Podcasts about scientific exploration

Joining me for this episode is research scientist and author Dr. Bob Davis. After receiving his doctorate in 1981 Bob served as a professor for the State University of New York for over thirty years, where he conducted extensive research in the behavioural and neurosensory sciences, taught, and held many high-level administrative roles. Following retirement, he published several articles in the Journal of Scientific Exploration and Edge Science and has given lectures at national and international conferences on consciousness, spiritually transformative experiences, and unidentified anomalous phenomena. He has also published four books - The UFO Phenomenon: Should I Believe?; Life after Death: An Analysis of the Evidence; Unseen Forces: The Integration of Science, Reality and You and most recently The Consciousness Connection: Extraordinary Human Experiences and the Nature of Reality, which has also been turned into a documentary. As you can imagine with a subject as vast as consciousness, my interview with Bob is wide-ranging. I begin by talking with him about his early life and what drew him to a career in neuroscience, and then move onto how his interest in studying the more esoteric and fortean aspects of consciousness developed. We discuss how he moved past the materialist outlook he had developed from a career in science and the extraordinary experiences he had which helped him to do that. From there we discuss how such experiences are best looked at scientifically and what they suggest about the nature of consciousness and beyond that, reality itself. You can find out more about Bob and his research at https://bobdavisspeaks.com/. If you enjoy what I do with Some Other Sphere and would like to support its upkeep, you can make a donation via Ko-fi. To buy the podcast a coffee go to https://ko-fi.com/someotherspherepodcast. Thank you!   The podcast theme music is by The Night Monitor, from his album, ‘Close Encounters of the Pennine Kind'. You can find out more about The Night Monitor's music at https://thenightmonitor.bandcamp.com/.  

Dr. Bob Davis in an internationally recognized scientist in his field. He graduated with a Ph.D. in Sensory Neuroscience from The Ohio State University, and served as professor of neuroscience at the State University of New York for over 30 years. Bob has published over 60 articles in scholarly journals, lectured at national and international scientific conferences, and was awarded several major research grants from the National Institute of Health and the National Science Foundation. Since his retirement, he has co-authored articles in the Journal of Consciousness Studies and the Journal of Scientific Exploration. Dr. Davis has written three books entitled: Unseen Forces: The Integration of Science, Reality and You, The UFO Phenomenon: Should I Believe? and Life after Death: An Analysis of the Evidence. Davis has also lectured on these topics at both national and international conferences. Website: www.bobdavisspeakes.com Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/robertdavislectures/Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-x-zone-radio-tv-show--1078348/support.

The conversation delves into the Shroud of Turin, exploring its historical significance, scientific investigations, and the ongoing debates surrounding its authenticity. The hosts discuss the various theories, evidence, and the implications of the shroud as a religious artifact, ultimately reflecting on its impact on faith and belief.

The Soil Matters with Dr. Gerald PollackSeason 3, Episode 07 Today's Guest: Dr. Gerald PollackGerald Pollack received his PhD in biomedical engineering from the University of Pennsylvania in 1968. He then joined the University of Washington faculty and is now professor of Bioengineering. He is also Founding Editor-in-Chief of the journal, WATER, convener of the Annual Conference on the Physics, Chemistry and Biology of Water, and Executive Director of the Institute for Venture Science. His interests have ranged broadly, from biological motion and cell biology to the interaction of biological surfaces with aqueous solutions. His 1990 book, Muscles and Molecules: Uncovering the Principles of Biological Motion, won an “Excellence Award”from the Society for Technical Communication. His 2001 book, Cells, Gels and the Engines of Life, and his newest book, The Fourth Phase of Water: Beyond Solid, Liquid,and Vapor won that Society's “Distinguished Award,”their highest distinction. The latter book went on to receive the World Summit Excellence Award. Pollack received an honorary doctorate in 2002 fromUral State University in Ekaterinburg, Russia, and was more recently named an Honorary Professor of the Russian Academy of Sciences, and foreign member and Academician of the Srpska Academy. He received the Biomedical Engineering Society's Distinguished Lecturer Award in 2002. In 2008, his colleagues chose him as the recipient of his university's highest annual distinction: the UW Faculty Lecturer Award. Pollack is a Founding Fellow of the American Instituteof Medical and Biological Engineering and a Fellow of both the American Heart Association and the BiomedicalEngineering Society. He received an NIH Director's Transformative R01 Award. He was the 2012 recipient of the Prigogine Medal for thermodynamics of dissipative systems,and in 2014 he received the Scientific Excellence Award from the World Academy of Neural Therapy, as well as the Dinsdale Prize from the Society for Scientific Exploration.He has presented two TEDx talks on water. In 2015, he won the BrandLaureate Award, previouslybestowed on notables such as Nelson Mandela, Hillary Clinton and Steve Jobs. In 2016 he was awarded the EmotoInaugural Peace Prize, and more recently the LifetimeAchievement Award from the Chappell Natural Philosophy Society. He appears briefly in the 2016 Travis Rice sports-action film, The Fourth Phase, named after his recentbook. And, he is included in the 2019 listing, OOOM Magazine, as one of the “World's 100 Most Inspiring People.” In 2020, he presented his work at the “Majlis” by invitation from the Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi at his Royal Palace, and more recently, in 2023, at the United Nations. Your Host: Leighton Morrisonhttps://www.instagram.com/kingdomaqua... https://www.kingdomaquaponicsllc.com/  Executive ProducerKen Somerville https://www.instagram.com/kensomerville/ https://www.itsallaboutthebiology.ca Contact emailitsallaboutthebiology@gmail.com Reach out to Ken for a quick 15 mincall:https://calendly.com/kensomerville/connections Help to support the mission: patreon.com/user?u=104510089 Discount codes available at: https://www.itsallaboutthebiology.ca/discountcodes #flowers,#plants,#nature,#gardening,#garden,#growing,#koreannaturalfarming,#naturalfarming,#jadam,#naturalfertilizer,#naturalfarminginputs,#permaculture,#regenerative,#foodforest,#biodynamic,#bioactive,#organic,#notill,#knf,#organicgardening,#urbangardening,#containergardening,#homegardening, Music by The Invisible Gardener (Andy Lopez) https://soundcloud.com/invisiblegardenerFor Full: Disclaimer

Aquí estamos de nuevo y con ración doble de contenido. Nuestro invitado principal es todo un referente en lo que respecta a la parapsicología científica. Se trata del investigador argentino Alejandro Parra, Dr. en Psicología y presidente tanto del Instituto de Psicología Paranormal desde 1993 como de la Parapsychological Association entre 2011 y 2013, además de autor de varios libros y 250 artículos en revistas académicas y divulgativas. Su último trabajo: ‘Médiums’ (Almuzara, 2024). Con él hablaremos de mediumnidad, espiritismo, fantasmogénesis, fenomenología poltergeist, mentalismo, etc, así como de su amplia trayectoria. Participa y debate: Manuel Carballal. También abordamos frontalmente con el propio Parra (seguramente hayamos sido los únicos en hacerlo) el polémico escándalo en el que se vio envuelto cuando en septiembre de 2021 se le acusó formalmente, en la revista científica de revisión por pares ‘Journal of Scientific Exploration’, de plagiar sistemáticamente, total o parcialmente, contenido en 22 de sus publicaciones entre 2006 y 2021 (incluyendo algunos de sus libros). Exponemos los hechos y le preguntamos al respecto. ¿Reconoce tamaña acusación? ¿Cuál es su versión de los hechos? ¿Cómo le afectó personal y profesionalmente? Si queréis saberlo, aquí lo tenéis. Y totalmente gratis. Como guinda del pastel, os ofrecemos una breve entrevista inédita realizada a la famosa médium canadiense Marilyn Rossner, realizada en noviembre de 2019. En ella, le planteamos personalmente varias cuestiones curiosas, algunas de índole crítico, que siempre quisimos saber. ¿Qué nos respondió? No te lo pierdas. Por último, si queréis colaborar con el programa, podéis hacerlo a través de una cuenta de PayPal que hemos creado para que, libremente, quien así lo crea conveniente, pueda contribuir agradeciendo el trabajo realizado para que este pueda seguir adelante. Tomad nota: - E-mail: Apoyodimensionlimite@gmail.com - Página: http://www.paypal.me/dimensionlimite Dirige, presenta y produce: David Cuevas.

