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What happens when we step outside the boundaries of the physical world?Psychiatrist Bernard Beitman and neuroscientist Marina Weiler dive deep into the mysteries of out-of-body experiences (OBEs), near-death experiences (NDEs), astral encounters, and the possibility of life beyond the body.Pre-order Dr. Beitman's newest book "Life-Changing Synchronicities: A Doctor's Coincidences and Serendipities" at Simon & Schuster, Barnes and Noble, Inner Traditions, Amazon, Books-a-Million, Bookshop.org (May 2025).Marina shares her personal brushes with the paranormal—including poltergeist-like events and vivid dreams of the departed—even though she has never had an OBE herself. Bernard recounts his own surreal journey to the "coincidence control office" during an out-of-body episode. Together, they explore how these extraordinary events can transform our perspectives, reduce fear of death, and inspire profound life changes.Can we meet others—or even non-human entities—while traveling the astral plane? Is consciousness truly separate from the brain? Join this fascinating conversation as science and the mystical collide, and discover how synchronicity, intention, and expanded awareness can reshape our understanding of reality.Marina Weiler is an Assistant Professor of Psychiatry and Neurobehavioral Sciences at the Division of Perceptual Studies (DOPS), University of Virginia. A trained neuroscientist with expertise in neuroimaging, brain stimulation, and consciousness studies, she investigates experiences that transcend traditional physical explanation. Her research has earned recognition from CAPES (Brazil), the Brazilian Academy of Neurology, the NIH, the Templeton World Charity Foundation, and the Bigelow Institute for Consciousness Research.

An Open-Ended Conversation with Ed Kelly Ed Kelly, PhD, is Professor of Research at the Division of Perceptual Studies (DOPS) at the University of Virginia School of Medicine. He is the 2020 recipient of the Myers Memorial Medal awarded by the Society for Psychical Research in England. He is co-editor of a series of three … Continue reading "An Open Ended Conversation with Ed Kelly"

Guest: Edward F. Kelly, PhD of  ⁠The Division of Perceptual Studies (DOPS) at The University of Virginia.Full Notes Afterlife Research with Edward F. Kelly, PhD of DOPS - Division of Perceptual Studies Episode 132⁠Join our Science + Spirituality CircleHost or Attend a Science + Spirituality SalonBuy the books: ⁠⁠WTF Just Happened?! SeriesEdward F. Kelly, PhD is a Professor in the Division of Perceptual Studies (DOPS) at UVA. He returned full-time to psychical research in 2002, serving as lead author of Irreducible Mind (2007), Beyond Physicalism (2015), and Consciousness Unbound (2021), all produced under the auspices of Esalen Institute's Center for Theory and Research. Follow Dr. Ed Kelly: WebsiteBooks: Irreducible Mind, Beyond Physicalism, Consciousness UnboundFollow DOPS: Website⁠ | ⁠FaceBook⁠ | ⁠YouTube⁠⁠⁠Buy me a coffee⁠⁠⁠⁠ |⁠⁠ ⁠⁠WTF Just Happened Books⁠⁠ | ⁠⁠⁠⁠Science + Spirituality Salons⁠⁠ |⁠⁠⁠⁠Newsletter ⁠⁠⁠ |Patreon 

Guests: Gwen Grams, PhD and Tess McCormick of The Division of Perceptual Studies (DOPS) at The University of Virginia.Full Notes on After Death Communication Researched with Gwen Grams + Tess McCormick of DOPS Episode 130Join our Science + Spirituality CircleHost or Attend a Science + Spirituality SalonBuy the books: ⁠⁠WTF Just Happened?! SeriesGwen: Gwen Grams has a PhD in Cognitive Psychology, Quantitative Experimental track. She currently serves as a Research Lecturer on the Research Faculty Support Track at the University of Virginia, School of Medicine, Department of Psychiatry and Neurobehavioral Sciences, Division of Perceptual Studies, focusing on after-death communication.Tess: Tess is a Research Associate for the University of Virginia's Division of Perceptual Studies. She conducts research on after death communications (ADCs), including differences between sudden and expected deaths, impacts on grief and existential anxiety, and verifiable ADC experiences.DOPS: The primary focus of DOPS is investigating the mind's relationship to the body and the possibility of consciousness surviving physical death.Follow DOPS: ⁠⁠ Website | FaceBook | YouTube⁠⁠⁠Buy me a coffee⁠⁠⁠⁠ |⁠⁠ ⁠⁠WTF Just Happened Books⁠⁠ | ⁠⁠⁠⁠Science + Spirituality Salons⁠⁠ |⁠⁠⁠⁠Newsletter ⁠⁠⁠ |Patreon 

