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Gregory Shushan, PhD, is the leading authority on near-death experiences and afterlife beliefs across cultures and throughout history. He is an award-winning author affiliated with Birmingham Newman University, University of Winchester, Marian University, and the Parapsychology Foundation. In this episode, he shares why studying NDE's is time well spent, how historical NDEs differed from the religious texts of the time, consciousness as a cosmic circuit, Non-linear reality & reincarnation.If you like this episode, you'll also like episode 224: ARE NEAR DEATH EXPERIENCES SCIENCE? [REMASTERED]Guest:  https://www.gregoryshushan.com/ | https://x.com/GregoryShushan | https://www.instagram.com/gregoryshushan/ | https://www.facebook.com/GLShushan | https://www.linkedin.com/in/gregory-shushan/ | https://a.co/d/iGZZ9yfHost:  https://www.meredithforreal.com/  | https://www.instagram.com/meredithforreal/  | meredith@meredithforreal.com | https://www.youtube.com/meredithforreal  | https://www.facebook.com/meredithforrealthecuriousintrovert Sponsors: https://www.jordanharbinger.com/starterpacks/ | https://uwf.edu/university-advancement/departments/historic-trust/ 

• Reveals the powerful influence of near-death experiences (NDEs) on the formation of religious beliefs, mystical literature, and ritual practices• Focuses on the afterlife beliefs of five ancient world regions: Old and Middle Kingdom Egypt, Sumer and Old Babylonian Mesopotamia, Vedic India, pre-Buddhist China, and Maya and Aztec Mesoamerica• Shows how the similarities among afterlife beliefs and their correspondences with NDEs reveal that they both stem from universal truthsTaking readers on a thought-provoking journey into our ancestors' beliefs about death, dying, and the afterlife, Gregory Shushan, Ph.D., reveals the powerful influence of near-death experiences (NDEs) on religious beliefs and ritual practices throughout human history. Focusing on five ancient world regions in Egypt, Mesopotamia, India, China, and Mesoamerica, Shushan expertly explores each civilization's afterlife beliefs. He explains how each of these civilizations developed independently of one another, yet there is a series of similarities among afterlife beliefs too consistent and specific to be mere coincidence. This leads to the profound implication that afterlife beliefs are not entirely invented by cultures: they also stem from universal truths derived from NDEs.Drawing on anthropology, psychology, and philosophy, the author explores how each civilization interpreted NDEs and how afterlife beliefs develop over time. He also explores the metaphysical implications of his discoveries, including what an actual afterlife would look like. Revealing that NDEs have occurred throughout human history, Shushan shows how they continue to influence our understanding of what lies beyond death to this day.BioGregory Shushan, Ph.D., is the leading authority on near-death experiences and afterlife beliefs across cultures and throughout history. He is an award-winning author affiliated with Birmingham Newman University, University of Winchester, Marian University, and the Parapsychology Foundation. A former researcher at the University of Oxford and University of Wales, he lives in San Francisco.https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0D4MDW98Y/https://www.gregoryshushan.com/(Twitter): @GregoryShushanInstagram Profile: @gregoryshushanFacebook Page: facebook.com/gregoryshushanYouTube Channel: Gregory Shushan https://www.pastliveshypnosis.co.uk/https://www.patreon.com/ourparanormalafterlife

• Reveals the powerful influence of near-death experiences (NDEs) on the formation of religious beliefs, mystical literature, and ritual practices• Focuses on the afterlife beliefs of five ancient world regions: Old and Middle Kingdom Egypt, Sumer and Old Babylonian Mesopotamia, Vedic India, pre-Buddhist China, and Maya and Aztec Mesoamerica• Shows how the similarities among afterlife beliefs and their correspondences with NDEs reveal that they both stem from universal truthsTaking readers on a thought-provoking journey into our ancestors' beliefs about death, dying, and the afterlife, Gregory Shushan, Ph.D., reveals the powerful influence of near-death experiences (NDEs) on religious beliefs and ritual practices throughout human history. Focusing on five ancient world regions in Egypt, Mesopotamia, India, China, and Mesoamerica, Shushan expertly explores each civilization's afterlife beliefs. He explains how each of these civilizations developed independently of one another, yet there is a series of similarities among afterlife beliefs too consistent and specific to be mere coincidence. This leads to the profound implication that afterlife beliefs are not entirely invented by cultures: they also stem from universal truths derived from NDEs.Drawing on anthropology, psychology, and philosophy, the author explores how each civilization interpreted NDEs and how afterlife beliefs develop over time. He also explores the metaphysical implications of his discoveries, including what an actual afterlife would look like. Revealing that NDEs have occurred throughout human history, Shushan shows how they continue to influence our understanding of what lies beyond death to this day.BioGregory Shushan, Ph.D., is the leading authority on near-death experiences and afterlife beliefs across cultures and throughout history. He is an award-winning author affiliated with Birmingham Newman University, University of Winchester, Marian University, and the Parapsychology Foundation. A former researcher at the University of Oxford and University of Wales, he lives in San Francisco.https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0D4MDW98Y/https://www.gregoryshushan.com/(Twitter): @GregoryShushanInstagram Profile: @gregoryshushanFacebook Page: facebook.com/gregoryshushanYouTube Channel: Gregory Shushan https://www.pastliveshypnosis.co.uk/https://www.patreon.com/ourparanormalafterlife

In this episode, I talk with Gregory Shushan, Ph.D., the world's leading authority on near-death experiences (NDEs) and afterlife beliefs across cultures and history.We dive into his incredible new book, Near-Death Experience in Ancient Civilizations: The Origins of the World's Afterlife Beliefs, exploring how NDEs have shaped religious and spiritual traditions from the dawn of civilization.Shushan takes us on a journey through five ancient world regions—Egypt, Mesopotamia, India, China, and Mesoamerica—revealing striking similarities in their afterlife beliefs despite having developed independently. Could these parallels point to universal truths about what happens after we die?Drawing from anthropology, psychology, and philosophy, he examines how ancient cultures interpreted near-death experiences and how these interpretations evolved into the foundations of their spiritual traditions.His book serves as a historical record of ancient NDE accounts from around the world, offering a rare glimpse into the firsthand experiences of those who crossed the threshold of death and returned. Through carefully analyzed texts, inscriptions, and oral traditions, Shushan reconstructs the earliest known reports of near-death experiences and their profound impact on ancient societies.We also discuss the implications of his research—what it suggests about consciousness, the afterlife, and the nature of reality itself. Shushan shares his thoughts on the connection between DMT and the death experience, exploring whether the psychedelic molecule acts as a gateway to the same realms encountered in NDEs. Additionally, we delve into how near-death experiences may have been the catalyst for the birth of religious and shamanic traditions worldwide, influencing rituals, beliefs, and practices that persist to this day. Drop In!www.gregoryshushan.comGregory Shushan Bio:Gregory Shushan, Ph.D., is the leading authority on near-death experiences and afterlife beliefs across cultures and throughout history. He is an award-winning authoraffiliated with Birmingham Newman University, University of Winchester, Marian University, and the Parapsychology Foundation. A former researcher at the University of Oxford and University of Wales, he lives in San Francisco. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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Tonight I am joined by Author of “Near-Death Experience in Ancient Civilizations” Gregory Shushan Ph.D. Gregory Shushan is a historian of religions, an award-winning author, and the leading authority on near-death experiences and the afterlife across cultures and throughout history. Dr. Shushan is a Visiting Research Fellow at University of Winchester's Centre for Death, Religion and Culture, and Research Fellow of the Parapsychology Foundation. Dr. Shushan holds degrees in Religious Studies (University of Wales Lampeter), Research Methods for the Humanities, Egyptian Archaeology (University College London), and Eastern Mediterranean Archaeology (Birkbeck College, University of London). He is currently working towards his second PhD with a project on near-death experiences in Classical antiquity. We will be discussing his research the metaphysics of death known throughout the ancient world.  **I recently moved a lot of older episodes to our patreon page which you can watch or listen to them for 2$ a month along with other exclusive content. The Link is