"The world is much different than we think it is." You're going to love Episode 58 of the 'Transformation Starts Today' podcast with Dr. William Bengston! Here's some background about Dr. Bengston: William F. Bengston is an emeritus professor of statistics and research methods at St. Joseph's University in New York, and the past President (2010-2022) of the Society for Scientific Exploration, an international group of scientists who study anomalies. Dr. Bengston has been doing research into anomalous healing for over forty years, and has numerous peer reviewed academic publications. His memoir, The Energy Cure, is published by Sounds True Publishers. He has also lectured widely in the U.S., Canada, and Europe. Dr. Bengston's research has produced the first successful full cures of transplanted mammary cancer and methylcholanthrene induced sarcomas in mice by energy healing techniques that he helped to develop. He has also investigated assorted correlates to healing such as EEG and fMRI entrainment, and geomagnetic micropulsation anomalies in healing space. His current work involves the attempt to reverse engineer healing and reproduce healing without the healer, and to develop therapies that can be scaled. Here are some ways to connect with Dr. Bengston: www.bengstonresearch.com www.bengsproducts.com 'The Energy Cure' Book: https://www.amazon.com/Energy-Cure-Unraveling-Mystery-Hands/dp/1459611403/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&dib_tag=se&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.9XJcKI3Mj-4ziw1gdPlHJ8i2yamm8PKD-K9G5kPOHzcPEuregcZLKk0lENA7jqXT71wEzK3knx6z1FtWa4UDucM7l7Lm_u6ukC1oyDBrqLwJ1OQqLJ5T3_n5LLULrDXtHyzGZzkKVWtQ1qhShguz8ml0v8M3h_4hk0Rfe4SgWaVNnuYYoscxsB7NLH6hGOIN.tf1OJNAgOFLYHmKgVe_dZgZKtqOLGtq7ctfS5IRKenc&qid=1738884031&sr=8-1 Dr. Jamil Sayegh – Spiritual wisdom teacher, energy healer, life-transformation coach, integrative naturopathic physician Learn more about if or how I can help you: https://linktr.ee/drjamilsayegh

Jon Taylor is an interdisciplinary scientist dedicated to the subject of anomalous phenomena related to cognition.He was born in Wakefield, England, and graduated from the University of Cambridge with an MA in Natural Sciences. He began his career in research and marketing within the field of scientific instruments. He then switched to consumer marketing and moved to Spain in 1976 to become International Marketing Director for wine producer Williams & Humbert Ltd., Jerez de la Frontera.Later, he joined the oil industry, and after engagement on contracts in Britain, Italy and Spain, he was transferred to the Middle East, where he served as Materials & Purchasing Manager for the National Drilling Company, Abu Dhabi.Taylor has always been intrigued by psychic phenomena, and when he returned to Spain in 1993, he started a full-time investigation of the physical and biological principles underlying precognition and intuition. His research continued for more than 25 years, during which he published in peer-reviewed academic journals and lectured to specialist audiences, as well as to the general public, in Britain and Europe.Taylor presented his theory of ESP in a lecture at the 56th Annual Convention of the Parapsychological Association (PA), held in Rome, Italy, in August 2013, and he described the theory in a paper titled “The Nature of Precognition” published in the Journal of Parapsychology, March 2014.He then applied his theory to explain intuition, and presented his research at the PA Convention in Paris, July 2019. He was also invited to participate in a workshop organized by the Institut Métapsychique International, in which 30 scientists from all over the world examined the theoretical aspects of psychic phenomena. The workshop was in celebration of the Centenary of the IMI. Taylor is a professional member of the PA, and member of several other organizations including the American Association for the Advancement of Science  and the Society for Scientific Exploration.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-x-zone-radio-tv-show--1078348/support.

In this milestone 100th episode, Karl and Erum look back on collaborations like the biosecurity event with Andrew Hessel and the U.S.-India Next Gen Materials event, while also acknowledging the establishment of the Chumash Heritage National Marine Sanctuary. Erum and Karl are also joined by special guest Dan Grushkin to explore the evolving world of biotechnology and its impact on society. They talk about biosecurity, democratized DNA synthesis, and the intersection of science and creativity. Dan shares how he went from founding Genspace to launching the Biodesign Challenge, discussing the importance of community-driven science and the integration of design with biology. Grow Everything brings the bioeconomy to life. Hosts Karl Schmieder and Erum Azeez Khan share stories and interview the leaders and influencers changing the world by growing everything. Biology is the oldest technology. And it can be engineered. What are we growing? Learn more at⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠www.messaginglab.com/groweverything⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠ Chapters: 00:00:00 - Kicking Off: Celebrating 100 Episodes of Scientific Exploration 00:00:38 - Looking Back: Two Years of Experimentation and Growth 00:01:45 - Behind the Scenes: The Less Glamorous Side of Podcasting 00:02:31 - Building a Platform: Elevating Bioeconomy Conversations 00:04:27 - Strategic Moves: How We've Navigated the Biotech Space 00:06:39 - Listener Feedback: Data-Driven Adjustments and Insights 00:08:16 - Memorable Guests: Highlighting Our Top Scientific Minds 00:12:13 - The Future: What's Next for the Podcast and Its Impact 00:13:35 - Shoutouts: Acknowledging Biotech Thought Leaders 00:14:00 - The New York Biotech Ecosystem: An Insider's Perspective 00:15:01 - Biomaterials and Biofabrication: Pioneering Innovation 00:16:54 - Engaging with Our Audience: Inspiring the Next Generation of Scientists 00:19:54 - What's Ahead: Upcoming Topics and Fascinating Guests 00:24:14 - Wrapping It Up: Final Thoughts and a Big Thank You Topics Covered: biodesign, biology, biosecurity, north star, fashion, materials, biomaterials, sustainability, community biotech, bioeducation, entrepreneurship, movements Episode Links:  Genspace  Bio Design Challenge  TomTex  Electric Skin  Keel Labs⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Have a question or comment? Message us here: Text or Call (804) 505-5553 ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ /⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠TikTok⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ /⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Twitter⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ /⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠LinkedIn⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ /⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Youtube⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ /⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠GrowEverything website⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Email: groweverything@messaginglab.com Music by: Nihilore Production by: Amplafy Media

Erum and Karl reflect on their journey of producing nearly 100 episodes over two years. They discuss the challenges of consistency, the behind-the-scenes work required, and the evolution of their podcast from a simple idea to a platform that amplifies voices in the biotech space. Highlights include their gratitude to guests and collaborators, feedback from listeners, and the growing impact of their conversations, which now extend beyond audio, into video content and live events. As they look forward to the next 100 episodes, Erum and Karl express excitement about continuing to explore the frontiers of biotechnology and science communication! Grow Everything brings the bioeconomy to life. Hosts Karl Schmieder and Erum Azeez Khan share stories and interview the leaders and influencers changing the world by growing everything. Biology is the oldest technology. And it can be engineered. What are we growing? Learn more at⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠www.messaginglab.com/groweverything⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠ Chapters: 00:00:00 - Kicking Off: Celebrating 100 Episodes of Scientific Exploration 00:00:38 - Looking Back: Two Years of Experimentation and Growth 00:01:45 - Behind the Scenes: The Less Glamorous Side of Podcasting 00:02:31 - Building a Platform: Elevating Bioeconomy Conversations 00:04:27 - Strategic Moves: How We've Navigated the Biotech Space 00:06:39 - Listener Feedback: Data-Driven Adjustments and Insights 00:08:16 - Memorable Guests: Highlighting Our Top Scientific Minds 00:12:13 - The Future: What's Next for the Podcast and Its Impact 00:13:35 - Shoutouts: Acknowledging Biotech Thought Leaders 00:14:00 - The New York Biotech Ecosystem: An Insider's Perspective 00:15:01 - Biomaterials and Biofabrication: Pioneering Innovation 00:16:54 - Engaging with Our Audience: Inspiring the Next Generation of Scientists 00:19:54 - What's Ahead: Upcoming Topics and Fascinating Guests 00:24:14 - Wrapping It Up: Final Thoughts and a Big Thank You Topics Covered: bioeconomy, green chemistry, science, innovation biohacking, pharma, biopharma, longevity, PFAS, forever chemicals, supplement stacks, cell and gene therapy, designer babies, network states, DAOs, lucid dreaming, human enhancement Episode Links: Biofabricate Membership. Join Today. ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Have a question or comment? Message us here: Text or Call (804) 505-5553 ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ /⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠TikTok⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ /⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Twitter⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ /⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠LinkedIn⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ /⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Youtube⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ /⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠GrowEverything website⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Email: groweverything@messaginglab.com Music by: Nihilore Production by: Amplafy Media