In this episode, I interview Dr. Bruce Greyson, Professor Emeritus of Psychiatry and Neurobehavioral Sciences at the University of Virginia and former director of UVA's Division of Perceptual Studies. Dr. Greyson shares his experiences as a pioneering researcher, with over four decades dedicated to studying Near-Death Experiences. Division of Perceptual Studies (DOPS) at University of Virginia Check out our Merch Follow us on: Instagram, TikTok, Twitter For business inquiries contact: OtherworldTeam@unitedtalent.com If you have experienced something paranormal or unexplained, email us your story at stories@otherworldpod.com To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

For those who have listened to me on Small Town over the years, you know I always reference the Gateway Program, developed through the work of Robert Monroe and the Monroe Institute in Virginia. Monroe believed that by using specific sound frequencies and meditation techniques, he could leave his physical body and travel via a second body, or spirit body, to other realities removed from the physical world — places unbounded by time or death.The Gateway Program is a series of audio exercises using frequencies, including binaural beat hemispheric synchronization exercises, developed by Robert A. Monroe to achieve expanded states of consciousness. Through these courses, I was able to dissociate from myself and connect with spirit beings from the other side through the combined hemi-sync frequencies and meditational exercises.My guest, psychologist and author Candice Sanderson, joins me for this episode of the Small Town Tales Podcast to discuss her out-of-body travels, her experience with the Monroe Institute, and her book, The Reluctant Messenger: Tales from Beyond Belief.About Candice SandersonIn August 2013, Candice Sanderson began receiving messages from nonphysical realms, changing her pragmatic life as a psychologist. Since that remarkable transformation, multiple agencies have studied her newfound skills: researchers from the Division of Perceptual Studies (DOPS) at the University of Virginia, the Institute for the Awakened Mind, Monroe Institute, and a Harvard study funded by the Bigelow Institute for Consciousness Studies (BICS).Sanderson's international award-winning books, The Reluctant Messenger, The Reluctant Messenger Returns, and her series of short books called From the Reluctant Messenger, chronicle some of her out-of-body travels and extraordinary connections with non-human intelligences. All of her books have been #1 Best-Sellers on Amazon in multiple categories, and over 10,000 copies have sold across the globe. Where to find the Candice:Website: www.CandiceSanderson.com About CL ThomasC.L. Thomas is a widely traveled fine arts photographer and writer, delving into afterlife research, out-of-body experiences (OBEs), metaphysics, and folklore. She lectures at various events and creates "Spirit" art upon request. C.L. is the author of the haunting memoir "Dancing with Demons" and the acclaimed historical-fiction novel "Speaking to Shadows." Additionally, she is the creator and host of the Small Town Tales Podcast. Her extensive writing includes numerous articles and a blog focusing on legends, folklore magic, and paranormal stories. Currently, she resides in Las Vegas, Nevada, with her beloved Golden Retriever and Maine Coon cat.CL Thomas Website: www.clthomas.org Sponsors:www.mysteriousadventurestours.com

Researchers at the University of Virginia have investigated children's reports of memories of previous lives for nearly sixty years, studying more than 2,500 cases from around the world. In many cases, a deceased individual has been identified whose life matches the details given by the child. Common features in the cases include a child talking about a past life at a very early age, behaviors that appear connected to that life such as phobias related to the mode of death, and sometimes even birthmarks or birth defects that correspond to wounds the previous person suffered. Our conversation will highlight Dr. Tucker's research over the past 20 years, including details of some of his most interesting cases. His work provides persuasive evidence that some children do, in fact, possess memories of previous lives and we will look at how this phenomenon changes our understanding of consciousness and what it means to be human. Dr. Jim Tucker is a child psychiatrist at the University of Virginia, where he is the Bonner-Lowry Professor of Psychiatry and Neurobehavioral Sciences. He is the Director of UVA's Division of Perceptual Studies (DOPS), and he is continuing the work of Ian Stevenson with children who report memories of previous lives

