Paranormal is Normal – Richard Alabone

My guest this week is Rupert Sheldrake, the famous biologist and scientist, who has become disillusioned with the dogmas of science which he writes about in his new book The Science Delusion. He says science regards paranormal phenomena as illusory and mechanistic medicine is the only one that really works. He has personally contributed more than anyone to the understanding … Read more about this episode...

Most large cities have ghost stories and Prague in Europe is no exception. This city has seen more than its fair share of terrors in the last 500 years. My guest is Jessica Ramage who lives there, taking parties round the old city on a regular basis. www.mcgeesghosttours.com/ She knows where ghosts have been seen and has studied the … Read more about this episode...

For the last 50 years there has been controversy over the investigation into astrology by Michel Gauquelin who discovered that part of the system of astrology is absolutely correct. This relates to people’s birth time and the planet that was rising at the time – popularly known as the Mars Effect. Generally speaking, people born as Mars is rising are … Read more about this episode...

An amazing but manmade experience, that appears to be paranormal, has happened repeatedly to the point that it has to be accepted as normal. A donor heart in some way infuses the memories of its former owner into those of its new owner. Many books and scientific papers, see: www.dailymail.co.uk/…/I-given-young-mans-heart—started-craving- www.intuitive-connections.net/2007/book-heartscode.htmCached have all revealed these incredible facts, which are hard … Read more about this episode...

The study of quantum science and biology helped my guest to heal herself after a personal mystical experience. She had an Angelic message which started her journey to personal healing. She then studied the healing methods of various schools from Chinese medicine to Indian Chakras. Her name is Eva-Maria Mora and the main thrust of her work has been to … Read more about this episode...

The power of hypnotic trance is clearly demonstrated when it is used for entertainment and my guest Chris James is an all round entertainer who does use hypnosis as part of his act. See: http://www.showinfo.co.uk/ It is clear that some people in an audience are easily hypnotised. Chris has volunteers come up and some he will easily put … Read more about this episode...

People have used the practice of speaking in tongues since ancient times and it formed part of early Christianity, but was soon outlawed. It is used to reach a deeply religious trance which often produces a mystical experience that will be remembered by the fortunate person for life. My guest is Steven Evans, an ordained minister, who preaches in a … Read more about this episode...

Yes: we’ve all heard of dowsing, but can it really find water and other things? My guest is Leeroy Bull who was the president of the American Society of Dowsers at one time, has spent a lifetime dowsing. He gives examples of what can be done by dowsing as well as many insights into the principles and practice of dowsing. … Read more about this episode...

The human race is very susceptible to mental problems, of one sort or another, which at one time appeared to be untreatable. Today we have many ways of helping these problems and my guest Joe Griffin is a therapist who has lectured on the best way mental health issues can be resolved. He has published books and set up a … Read more about this episode...

This week I’m analysing about 90 different ways that we can experience paranormal events, and that number of course makes the whole thing appear mysterious. Many of these have been discussed in previous shows with an expert talking on that particular topic. But it’s only by standing back and taking a holistic view that any sense can be made out … Read more about this episode...

Although remote viewing can sometimes be explained by trance and telepathy, this is generally not a reasonable explanation. So what is it that enables a person to see something in a sealed box? or see something 100 miles away? or even move objects with only the power of the mind? That’s a good question, about which my guest has some … Read more about this episode...

There is a huge body of literature and scientific evidence for near-death experiences (NDE’s). My guest is Dr. Peter Fenwick who is a neuropsychiatrist and Fellow of the Royal College of Psychiatrists, who is a leading clinical authority on near-death experiences. He also lectures and has published 2 books on the subject of NDE’s. As a neuroscientist he has been … Read more about this episode...

In Japanese, Reiki means ‘mysterious influence’ which relies on a spiritual energy that is hard to define. It was started 90 years ago by Mikao Usui as a result of Buddist training which involved meditation, fasting and prayer, that led to him practice healing by the use of universal life force energy. But despite the vague descriptions; it really does … Read more about this episode...

