Here she describes traumas in her childhood and teenage years. She explains that she never considers a relationship with living persons as “finished” and describes how she has persisted until traumatic relationships became loving. She describes her work as a psychic demonstrator for Werner Erhard and Mind Dynamics. She also describes her involvement with parapsychologists [...]

Here he describes Johann Wolfgang von Goethe as the equivalent to German literature as Shakespeare is to English literature or Dante is to Italian literature – a towering figure. However, Goethe considered his scientific writings to be as important as his literary contributions. Sattler sees Goethe as one of the founders of the discipline of [...]

Here he shares his knowledge of the philosophical tradition of personalism – a movement that has touched many other disciplines and that emphasizes the unique rights and responsibilities of personhood. He points out that there are counter-veiling tendencies in society that would treat humans more as machines, or as animals, rather than as persons. There [...]

Here he describes the context in which Rev. Robert Kirk wrote his classic book about faeries in 1691. He emphasizes that Kirk was not intending to write a book of folklore, but rather an accurate description of experienced phenomena. He points out that interaction with such beings appears to be dependent upon the common gift [...]

Here he reviews the many accomplishments of William Blake (1757-1827), a visual artist, poet, and mystic. Blake was an important influence on people such as W. B. Yeats, Alan Ginsberg, Kathleen Raine, Aldous Huxley – the contemporary artist, Francis Bacon – and even the rock musician, Patti Smith. Many of his contemporaries, and even some [...]

Here she describes the many challenges we face as we enter into the autumn and winter of our lives. Among the most serious of these is ageism, a form of social discrimination that remains largely unchallenged. Other issues include increased helplessness, pain, disease, and infirmity. Fear of death also looms large. These factors all become [...]

This conversation focuses on an out-of-body experience in 1967 that involved a state of cosmic consciousness as well as “future memory”. Essentially, it set the pattern for Ken’s subsequent career as a pioneer of mind-body medicine and integrative health. The experience was so powerful that Ken felt disoriented for weeks afterward; and he has been [...]