which occurs between parent and child.

Here she describes her decades of work with conscious intention and subtle energy, and its relationship to the out-of-body experience as well as other forms of nonlocal consciousness.

Here he discusses his childhood and early life as well as his initial research efforts regarding UFOs and paranormal manifestations. NOTE: This is a revised version of the video that was previously released.

Throughout his life, Manuel had a number of experiences which could be considered anomalous or paranormal. It is his hope that by sharing his knowledge and experience in both psychiatry and the world unknown, he will provide a bridge between these two worlds and will give people permission to share their own experiences without shame [...]

Here he describes the history of Andrija Puharich’s parapsychological investigations as well as his own investigations of the connection between psychedelics and psi ability.

This open-ended conversation largely focuses on the emotional issues associated with becoming a professional remote viewer.

The human organism and the biosphere are part of one system, says Stanley Keleman, a leading pioneer of psychotherapy from a somatic perspective. In this profound interview he discusses the unity of spirit and soma (or body) in the life process. The characteristic attitudes we take in life are reflected in the postures and attitudes [...]

Here he describes the important plot threads of Franz Kafka’s posthumously published novel. The main character seems to be trapped in a nightmarish scenario, in which he is put through a mysterious legal proceding, from which he cannot seem to escape. Jorjani elucidates several important folklore and mythological references. Ultimately, he believes that the protagonist [...]

Here he focuses on the life and work of one of the most widely read and influential American writers. He expands on the mythological motifs behind Steinbeck’s social critiques.

Here he continues his multi-decades exploration into the nature of the “Visitor” phenomena he has been confronting since 1985.

June Singer, PhD, an analytic psychologist, was author of Seeing Through the Visible World: Jung, Gnosis and Chaos; A Gnostic Book of Hours; and Boundaries of the Soul.  Here she discusses Gnosticism as a practice that involved a fusion of Judaism, Christianity and Manicheanism. The Gnostic texts found in the Nag Hamadi scrolls appear to satirize traditional [...]

Here he explains how he teaches college students about the possibility of life after death.

Friedemann suggests ways to move past survival patterns within the subconscious mind to discover deeper love, truth, and a greater purpose.

Here he focuses on the influential eighteenth century, Scottish philosopher, David Hume, his philosophy of naturalism, and his argument against religious miracles. He examines how that argument has been wrongly used by those hostile to parapsychology.

Edi Bilimoria shares how humans mirror the cosmos through a continuum of energy, consciousness, and matter.

Scientist Russell Targ describes remote viewing research he conducted with sponsorship from the CIA and military intelligence establishment. He presents graphic illustrations of the tests that persuaded the government to fund this research. He describes his own personal experiences as a remote viewer. He explains that remote viewing, or free-response clairvoyance, is probably the single [...]

In this discussion, Dr. Neppe proposes connections between the Neppe-Close theoretical model of higher consciousness and reality and its implications for our understanding of the divine.

Here he shares his interest in establishing empirical evidence for the existence of the afterlife, and its implications.

Here he shares some of his most recent work training advanced remote viewing skills.

In 2021, Susan introduced, “His Holiness the Dalai Lama in Conversation with Greta Thunberg and Leading Scientists.” She shares simple steps to engage in climate action and contemplative practices that can help heal ecoanxiety.

Here he describes the life and scholarship of the French scholar, Henry Corbin, particularly with reference to Iranian mysticism and his concept of the imaginal.

Human beings are capable of extraordinary transformations that often go unrecognized in contemporary thought. Michael Murphy summarizes scientific efforts to document extraordinary human capabilities. He draws upon research in hypnosis, parapsychology, and biofeedback as well as medical accounts of the placebo effect and the uncanny remission of disease. Murphy suggests that programs of transformative training [...]

Here she reflects on her experiences living with him in New York and on his literary, artistic, and parapsychological legacy.