I’ve just discovered that autistic children are very receptive to being taught unconsciously by non verbal connecting, which to me is telepathy. My guest is Mary Ann Harrington, who has been teaching autistic children for 20 years and she’s learned that she can communicate non verbally in some way or another. Look at: www.thespiritguides.co.uk/Article_Evolving_Telepathy_and_Autism and similar sites in Google under … Read more about this episode...

My guest Quintin Smith saw spirit people as a child, and then started on a career as a medium and healer at age 22. He tells of his spirit medium ship, firstly privately and later becoming a visiting medium at Spiritualist Churches and a teacher at the College of Psychic Studies in London. He then became interested in healing and … Read more about this episode...

In 30 years there has been a revolution in the teaching of meditation and in personal mind control which has been brought about by many new methods and devices. One of the first was the Mind Mirror, and the inventor’s book that accompanied it called “The Awakened Mind”. My guest today is Judith Pennington who makes use of that technology … Read more about this episode...

The use of past life regression for therapy is becoming increasingly popular and my guest Elizabeth Hill is one of many practitioners. Hypnosis is used to regress to past lives in order to find out if there have been past problems which may affect the mental or physical health in this life. Reincarnation is a core belief in many religions, … Read more about this episode...

Dreaming is not easily understandable, and lucid dreaming which does happen to many people occasionally, used to be considered paranormal. But psychologists started to study it 100 years ago and there is now considerable understanding. 30 years ago, studies in the UK and that Stanford University in the U.S. both discovered that lucid dreaming occurs during normal REM sleep. It … Read more about this episode...

My guest, Vicky Sweetlove, has developed her natural psychic abilities so that now she is able to give a wide range of psychic advice and to perform various psychic functions. On her website; www.fengshuilife.co.uk you will see she is a trained professional in the field and is able to give advice on housing and buildings, using the ancient Chinese method … Read more about this episode...

Meditation has been practiced for thousands of years and often achieves very little, because to clear the mind demands much willpower and practice, and it generally takes many years. But the modern flotation tank allows a person to easily reach deep trance and meditation as the tank completely removes input from all the senses. My guest is Tim Strudwick, the … Read more about this episode...

There is strong evidence that healers can affect the growing of seeds and plants, as well as bone cultures in a dish. My guest, who has studied all aspects of healing, is Robert Charman, and who is Chairman of the Confederation of Healing Organisations here in the UK. http://www.confederation-of-healing-organisations.org/ He talks firstly about the statistical analysis of healing powers … Read more about this episode...

We know that healers can heal; but this healer learned how she could teach people to really heal themselves. Her name is Dr. Susan Allison, who lives in California. Susan studied many disciplines associated with healing from Process Therapy, Clinical Hypnotherapy, Shermanic trance, to Reiki and Spiritual Healing. She realized, that by combining all these techniques, a much more powerful … Read more about this episode...

Chico Xavier was perhaps the greatest medium. His work was nearly all automatic writing, but he was able to contact the “spirit world” with the greatest of ease. He wrote hundreds of books which were amazingly accurate. For example, he wrote about the Romans, of 2,000 years ago, giving accurate details of life at the time; even giving people’s names. … Read more about this episode...

My guest is the managing director of Meditations Ltd. www.meditations-uk.com who sells meditation aids which use light and sound, to bring about deep meditation much quicker and easier than do traditional meditation techniques. Headphones and glasses, which have small lights inserted, are used to induce relaxation by changing our brain rhythms causing us to access the dream or trance state. … Read more about this episode...

Since his teens Lee has walked in his sleep and then started drawing on walls and furniture. Then he started drawing horses on paper he had left lying around. One night he drew Marilyn Monroe which was very artistic and a good likeness; with some more of Marilyn a week later. That was 20 years ago and since then Lee … Read more about this episode...

I hope my guest who is a scientist and financial director will forgive me for saying she is psychic – because she really is. She is Jude Currivan and has lived with experiences of telepathy, clairvoyance, OOBE and apparent precognition all her life, but learned at a very young age to keep quiet about it. Nevertheless, there is the possibility … Read more about this episode...