We are thrilled to have Dr. Shushan with us again this year. His body of work in the field of near-death studies is unrivaled  on near-death experience is unrivaled.  He is a historian of religions, an award-winning author, and the leading authority on near-death experiences and the afterlife across cultures and throughout history. His books include The Next World: Extraordinary Experiences of the Afterlife, Near-Death Experiences in Indigenous Religions, and Near-Death Experience in Ancient Civilizations (coming soon from Inner Traditions). His forthcoming titles include The Historical Anthology of Near-Death Experiences, and Mind Dust and White Crows: The Psychical Research of William James (both as editor). Dr. Shushan is a Visiting Research Fellow at University of Winchester's Centre for Death, Religion and Culture; Adjunct Professor of Thantaology at Marian University; and Research Fellow of the Parapsychology Foundation. He was formerly Perrott-Warrick Researcher at University of Oxford's Ian Ramsey Centre for Science and Religion;  Scholar-in Residence at the Centro Incontri Umani (The Cross Cultural Centre), Ascona, Switzerland; and Honorary Research Fellow at the Religious Experience Research Centre, University of Wales Trinity Saint David. He has lectured at universities in the UK, Ireland, and Switzerland and has given numerous talks on his research in nine countries, and has appeared on the History Channel.Here's what leading scholars are saying about his work: “Gregory Shushan has produced the most important scholarly work on near-death experiences in the last thirty years. He describes the process by which, despite regular attempts to marginalize its power, the NDE has been perhaps the most important shaper of religious creativity in human history. This is a journey and an argument as fascinating and as engrossing as the social history of mankind itself.” -- Allan Kellehear, Clinical Professor, University of Vermont.“Near-Death Experience in Indigenous Religions is a tour de force.  By comparing recorded cases from North America, Africa, and Oceania, Shushan presents a compelling argument for the centrality of near-death experiences to the development of religious ideas across time and culture. Any future discussions of NDEs and the origins of religion will need to take Shushan's major contribution into account.”  -- Fiona Bowie, Research Affiliate, School of Anthropology and Museum Ethnography, Oxford University; and founder of Afterlife Research Center “Gregory Shushan's new book provides a uniquely insightful and provocative analysis of near-death experiences that documents their formative influence on worldwide beliefs about an afterlife. His ethnological perspective results in a more comprehensive understanding of NDEs than a purely biological or psychological model can provide, and suggests that afterlife beliefs are rooted not in culture but in the universal human experience of NDEs. This book is essential reading for anyone seeking to understand NDEs and their role in society.” -- Bruce Greyson, Professor Emeritus of Psychiatry and Neurobehavioral Sciences at the University of Virginia.READ MORE: https://www.gregoryshushan.com/Dr. Shushan will be presenting at our 2024 Conference on Death, Grief and Belief, online Saturday August 24, 2024.  DETAILS HERE   

Have you ever wondered if reincarnation is real? How young children exhibit extraordinary talents and insights that seem almost otherworldly? Some suggest that these children might bring these incredible talents to this earth from another lifetime. At two years old, #JamesLeininger began recounting details of being a World War II fighter pilot. He described being shot down by a plane with a red sun, symbolizing the Japanese flag. And he knew intricate details about World War II aircraft, identifying a drop tank on a toy airplane. He was recalling very specific and vivid details about his previous life, including his previous name, which was James, a fellow pilot named Jack Larsen, and the aircraft carrier he flew from named the Natoma. Well, James' parents verified the details in their book #SoleSurvivor. So, after finding extraordinary evidence that they could not explain away, they now believe that their son was indeed recalling the life of James M. Houston, a World War II pilot killed in action. Recent research shows that a third of all Americans, including 30% of Christians, believe in reincarnation. America's younger generation being the most open to the concept. So, these stories and beliefs across cultures and history suggest that it just might be more of our existence than we understand. Could reincarnation be real? Join me in this episode of #HaveYouEverWondered?, as I discuss the phenomenon of reincarnation with researcher and author Dr. #JimMatlock. Dr. Matlock holds a B.A. in English and a Ph.D. in Anthropology. He is a Research Fellow at the Parapsychology Foundation. He is the author of Signs of Reincarnation: Exploring Beliefs, Cases, and Theory, which provides the first comprehensive look at the belief in reincarnation and the evidence for past lives from historical records, anthropological studies, and contemporary research. Please subscribe to my podcast on YouTube and on my website haveyoueverwonderedpodcast.com. You can also follow Have You Ever Wondered? podcast on all social media and view or listen on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Amazon Music, iHeart Radio or wherever you listen to podcasts.

Have you ever wondered if reincarnation is real? How young children exhibit extraordinary talents and insights that seem almost otherworldly? Some suggest that these children might bring these incredible talents to this earth from another lifetime. At two years old, #JamesLeininger began recounting details of being a World War II fighter pilot. He described being shot down by a plane with a red sun, symbolizing the Japanese flag. And he knew intricate details about World War II aircraft, identifying a drop tank on a toy airplane. He was recalling very specific and vivid details about his previous life, including his previous name, which was James, a fellow pilot named Jack Larsen, and the aircraft carrier he flew from named the Natoma. Well, James' parents verified the details in their book #SoleSurvivor. So, after finding extraordinary evidence that they could not explain away, they now believe that their son was indeed recalling the life of James M. Houston, a World War II pilot killed in action. Recent research shows that a third of all Americans, including 30% of Christians, believe in reincarnation. America's younger generation being the most open to the concept. So, these stories and beliefs across cultures and history suggest that it just might be more of our existence than we understand. Could reincarnation be real? Join me in this episode of #HaveYouEverWondered?, as I discuss the phenomenon of reincarnation with researcher and author Dr. #JimMatlock. Dr. Matlock holds a B.A. in English and a Ph.D. in Anthropology. He is a Research Fellow at the Parapsychology Foundation. He is the author of Signs of Reincarnation: Exploring Beliefs, Cases, and Theory, which provides the first comprehensive look at the belief in reincarnation and the evidence for past lives from historical records, anthropological studies, and contemporary research. Please subscribe to my podcast on YouTube and on my website haveyoueverwonderedpodcast.com. You can also follow Have You Ever Wondered? podcast on all social media and view or listen on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Amazon Music, iHeart Radio or wherever you listen to podcasts.