Did Swami Sri Yukteswar know something that today's astrologers don't? In this episode of the Mysticast, host Jack Stafford mediates a conversation between Brian Keneipp, Executive Director of the Aetherius Society, and Walter Cruttenden, director of the Binary Research Institute. The discussion delves into the potential existence of a binary solar system, the search for Planet X, and the fascinating concept of Yugas in relation to human consciousness. Brian and Walter share insights from their extensive research and experiences, exploring the roles of astronomy, metaphysics, and spirituality in understanding our universe. The conversation also touches upon the teachings of various spiritual masters, the significance of service, and the envisioning of a more enlightened future for humanity. https://www.aetherius.org https://www.briankeneipp.com/ http://cruttendenpartners.com/bri 00:00 Introduction to the Mysticast 00:35 Introducing Today's Guests: Brian Keneipp and Walter Cruttenden 02:04 Brian's Fascination with Walter's Work 04:20 Walter's Research on Binary Systems 04:54 Historical Context: Copernicus and the Heliocentric Model 09:27 The Concept of Precession and Its Challenges 12:54 Sri Yukteswar's Alternative Theory 15:25 The Search for the Binary Star 25:54 The Role of Dark Matter and Other Realms 34:13 The Great Year and Yugas 42:33 Understanding Historical Cycles 44:34 The Renaissance and Rebirth 46:21 Scientific Exploration and Future Predictions 48:12 Spirituality and Materialism 01:01:28 The Concept of Service 01:10:43 Final Thoughts and Future Plans - - - - Resources related to The Aetherius Society and advanced teachings - - - - - The Aetherius Society - https://www.aetherius.org/ Aetherius Radio Live - https://www.aetherius.org/podcasts/ Spiritual Freedom Show - https://www.aetherius.org/the-spiritual-freedom-show/ King Yoga FB Group - https://www.facebook.com/groups/awakeningthroughkingyoga The International Mystic Knowledge Center - http://www.mysticknowledge.org/ IMKC youtube - https://www.youtube.com/c/MysticKnowledge

In this episode, Professor Hannah Fry sits down with Pushmeet Kohli, VP of Research at Google DeepMind to discuss AI's impact on scientific discovery. They go on a whirlwind tour of scientific projects, touching on recent breakthroughs in AlphaFold, material science, weather forecasting, and mathematics to better understand how AI can enhance our scientific understanding of the world.Further reading:Millions of new materials discovered with deep learningGraphCast: AI model for faster and more accurate global weather forecastingAlphaFold: A breakthrough unfolds (S2,E1)AlphaGeometry: An Olympiad-level AI system for geometryAI achieves silver-medal standard solving International Mathematical Olympiad problemsPresenter: Professor Hannah FrySeries Producer: Dan HardoonEditor: Rami Tzabar, TellTale Studios Commissioner & Producer: Emma YousifMusic composition: Eleni Shaw Camera Director and Video Editor: Tommy BruceAudio Engineer: Perry RogantinVideo Studio Production: Nicholas DukeVideo Editor: Bilal MerhiVideo Production Design: James BartonVisual Identity and Design: Eleanor TomlinsonProduction support: Mo Dawoud Commissioned by Google DeepMind Want to share feedback? Why not leave a review on your favorite streaming platform? Have a suggestion for a guest that we should have on next? Leave us a comment on YouTube and stay tuned for future episodes.

Dr. Shamani Jain is a scientist, clinical psychologist, musician, and founder of the Consciousness and Healing Initiative, who wants to bring about a world where our health doesn't stop and start with a managed care system dominated by the bottom line of pharmaceutical corporations and insurance companies. Her focus is on psychoneuroimmunology and biofield therapies, a catch-all term introduced by the National Institutes of Health to encompass everything from acupuncture to reiki to meditation. Jain's work has shown that the allopathic pill and surgery based approach to well-being often falls short of its ambitious promises - which would be terribly depressing, if not for the fact that so much of our welfare seems to depend a lot on things that are free - rest, communion with others, and a mindful existence. Sign up for our Patreon and get episodes early + join our weekly Patron Chat https://bit.ly/3lcAasB AND rock some Demystify Gear to spread the word: https://demystifysci.myspreadshop.com/ OR do your Amazon shopping through this link: https://amzn.to/4g2cPVV (00:00) Go! (00:00:13) Introduction to Biofield and Healing (00:02:00) Skepticism and Evidence for Healing Practices (00:09:30) The Healthcare and Managed Care Systems (00:15:57) Role of Biofield Therapies in Healthcare (00:20:54) Holistic Healing in Healthcare (00:24:08) The Concept of Biofield (00:33:11) Interconnectivity with Environment (00:39:46) Consciousness and Healing (00:43:41) Exploration of Complex Medical Ideas (00:46:05) Personal Well-being Practices (00:50:03) The Healing Power of Singing (00:57:06) Emotional Energetics and Singing (01:06:04) Musical Journey and Artistic Intention (01:10:02) Emotions and Their Role in Creativity (01:20:15) Community and Collective Impact (01:26:37) Coherence and Cooperation (01:29:10) Studies on Meditation Coherence (01:34:12) Phenomenology and Coherent Fields (01:38:10) Bias and Objectivity in Science (01:45:07) Experimental Design and Novel Discoveries (01:48:14) Scientific Exploration of Anxiety and Healing (01:50:07) Finding Quality Healers for Energy Healing (01:54:17) The Dependency on Permanent Treatment Plans (02:10:27) Guided Mindfulness Practice #sciencepodcast, #longformpodcast, #EnergyHealing, #BiofieldScience, #HolisticHealth, #MindBodySpirit, #ConsciousnessHealing, #AlternativeMedicine, #SpiritualHealing, #SelfEmpowerment, #HealingPractices, #QuantumHealing, #HealthcareReform, #PreventativeCare, #NaturalHealing, #WellnessJourney, #HealingThroughVoice, #MindfulnessPractice, #EnergyTherapies, #IntegratedHealing, #SoundHealing, #EmotionalWellness Check our short-films channel, @DemystifySci: https://www.youtube.com/c/DemystifyingScience AND our material science investigations of atomics, @MaterialAtomics https://www.youtube.com/@MaterialAtomics Join our mailing list https://bit.ly/3v3kz2S PODCAST INFO: Anastasia completed her PhD studying bioelectricity at Columbia University. When not talking to brilliant people or making movies, she spends her time painting, reading, and guiding backcountry excursions. Shilo also did his PhD at Columbia studying the elastic properties of molecular water. When he's not in the film studio, he's exploring sound in music. They are both freelance professors at various universities. - Blog: http://DemystifySci.com/blog - RSS: https://anchor.fm/s/2be66934/podcast/rss - Donate: https://bit.ly/3wkPqaD - Swag: https://bit.ly/2PXdC2y SOCIAL: - Discord: https://discord.gg/MJzKT8CQub - Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/DemystifySci - Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/DemystifySci/ - Twitter: https://twitter.com/DemystifySci MUSIC: -Shilo Delay: https://g.co/kgs/oty671

