This episode focuses on entheogens—psychedelic drugs that are known to cause “mystical states” of consciousness. Our hosts discuss Rick Strassman’s work on DMT, but that is merely a subset of entheogen study. Current research in the fields of brain science, psychology, and religion are struggling to explain how entheogens and the experiences they cause should… Continue reading Peeranormal 07: DMT, Psychedelics, Religious Mysticism, and Paranormal Experiences

Peeranormal 07: DMT, Psychedelics, Religious Mysticism, and Paranormal Experiences

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Nearly twenty studies of whether intercessory prayer has a positive (or any) effect on seriously ill patients have been conducted by physicians and other medical researchers since 1965. Results are mixed, ranging from mild positive effects to an increase in adverse effects. The assumptions of the very idea have been challenged—is prayer something that can… Continue reading Peeranormal 22: Intercessory Prayer

Peeranormal 22: Intercessory Prayer

Peeranormal 21: Live from Branson

Photographs of “orbs” – small circular or globular lights – that are invisible to the naked eye at the time of the photography are ubiquitous on the internet. Very little scientific research has been conducted to explain the photographic phenomenon. Most of the discussion online asserts that orbs are spirits or some other energy life… Continue reading Peeranormal 20: Orb Photographs

Peeranormal 20: Orb Photographs

Many people have experienced déjà vu, the feeling that a situation or event is familiar, though there is no evidence that the situation has been experienced before. Recent studies have shown that roughly two-thirds of people have experienced déjà vu at least once. This episode explores three research articles chronicling the phenomenon and its elements… Continue reading Peeranormal 19: Déjà Vu

Peeranormal 07: DMT, Psychedelics, Religious Mysticism, and Paranormal Experiences

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