Have you ever wondered if #Reincarnation is real? How young children exhibit extraordinary talents and insights that seem almost otherworldly? Some suggest that these children might bring these incredible talents to this earth from another lifetime. Take Jonah Ho, for example. He plays Chopin perfectly, an astonishing feat for a five-year-old child. But it's not just musical prodigies that make many wonder about reincarnation. At two years old, #JamesLeininger began recounting details of being a World War II fighter pilot. He described being shot down by a plane with a red sun, symbolizing the Japanese flag. And he knew intricate details about World War II aircraft, identifying a drop tank on a toy airplane. He was recalling very specific and vivid details about his previous life, including his previous name, which was James, a fellow pilot named Jack Larsen, and the aircraft carrier he flew from named the Natoma. Well, James' parents verified the details in their book #SoleSurvivor. So, after finding extraordinary evidence that they could not explain away, they now believe that their son was indeed recalling the life of James M. Houston, a World War II pilot killed in action. Recent research shows that a third of all Americans, including 30% of Christians, believe in reincarnation. America's younger generation being the most open to the concept. So, these stories and beliefs across cultures and history suggest that it just might be more of our existence than we understand. Could reincarnation be real? Join me in my next episode of HaveYouEverWondered?, as I discuss the phenomenon of reincarnation with researcher and author Dr. Jim Matlock. #JimMatlock holds a B.A. in English and a Ph.D. in Anthropology. He is a Research Fellow at the Parapsychology Foundation. He is the author of Signs of Reincarnation: Exploring Beliefs, Cases, and Theory, which provides the first comprehensive look at the belief in reincarnation and the evidence for past lives from historical records, anthropological studies, and contemporary research. Please subscribe to my podcast on YouTube and on my website haveyoueverwonderedpodcast.com. You can also follow Have You Ever Wondered? podcast on all social media and view or listen on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Amazon Music, iHeart Radio or wherever you listen to podcasts.

In this classic episode from 2019 I'm talking to Jim Matlock about the book 'I Saw a Light and Came Here: Children's Experiences of Reincarnation' he co-authored with Erlendur Haraldsson. The first two thirds of the book is by Erlendur. He describes cases of children who remember previous lives, mostly in Sri Lanka and Lebanon, and other survival phenomena, such as apparitions and mediumship, that he has investigated over the years. In the last third of the book, James brings in cross-cultural data, new cases and analysis, and thoughts on the meaning of it all. James has worked at the American Society for Psychical Research in New York City and at the Rhine Research Center in Durham, North Carolina. He is presently a Research Fellow at the Parapsychology Foundation. His chief research interests are the history of parapsychology, anthropology of religion, and reincarnation. I teach a 15-week online seminar course on reincarnation research and theory.  I Saw A Light And Came Here is the result of decades of scholarly research and investigations into past-life memories, primarily of children. Erlendur Haraldsson, a psychologist, has over two decades of experience behind him, having investigated some one hundred cases in the field. He worked closely with Ian Stevenson, M.D., of the University of Virginia, who began systematic studies of “cases of the reincarnation type,” but soon broke new ground with psychological studies of children who insist they remember episodes from past lives.Haraldsson invited anthropologist James Matlock to join him because of his thorough familiarity with research around the globe. This book deals with various aspects of past-life memory and attempts to answer the questions that will inevitably come up in the minds of thoughtful readers.Amazon link, https://tinyurl.com/y34n3mhahttps://www.pastliveshypnosis.co.uk/https://www.patreon.com/ourparanormalafterlifeBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/our-paranormal-afterlife-finding-proof-of-life-after-death--5220623/support.

Gregory Shushan, Ph.D., is the award-winning author of "The Next World: Extraordinary Experiences of the Afterlife," "Near-Death Experience in Indigenous Religions," and "Conceptions of the Afterlife in Early Civilizations." He is the leading authority on near-death experiences and the afterlife across cultures and throughout history.Dr. Shushan is a Visiting Fellow at Winchester University, a Research Fellow at the Parapsychology Foundation, and a founding editor of Afterworlds Press. He was formerly a Perrott-Warrick Researcher at the University of Oxford's Ian Ramsey Centre for Science and Religion; Scholar-in-Residence at the Centro Incontri Umani (The Cross-Cultural Centre), Ascona, Switzerland; and Honorary Research Fellow at the Religious Experience Research Centre, University of Wales. He has lectured at universities in the UK, Ireland, and Switzerland, given numerous talks on his research in nine countries, and appeared on the History Channel.Please enjoy my conversation with Dr. Greg Shushan.

Beginning in her early childhood, the world-famous trance medium and grande dame of parapsychology Eileen J. Garrett had numerous encounters with an entity she called the "Noble Stranger." When she asked his identity one day, this mysterious figure responded, "You may call me Lucifer." Call me Lucifer: Dialogues with a Noble Stranger, features Garrett's writings about her encounters with this Noble Stranger, and reflections on her intellectual "duels with her Devil." The book includes extensive verbatim transcripts of Lucifer's communication with Garrett, together with Lucifer's Compendium of Guidance. Though prepared with great care over the course of her life, the book has lain dormant in Garrett's family archives for decades. Her granddaughter, Lisette Coly, current President of the Parapsychology Foundation, has now decided that it should be shared with the public as an aid to our spiritual evolution. Eileen J. Garrett (1893-1970) was an Irish medium and one of the most important figures in parapsychology. Despite her apparent psychic abilities, which were subjected to numerous tests by the most prominent researchers of the era. Garrett maintained a lifelong healthy skepticism, always questioning the nature and meaning of her own extraordinary experiences. Her dedication to the objective, scientific study of psychical phenomena resulted in her establishing the Parapsychology Foundation, which published many books on the subject as well as the International Journal of Parapsychology, and the popular Tomorrow magazine. Garrett was also something of a bon vivant, rubbing shoulders with everyone from Sir Arthur Conan Doyle to Cecil B. DeMille, Aldous Huxley, Salvador Dalí, Robert Graves, Anaïs Nin, and Carl Jung to name but a few. Garrett herself was a prolific author, writing a number of novels as well as books on psychical research and three autobiographies SHOW NOTES:Call me Lucifer https://whitecrowbooks.com/books/page/call_me_lucifer_dialogues_with_a_noble_stranger/  Eileen J. Garrett https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eileen_J._GarrettParapsychology Foundation https://parapsychology.orgShannon Taggart https://www.shannontaggart.comNandor Frodor https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nandor_Fodor Keep in touch? https://linktr.ee/darraghmason Music by Obliqka https://soundcloud.com/obliqka --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/spirit-box/message

James (Jim) Matlock is a Research Fellow at the Parapsychology Foundation and has written two books on his research into reincarnation. He's currently working on a unique and original world-first series of scientific papers that are exploring death-related phenomena in animals, such as End-of-Life Experiences (ELEs), After-Death Communications (ADCs), reincarnation, and more. In this (part 2 of our) interview we focus on those papers, and whether there is any evidence that our beloved dogs, cats, and other animals survive bodily death. Please scroll down ⏬ for links + TIMESTAMPS 

James (Jim) Matlock is a Research Fellow at the Parapsychology Foundation. He has previously worked at the American Society for Psychical Research and at the Rhine Research Center. He's written two books on his research into reincarnation, his latest is titled ‘Signs of Reincarnation: Exploring Beliefs, Cases, and Theory'. In this (part 1 of our) interview we explore his research into the phenomenon known as reincarnation. "Definitely there is this this life after death, definitely there is this consciousness that continues..." - Jim Matlock Please scroll down ⏬ for links + TIMESTAMPS 