This episode starts with an alert for the Eugene, OR area - contact information for these cases is listed below - thank you to a listener who sent this to us: Detective Anne McIntyre at (541)-953-9323 The Eugene PD non emergency line at 541.682.5111 (541)-682-5786 or email at Thart@eugene-or.gov. We've got another water-based cryptid this episode and we're going back to Canada - meet Caddy, the Cadborosaurus. Sources Mysterious Creatures, A Guide to Cryptozoology Vol 2, George M. Eberhart https://bonesofthecoast.tumblr.com/page/2 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cadborosaurus https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/K%CA%BC%C3%B3moks https://galnet.fandom.com/wiki/Caddy_of_Cadboro_Bay https://www.paranormalcatalog.net/cryptids/cadborosaurus-nessie-of-the-pacific-coast#google_vignette https://www.wattpad.com/58896323-encyclopedia-of-cryptozoology-cadborosaurus-willsi https://polarborealis.ca/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/POLAR-BOREALIS-28-January-2024.pdf https://www.google.com/search?gs_ssp=eJzj4tTP1TcwzDMrqTBg9OJNTkxJyi_KL04sLSotBgBqZwjV&q=cadborosaurus&oq=cadbo&gs_lcrp=EgZjaHJvbWUqBwgCEC4YgAQyCQgAEEUYORiABDIMCAEQABhDGIAEGIoFMgcIAhAuGIAEMgcIAxAuGIAEMg0IBBAuGK8BGMcBGIAEMgYIBRBFGDwyBggGEEUYPDIGCAcQRRg80gEJMjE2MjFqMGo3qAIAsAIA&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8#vhid=kUbEH8yNyxJTxM&vssid=l https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cadboro_Bay https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oarfish https://www.scientificamerican.com/blog/tetrapod-zoology/the-cadborosaurus-wars/ https://tetzoo.com/blog/2020/11/16/cadborosaurus-carcass-review https://web.archive.org/web/20121212163131/http://news.discovery.com/animals/sea-serpent-sighting-alaska-hillstranded-110718.html https://www.google.com/search?q=.+%26+LeBlond%2C+P.+H.+2011.+Pipefish+or+Pipe+Dream%3F+Journal+of+Scientific+Exploration+25%2C+779-780&oq=.+%26+LeBlond%2C+P.+H.+2011.+Pipefish+or+Pipe+Dream%3F+Journal+of+Scientific+Exploration+25%2C+779-780&gs_lcrp=EgZjaHJvbWUyBggAEEUYOdIBCTEwNjAwajBqN6gCALACAA&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8#vhid=NpPRoh8IiVNwaM&vssid=l https://www.researchgate.net/publication/263506279_Response_to_Bousfield_LeBlond_Shooting_pipefish_in_a_barrel_or_sauropterygian_mega-serpents_and_Occam's_razor https://www.researchgate.net/publication/290345392_Pipefish_or_Pipe_Dream https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bO0Zohwp65A https://vancouversun.com/news/local-news/this-week-in-history-1937-caddy-cadborosaurus-vancouver-island-sea-monster https://www.metrofieldguide.com/folklore-nature-cadborosaurus/ https://ghostsandmonsters.com/cadborosaurus-puget-sounds-massive-sea-monster/ https://cryptidz.fandom.com/wiki/Cadborosaurus https://fthspatpress.com/27585/showcase/mysteries-oddities-and-everything-strange-cadborosaurus/ https://moderncryptozoology.wordpress.com/2020/11/16/a-tale-of-terrible-science-naming-cadborosaurus/ https://bkps.co/2022/cadborosaurus/ https://darrennaish.blogspot.com/2006/09/cadborosaurus-and-naden-harbour_02.html https://kids.kiddle.co/Cadborosaurus https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Basilosaurus  

You have magnetic field around you, pulsing, affecting others. Margaret Moga measures them. Orgasm is an activation of all your chakras. Your energy field resonates with some and not with other. Most of us are unfortunately shielded by buildings and walls from the healing energy of the ocean, the forest, the river that helps us reach our energy signature, the biofield activation that is closest to us. Your house, your car, you furniture, your land, your clothes, your dogs and cats, pickup your energy fields. Telepathy may involve the perturbation of the other person energy field. Thought is made of energy and information. What you think has an effect on other people. Peg invites you to explore this expanding field of the personal, group and earth energy-information--the psychosphere. Margaret Moga is a neuroanatomist, medical educator, and subtle energy researcher, with 40 peer-reviewed papers examining the neural pathways of the central autonomic nervous system, magnetic field changes during energy healing, exceptional experiences of healers and scientific basis of the chakras. Her current research interests are developing scientific measures of energy healing and exceptional human experiences. As a complement to her research, she completed training as a practitioner in Healing Touch, an energy-based biofield therapy, and was recently President of the nonprofit organization, Society for Scientific Exploration. https://www.naturalhealingwaves.com Bernard D. Beitman, MD has broken out of the restrictive bounds of conservative academic research to produce a blueprint for the practically-oriented new discipline of Coincidence Studies. He has served as chair of the Department of Psychiatry and Neurology and then as chair of the Department of Psychiatry at the University of Missouri-Columbia. He has reached more than one million people through his Psychology Today blog, radio show, website, and two coincidence books, Connecting with Coincidence and Meaningful Coincidences. Yale and Stanford educated, He is the founder and president of The Coincidence Project. https://www.innertraditions.com/books/meaningful-coincidences to purchase Dr. Beitman's new book "Meaningful Coincidences". Visit https://www.coincider.com/ to learn more about Dr. Beitman's research. #coincidence #serendipity #synchronicity #podcast #energy #interview #metacognition #biofield

Join family therapists and authors Ken Dolan-Del Vecchio and Nancy Saxton-Lopez as we share parts of a research article, "After Death Communications (ADCs) from Non-Human Animals: Parallels with Human ADCs," from the Journal of Scientific Exploration, Vol. 38, No. 1--Spring , 2024. We'll also share some of our own experiences that are similar to those described in this article. Reach Ken at kenddv@gmail.com; Nancy at nsaxtonlopez@csmpc.com A new way to support our work: To read our email correspondence with listeners and see photos of their beloved animal companions subscribe at https://petlosscompanionconversations.substack.com (a $5/month subscription fee applies). You may also support our work on this podcast with a one-time gift: Venmo @Ken-Dolan-DelVecchio or ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠PayPal⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ (https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/kenddv?country.x=US&locale.x=en_US) We are happy to announce our affiliation with Bereave, a company that offers beautifully crafted granite pet memorial plaques. When you purchase one of their plaques using the link that follows you are also supporting our podcast. https://shareasale.com/r.cfm?b=2399618&u=3798931&m=141340&urllink=&afftrack= To support this podcast with a monthly subscription: https://anchor.fm/kenneth-dolan-del-vecchio/support ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ The Pet Loss Companion (book) on Amazon⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠: https://www.amazon.com/Pet-Loss-Companion-Healing-Therapists/dp/1484918266/ref=sr_1_3?dchild=1&keywords=pet+loss+companion&qid=1612535894&sr=8-3mpa... ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ To subscribe on YouTube⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠: https://www.youtube.com/@thepetlosscompanion6602 (and hit the "subscribe" button) ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ To RSVP for the next cost-free zoom pet loss support group facilitated by Ken ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠: https://www.dakinhumane.org/petloss This program is a friend of Dakin Humane Society in Springfield, Mass. Dakin is a 501 (c) (3) community-supported animal welfare organization that provides shelter, medical care, spay/neuter services, and behavioral rehabilitation for more than 20,000 animals and people each year. Since its inception in 1969, Dakin has become one of the most recognized nonprofit organizations in central Massachusetts and a national leader in animal welfare. You can learn more about Dakin and make a donation at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠dakinhumane.org⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. For a list of financial resources to help with payment for veterinary care visit the ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠community tab on our YouTube channel⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠: https://www.youtube.com/@thepetlosscompanion6602/community and note the addition of  ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://get.scratchpay.com/veterinary --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/kenneth-dolan-del-vecchio/support

