In reincarnation, the soul moves through history occupying different bodies following the law of karma (http://www.spiritual-encyclopedia.com/karma.html). With karma, our past actions determine our future selves. So if reincarnation is true, we each have lived past lives the memory of which is buried “soul-deep” in our consciousness. In her new book, Your Soul Remembers: Accessing Your Past Lives through Soul Writing (http://www.amazon.com/Soul-Writing-Conversing-With-Higher/dp/0983613206), this week’s guest, Joanne DiMaggio (http://www.joannedimaggio.com/), writes how soul writing, an inspirational form of writing while in a meditative state, can connect us to a deeper part of our soul where past lives are hidden. Understanding these past lives, she believes, can have a transformative effect no other method is capable of achieving.

Reconciling science and religion remains an unfinished project. Some believe science can answer all the big questions -- including creation and the origin of life -- and therefore there is no need for religion. Others want to base society upon ancient religious manuscripts, regardless of what the findings of science show. Still others believe science and religion cover different domains, and the two systems should not intrude upon each other’s turf. On this show, Philip Mereton talks with Roy E. Bourque, (http://scienceandreligionconverging.com/)author of The Merging of Two Worlds: The Convergence of Scientific and Religious Thought (http://www.amazon.com/The-Merging-Two-Worlds-Convergence/dp/1449722954), about how both science and religion will have to change if there is going to be any chance of a true reconciliation.

According to Albert Einstein, energy (http://www.aip.org/history/einstein/emc1.htm) equals mass times the speed of light squared. So that means both mass and energy are the same thing in different forms, and that mass is condensed energy. The equation would apply not only to the stars and nuclear power, but also to our own bodies, which of course have mass. So that further means we are really energy beings. But then how do we tap this internal energy source? Listen in as Philip Mereton explores this topic with Rebecca Norrington (http://www.rebeccanorrington.com/), host of the radio show, Reality Spirituality. (http://www.realityspirituality.com/)

The Book of Genesis contains more than the story of creation and the Garden of Eden. According to the Qabalah (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hermetic_Qabalah), hidden in the original Hebrew symbols is a code carrying a message broader than the stories convey, telling us something important about our human potential. Listen in as Philip Mereton unlocks the Genesis Code with guest, Glynda-Lee Hoffman (http://www.thegenesiscode.com/ ), author of, The Genesis Code: Your Key to Unlocking Hidden Genius (http://www.amazon.com/The-Genesis-Code-Unlocking-Hidden/dp/1490577122).

On October 8, 2013, the Nobel committee awarded the most prestigious prize in science to Peter Higgs and Francois Englert for the detection of the Higgs particle at the Large Hadron Collider, the world most powerful particle accelerator. The Higgs particle (aka the God particle), as the theory goes, is the mediator of the Higgs field, which gives elementary particles their mass. This discovery, heralded by the New York Times and others as the "key to the universe," (http://www.nytimes.com/2012/07/05/science/cern-physicists-may-have-discovered-higgs-boson-particle.html?pagewanted%253Dall&_r=0) has not impressed all observers, including Philip Mereton's guest this week, Alexandar Unzicker (http://www.amazon.com/Alexander-Unzicker/e/B00DQCRYYY), the author of the new book, The Higgs Fake: How Particle Physicists Fooled the Nobel Committee (http://www.broadwayworld.com/bwwbooks/article/THE-HIGGS-FAKE-a-New-Book-by-Dr-Alexander-Unzicker-Criticizes-the-2013-Nobel-Prize-in-Physics-20131029). Listen in as Philip and Alexandar explore a different perspective to the supposed Higgs discovery, and confront the question, is the God Particle real?

Everyone knows that our physical bodies develop in stages from childhood to adult. But what about spirituality? Does that develop as well? And if we view spiritual development as something that all people go through, might this provide a way to understand the sharp differences between the new atheists (such as Richard Dawkins (http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_ss_i_1_6?url=search-alias%3Dstripbooks&field-keywords=god%20delusion%20richard%20dawkins&sprefix=God+De%2Cstripbooks%2C146)) and religious believers? Maybe they are on different levels of spiritual development. In her new book, Faith Beyond Belief: Stories of Good People Who Left Their Church Behind (http://www.amazon.com/Faith-Beyond-Belief-Stories-People/dp/0835609057 ), this week’s guest, Margaret Placentra Johnston (http://www.faithbeyondbelief-book.com/), tells the stories of common people who made the transition between stages of spirituality (lawless, faithful, rational, and mystic) and why the mystic stage can be viewed as a faith beyond belief. Join Philip Mereton as he talks with Margaret about how these stages help shed light on the ongoing debate over the role of religion in modern society.

In shamanism, the symptoms of illness are symbols of the state of your being. This truth extends from the individual person to the world at large. To heal ourselves we must realize we are an intertwined part of the circle of life, engaged in a process of re-membering our true selves, striving to move in harmony with the flow of being. This week's guest, don Oscar Miro-Quesda (http://www.heartofthehealer.org/), author of Lessons in Courage: Peruvian Shamanic Wisdom for Everyday Life (http://www.amazon.com/Lessons-Courage-Peruvian-Shamanic-Everyday/dp/193790718X )and originator of Pachakuti Mesa cross-cultural shamanism, shares his own incredible journey along the path of awakening, and helps us see glimpses of the great "world turning" that is now upon us.

The multiverse (http://www.allaboutscience.org/multiverse.htm). String theory (http://superstringtheory.com/). The God particle. The inflationary Big Bang. Dark matter and dark energy. These are some of the latest theories of physics, but do they say anything about reality? How does someone test to see if there are really trillions of additional universes beyond the boundaries of this one? Or find vibrating strings tucked away in dimensions beyond experience? On this show, Philip Mereton talks with Jim Baggott, the best-selling author of the new book, Farewell to Reality: How Modern Physics Has Betrayed the Search for Truth (http://www.amazon.com/Farewell-Reality-Physics-Betrayed-Scientific/dp/1605984728), about how the authorized version of physics cannot be right and how too many scientific resources are being devoted to pursuing fairy tale physics, and what this all means for the future of science.

No one really knows what happens when we die. Does the physical body pass away, but the human spirit live on? If so, where and in what form? Or is spirit, like modern science might say, just some type of emergent property of the body, so that it too dissolves into the ground with the body? On this show, Philip Mereton talks with Dr. Rom Weber (http://www.communicationsinspirit.com/), who has been called one of world’s most normal mediums. Her 18 years of practicing mediumship has convinced her that it is possible to communicate with the spirits of those who have passed on in this world, indicating that some aspect of a person survives after bodily death. Strange in the world of science, but normal in the world of spirit.

Does it sometimes seem that physical objects appear from nowhere? Lost keys are later found in the first place you looked; someone you thought had died is really alive; bumps and bruises disappear overnight. Strange happenings we usually attribute to absent-mindedness or luck. But there might be another explanation for these reality shifts: perhaps they show that the reality we thought was fixed is really a type of fluid energy; dream-like rather than machine-like. This week, Philip Mereton’s guest, Cynthia Sue Larson (http://www.realityshifters.com), the author of Reality Shifts: When Consciousness Changes the Physical World (http://www.amazon.com/Reality-Shifts-Consciousness-Changes-Physical/dp/1461075211), discusses how quantum physics, lucid dreaming, and Eastern thought all suggest that shifts in the physical world can actually occur, and how we can use them to our advantage.