Dr. Jack Hunter provides an anthropological perspective on the paranormal. Hunter is an anthropologist exploring the borderlands of ecology, religion and the paranormal. He lives in the hills of Mid-Wales with his family. He is an Honorary Research Fellow with the Alister Hardy Religious Experience Research Centre, University of Wales Trinity Saint David and a Research Fellow with the Parapsychology Foundation, New York. He is the founder and editor of Paranthropology: Journal of Anthropological Approaches to the Paranormal, the author of Spirits, Gods and Magic: An Introduction to the Anthropology of the Supernatural (2019) and Engaging the Anomalous (2018). He is the editor of Strange Dimensions: A Paranthropology Anthology (2015), Damned Facts: Fortean Essays on Religion, Folklore and the Paranormal (2016), and is co-editor with Dr. David Luke of Talking With the Spirits: Ethnographies from Between the Worlds (2014). To find out more about his work visit www.jack-hunter.webstarts.com. Deep Weird: The Varieties of High Strangeness Experience: https://www.amazon.com/Deep-Weird-Varieties-Strangeness-Experience/dp/1786772248/ Damned Facts: Fortean Essays on Religion, Folklore, and the Paranormal: https://www.amazon.com/Damned-Facts-Religion-Folklore-Paranormal-ebook/dp/B01BRL7UUS/ Jack Hunter's Deep Weird Dialogues: https://www.youtube.com/@Discarnates You can listen to Multifaith Matters on your favorite podcast platform, including Podbean, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Google Podcasts, Stitcher, and iHeart Radio. Learn more about our work at https://www.multifaithmatters.org. Support this work: One-time donation: https://multifaithmatters.org/donate Become my patron: https://patron.podbean.com/johnwmorehead  #paranormal #JackHunter

Gregory Shushan, Ph.D., is the award-winning author of "The Next World: Extraordinary Experiences of the Afterlife," "Near-Death Experience in Indigenous Religions," and "Conceptions of the Afterlife in Early Civilizations." He is the leading authority on near-death experiences and the afterlife across cultures and throughout history.Dr. Shushan is a Visiting Fellow at Winchester University, a Research Fellow at the Parapsychology Foundation, and a founding editor of Afterworlds Press. He was formerly a Perrott-Warrick Researcher at the University of Oxford's Ian Ramsey Centre for Science and Religion; Scholar-in-Residence at the Centro Incontri Umani (The Cross-Cultural Centre), Ascona, Switzerland; and Honorary Research Fellow at the Religious Experience Research Centre, University of Wales. He has lectured at universities in the UK, Ireland, and Switzerland, given numerous talks on his research in nine countries, and appeared on the History Channel.Please enjoy my conversation with Dr. Greg Shushan.

Meet a man who has a compelling story as to why he believes he is the reincarnation of civil war General John P. Gordon. Then, a researcher who studies past lives on why reports from children are so compelling. Finally, sit in with Chion during her past life regression in Old Saybrook. If you like this episode, you may also enjoy this one we did in October, 2021: What near-death and shared-death experiences tell us about living GUESTS:  Jeffrey Keene: Retired Assistant Fire Chief from Westport, Connecticut who claims to be the reincarnation of civil war General John B. Gordon. He is the author of Someone Else's Yesterday: The Confederate General and Connecticut Yankee and Fire in the Soul: Reincarnation from Antietam to Ground Zero. His story was researched in the Sci-Fi series, "Proof Positive". James Matlock: Research Fellow at the Parapsychology Foundation, and the author of Signs of Reincarnation: Exploring Beliefs, Cases, and Theory, and the co-author along with Erlendur Haraldsson of I Saw a Light and Came Here: Children's Experiences of Reincarnation Patty Hall: Hypnotherapist specializing in Past Life Regression therapy and Deep Memory Processing  Support the show: https://www.wnpr.org/donateSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Gregory Shushan, PhD, is the leading authority on near-death experiences and the afterlife across cultures and throughout history and an award-wining author. His books: The Next World: Extraordinary Experiences of the Afterlife, Near-Death Experience in Indigenous Religions, and Conceptions of the Afterlife in Early Civilizations.Dr. Shushan is a Visiting Fellow at Winchester University, and Research Fellow at the Parapsychology Foundation. He has lectured at universities in the UK, Ireland, and Switzerland and has given numerous talks on his research in nine countries, and has appeared on the History Channel. Our GDPR privacy policy was updated on August 8, 2022. Visit acast.com/privacy for more information.

James G. Matlock received a B.A. in English from Emory University in 1977 and a Ph.D. in Anthropology from the University of Southern Illinois at Carbondale in 2002.He has worked at the American Society for Psychical Research in New York City and at the Rhine Research Center in Durham, North Carolina.He is presently a research fellow at the Parapsychology Foundation.Matlock's chief research interests are the history of parapsychology, anthropology of religion, and reincarnation. He teaches a 15-week online seminar course on reincarnation research and theory.In October, 2014, he formed a group called Signs of Reincarnation on Facebook in order to make reincarnation research better known to the public. Matlock also has learned much about reincarnation experiences from that group. He presented some cases that came to his attention in a book field researcher Erlendur Haraldsson invited me to co-author with him. I Saw a Light and Came Here: Children's Experiences of Reincarnation (Haraldsson & Matlock, 2016) was published by White Crow Books in the spring of 2017. Matlock reports on another case he learned about through Facebook, the case of Rylann O'Bannion, in Signs of Reincarnation: Exploring Beliefs, Cases,Websitejamesgmatlock.comBooksSigns of Reincarnation: Exploring Beliefs, Cases, and TheoryI Saw A Light And Came Here: Children's Experiences of Reincarnation

Note: There is a delay on the guests end of the video feed. Please bear with it. The interview is very good.He has worked at the American Society for Psychical Research in New York City and at the Rhine Research Center in Durham, North Carolina. He is presently a research fellow at the Parapsychology Foundation. Matlock's chief research interests are the history of parapsychology, anthropology of religion, and reincarnation. He teaches a 15-week online seminar course on reincarnation research and theory.In October, 2014, he formed a group called Signs of Reincarnation on Facebook in order to make reincarnation research better known to the public. Matlock also has learned much about reincarnation experiences from that group. He presented some cases that came to his attention in a book field researcher Erlendur Haraldsson invited me to co-author with him. I Saw a Light and Came Here: Children's Experiences of Reincarnation (Haraldsson & Matlock, 2016) was published by White Crow Books in the spring of 2017. Matlock reports on another case he learned about through Facebook, the case of Rylann O'Bannion, in Signs of Reincarnation: Exploring Beliefs, Cases,Websitejamesgmatlock.comBooksSigns of Reincarnation: Exploring Beliefs, Cases, and TheoryI Saw A Light And Came Here: Children's Experiences of Reincarnation

In this week's episode, it's condemnation & amputation: Felicia dives deeper into the work of Eileen J. Garrett with the Ash Manor Ghost. (Make sure to check out last week's episode to hear more about Eileen and the Parapsychology Foundation!) Meanwhile, Lauren is a real gumshoe on the case of a missing limb and the rivalry born between two men fighting over a foot. As seen in the 2015 documentary FINDERS KEEPERS.  These may seem like very different topics, but they both have big surprises in the stories…and it's one of our most shocking episodes yet! Do you have a podcast, short film, event or any creative project to promote? We would love to plug your work in our podcast for free. We are also accepting submissions of your own real-life paranormal encounters. Please DM us on Instagram @sinistersisterspodcast or email sinistersisterspodcast666@gmail.com and see if you end up on next week's episode! For the commercials, please send us the title, logline, and copy, ideally less than 50 words.