A conversations about past life regressions, the holographic universe, how to avoid cultish organizations, and the relationship between timelessness and love.Links: “Seattle” by the Jeffrey Lewis Band  (https://youtu.be/XvelHkfq6rY) Edgar Cayce of the  A.R.E. (https://www.edgarcayce.org/)Division of Perceptual Studies (DOPS)  (https://med.virginia.edu/perceptual-studies/) The Egg - A Short Story - YouTubePatrick Belisle is a practical mystic; a nonprofit executive, teacher, & world traveler. He studied business and theology with Benedictine monks at his Minnesota college, meditated with Buddhist monks in Thailand, & had a mystical experience at the Osho Commune in India on a 1-year trip around the world with his wife Jane as they searched for the meaning of life. They wandered North America 3 more years before settling in Cville.For decades Pat has been lecturing and raising money for Edgar Cayce's Association for Research & Enlightenment (A.R.E.), the University of Virginia Division of Perceptual Studies (DOPS) which isresearching the nature of consciousness, United Way, UVA Children's Hospitals, & more. He has also married over 50 couples as a Celebrant and has practiced hypnotherapy – including past-life regressions – with hundreds of folks.  ****ONE MORE THING!Did you love this episode? Leave us a review on Apple Podcasts or send a quick voicemail to let me know what you think!And if you'd like to work with me to maximize your moments, find greater fulfillment in your career, and clear away societal expectations to make room for YOUR dreams, visit me at www.thelovelyunbecoming.com/work-with-meStay curious, y'all!xoBreeP.S. All of these episodes are possible thanks to:Codebase Coworkingas well as my dear friends over at WTJU Charlottesville!

EDWARD F. KELLY is currently a Professor in the Division of Perceptual Studies (DOPS) at the University of Virginia. He received his Ph.D. in psycholinguistics and cognitive science from Harvard in 1971, and spent the next 15-plus years working mainly in parapsychology, initially at J. B. Rhine's Institute for Parapsychology, then for ten years through the Department of Electrical Engineering at Duke, and finally through a private research institute in Chapel Hill. Between 1988 and 2002 he worked with a large neuroscience group at UNC-Chapel Hill, mainly carrying out EEG and fMRI studies of human somatosensory cortical adaptation to natural tactile stimuli. He returned full-time to psychical research in 2002, serving as lead author of Irreducible Mind: Toward a Psychology for the 21st Century (2007), Beyond Physicalism: Toward Reconciliation of Science and Spirituality (2015), and Consciousness Unbound: Liberating Mind from the Tyranny of Materialism - (2021), all published by Rowman & Littlefield. He is now returning to his central long-term research interest – the application of modern functional neuroimaging methods to intensive psychophysiological studies of psi and ASCs in exceptional subjects. Discussion of this interview in the BatGap Community Facebook Group. Interview recorded January 22, 2022. Video and audio below. Audio also available as a Podcast.

Join Trish and Rob for a conversation with... Sharon Rawlette, is a writer and philosopher fascinated by coincidences: those strange, enigmatic experiences that are so often personally meaningful and yet push the boundaries of what we consider scientifically possible. Her May 2019 book The Source and Significance of Coincidences presents a wealth of evidence concerning the statistical significance of coincidences, their range of probable causes, and how we can best interpret their implications for our lives. She also writes about coincidences on the Psychology Today blog, Mysteries of Consciousness, and has presented some of my most recent research at the Division of Perceptual Studies (DOPS) at the University of Virginia School of Medicine. She also came in 3rd place in the Robert Bigelow essay contest to prove that consciousness survives death. https://sharonrawlette.wordpress.com

Researchers at the University of Virginia have investigated children's reports of memories of previous lives for nearly sixty years, studying more than 2,500 cases from around the world. In many cases, a deceased individual has been identified whose life matches the details given by the child. Common features in the cases include a child talking about a past life at a very early age, behaviors that appear connected to that life such as phobias related to the mode of death, and sometimes even birthmarks or birth defects that correspond to wounds the previous person suffered. Our conversation will highlight Dr. Tucker's research over the past 20 years, including details of some of his most interesting cases. His work provides persuasive evidence that some children do, in fact, possess memories of previous lives and we will look at how this phenomenon changes our understanding of consciousness and what it means to be human. Dr. Jim Tucker is a child psychiatrist at the University of Virginia, where he is the Bonner-Lowry Professor of Psychiatry and Neurobehavioral Sciences. He is the Director of UVA's Division of Perceptual Studies (DOPS), and he is continuing the work of Ian Stevenson with children who report memories of previous lives

