WTF Just Happened?!: All about the afterlife. No woo.

Stanley Krippner, PhD is a renowned and award-winning parapsychologist and trailblazer in studying consciousness. He has a lifetime of knowledge. We were honored to have him as a guest and are thrilled for him to share his expertise with all of you. Professor Stanley Krippner is a pioneer in the study of consciousness, emphasizing cross-cultural perspectives and non-ordinary experiences that question mainstream paradigms. He is a prolific author and researcher on dreaming, psychedelics, creativity, shamanism, parapsychology, and trauma, and a recipient of numerous awards in multidisciplinary fields A fellow in five APA Divisions and past president of two, he holds positions as Affiliated Distinguished Faculty at the California Institute of Integral Studies and a Fellow of the Institute of Noetic Science.

His memoir "A Chaotic Life: The Memoirs of Stanley Krippner, Pioneering Humanistic Psychologist," will be published soon. Stay tuned.

Full Notes on Dream Telepathy, Parapsychology and Is There an Afterlife with Dr. Stanley Krippner Episode 56

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In this episode: - Dr. Stanley Krippner is a renowned pioneer in the field of parapsychology - He had an interesting experience as a child that got him into parapsychology - He wanted to study and understand these psi experiences from a science-based perspective, not a religious one - He worked with medium Amyr Amiden who manifested apports - It was very difficult to explain these apports by "normal" means - Dr. Krippner conducted dream and ESP studies at the Maimonides Dream Laboratory - Something in the atmosphere seems to affect psi - Is there strong evidence of survival of consciousness? - If the studies and experiments of parapsychology are so strong, why do skeptics dismiss them? - How are skeptics helpful to parapsychology - Consciousness is fundamental to everything - Dr. Krippner conducted Out of Body (OBE) research. - His views have been enriched over the years, but not transformed - Dr. Krippner is excited about the future of AI research - ...and more

Molly MacCartney is an Intuitive Medium, Author, Podcast Host and the Founder of Empowered Wisdom School. Her Passion is helping spiritually sensitive people tune into their gifts and keep their energy clear of negativity so they can live on purpose and confidently go for what they want in life.

Molly shares some remarkable moments when her dad, who has passed away, visited her, how she first learned she had psychic medium abilities, how some of these abilities were verified, and how she has helped many clients overcome being people pleasers, as she used to be. She explains what it is like for her when she connects with those on the other side and how can she tell if she is reading someone's psychic energy versus getting information from one of their loved ones who have passed away. She has even channeled, discusses what she views as angels and spirit guides, and explains how she connects to higher consciousness. She shares if people can connect on their own to their loved ones and higher beings.

Molly is author of "Empower Your Wisdom" and is host of two podcasts, "The Empowered Wisdom Hour" and "The Empowered Wisdom Show."

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Full Notes on Listening to Your Intuition, and Empowering Women with Intuitive Medium Molly MacCartney Episode 55

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In this episode:

- Molly saw spirits when she was a little kid but shut them down

- She reawakened her abilities in her 20s

- What was Molly's turning point when she realized she had to come out and follow these gifts

-She studied with an evidential medium

- How does Molly get the information

- Molly's dad who had passed away visited her

- Intuitive readings vs. medium readings are different

- How does Molly keep boundaries with spirits

- Higher beings feel different than when she connects with someone's loved ones

- What is the difference btw spirit guides and angels

- Were angels or spirit guides ever human?

- What is the biggest evidence of accuracy she has ever gotten

- Can Molly predict the future?

- Predicting the future is similar to weather forecasting

- How can people get in touch with their own intuition?

- Why do we turn off our intuition?

- How can we communicate with our own loved ones?

- Can Molly communicate with her loved ones?

- What is channeling?

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Sally Rhine Feather, Ph.D. who was born in 1930 is the eldest daughter of Joseph Banks (J.B.) and Louisa Rhine. They are often referred to as the founders of modern parapsychology. They founded what was the Duke Parapsychology Lab and is now the Rhine Research Center: Bridging the Gap between Science and Spirituality. Sally grew up in the early days and heart of parapsychological research. She participated in experiments as a child, met mediums such as Eileen Garret, and as she got older, she was a research assistant for her parents. She watched ESP studies, the launch of Zenar cards, studies on animals and more. She served on the board of directors at The Rhine, and in 2010 she received the 2010 Career Achievement Award from the Parapsychology Association. She has co-edited books on her parents' research.