Gregory Shushan, PhD, is the leading authority on near-death experiences and the afterlife across cultures and throughout history.  He is the author of The Next World: Extraordinary Experiences of the Afterlife; Near-Death Experience in Indigenous Religions; and Conceptions of the Afterlife in Early Civilizations. He has also published numerous articles on the subject, has spoken at many conferences in various countries, and has appeared on the History Channel. He is currently Visiting Fellow at University of Winchester, and Research Fellow at the Parapsychology Foundation.         In Gregory's words:  Throughout history and around the world, near-death experiences have influenced ideas about the afterlife. They also share similarities with other extraordinary experiences such as shamanism, psychic mediumship, and memories of states between lives in reincarnation memories.  But they also have many differences, both between cultures and individuals.  What can this combination of similarities and differences tell us about near-death experiences, death, and the afterlife? And what does it mean for our time on Earth? 3 top tips for my audience: 1. Be here now. 2. Death will be a glorious adventure - even if we don't survive it. 3. Life every day as if it's your last, because it might be. Get in touch:  http://whitecrowbooks.com/books/page/the_next_world_extraordinary_experiences_of_the_afterlife/  https://www.instagram.com/gregoryshushan/  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oPg8hlAb_yo&list=PLtJYcZlYzTEQyz2VIbC_NagxOZ7egijOY  https://www.facebook.com/gregoryshushan #neardeathexperience #nde #afterlife #lifeafterdeath #parapsychology #OBE #outofbodyexperience #psychicalresearch #anthropology #shamanism #reincarnation #mediumship #mysticism #religiousexperience #ancienthistory #ancientmysteries #nextworld #afterworldspress

In this week's episode, Lauren continues to face her fear of dolls with the Nagoro "Scarecrow" Village. This very rural community can be found on Japan's smallest island of Shikoku, where dolls outnumber residents ten to one! To some people, these dolls are a charming tourist attraction…while to others, they are a disturbing reminder of the town's dwindling population.  Meanwhile, science meets the supernatural as Felicia covers the Parapsychology Foundation - a non-profit organization founded by famous medium Eileen J. Garrett and US representative Frances Payne Bolton (Ohio's first female representative in Congress). Garrett founded the organization in 1951 “with the explicit purpose of scientifically proving the existence of the soul.” We dive deeper into the interesting life of Eileen and her life as a rather reluctant transmedium.  Do you have a podcast, short film, event or any creative project to promote? We would love to plug your work in our podcast for free. We are also accepting submissions of your own real-life paranormal encounters. Please DM us on Instagram @sinistersisterspodcast or email sinistersisterspodcast666@gmail.com and see if you end up on next week's episode! For the commercials, please send us the title, logline, and copy, ideally less than 50 words.

This is episode 9 of Paranormal Stories. This week the books are; 'THE NEXT WORLD Extraordinary Experiences of the Afterlife' by Gregory Shushan'UFOs Before Roswell: European Foo-Fighters 1940-1945' by Graeme RendallAs you may know I produce two podcasts, the past lives podcast and the Alien UFO Podcast and it is here that I combine the two. When I have a guests on my podcasts I read their books to research and work out questions for the episodes.When reading these books I always find such fascinating information which never makes it into the podcast and here I get a chance to give you a peek into the book.I did seek permission to record these extracts from the books and the authors kindly said yes.'THE NEXT WORLD Extraordinary Experiences of the Afterlife' by Gregory ShushanIn The Next World, historian of religions Gregory Shushan explores the relationships between extraordinary experiences and beliefs in life after death. He first shows how throughout history and around the world, near-death experiences have influenced ideas about the afterlife. Shushan also takes a deep dive into the problem of similarities and differences between NDE accounts. Not only do they vary widely, but so does a culture's way of responding to them and integrating them into their belief systems.In this book Shushan also compares NDEs with accounts of shamanic spirit journeys to afterlife realms, intermission states between reincarnations from people who remember past lives, and descriptions of otherworlds by souls of the dead communicating through mediums. Accounts of all these phenomena bear striking similarities to NDEs, though also have important differences. Examining them each in relation to the other results in a kind of reciprocal illumination, in which each type of extraordinary experience sheds light on the other.Drawing on over two decades of research into cross-cultural afterlife beliefs and extraordinary experiences, The Next World presents not only an accessible overview of Shushan's work, but also takes a bold new step in psychical research. By combining ideas and methods from a variety of disciplines – archaeology, anthropology, sociology, and the study of religions – Shushan's unique take on the issues leads to new understandings of them. Unlike any of these disciplines, however, Shushan also crosses over into metaphysics, philosophy, and parapsychology, considering the implications of the cross-cultural data for the survival hypothesis: Are NDEs and other extraordinary experiences actually glimpses into another world and a taste of the true spiritual reality? If so, what could this afterlife actually be like in light of all the diversity of accounts?BioGregory Shushan, PhD, is the leading authority on near-death experiences and the afterlife across cultures and throughout history. He is a Research Fellow of the Parapsychology Foundation, and was formerly Perrott-Warrick Researcher at University of Oxford's Ian Ramsey Centre for Science and Religion; Scholar-in Residence at the Centro Incontri Umani (The Cross Cultural Centre), Ascona, Switzerland; and Honorary Research Fellow at the Religious Experience Research Centre, University of Wales Trinity Saint David. He has lectured at universities in the UK, Ireland, and Switzerland and has given numerous talks on his research in nine countries, and has appeared on the History Channel.Dr. Shushan holds degrees in Religious Studies (University of Wales Lampeter), Research Methods for the Humanities, Egyptian Archaeology (University College London), and Eastern Mediterranean Archaeology (Birbeck College, University of London).His work has been generously supported by grants from the Perrott-Warrick Fund at Trinity College Cambridge, the Arts and Humanities Research Council, the International Association for Near-Death Studies, the Cedar Creek Institute, the Alex Tanous Foundation for Scientific Research, the Parapsychology Foundation, the Society for Psychical Research, and by readers like you.https://www.amazon.com/Next-World-Extraordinary-Experiences-Afterlife-ebook/dp/B09W2Q3GT8/ref=tmm_kin_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=1649499919&sr=8-1https://www.gregoryshushan.com/'UFOs Before Roswell: European Foo-Fighters 1940-1945' by Graeme RendallDuring the final six months of World War Two, a strange phenomenon known to US Army Air Force night-fighter squadrons as the “Foo Fighters” was witnessed by crews operating over western Germany. Mysterious lights were frequently reported, following their aircraft or sitting off their wingtips. These lights did not appear to show any hostile intent, although they often frightened aircrew, who thought they may have been German secret weapons. For many years, it has been believed that these mysterious wartime sightings started in November 1944.However, this is simply accepted wisdom, based on a false premise published in a December 1945 magazine article and then repeated in various books dealing with UFOs published since the 1950s.The true story of the “Foo Fighters” goes back much earlier than 1944, involving RAF aircrew operating over Germany and Italy. The nicknames for what they encountered were different, but the phenomenon they witnessed was almost certainly the same. Mysterious lights, "rockets" and "jets" were reported on a regular basis, with many of these events being listed in official records. These cases, plus others which may not have been reported to the military authorities at the time, are examined closely in this book.Various explanations have been suggested to explain the “Foo Fighters” and these are looked at in great detail. In the 1950s, several German “designers” came forward to claim that they had been personally involved with secret Nazi projects that they believed were the source of wartime sightings - and in some cases, post-war ones too. Their claims will also be studied in depth.The ”Foo Fighters” are a largely forgotten aspect of the UFO subject in the 20th Century, and this book is intended to address that lack of coverage. It also provides a wealth of information and detail on wartime German secret weapons programmes and bombing raids, so should appeal to readers with an interest in World War Two aviation who are looking for stories with a difference.The foreword to this book has been written by Sean Cahill, one of the witnesses involved in the infamous November 2004 US Navy "Tic Tac" case. I am most grateful to Sean for his contribution to my work.BioI have been interested in aviation for as long as I can remember. Starting off with model kits and books, I moved onto writing about aircraft for a local magazine in my early twenties, and then travelled around Siberia in the summer of 1992 looking for interesting Russian aeroplanes to photograph.I published my first book, "To the Ends of the Earth: A Snapshot of Aviation in North Eastern Siberia, Summer 1992", in 2021. "UFOs Before Roswell: European Foo-Fighters 1940-1945" was also released in August 2021 to much acclaim. There are some fascinating cases in this book that are being shared publicly for the first time. A third book dealing with the history of RAF Morpeth, a wartime aerodrome near where I live in Northumberland, England, was published in November 2021, and I have also released two volumes dealing with local aviation history in the county.The second book listed above relates to my other passion, Unidentified Aerial Phenomenon (UAP). You may know these better as UFOs! I have also written articles for The Debrief, UAP Media UK and Shadows Of Your Mind magazine, and support initiatives to bring more information about UAP into the public eye. I am a also one of the members of UAP Media UK.https://www.amazon.com/UFOs-Before-Roswell-Foo-Fighters-1940-1945-ebook/dp/B09DRBHH1Z/ref=tmm_kin_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=1649504412&sr=8-1https://www.reivercountrybooks.com/http://www.pastliveshypnosis.co.uk/https://www.patreon.com/alienufopodcasthttps://www.patreon.com/pastlivespodcast