Researchers at the University of Virginia have investigated children's reports of memories of previous lives for nearly sixty years, studying more than 2,500 cases from around the world. In many cases, a deceased individual has been identified whose life matches the details given by the child. Common features in the cases include a child talking about a past life at a very early age, behaviors that appear connected to that life such as phobias related to the mode of death, and sometimes even birthmarks or birth defects that correspond to wounds the previous person suffered. Our conversation will highlight Dr. Tucker's research over the past 20 years, including details of some of his most interesting cases. His work provides persuasive evidence that some children do, in fact, possess memories of previous lives and we will look at how this phenomenon changes our understanding of consciousness and what it means to be human. Dr. Jim Tucker is a child psychiatrist at the University of Virginia, where he is the Bonner-Lowry Professor of Psychiatry and Neurobehavioral Sciences. He is the Director of UVA's Division of Perceptual Studies (DOPS), and he is continuing the work of Ian Stevenson with children who report memories of previous lives

Researchers at the University of Virginia have investigated children's reports of memories of previous lives for nearly sixty years, studying more than 2,500 cases from around the world. In many cases, a deceased individual has been identified whose life matches the details given by the child. Common features in the cases include a child talking about a past life at a very early age, behaviors that appear connected to that life such as phobias related to the mode of death, and sometimes even birthmarks or birth defects that correspond to wounds the previous person suffered. Our conversation will highlight Dr. Tucker's research over the past 20 years, including details of some of his most interesting cases. His work provides persuasive evidence that some children do, in fact, possess memories of previous lives and we will look at how this phenomenon changes our understanding of consciousness and what it means to be human. Dr. Jim Tucker is a child psychiatrist at the University of Virginia, where he is the Bonner-Lowry Professor of Psychiatry and Neurobehavioral Sciences. He is the Director of UVA's Division of Perceptual Studies (DOPS), and he is continuing the work of Ian Stevenson with children who report memories of previous lives

Researchers at the University of Virginia have investigated children's reports of memories of previous lives for nearly sixty years, studying more than 2,500 cases from around the world. In many cases, a deceased individual has been identified whose life matches the details given by the child. Common features in the cases include a child talking about a past life at a very early age, behaviors that appear connected to that life such as phobias related to the mode of death, and sometimes even birthmarks or birth defects that correspond to wounds the previous person suffered. Our conversation will highlight Dr. Tucker's research over the past 20 years, including details of some of his most interesting cases. His work provides persuasive evidence that some children do, in fact, possess memories of previous lives and we will look at how this phenomenon changes our understanding of consciousness and what it means to be human. Dr. Jim Tucker is a child psychiatrist at the University of Virginia, where he is the Bonner-Lowry Professor of Psychiatry and Neurobehavioral Sciences. He is the Director of UVA's Division of Perceptual Studies (DOPS), and he is continuing the work of Ian Stevenson with children who report memories of previous lives

Join Trish and Rob for a conversation with... Sharon Hewitt Rawlette, a writer and philosopher fascinated by coincidences, those strange, enigmatic experiences that are so often personally meaningful and yet push the boundaries of what we consider scientifically possible. Her May 2019 book "The Source and Significance of Coincidences" presents a wealth of evidence concerning the statistical significance of coincidences, their range of probable causes, and how we can best interpret their implications for our lives. She also writes about coincidences on her "Psychology Today" blog, "Mysteries of Consciousness," and she has presented some of my most recent research at the Division of Perceptual Studies (DOPS) at the University of Virginia School of Medicine. In May 2020 she published a memoir, "The Supreme Victory of the Heart," about her first encounters with meaningful coincidence, which happened in the difficult months after her French fiancé told her about an old flame who had come back into his life. She has also written several personal essays on the topics of relationships, spirituality, and the environment, which have appeared in Salon, Orion, and other places. While she now lives back in the rural area of eastern Virginia where she grew up, she spent almost all of her 20s elsewhere: getting a Ph.D. in philosophy at New York University, falling in love in Paris, teaching philosophy at Brandeis University outside Boston, and living on a 200-year-old retired dairy farm in Brittany, France. All of these experiences have found their way into her writing, in one way or another. https://sharonrawlette.wordpress.com

 "We’re looking at these cases of young children who report memories of a previous life." Featuring host Mark Gober’s interviews with Dr. Jim Tucker, Dr. Julie Beischel, Dr. Eben Alexander, Dr. Ed Kelly, Paul Davids, Dr. Jan Holden, Helané Wahbeh, Laura Powers, Laura Lynne Jackson, Dr. Jeff Kripal, Catherine Yunt. Listen to all of Mark’s interviews here: https://markgober.com/podcast/ Windbridge Research Center, peer-reviewed science on mediums: http://www.windbridge.org/education/peer-reviewed/ University of Virginia’s Division of Perceptual Studies (DOPS), examining children with past life memories and more: https://med.virginia.edu/perceptual-studies/ Check out Mark's book, "An End to Upside Down Thinking": https://www.amazon.com/End-Upside-Down-Thinking-Consciousness/dp/1947637851