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Founders of Modern Parapsychology with Sally Rhine Feather, PhD, Daughter of JB + Louisa Rhine, Founders of The Rhine Institute

J.B. Rhine: (1895-1980) is considered to be the founder of modern parapsychology. He was originally a botanist before getting into psychology, joining the psychology department at Duke University. He then moved onto parapsychology and opened the Duke Parapsychology Lab. He was the "first to systematically apply experimental investigations in the field of psychical research." He developed experiments in ESP using Zenar cards, studies in precognition, ESP and worked with historic mediums such as Eileen Garret. He detected fraud but also got inexplicable results. He kept tight protocols and did fascinating ground-breaking research on ESP and Psychokinesis, adding to the solid body of evidence that our consciousness seems to behave non-locally.

Louisa Rhine: (1891-1983) She collaborated with JB Rhine and developed innovative methods to study psi and ESP. Like J.B. Rhine she applied the scientific method to parapsychology. Her main focus was her collection of spontaneous cases. There are books on these cases she collected.

According to Psi Encyclopedia, The Rhine's drew many conclusions such as, "Psi is non-physical, showing no association with brain localization, musculature, sex, age, ethnicity or health, is not mediated through the normal six senses, and is not limited by space or time.

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Books: The Gift: ESP, the Extraordinary Experiences of Ordinary People (by Dr. Sally Rhine Feather, coauthored with Michael Schmicker) | Letters of JB Rhine | Hidden Channels Of The Mind by Louisa Rhine

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In this episode:

- Sally Rhine Feather, PhD is the daughter of the founders of The Rhine Institute

- She was born in 1930

- JB and Louisa Rhine ran a parapsychology department at Duke University

- It is now The Rhine and no longer part of Duke

- Dr. Rhine Feather met some amazing people back in the day such as Dr. William Macdougal + Eileen Garrett

- What got her parents involved in parapsychology

- What did JB and Louisa Rhine think about ESP and Psi before studying this

- What research was most amazing

- What were JB and Louisa Rhine's thoughts on survival of consciousness

- What does Sally think about the survival of consciousness and Psi

- Sally participated in experiments as a child and helped with research as an adult

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Will and Karen, are the husband and wife hosts of the award-winning podcast The Skeptic Metaphysicians.

Will is more of the skeptic, and Karen is more of the believer, but both are fascinated and have their world views challenged, as they explore "metaphysics." By talking to psychic mediums, channelers, astral projectors, near-death experiencers, energy healers - and all sorts of fascinating people who explore this non-material world, both have gotten to learn about things they had never thought possible. In this episode with fellow podcasters who are fascinated by the same topics, Karen and Will discuss some of the phenomena they have learned about that most blew their mind, how Will came to change his mind about the "spiritual" and why Karen always thought there was more than materialism. They share some of their most evidential "what the fucks," what they think of an afterlife, how have their lives changed since delving into this world of the "inexplicable," and more.

Link for full Episode Notes and to learn more about Will and Karen: The Skeptic Metaphysicians: Changing Their World View and the Most Astounding and Evidential of the Metaphysical. Episode 53

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In this episode:

- Karen and Will are husband and wife co-hosts of the podcast The Skeptical Metaphysicians

- Will is more of the skeptic and Karen is more of the believer

- Why did they start this podcast

- What changed Will's mind and why did Karen always believe

- How have they sensed when guests were genuine - something that is not always easy to tell in this "spiritual" world

- How have they handled it when they discovered a guest was not genuine

- Karen had an amazing OBE experience. Liz and Will have been trying with no luck

- What are some of the most amazing things they have learned which changed their worldview

- What evidence have they gotten that there is more than this material world

- What ended Will's terror of death

- What do they think happens after we die

- How have their lives changed since delving into this world - it seems once people open their minds to the "inexplicable," lives change.

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Melvin L. Morse, M.D. is a medical doctor who specializes in pediatrics and has researched NDEs (near-death experiences) in children. He has authored several books and articles on paranormal science and near-death experiences in children, including the 1987 New York Times bestseller Closer to the Light, written jointly with Paul Perry, and with a foreword written by Raymond Moody.

Full Episode Notes and photos drawn by children Near Death Experiences (NDEs) in Children with Pediatrician Melvin Morse, M.D. Episode 52

As a medical student, Dr. Morse always pursued his interests in consciousness research. During a neurology rotation at Johns Hopkins, he worked under the legendary Vernon Montcastle and cared for patients who had half their brains removed or split-brain surgery. He assessed the effects such surgery had on consciousness, his first understanding that consciousness does not depend on brain function. He attended lectures by the early pioneers of functional neurogenesis. This is the revolutionary concept that all thoughts and experience changes our brain and our brain is capable of repairing itself. Follow Dr. Melvin L. Morse: ⁠Website | Amazon

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Get the book: ⁠⁠WTF Just Happened?!: ⁠A sciencey skeptic explores grief, healing, and evidence of an afterlife⁠⁠⁠ In this episode:

- Dr. Morse had assumed consciousness was created by a brain

- Hearing children share NDEs as soon as they "came back" changed his mind

- What are some of the most remarkable and evidential NDEs Dr. Morse witnessed in children

- Many of the stories are very funny and cute told from a child's perspective

- Dr. Morse was always fascinated by the brain

- Children who had NDEs are exceptionally nice kids and stay that way when they grow up

- What happened when a Nazi prison guard had an NDE

- What science and neuroscience backs up NDEs as genuine

- We don't have a common language for spirituality

- What is the most astonishingly veridical NDE Dr. Morse witnessed

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This episode is from a live event I did with Dr. Lenore Matthew for her YouTube Channel.