This week I'm talking to Gregory Shushan PhD, about his book 'THE NEXT WORLD: Extraordinary Experiences of the Afterlife'.In The Next World, historian of religions Gregory Shushan explores the relationships between extraordinary experiences and beliefs in life after death. He first shows how throughout history and around the world, near-death experiences have influenced ideas about the afterlife. Shushan also takes a deep dive into the problem of similarities and differences between NDE accounts. Not only do they vary widely, but so does a culture's way of responding to them and integrating them into their belief systems.In this book Shushan also compares NDEs with accounts of shamanic spirit journeys to afterlife realms, intermission states between reincarnations from people who remember past lives, and descriptions of otherworlds by souls of the dead communicating through mediums. Accounts of all these phenomena bear striking similarities to NDEs, though also have important differences. Examining them each in relation to the other results in a kind of reciprocal illumination, in which each type of extraordinary experience sheds light on the other.Drawing on over two decades of research into cross-cultural afterlife beliefs and extraordinary experiences, The Next World presents not only an accessible overview of Shushan's work, but also takes a bold new step in psychical research. By combining ideas and methods from a variety of disciplines – archaeology, anthropology, sociology, and the study of religions – Shushan's unique take on the issues leads to new understandings of them. Unlike any of these disciplines, however, Shushan also crosses over into metaphysics, philosophy, and parapsychology, considering the implications of the cross-cultural data for the survival hypothesis: Are NDEs and other extraordinary experiences actually glimpses into another world and a taste of the true spiritual reality? If so, what could this afterlife actually be like in light of all the diversity of accounts?BioGregory Shushan, PhD, is the leading authority on near-death experiences and the afterlife across cultures and throughout history. He is a Research Fellow of the Parapsychology Foundation, and was formerly Perrott-Warrick Researcher at University of Oxford's Ian Ramsey Centre for Science and Religion; Scholar-in Residence at the Centro Incontri Umani (The Cross Cultural Centre), Ascona, Switzerland; and Honorary Research Fellow at the Religious Experience Research Centre, University of Wales Trinity Saint David. He has lectured at universities in the UK, Ireland, and Switzerland and has given numerous talks on his research in nine countries, and has appeared on the History Channel.Dr. Shushan holds degrees in Religious Studies (University of Wales Lampeter), Research Methods for the Humanities, Egyptian Archaeology (University College London), and Eastern Mediterranean Archaeology (Birbeck College, University of London).His work has been generously supported by grants from the Perrott-Warrick Fund at Trinity College Cambridge, the Arts and Humanities Research Council, the International Association for Near-Death Studies, the Cedar Creek Institute, the Alex Tanous Foundation for Scientific Research, the Parapsychology Foundation, the Society for Psychical Research, and by readers like you.https://www.amazon.com/Next-World-Extraordinary-Experiences-Afterlife-ebook/dp/B09W2Q3GT8/ref=tmm_kin_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=1649499919&sr=8-1https://www.gregoryshushan.com/https://www.patreon.com/pastlivespodcast

Original Air Date: Feb 20, 20213rd Eye Salon:Thanks: https://ko-fi.com/3rdeyesalon/ (Buy 3rd Eye Salon a Coffee!)Community: https://www.facebook.com/groups/3rdeyesalonEvents: https://www.facebook.com/3rdEyeSalonEventsHomepage: https://www.3rdeyesalon.com/Telegram: https://t.me/ThirdEyeSalonApple Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/3rd-eye-salon/id1603899554Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/0YartXNwExBpXdHDsVOehr?si=eb8066da1b03445fJack Hunter, PhD, is an anthropologist exploring the borderlands of consciousness, religion, ecology and the paranormal. He is a tutor with the Sophia Centre for the Study of Cosmology in Culture, University of Wales Trinity Saint David, and teaches on the MA in Astrology and Cultural Astronomy and the MA in Ecology and Spirituality. He is a research fellow of the Alister Hardy Religious Experience Research Centre, University of Wales Trinity Saint David and the Parapsychology Foundation, New York. He lives in the hills of Mid-Wales with his family.Jack Hunter:https://jack-hunter.webstarts.comhttps://www.goodreads.com/book/show/51288149-greening-the-paranormalhttps://books.apple.com/us/book/spirits-gods-magic-introduction-to-anthropology-supernatural/id1508154377https://www.youtube.com/user/Discarnates ★ Support this podcast ★