In this episode I interview Dr. Gerald Pollack. Gerald Pollack received his PhD in biomedical engineering from the University of Pennsylvania in 1968. He then joined the University of Washington faculty and is now professor of Bioengineering. He is also Founding Editor-in-Chief of the journal, WATER, convener of the Annual Conference on the Physics, Chemistry and Biology of Water, and Executive Director of the Institute for Venture Science. His interests have ranged broadly, from biological motion and cell biology to the interaction of biological surfaces with aqueous solutions. His 1990 book, Muscles and Molecules: Uncovering the Principles of Biological Motion, won an “Excellence Award” from the Society for Technical Communication. His 2001 book, Cells, Gels and the Engines of Life, and his newest book, The Fourth Phase of Water: Beyond Solid, Liquid, and Vapor won that Society's “Distinguished Award,” their highest distinction. The latter book went on to receive the World Summit Excellence Award. Pollack received an honorary doctorate in 2002 from Ural State University in Ekaterinburg, Russia, and was more recently named an Honorary Professor of the Russian Academy of Sciences, and foreign member and Academician of the Srpska Academy. He received the Biomedical Engineering Society's Distinguished Lecturer Award in 2002. In 2008, his colleagues chose him as the recipient of his university's highest annual distinction: the UW Faculty Lecturer Award. Pollack is a Founding Fellow of the American Institute of Medical and Biological Engineering and a Fellow of both the American Heart Association and the Biomedical Engineering Society. He received an NIH Director's Transformative R01 Award. He was the 2012 recipient of the Prigogine Medal for thermodynamics of dissipative systems, and in 2014 he received the Scientific Excellence Award from the World Academy of Neural Therapy, as well as the Dinsdale Prize from the Society for Scientific Exploration. He has presented two TEDx talks on water. In 2015, he won the BrandLaureate Award, previously bestowed on notables such as Nelson Mandela, Hillary Clinton and Steve Jobs. In 2016 he was awarded the Emoto Inaugural Peace Prize, and more recently the Lifetime Achievement Award from the Chappell Natural Philosophy Society. He appears briefly in the 2016 Travis Rice sports-action film, The Fourth Phase, named after his recent book. And, he is included in the 2019 listing, OOOM Magazine, as one of the “World's 100 Most Inspiring People.” In 2020, he presented his work at the “Majlis” by invitation from the Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi at his Royal Palace, and more recently, in 2023, at the United Nations. or his annual water conference here https://waterconf.org/ Connect with me on Instagram ⁠⁠⁠@⁠dradrianmehmedi⁠⁠⁠⁠ and let me know what you think of the episode! Subscribe to Healing Intentions: Spotify: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://open.spotify.com/show/0Br46boiZpBXbdbgLxhk0U⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Apple: ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/healing-intentions/id1513511677⁠⁠⁠⁠ YouTube: ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCvCVBWBzJlgijJyHGJZ_Ziw⁠⁠

Air Date - 11 July 2024Does God really exist? What about heaven and hell? Are near-death experiences real? Is our physical universe actually a virtual simulation thought into existence by consciousness? And is an afterlife experience really awaiting you after your physical body dies?Bernard Haisch, PhD is the author of The God Theory and The Purpose-guided Universe. An astrophysicist and former scientific editor of The Astrophysical Journal he has authored over 130 scientific publications.Marsha Sims, MM, has a multidisciplinary background that includes executive editor at The Journal of Scientific Exploration. In their latest book, The Miracle of Our Universe – A New View of Consciousness, God, Science, and Reality they explore the frontiers of science, consciousness, & God to revolutionize our understanding of the universe and what's behind it all.Connect with Bernard at http://www.thegodtheory.com/#BernardHaisch #MarshaSims #SandieSedgbeer #WhatIsGoingOM #InterviewsVisit the What Is Going OM show page https://omtimes.com/iom/shows/what-is-going-omConnect with Sandie Sedgbeer at https://www.sedgbeer.comSubscribe to our Newsletter https://omtimes.com/subscribe-omtimes-magazine/Connect with OMTimes on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/Omtimes.Magazine/ and OMTimes Radio https://www.facebook.com/ConsciousRadiowebtv.OMTimes/Twitter: https://twitter.com/OmTimes/Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/omtimes/Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/c/OMTimesTVLinkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/company/2798417/Pinterest: https://www.pinterest.com/omtimes/

Robert Powell, a founding Board member of the Scientific Coalition for UAP Studies, has studied the UFO subject for 17 years. His work is encapsulated in UFOs: A Scientist Explains What We Know (And Don't Know)which provides a scientific rationale for the reality of non-terrestrial craft that are intelligently controlled. Powell begins his book by familiarizing the reader with the history of UFOs and he identifies the more enigmatic and interesting UFO sightings. He examines the characteristics of these sightings that argue against a prosaic explanation: extreme acceleration, electromagnetic interference, bending light, no obvious propulsion mechanisms, and a lack of interaction with the atmosphere. Powell discusses the recent events that have caused our government to change the term from UFO to UAP. Included is information never before released indicating the government possesses not just two videos but five videos from 2015 of UFOs operating in the vicinity of the USS Roosevelt nuclear aircraft carrier. Powell also discuss the extraterrestrial hypothesis considering the thousands of exoplanets that have been discovered in the last twenty years. Powell challenges the reader to consider all the implications that must be considered if intelligent life discovers us first. He looks at how we as individuals and as a society react to UFOs. He documents actions taken by our military that include instances when we have fired on UFOs. Powell argues that it is time for a change in the study of UFOs. The phenomenon has been with us for 75 years and we have learned very little as the decades have passed. The author makes the case for what needs to be done going forward. The solution he proposes will require a paradigm shift in our thinking and his book provides the information needed to understand that paradigm shift. Robert Powell is a founding Board member of the Scientific Coalition for UAP Studies (SCU). He was the Director of Research at MUFON from 2007–2017 and created MUFON's Science Review Board in 2012. Robert is one of two authors of the detailed radar/witness report on the “Stephenville Lights” as well as the SCU report “UAP: 2013 Aguadilla, Puerto Rico”. He is also the primary author on the recently published paper, “A Forensic Analysis of Navy Carrier Strike Group Eleven's Encounter with an Anomalous Aerial Vehicle” and a secondary author of a paper published in the journal Entropy entitled, “Estimating Flight Characteristics of Anomalous Unidentified Aerial Vehicles.” Robert is a member of the Society for Scientific Exploration, the UFODATA project, and the National Space Society. Shermer and Powell discuss: • technosignatures and biosignatures • convergent vs. contingent evolution • SETI science vs. UFO/UAP science • Are they out there? Have they come here? • what alien intelligence might be like (biological, digital, or otherwise) • Bayesian reasoning about UFOs and UAPs • the U.S. military UAP videos and what they represent • The Disclosure Project from the U.S. government • Projects Sign, Blue Book, Cyclops, Grudge • AATIP (Advanced Aerospace Threat Identification Program) • directionality and teleology in evolution of life • interstellar travel • Dyson spheres, rings, and swarms.

Ready to explore the mysteries of our universe, consciousness, and the very fabric of reality itself? In this episode, we dive into Bernie & Marsha's new book, The Miracle of Our Universe, which expands on the nature of consciousness, God, science, and reality. We journey into the realm of quantum mechanics with the Double Slit Experiment, a mind-boggling exploration of the nature of particles and waves. As we ponder the implications of this experiment, we shift our focus to the idea of reality as a virtual construct. Could it be that our universe is but a simulation running in the mind of God? We explore this fascinating concept and its implications for our understanding of existence and free will. Join us as we unravel the mysteries of the God Model and its profound implications for our understanding of reality and our place within it.

This week I'm reading from Robert Powell's book 'UFOs: A Scientist Explains What We Know (And Don't Know)'.Robert Powell, a founding Board member of the Scientific Coalition for UAP Studies, has studied the UFO subject for 17 years. His work is encapsulated in UFOs: A Scientist Explains What We Know (And Don't Know) which provides a scientific rationale for the reality of non-terrestrial craft that are intelligently controlled.Powell begins his book by familiarizing the reader with the history of UFOs and he identifies the more enigmatic and interesting UFO sightings. He examines the characteristics of these sightings that argue against a prosaic explanation: extreme acceleration, electromagnetic interference, bending light, no obvious propulsion mechanisms, and a lack of interaction with the atmosphere. Powell discusses the recent events that have caused our government to change the term from UFO to UAP. Included is information never before released indicating the government possesses not just two videos but five videos from 2015 of UFOs operating in the vicinity of the USS Roosevelt nuclear aircraft carrier.Powell's later chapters in the book discuss the extraterrestrial hypothesis considering the thousands of exoplanets that have been discovered in the last twenty years. Powell challenges the reader to consider all the implications that must be considered if intelligent life discovers us first. He looks at how we as individuals and as a society react to UFOs. He documents actions taken by our military that include instances when we have fired on UFOs.Powell argues that it is time for a change in the study of UFOs. The phenomenon has been with us for 75 years and we have learned very little as the decades have passed. The author makes the case for what needs to be done going forward. The solution he proposes will require a paradigm shift in our thinking and his book provides the information needed to understand that paradigm shift.BioRobert Powell was born in La Rochelle, France in 1953 and moved to the U.S. when he was 3 years old. He has a BS in Chemistry and is a former collegiate debater. He has 28 years experience in engineering management in the semiconductor industry. He helped Advanced Micro Devices develop its first flash memory technology that is used in today's flash cards for cameras, PCs, video cameras, and other products. His experience includes managing a state-of-the-art chemistry laboratory and managing a Research and Development group that worked on nanotechnology using atomic force microscopes, near-field optical microscopy, and other techniques. Robert is also a co-holder of four patents related to nanotechnology.Robert Powell was the Director of Research at the Mutual UFO Network (MUFON) from 2007-2017 and also founded MUFON's Science Review Board. Currently he is on the Board of the Scientific Coalition for the study of UAPs. He is also a member of the Society for Scientific Exploration, the UFODATA project, and the National Space Society. He enjoys researching, writing and making presentations related to the UFO phenomenon. Robert currently resides in Austin, Texas.Amazon link https://tinyurl.com/55t7zamnhttps://www.explorescu.org/https://www.pastliveshypnosis.co.uk/https://www.patreon.com/alienufopodcastBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/alien-ufo-podcast--5270801/support.