Topic: Frank Pasciuti, Ph.D., is a licensed clinical psychologist and certified hypnotherapist in private practice in Charlottesville, Virginia. He is founder and president of Associated Clinicians of Virginia, which provides psychotherapy and organizational development services to individuals and businesses. Dr. Pasciuti is chairman of the Institutional Review Board (IRB) at The Monroe Institute, in Faber, Virginia, and he collaborates on research related to NDEs, psychic phenomena, and the survival of consciousness at the Division of Perceptual Studies (DOPS), a research unit of the department of Psychiatry and Neurobehavioral Sciences at the University Of Virginia School Of Medicine. He is author of Chrysalis Crisis, How Life's Ordeals Can Lead to Personal and Spiritual Transformation. (Rainbow Ridge books, July 2019) In his seminal book Chrysalis Crisis: How Life's Ordeals Can Lead to Personal & Spiritual Transformation he explains how you can use your life ordeal to bring about personal and spiritual growth. Like the butterfly that struggles to free its wings from the chrysalis cocoon, it can be a struggle to let go of the lingering effects of a crisis. But just as the butterfly's struggle to release its wings also strengthens them for flight, the struggle for growth after a crisis can contribute to personal transformation, and strengthen your flight through life. Such outcomes are possible when ten key areas of human growth are developed. These ten key areas cover a broad range of human functioning. They include your physical, intellectual, emotional, social, and moral development; your identity, intimacy, and existential growth; and your intuitive and spiritual evolution. Chrysalis Crisis examines each of the ten keys areas through the use of case examples drawn from clients in Pasciuti' s clinical practice, ordeals from people close to him, and his own crisis.

EDWARD F. KELLY is currently a Research Professor in the Division of Perceptual Studies (DOPS) at UVA. He received his Ph.D. in psycholinguistics/cognitive science from Harvard in 1971, and spent the next 15-plus years working mainly in experimental parapsychology, followed by a similar stint with a large neuroscience group at UNC-Chapel Hill where he carried out EEG and fMRI studies of human cortical adaptation to natural tactile stimuli. He returned full-time to psychical research in 2002, serving as lead author of Irreducible Mind (2007) and Beyond Physicalism (2014), both produced under the auspices of Esalen’s Center for Theory and Research. He is now returning to his central research interest – functional neuroimaging studies of psi and altered states in exceptional subjects.

EDWARD F. KELLY is currently a Research Professor in the Division of Perceptual Studies (DOPS) at UVA. He received his Ph.D. in psycholinguistics/cognitive science from Harvard in 1971, and spent the next 15-plus years working mainly in experimental parapsychology, followed by a similar stint with a large neuroscience group at UNC-Chapel Hill where he carried out EEG and fMRI studies of human cortical adaptation to natural tactile stimuli. He returned full-time to psychical research in 2002, serving as lead author of Irreducible Mind (2007) and Beyond Physicalism (2014), both produced under the auspices of Esalen’s Center for Theory and Research. He is now returning to his central research interest – functional neuroimaging studies of psi and altered states in exceptional subjects.

Edward F. Kelly is a Research Professor in the Division of Perceptual Studies (DOPS) at the University of Virginia. He received his Ph.D. in psycholinguistics/cognitive science from Harvard in 1971 and spent the next 15-plus years working mainly in experimental parapsychology. Later, at the University of North Carolina, he studied human cortical adaptation to tactile stimuli. He returned to psychical research in 2002, serving as lead author of Irreducible Mind (2007) and Beyond Physicalism (2014) under the auspices of the Esalen Center for Theory and Research. He is now president of the Cedar Creek Institute, where he researches altered states in exceptional subjects. We spoke about his and others’ research on psychic phenomena and how it relates to spiritual development. Learn more about Edward F. Kelly here: http://cedarcreekinst.org

The Division of Perceptual Studies (DOPS) at the University of Virginia’s School of Medicine is a fascinating place. Founded in 1967 by Dr. Ian Stevenson—originally as the Division of Personality Studies—its mission is “the scientific empirical investigation of phenomena that suggest that currently accepted scientific assumptions and theories about the nature of mind or consciousness, and its relation to matter, may be incomplete.” Other universities across the country are also approving University-Sanctioned Paranormal Research Projects.  Is this a new trend or has the emergence of paranormal reality shows brought these studies "into the light?" Join us tonight as we uncover and share our findings.