Apart from conventional medicine, there are countless different types of healing, but they all use the same fundamental principle, which has many different names, and all are regarded as the only way to do healing. Phil Young, my guest, has practiced hypnotherapy, Eastern traditional healing, distance healing, Hawaiian healing, and trance body healing. He says that they all rely on … Read more about this episode...

Telepathy between identical twins is known all over the world, but in London, scientifically conducted tests have shown that it is a fact of life. My guest Guy Lyon Playfair has been involved in collecting data and has published a book ‘Twin Telepathy’. He has shown that half of identical twins are telepathic, which is twice as likely as non … Read more about this episode...

About 72 strange beliefs and psychic abilities are considered paranormal and listed as concepts of parapsychology: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_parapsychology_topics Some are different names for the same thing, but most are genuinely different things that happen to people from time to time. The complication is endless; but the whole thing can be rationalised if you start off with the two concepts of trance … Read more about this episode...

The human ability of healing has been discovered thousands of times when the need is there, but the modern system of Reiki allows a person to heal both body and mind. My guest, Arram Kong, originally from Singapore has lived in London most of his life. His website is: http://www.arramkong.co.uk In Reiki the practitioner does not carry out direct healing … Read more about this episode...

There is an enormous amount of evidence for UFO’s – but what does it all mean? Consistent reports, hundreds of books, photos and videos, show that it cannot all be make believe, although fakes and make believe must form a part. This week’s guest is Lional Beer who is the Honorary President and founder of BUFORA, the British UFO Research … Read more about this episode...

My guest, Stephen Upton, is a Minister and Director of the largest spiritualist movement in the world; the Spiritualist National Union. http://www.snu.org.uk/ He lists the many forms of spirit phenomena, one of which gives evidence for survival of lost relatives. This is what we generally recognise as the main point of Spiritualism; the identification of proof for survival. While most … Read more about this episode...

My guest is one of the few people who receive messages from other people’s minds. (CLAIRVOYANCE, The alleged power of seeing things other than by the senses) This is strange, sometimes very disturbing, sometimes funny, but something that just has to be accepted by the person concerned. Most people would not believe the story if it were told, therefore the … Read more about this episode...

A study of NDE’s has shown that music is often experienced by the dying person: but also by people nearby. I used the word experience because some do not hear it and others do not agree as to what they heard. The question of an explanation is discussed with my guest Melvyn Willin who has recently published details of a … Read more about this episode...

Glenn has produced tapes and CDs which do the job of a top hypnotist but in the comfort of your home. He has sold 1.3 million cures for phobias and all the normal hypnotist’s cures. As a successful 1:1 hypnotist he has treated over 1000 patients which gave him the experience to produce the CDs. His website is http://www.glennharrold.com which … Read more about this episode...

While we know that the medium often fakes paranormal events in films and television, we don’t realize to what extent the whole of the paranormal is phoney. From spiritualism to UFO’s or from parapsychology research to stage hypnosis the evidence is the same: you cannot believe what you see, hear or read. Despite all the fakery spiritual mediums do produce … Read more about this episode...

We all know dreams are normal but as they are not understood, they are considered paranormal. Our guest’s book ‘Origin of Dreams’ explains how and why; so now dreaming is understandable. Dreams do not predict the future, nor are they just mental ramblings, but are there for a good psychological reason, that is, to solve the emotional problems of the … Read more about this episode...

For all time people have reported seeing ghosts. But how could there possibly be an explanation for such a stupid idea? Our guest this week is a very experienced ghost hunter. She clearly has he gift to be able to ‘see’ things that many others do not see, or ‘hear’ ghostly sounds that others may not hear. It’s all a … Read more about this episode...

Do we understand much about hypnosis? A talk with a hypnotist with comments as to how and why it works, shows that it uses a perfectly normal part of everyday life. It’s just that a hypnotist is generally able to put us into a relaxed and sleepy state, that is, the dream state but without being asleep. It’s our state … Read more about this episode...

Dogs often know when their owners are coming home and this week my guest Rupert Sheldrake gives us inside information on his scientific tests.. Is this a sixth sense or just telepathy I ask? Perhaps it is stretching the limits of telepathy as we know it but I offer an explanation. Rupert talks about the psychic ability of parrots, cats … Read more about this episode...