This week I'm talking to Robert Powell about his book 'UFOs: A Scientist Explains What We Know (And Don't Know)'.Robert Powell, a founding Board member of the Scientific Coalition for UAP Studies, has studied the UFO subject for 17 years. His work is encapsulated in UFOs: A Scientist Explains What We Know (And Don't Know) which provides a scientific rationale for the reality of non-terrestrial craft that are intelligently controlled.Powell begins his book by familiarizing the reader with the history of UFOs and he identifies the more enigmatic and interesting UFO sightings. He examines the characteristics of these sightings that argue against a prosaic explanation: extreme acceleration, electromagnetic interference, bending light, no obvious propulsion mechanisms, and a lack of interaction with the atmosphere. Powell discusses the recent events that have caused our government to change the term from UFO to UAP. Included is information never before released indicating the government possesses not just two videos but five videos from 2015 of UFOs operating in the vicinity of the USS Roosevelt nuclear aircraft carrier.Powell's later chapters in the book discuss the extraterrestrial hypothesis considering the thousands of exoplanets that have been discovered in the last twenty years. Powell challenges the reader to consider all the implications that must be considered if intelligent life discovers us first. He looks at how we as individuals and as a society react to UFOs. He documents actions taken by our military that include instances when we have fired on UFOs.Powell argues that it is time for a change in the study of UFOs. The phenomenon has been with us for 75 years and we have learned very little as the decades have passed. The author makes the case for what needs to be done going forward. The solution he proposes will require a paradigm shift in our thinking and his book provides the information needed to understand that paradigm shift.BioRobert Powell was born in La Rochelle, France in 1953 and moved to the U.S. when he was 3 years old. He has a BS in Chemistry and is a former collegiate debater. He has 28 years experience in engineering management in the semiconductor industry. He helped Advanced Micro Devices develop its first flash memory technology that is used in today's flash cards for cameras, PCs, video cameras, and other products. His experience includes managing a state-of-the-art chemistry laboratory and managing a Research and Development group that worked on nanotechnology using atomic force microscopes, near-field optical microscopy, and other techniques. Robert is also a co-holder of four patents related to nanotechnology.Robert Powell was the Director of Research at the Mutual UFO Network (MUFON) from 2007-2017 and also founded MUFON's Science Review Board. Currently he is on the Board of the Scientific Coalition for the study of UAPs. He is also a member of the Society for Scientific Exploration, the UFODATA project, and the National Space Society. He enjoys researching, writing and making presentations related to the UFO phenomenon. Robert currently resides in Austin, Texas.Amazon link https://tinyurl.com/55t7zamnhttps://www.explorescu.org/https://www.pastliveshypnosis.co.uk/https://www.patreon.com/alienufopodcastBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/alien-ufo-podcast--5270801/support.

Most people have had the experience of waking soon before an alarm clock goes off and some can even wake before a specified time without an alarm. The usual assumption is that this depends on an exquisitely sensitive time sense, but Rupert argues that it may be explained better in terms of presentiment, or ‘feeling the future', or even in terms of an ‘extended present'. We already know that our sense of the present is not a mathematical instant, but has width, and perhaps it widens over ranges of seconds to include portions of the near future, Presentiment is now a well-established phenomenon in laboratory experiments, carried out at the Institute of Noetic Sciences, Cornell University and elsewhere, and may be widely distributed among people and non-human animals. It could play an important part in everyday life, and become especially significant in fast-moving sports like downhill skiing, tennis and ping pong. Some people may make use of this ability in day trading where they make decisions on movements of the markets over very short time periods, sometimes only a few seconds. Rupert discusses how this ability could potentially be trained, enabling airline pilots and racing drivers to be better prepared for potential accidents, and helping some people to get rich quick – as some day traders already have – by using intuitive abilities that cannot be duplicated by computers. References____An Experiment with Timeby John William Dunnehttps://archive.org/details/AnExperimentWithTimeEbook____Listen to the Animals: Why did so many animals escape December's tsunami?https://www.sheldrake.org/tsunami____Predicting the unpredictable; evidence of pre-seismic anticipatory behaviour in the common toadhttps://www.sheldrake.org/toads____Dogs That Know When Their Owners Are Coming Homehttps://www.sheldrake.org/dogs____Unconscious Perception of Future Emotions: An Experiment in Presentimentby Dean Radin, Journal of Scientific Exploration, Vol. 11, No. 2, pp. 163-180, 1997https://www.sheldrake.org/RadinPresentiment

Dr, Fredrick Woodard is a clinical psychologist and certified hypnotherapist who conducts original research on the supernatural/paranormal, hypnosis, and psychotherapy. His research stems from his dissatisfaction with general psychological explanations of hypnosis and altered states, which have not reflected his own personal and clinical experience.His first book, Perceptual Hypnosis: A Spiritual Journey Toward Expanding Awareness (Schiffer Publishing, 2017), describes his theoretical approach to perceptual awareness, spirituality, and hypnosis. He first presented his approach in his doctoral dissertation in 2001 and in a series of eleven peer-reviewed articles in Psychological Reports between 2003 and 2014. His first journal article, “Hypnosis and Phenomenological Perceptual Psychology,” was published in the Journal of Clinical Psychology in March 1996.He has used his approach to developing enhanced awareness in his clinical practice, with well-adjusted individuals seeking to explore and expand their human potential and achieve self-growth.Dr. Woodard's private practice is located in Milford, New Hampshire. He is a member of the American Psychological Association (APA), the New Hampshire Psychological Association, the Society of Psychological Hypnosis (Division 30 of APA), and the Society of Scientific Exploration.He received a doctor of philosophy (PhD) in clinical psychology from the California School of Professional Psychology at Fresno, California, an APA accredited school, in 2002. He also attained three master's degrees in different areas of psychology from the California School of Professional Psychology, American International College (Springfield, Massachusetts), and the University of West Georgia (Carrollton, Georgia).He trained in hypnosis at the Milton Erickson Institute in Phoenix and has also done extensive training in clinical hypnotherapy as part of his training in psychotherapy.Dr. Woodard is a direct great-grandson of Chief Madockawando, a grand sachem of the Abenaki nation in the 1600s. He is also a descendent of Charlemagne and a distant cousin of Alanis Morissette, Celine Dion, Ernest Hemingway, and Ralph Waldo Emerson. Like those of his ancestors who demonstrated creative thinking or fought for individual freedoms and rights, Dr. Woodard emphasizes freedom of thought in his writings, as he has devoted himself to examining subjective experiences in supernatural awareness and altered states of consciousness.Website http://woodardhypnosisandpsychotherap...orgBook eveloping Your Supernatural Awareness

In this episode of Wellness Curated, your host, Anshu Bahanda, takes you on an enlightening journey through the labyrinth of our minds, offering a fresh perspective on the science of stress and anxiety. With a blend of expert insights from emotion code practitioner Khun Jah, psychotherapists Bushra Khan and Anjali Singh Mitter, certified yoga expert Amrita Mann, and Transformational Breath® workshop leader Harika Pekinel, Anshu presents the mechanisms that govern our body's response to stress. More importantly, how we can navigate these challenges to lead a balanced life.Discover the biological underpinnings of anxiety, from the rapid reactions of the amygdala to the hormonal dance of cortisol and adrenaline and understand how genetics and environment intertwine to shape our mental health landscape.You'll also learn practical strategies for managing stress and anxiety, from the simplicity and effectiveness of breathwork to the grounding power of meditation and about the cognitive restructuring offered by therapy and about the pivotal role of sleep in maintaining mental equilibrium.This episode arms you with scientific insights and actionable techniques to reclaim your calm. Watch this to start down the road to a more serene and mindful existence.For a transcript of this show, go to https://wellnesscurated.life/breaking-down-anxiety-a-scientific-exploration/If you liked our episode, you can subscribe to our podcast on any of the major podcasting platforms like Spotify, Apple Podcasts, and Google Podcasts. Please leave us a review on Apple iTunes and help others discover this podcast. You can visit wellnesscurated.life and follow us on Twitter @WellnessCurated, On Instagram @wellnesscurated.life,On Facebook @Wellness Curated by Anshu Bahanda,On LinkedIn @Wellness Curated by Anshu Bahanda, And on YouTube @wellnesscuratedbyanshubahanda. for more wellness tips to help you live your best life.