This episode will introduce you to the most in-depth research available to date on NDEs throughout history and across cultures... with some fascinating information about how those accounts have influenced religoius beliefs and cultural practices over time.Our guest Gregory Shushan PhD  is the leading authority on near-death experiences in  historical reports.  He points out, among other things, that stories of NDEs over thousands of years have contributed to the establishment of religious beliefs, and conversely, those beliefs also influence what we experience in our NDEs. Gregory is a research fellow of the Parapsychology Foundation, and was formerly Perrott-Warrick Researcher at University of Oxford's Ian Ramsey Centre for Science and Religion;  Scholar-in Residence at the Centro Incontri Umani (The Cross Cultural Centre), Ascona, Switzerland; and Honorary Research Fellow at the Religious Experience Research Centre, University of Wales Trinity Saint David. He has lectured at universities in the UK, Ireland, and Switzerland and has given numerous talks on his research in nine countries, and has appeared on the History Channel. GREGORY'S WEBSITES: Article on how near-death experiences inform afterlife beliefsGregoryShushan.comNew book! The Next World: Extraordinary Experiences of the AfterlifeMEET GREGORY AT THE 2022 CONFERENCE ON DEATH, GRIEF AND BELIEF!www.deathgriefandbelief.comSupport the show (https://www.patreon.com/askdoctordeath?fan_landing=true)

Eileen J. Garrett is considered by many as one of the most active mediums of the twentieth century and known for her objective approach to psi phenomena. Naturally sensitive from a young age to things psychic, as an adult Eileen began to formally hone her skills under the direction of James Hewat McKenzie at the British College of Psychic Science in the 1920s.  “I have a gift, a capacity — a delusion, if you will — called ‘psychic,'” Mrs. Garrett wrote in her book of personal memoirs, Adventures in the Supernormal (1943). “I have been called many things, from a charlatan to a miracle woman. I am, at least, neither of these.”  First Morgan tells Eileen's life story, highlighting some of the famous medium's involvement in some well-known experiments in psychical research with the aim to gain a better understanding of supernormal perception. She is known for her co-founding of, and tireless work within, The Parapsychology Foundation. Later Morgan and Mike interview Eileen Garrett's granddaughter, Lisette Coly, who has served as Vice President of the Parapsychology Foundation since 1978, charged with maintaining the foundation's valuable library which is struggling to stay afloat in these difficult times. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Have you ever picked up the phone only to find the person you're about to call is already on the line and the phone has not even rung yet? Have you had a dream about something that later on came true? Has someone, just out of the blue started talking about something that's been on your mind almost word for word. I have. We al have if we're honest about it. What is with that? Are these merely coincidences in an otherwise random world, like the skeptics would have you believe? Or, is there something more cosmic to it? Some people call it ESP. In this episode Morgan dives into the topic with gusto and later we have a conversation with the always fascinating, Nancy Zingrone, a Research fellow at Parapsychology Foundation, Inc. and Professor at Northcentral University. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Randy Liebeck is a researcher, writer, & lecturer on all things paranormal & anomalous. He has trained through the Rhine Institute, the University of Edinborough's Koestler Parapsychological Unit, the Parapsychology Foundation, the Alvarado Zingrone Intitute for Research & Education & the HCH Institute, He is a Paraphychological Field Investigator for the Office of Paranormal Investigations under Loyd Auerbach's direction, the NJ state rep for The Ghost Research Society. Add his consultations for TV, print & film outlets & he's a busy guy! He's an on-air "ghost expert" for several programs around the world including Unexplained Mysteries, Dead Famous: Ghostly Encounters. In the interest of full diclosure, he is also a feature writer & stringer for FATE Magazine!

Our WebsiteOur guest this week is Jim Matlock, a Research Fellow with the Parapsychology Foundation of New York City. Jim talks about the scientific and parapsychological evidence behind reincarnation, Behavioral Signs of Reincarnation, Birthmarks and Physical Signs of Reincarnation , past life memories, the interval between death and rebirth, karma, the process behind reincarnation, its history, and more fascinating topics! He wrote a book called Signs of Reincarnation, which provides the first comprehensive look at the belief in reincarnation and the evidence for past lives from historical records, anthropological studies, and contemporary research.The mystery and process of reincarnation and near death experiences (NDEs) are not just spiritual theories, but rather backed up by a lot of scientific research and evidence from around the world.  Many children around the world have dreams and memories of their past lives, that can actually be verified with historical accounts of people who have passed. Children are more connected to the spiritual world, their minds are fresh and more open, and they haven't yet been brainwashed by the rules of society.  In this episode we talk about the biggest questions of life, what happens after death and in between lives? Do souls chose their families, & are they born with certain personalities or are those traits conditioned by our environment as science has been previously led to believe?  What are the various ways we can remember our past lives, and what is the purpose cross culturally? Our brains and bodies may die, but our subconscious minds live on for lifetimes to come. ESP (Extra Sensory Perception) Is one of many ways that spirits communicate with each other & with the physical realm as well as through dreams and mediums. Jim answers these questions from a scientific standpoint, analyzing what the data has proven thus far. How has quantum mechanics & spirituality thrown a wrench in many old scientific materialistic beliefs? Consciousness is more than just our physical bodies & there is a lot of new science to prove it.  Science advances one death at a time, and the world is starting to wake up and look at the facts. Jim's Facebook group Sings of Reincarnation"After several hundred lifetimes, we graduate from the Physical plane and move on to the lessons of the Astral, Causal, Mental, Messianic and Buddhaic planes. And finally, we rejoin the All that Is where we started. Then we can remain there for eternity or we  take another  run through the curriculum again. We tend to return with many of the same souls time and again.Now. The basic idea of karma is not punishment. Karma presents the opportunity for development; to make use of opportunities that were not taken advantage of, to fill in gaps of ignorance, to enlarge understanding through experience, to do what should be done. Free choice is always involved. Knowledge and development, rather than punishment, self-punishment. Strong elements of your civilization are built upon ideas of guilt and punishment. Many of you are afraid that without a feeling of guilt there would be no inner discipline, and the world would run wild. It is running quite wild now — not despite your ideas of guilt and punishment, but largely because of them. In a simultaneous time, punishment makes no sense. The punishment as an event, and the event for which you were being punished, exist at once; and since there is no past, present and future, you could just as well say that the punishment came first." -Seth.   The Early Sessions, Book 8, Session 388, Page 158  Support the show