This is the second episode with ⁠Simon Bown. Simon Bown is the host of The Past Lives Podcast and The Alien UFO Podcast. He has a diploma in Clinical Hypnotherapy and is certified in Past Life Regression Therapy. He specialises in taking people through past life regressions and has conducted a large number of sessions. He has had many paranormal experiences including psychic flashes, UFO sightings and a number of strange events not easily explained.

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Full Notes on UFO's, What the Government Knows, Life on Other Planets with Simon Bown, Host of The Alien UFO Podcast. Episode 51

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In this episode:

- There are many "Goldilocks planets" in the solar system. Is there life on them?

- Is there intelligent life on other planets?

- We now see and are able to observe more planets than ever

- Some people have reported "between lives" experiences

- What experiences has anyone had with aliens

- It is obvious there is life on other planets with so many planets

- Books on scientific studies of UFOs

- Japanese aircraft picked up UFOs

- Have physicists examined UFO information

- Some UFOs have been spotted moving in inexplainable ways

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Simon Bown is the host of The Past Lives Podcast. He has a diploma in Clinical Hypnotherapy and is certified in Past Life Regression Therapy. He specialises in taking people through past life regressions and has conducted a large number of sessions. He has had many paranormal experiences including psychic flashes, UFO sightings and a number of strange events not easily explained

Full Episode Notes with Video of Dr. Ian Stevenson "Where Reincarnation and Biology Intersect The Best Evidence of an Afterlife with Simon Bown, Host of the Past Lives Podcast

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In this episode: - How did Simon get started - Past life regression hypnosis - He has had fascinating and inexplicable personal experiences - Fascinating things he has learned - Physical mediumship. Stewart Alexander and Kai Muegge - Dr. Ian Stevenson and the birthmark cases - Do the spirit world ever make mistakes? - People get healed during past life regressions. - Evidential past life regressions - Simon had psychic experiences and more...

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Monica began to get amazing signs (all dimes) after her father passed.

Monica L. Morrissey is author of Dimes From Heaven, More Dimes From Heaven and Once Upon a Dime. She is also owner of Intuitive Wellness, where it is all about "soul-care." She is a professor at Southern New Hampshire University where she teaches teachers who are working on their Master's degree in Curriculum and Assessment. She was an elementary school teacher for 24 years. She taught middle school math for three years and and then was aCurriculum Director for five years (so she is logical!).

Full Notes for: Signs and Dimes from The Other Side with Author of Dimes from Heaven, Monica L. Morrissey

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In this episode:

- Dimes and coins meant something to Monica's dad, especially the Liberty Dimes.

- After he passed away, he began to send her dimes

- She wrote books to share these signs and help others know they can get signs too

- She is an empath and shares how she realized she was

- Writing helped her cope with physical pain

- How did dimes become a sign

- What was the first sign she got

- She was greatly impacted by her nephew's passing ]

- She discovered Brian Weiss and past life regressions

- She does Reiki

- She had an intense Reiki experience which helped heal her back

- How does she know what to do and what does it feel like when she does healings

- She has seen healing when she gave past-life regressions

- She also does dream analysis

- How can one tell when it is the subconscious mind in a dream versus a dream visitation

- She is fascinated by how brains work

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How good are Liz's protocols when getting a medium reading? Are they different than Kenny's? What are ways to detect cold-readings? Kenny shares some really entertaining "ghost hunts," and how to make sure you assess everything skeptically.

Full Notes for: Assess Afterlife Evidence and Medium Readings Critically and Avoid $300 Ghost Detectors with Kenny Biddle, Chief Investigator for the Committee for Skeptical Inquiry Episode 48

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In this episode: - Kenny had been a ghost-hunter, like the ones on TV - He realized he had not thought critically - He avoids dogmas and belief and likes to have ideas - What does he think or reincarnation? The work of Dr. Jim Tucker? - What cases did Kenny work on as a ghost-hunter - What are some of the most ridiculous cons and tricks he has seen ... and more Book | ⁠⁠⁠⁠Website ⁠