Photographs of “orbs” – small circular or globular lights – that are invisible to the naked eye at the time of the photography are ubiquitous on the internet. Very little scientific research has been conducted to explain the photographic phenomenon. Most of the discussion online asserts that orbs are spirits or some other energy life form. Is this true or is there a coherent, conventional explanation? In this episode, we survey the available literature and consider examples of orbs in photographs.Three resources:Luciano Pederzoli, “Photos of Globes (Orbs): An Analysis,” updated article from SSRN (Social Science Research Network), 12/01/2017Gary E. Schwartz and Katherine Creath, “Anomalous Orbic ‘Spirit' Photographs: A Conventional Optical Explanation,” Journal of Scientific Exploration 19:3 (2005): 343-358Dave Wood, “The Orb Zone: Accounts of Experimentation into the Natural Causes of ‘Orbs',” Journal for the Society of Psychical Research 76:1, no 906 (January 2012): 17-31

The challenges of examining the subjective experience of supernatural events prompted today's special guest, Dr. Fredrick Woodard, to write the book Developing Your Supernatural Awareness. He presents some of his personal history with supernatural experiences and mentions key people who influenced him. He talks about his earliest experiences with hypnosis, the study of consciousness, and how he evolved as a professional, as well as how he developed deeper connections to his heritage. Dr. Fredrick Woodardis a clinical psychologist and certified hypnotherapist who conducts original research on the supernatural/paranormal, hypnosis, and psychotherapy. His research stems from his dissatisfaction with general psychological explanations of hypnosis and altered states, which have not reflected his own personal and clinical experience. And he shares with us how he improved his understanding of supernatural awareness and forged stronger connections with the universe - a universe alive with invisible beings, energies, and information that can interact with us. Dr. Woodard's first book, Perceptual Hypnosis: A Spiritual Journey Toward Expanding Awareness, describes his theoretical approach to perceptual awareness, spirituality, and hypnosis. He first presented his approach in his doctoral dissertation in 2001 and in a series of eleven peer-reviewed articles in Psychological Reports between 2003 and 2014. His first journal article, “Hypnosis and Phenomenological Perceptual Psychology,” was published in the Journal of Clinical Psychology in March 1996. His private practice is located in Milford, New Hampshire. He is a member of the American Psychological Association (APA), the New Hampshire Psychological Association, the Society of Psychological Hypnosis (Division 30 of APA), and the Society of Scientific Exploration.

The Soil Matters with Dr. Gerald Pollack Today's Guest: Dr. Gerald Pollack Gerald Pollack received his Ph.D. in biomedical engineering from the University of Pennsylvania in 1968. He then joined the University of Washington faculty and is now a professor of Bioengineering. He is also a Founding Editor-in-Chief of the journal WATER, convener of the Annual Conference on the Physics, Chemistry, and Biology of Water, and Executive Director of the Institute for Venture Science.   His interests have ranged broadly from biological motion and cell biology to the interaction of biological surfaces with aqueous solutions. His 1990 book, Muscles and Molecules: Uncovering the Principles of Biological Motion won an “Excellence Award” from the Society for Technical Communication. His 2001 book, Cells, Gels and the Engines of Life, and his newest book, The Fourth Phase of Water: Beyond Solid, Liquid, and Vapor, won that Society's “Distinguished Award,” their highest distinction. The latter book went on to receive the World Summit Excellence Award.   Pollack received an honorary doctorate in 2002 from Ural State University in Ekaterinburg, Russia, and was more recently named an Honorary Professor of the Russian Academy of Sciences and foreign member and Academician of the Srpska Academy. He received the Biomedical Engineering Society's Distinguished Lecturer Award in 2002. In 2008, his colleagues chose him as The recipient of his university's highest annual distinction: the UW Faculty Lecturer Award. Pollack is a Founding Fellow of the American Institute of Medical and Biological Engineering and a Fellow of both the American Heart Association and the Biomedical Engineering Society. He received an NIH Director's Transformative R01 Award. He was the 2012 recipient of the Prigogine Medal for thermodynamics of dissipative systems, and in 2014, he received the Scientific Excellence Award from the World Academy of Neural Therapy, as well as the Dinsdale Prize from the Society for Scientific Exploration. He has presented two TEDx talks on water.   In 2015, he won the BrandLaureate Award, previously bestowed on notables such as Nelson Mandela, Hillary Clinton, and Steve Jobs. In 2016, he was awarded the Emoto Inaugural Peace Prize and, more recently, the Lifetime Achievement Award from the Chappell Natural Philosophy Society. He appears briefly in the 2016 Travis Rice sports-action film, The Fourth Phase, named after his recent book. And, he is included in the 2019 listing, OOOM Magazine, as one of the “World's 100 Most Inspiring People.” In 2020, he presented his work at the “Majlis” by invitation from the Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi at his Royal Palace and, more recently, in 2023, at the United Nations.   Your Host:   Leighton Morrison https://www.instagram.com/kingdomaqua... https://www.kingdomaquaponicsllc.com/   Executive Producer Ken Somerville https://www.instagram.com/kensomerville/ https://www.itsallaboutthebiology.ca Contact email itsallaboutthebiology@gmail.com Reach out to Ken for a quick 15-minute call: https://calendly.com/kensomerville/connections   Help to support the mission: patreon.com/user?u=104510089   Discount codes are available at: https://www.itsallaboutthebiology.ca/discountcodes   #flowers,#plants,#nature,#gardening,#garden,#growing,#koreannaturalfarming,#naturalfarming,#jadam,#naturalfertilizer,#naturalfarminginputs,#permaculture,#regenerative,#foodforest,#biodynamic,#bioactive,#organic,#notill,#knf,#organicgardening,#urbangardening,#containergardening,#homegardening, Music by The Invisible Gardener (Andy Lopez) https://soundcloud.com/invisiblegardener For Full: Disclaimer

In this episode, we'll dig into a legal showdown with Google involving media houses, the scrutiny surrounding tech visionary Sam Altman, and the innovative strides of Brave's Leo AI. Plus, we take a detour to the icy expanse of Antarctica to uncover its secrets.For more on these stories:Media houses sue Google for $2.3bSam Altman probed by SECBrave's Leo AIToday I learned...What is Antarctic English?Perplexity is the fastest and most powerful way to search the web. Perplexity crawls the web and curates the most relevant and up-to-date sources (from academic papers to Reddit threads) to create the perfect response to any question or topic you're interested in. Take the world's knowledge with you anywhere. Available on iOS and Android Join our growing Discord community for the latest updates and exclusive content. Follow us on: Instagram Threads X (Twitter) YouTube Linkedin

After receiving his doctorate in the sensory neurosciences from The Ohio State University, Bob Davis, Ph.D., served as a professor for the State University of New York for over thirty years, where he conducted research in the behavioral and neurosensory sciences, taught, and held many high-level administrative roles. He published his research in over 60 articles in scholarly journals, and presented numerous lectures worldwide, which included invited lectures at Harvard, Cambridge, and Peking University. Bob was also awarded numerous grants by the National Science Foundation and The National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health to conduct research in sensory neuroscience. Following retirement, Bob published several articles in the Journal of Scientific Exploration and Edge Science and presented lectures at national and international conferences on consciousness, spiritually transformative experiences, and unidentified aerial phenomena. Bob has also published three highly popular books: The UFO Phenomenon: Should I Believe? Life after Death: An Analysis of the Evidence, and, Unseen Forces: The Integration of Science, Reality and You. More recently, he has turned his recent book, Unseen Forces, into a planned documentary entitled - The Consciousness Connection - with Emmy Award winner Dave Beaty of Dreamtime Entertainment and Wilson Hawthorne of Eyeland Telemedia. Website: bobdavisspeaks.com Bob Davis is an administrator of the Facebook Site called: The Consciousness Connection Facebook group. Bob's email Summary and Transcript of this interview Discussion of this interview in the BatGap Community Facebook Group Interview recorded February 3, 2024. Video and audio below. Audio also available as a Podcast.