Dr. James G. (Jim) Matlock is an American anthropologist and leading reincarnation researcher. Jim has adopted a comprehensive, multicultural and interdisciplinary approach to reincarnation studies, and has advanced a theory on how it happens, the ‘processual soul theory’. Jim a Research Fellow with the Parapsychology Foundation, Inc. He received his Ph.D. in Anthropology from the Southern Illinois University in Carbondale, IL. His research interests center on phenomena bearing on postmortem survival and reincarnation. Jim has published numerous journal papers and book chapters on these subjects in anthropology and parapsychology and is a regular contributor to the online Psi Encyclopedia. Jim is the co-author of I Saw a Light and Came Here: Children’s Experiences of Reincarnation and the author of Signs of Reincarnation: Exploring Beliefs, Cases, and Theory. This is his story, and this is his Passion PASSIONATE DISCUSSIONS ABOUT • Why are you interested in reincarnation? • How would you describe reincarnation? • What are the signs of reincarnation? • Children's Experiences of Reincarnation. • Collecting past-life regression accounts • Why do some people experience conscious awareness as past-life memories? • Processual soul theory - what survives death is the ‘mind’, ‘soul’, ‘psyche’ • The subliminal mind – can we transfer information across lifetimes? Information of all types – memories of facts and experiences, skills, habits, preferences, emotions and residues of physical injuries, which can then manifest upon reincarnation as birthmarks that resemble scars – are held permanently in the subliminal mind. • The mind undergoes a ‘reset’ upon coming into association with each new body. Losing the ability to retrieve remembered information from prior to the start of the new life. Inspired by the word of Ian Stevenson - emphasis on careful investigation and documentation of evidence, and verification of claimed past-life memories. • Can reincarnation occur between species? that cannot interbreed, arguing that consciousness has evolved along with the physical body. • Pet reincarnation • Evolution of the human species • Are all our lives happening now? • Why are we here? • What happens when we transition from our physical body? SPREAD THE PASSION HOST: Luisa WEBSITE: https://passionharvest.com/ PASSION HARVEST ON SOCIAL YOU TUBE: https://www.youtube.com/c/PassionHarvest/ INSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/PassionHarvest/ FACEBOOK: https://www.facebook.com/Passionharvest SPOTIFY: https://open.spotify.com/show/3BogbavOan3FP1r1JXLxmV SOUNDCLOUD: https://soundcloud.com/user-796690230 ITUNES: https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/passion-harvest/id1451566598 LEAVE A PODCAST REVIEW IN I TUNES http://getpodcast.reviews/id/1451566598 CONNECT WITH JAMES G. (JIM) MATLOCK WEBSITE: http://jamesgmatlock.com/ https://psi-encyclopedia.spr.ac.uk/articles/james-g-matlock FACEBOOK: https://www.facebook.com/groups/965923533422836/

This podcast is in a theme: Letter writing and sending mail…We start from Episode One with Wadsworth's letter to Barnabas Collins, the two discussing that, and go right on up into what has already been released. (Be a'skeered… be very a'skeered. Or not.)Stepping through each episode to reveal what is available in letter writing, my listeners shall see where this leads, including why episode four ventured issue with Seattle's Space Needle. *wink*Episodes: 5, 6, 7, and 8 explaining all the letter writing aspects of those. Continuing on with further episodes up into #12 and why the mail is important with the cheque for The Parapsychology Foundation for Reincarnation Research…As for Episode #14, it's almost ALL about the mail…A bit more about postal sendings in #15 then #17 between Willie Loomis and the Ghost of Sarah Collins. “That evil is wicked is well understood. The wicked are punished so you must be good.” Then #18, #19, and #21, what little we have for this theme…Updates for Osheen Nevoy's fanwork and my own… Special thanks to pen friends getting me out of the madness.Thanks to humanetech.com, etc.How hate has been manufactured for the 2012 ‘Dark Shadows' movie… and: for me. And then: How to deal with that. (I express in this podcast that the guilt is “preferable” for the sake, in this situation, you'd be' responsible' rather than ‘helplessly tricked'. Which is the better choice? Having no recourse or having been a little responsible?)For pen friends and friends, in touch, who still read books and old books: Listen. Long-Term-Narrative is far more important that we might have ever considered was important. ^_^ Ending with this Aztec Camera song, “We Could Send Letters”, dedicated to my pen friends, (please purchase it if you enjoy it.)

Richard welcomes a parapsychologist and PhD researcher to talk about his work in parapsychology including telephone calls from the dead.  Guest: Cal Cooper received much media interest for his research into phone calls from the dead after he received the Eileen J. Garrett Scholarship from the Parapsychology Foundation in 2009. He holds a BSc (Hons) in psychology from the University of Northampton and a MRes in psychology from Sheffield Hallam University. In 2011, he became the 3rd recipient of the Alex Tanous Scholarship Award from the Alex Tanous Foundation for Scientific Research. Currently, Cal is based at the University of Northampton pursuing doctoral research in psychology and parapsychology. He has many areas of interest in psychology including; research methods, beliefs, motivation and emotion, and the psychology of death. However, parapsychology is what Cal is most recognized for with his research into survival of death, psychic abilities, poltergeists, apparitions and hauntings.

This week I am talking to James Matlock about his book 'Signs of Reincarnation: Exploring Beliefs, Cases, and Theory'. The book, Signs of Reincarnation, provides the first comprehensive look at the belief in reincarnation and the evidence for past lives from historical records, anthropological studies, and contemporary research. Matlock discusses various ways the evidence may be interpreted and shows that although reincarnation entails a rejection of the materialist notion that consciousness is generated by the brain, it does not require the acceptance of any radically new concepts or the abandonment of well-established findings in mainstream psychology or biology. This book offers students, scholars, and anyone interested in the possibility of reincarnation an essential grounding in beliefs, cases, and theory, while opening doors for future research into the extension of consciousness beyond our present lives. Reincarnation research has become James' central interest and the subject of his books and major academic contributions. He received a B.A. in English from Emory University in 1977 and a Ph.D. in Anthropology from the University of Southern Illinois at Carbondale in 2002. I have worked at the American Society for Psychical Research in New York City and at the Rhine Research Center in Durham, North Carolina. He is presently a Research Fellow at the Parapsychology Foundation. His chief research interests are the history of parapsychology, anthropology of religion, and reincarnation. He teaches a 15-week online seminar course on reincarnation research and theory. https://www.amazon.com/Signs-Reincarnation-Exploring-Beliefs-Theory/dp/1538124793/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=james+matlock&qid=1562415460&s=books&sr=1-1

This week James Matlock is my guest. He is an expert on reincarnation and children that remember past lives. I Saw a Light and Came Here: Children's Experiences of Reincarnation, co-authored with Erlendur Haraldsson, is available from Amazon.com. The first two thirds of the book is by Erlendur. He describes cases of children who remember previous lives, mostly in Sri Lanka and Lebanon, and other survival phenomena, such as apparitions and mediumship, that he has investigated over the years. In the last third of the book, James brings in cross-cultural data, new cases and analysis, and thoughts on the meaning of it all. James has worked at the American Society for Psychical Research in New York City and at the Rhine Research Center in Durham, North Carolina. He is presently a Research Fellow at the Parapsychology Foundation. His chief research interests are the history of parapsychology, anthropology of religion, and reincarnation. He teaches a 15-week online seminar course on reincarnation research and theory. https://www.amazon.com/Saw-Light-Came-Here-Reincarnation/dp/1910121924/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1494106196&sr=8-1&keywords=i+saw+a+light+and+came+here I Saw A Light And Came Here is the result of decades of scholarly research and investigations into past-life memories, primarily of children. Erlendur Haraldsson, a psychologist, has over two decades of experience behind him, having investigated some one hundred cases in the field. He worked closely with Ian Stevenson, M.D., of the University of Virginia, who began systematic studies of “cases of the reincarnation type,” but soon broke new ground with psychological studies of children who insist they remember episodes from past lives. Haraldsson invited anthropologist James Matlock to join him because of his thorough familiarity with research around the globe. This book deals with various aspects of past-life memory and attempts to answer the questions that will inevitably come up in the minds of thoughtful readers.