Julie Beischel, Ph.D., is the co-founder and Director of Research at the Windbridge Research Center. She received her Ph.D. in Pharmacology and Toxicology with a minor in Microbiology and Immunology. Her current research mainly focuses on mediums: individuals who experience communication with the deceased. Dr. Beischel has published research examining mediums’ accuracy and their experiences, psychology, and physiology, and the potential therapeutic application of mediumship readings during bereavement. Her research interests also include spontaneous, facilitated, assisted, and requested after-death communication experiences. She lives in Arizona with her husband and research partner, Mark Boccuzzi, and their two dogs.

Books:

Investigating Mediums: A Windbridge Institute Collection

Among Mediums: A Scientist's Quest for Answers

Meaningful Messages: Making the Most of Your Mediumship Reading

From the Mouths of Mediums Vol. 1: Experiencing Communication (From the Mouths of Mediums: Conversations with Windbridge Certified Research Mediums)

Website: windbridge.org

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Summary and Transcript of this interview.

Interview recorded August 7, 2021

YouTube Video Chapters:

00:00:00 - Introduction to Buddha at the Gas Pump

00:02:42 - The Afterlife and Mediumship

00:05:08 - Exploring Mediumship and the Afterlife

00:07:24 - Fear of Death and Its Impact on Psychology and Worldviews

00:09:53 - Investigating Medium Readings

00:12:31 - Medium Screening and Certification Procedure

00:15:37 - Disproving the Hypothesis of Medium Fraudulent Behavior

00:18:33 - Mediumship and Psychic Abilities

00:21:16 - Paradigms and Scientific Closed-Mindedness

00:26:37 - The Limitations of Medium Abilities

00:32:35 - Psychic Abilities and Predicting the Future

00:35:40 - The Continuation of Consciousness After Death

00:38:54 - The Possibility of an Afterlife

00:41:59 - Communication with Deceased Spirits

00:45:04 - The Five People Involved in the Protocol

00:47:58 - Autoimmune Diseases and Mediumship

00:51:01 - The Connection Between Mediumship and Autoimmune Diseases

00:54:06 - Different Levels of Trance Consciousness in Mediumship

00:57:10 - Physical Mediumship and Table Tipping

01:00:25 - Emotional Impact of Animal Loss

01:03:49 - Normalizing After-Death Communication Experiences

01:09:16 - Incorporating Afterlife Beliefs into Mental Health Practices

01:13:36 - The Fascination with Non-Local Consciousness

01:16:23 - The interconnectedness of the universe

01:19:10 - Quality of Life over Quantity of Days

01:21:48 - Terminal Lucidity and Mediumship

01:24:30 - Alleviating Suffering through Mediumship

01:28:14 - Studying Mediumship in its Natural Environment

01:31:13 - Peer-reviewed papers and replication difficulties

01:33:57 - Mediumship Readings and Being Open-Minded

01:36:10 - Farewell and Thanks