Bernard Haisch is an astrophysicist and the author of over 130 scientific publications. After earning his PhD from the University of Wisconsin in Madison, Haisch did postdoctoral research at the Joint Institute for Laboratory Astrophysics, the University of Colorado at Boulder, and the University of Utrecht, the Netherlands. His professional positions include staff scientist at the Lockheed Martin Solar and Astrophysics Laboratory; deputy director of the Center for Extreme Ultraviolet Astrophysics at the University of California, Berkeley; and visiting scientist at the Max-Planck-Institut für Extraterrestrische Physik in Garching, Germany. He was a scientific editor of the Astrophysical Journal for ten years. Prior to his career in astrophysics, he was a student for the Catholic priesthood.Marsha Sims has a multi-disciplinary background and years of experience interfacing with business, supporting scientists and their projects, and immersing herself in the music world. She has a music degree from the University of California, Santa Barbara, and a masters degree from Notre Dame de Namur University. She has served as administrator and department secretary at Lockheed Martin Palo Alto Research Laboratory; executive editor at the Journal of Scientific Exploration; administrator at California Institute for Physics and Astrophysics. She is a music teacher of voice, piano, and guitar at her own company and sings opera since 2009.Please enjoy my conversation with Marsha Sims & Bernard Haisch.

Esteemed medical professionals Joel Fuhrman, M.D., Sunil Pai, M.D., and Joel K. Kahn, M.D. delve deep into the health implications of carbohydrates and fats, emphasizing the significance of the type rather than quantity. They underscore the importance of distinguishing between processed and whole foods, highlighting beans as the pinnacle of healthy carbs. Furthermore, they discuss the potential risks and benefits associated with omega-3, cautioning against the dangers of high intake from non-natural sources, and urging for better nutritional awareness among the general public. #HealthyCarbs #Omega3Awareness #WholeFoodNutrition

In this enlightening episode, we delve into the fascinating world of using AI to combat the aging process, exploring the latest scientific breakthroughs and discoveries. Join us as we uncover the innovative applications of artificial intelligence in the quest to slow down aging and promote longevity. Gain insight into how AI is revolutionizing the field of science and paving the way for a healthier and longer future. Get on the AI Box Waitlist: https://AIBox.ai/Join our ChatGPT Community: ⁠https://www.facebook.com/groups/739308654562189/⁠Follow me on Twitter: ⁠https://twitter.com/jaeden_ai⁠

Joining me is Bernard Haisch, PhD and Marsha Sims, the authors of THE MIRACLE OF OUR UNIVERSE, to discuss the origin our reality and the science supported evidence to support the theory that a single consciousness began it all and binds it all together. Or, are we just living in a supercomputer simulation? This opens a world of possibilities. http://www.themiracleofouruniverse.com #wonderIn THE MIRACLE OF OUR UNIVERSE Bernard Haisch explores the frontiers of science, consciousness, and God, revolutionizing our understand of the universe and what's behind it all. The hypothesis present in The Miracle of Our Universe is that our seemingly physical universe of matter and energy is a virtual simulation that has been thought into existence by a universal Consciousness that we call God.Marsha Sims, MM, has a multidisciplinary background. Her past experience includes administrator at Lockheed Palo Alto Research Laboratory and executive editor at the Journal of Scientific Exploration.Bernard Haisch, PhD, is an astrophysicist, author of over 130 scientific publications, was a scientific editor of the Astrophysical Journal, and is the author of The God Theory and The Purpose-Guided Universe.PLEASE HELP THE CHANNEL GROW ☕️ SUBSCRIBE, like, comment, and click the Notification Bell so you don't miss a show. Thank you! https://www.youtube.com/mysticloungePlease leave a review on iTunes or wherever you listen to podcasts.LINK TREE: https://linktr.ee/CoffeeandUFOsHALF LIGHT documentary: https://tubitv.com/movies/678744/half-lightCheck out other fantastic Un-X shows at https://www.unxnetwork.com/shows

Jeffrey Tarrant is a Psychologist, and Director of Psychic Mind Science and the NeuroMeditation Institute. His research focuses on exploring brainwave changes that occur as a result of altered states of consciousness. Jeff is the author of the books “Meditation Interventions to Rewire the Brain”, and “Becoming Psychic: Lessons from the Minds of Mediums, Healers, and Psychics”. Please scroll down ⏬ for links + TIMESTAMPS 

The Miracle of Our Universe: A New View of Consciousness, God, Science, and Reality with Bernard Haisch, Ph.D. & Marsha Sims MM Without consciousness there is nothing. Have you ever wondered why and how the world around you came to exist, and whether there might be an afterlife experience awaiting you after our physical bodies die? The hypothesis presented in this book is that our seemingly physical universe of matter and energy is a virtual simulation which is thought into existence by a universal consciousness which we call God. Bernard Haisch, PhD, is an astrophysicist, author of over 130 scientific publications, and was a scientific editor of the Astrophysical Journal for ten years. His professional positions include staff scientist at the Lockheed Martin Solar and Astrophysics Laboratory and was also editor-in-chief of the Journal of Scientific Exploration. Marsha Sims, MM, has a multi-disciplinary background and years of experience interfacing with businesses, scientists and their projects, and immersing herself in the music world, teaching music and singing opera. Her experience includes administrator and department secretary at Lockheed Palo Alto Research Laboratory, executive editor at the Journal of Scientific Exploration, and administrator at the California Institute for Physics and Astrophysics. For more information visit: www.themiracleofouruniverse.com *************************************************** For more information about BITEradio products and services visit: http://www.biteradio.me/index.html To view the photography of Robert at: http://rpsharpe.com/

Want to know more about the miracle of our universe. Can science and spiritualty coexist? Are we living in virtual simulation? What is the God model. What is karma. These are some of the fascinating topics we cover on this episode. Join me Bernard Haisch, PhD astrophysicist and Marsha Sims, MM as we have a great conversation about The Miracle of our Universe. Please donate and help support my channel. Thank you https://www.paypal.com/donate?hosted_button_id=S9HELHULPMHTQ Bernard Haisch, PhD, is an astrophysicist, author of over 130 scientific publications, was a scientific editor of the Astrophysical Journal, and is the author of The God Theory and The Purpose-Guided Universe. Marsha Sims, MM, has a multidisciplinary background. Her past experience includes administrator at Lockheed Palo Alto Research Laboratory and executive editor at the Journal of Scientific Exploration. website:  www.themiracleofouruniverse.com Facebook  themiracleofouruniverse instagram marshasims40 About: Michael Philpott  Michael is a Psychic Medium and has given readings to people in Canada US and the Caribbean. Michael is a Reiki Master for over 20 yrs. with clinical experience and teaches Intuitive Energy Interpretation and is classically trained chef and former personal trainer and is the host of the popular podcast call The Metaphysical Mentor Show. https://www.facebook.com/michael.philpott.3133 https://www.instagram.com/themetaphysicalguy/ https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC5mSbeHemKiHhvBimJvWBww Disclaimer. The information on this Podcast is for information and entertainment only and is not medical or non-medical advice intended to replace the advice or attention of health care professionals or non-medical professionals. Michael Philpott and associates will not be held accountable for any interpretations or decisions made by listeners or viewers based on the information provided during podcast. If you are looking for medical or non-medical help, please consult a trained professional.    

Dr Buchman is a candidate for the United States House in Utah in a Special Election being held this year. He is running as an Unaffiliated candidate and focused on two issues 1) freeing all witnesses and whistleblowers from any illegal NDAs (Non-Disclosure Agreements) regarding waste, fraud, criminal activities, and evidence of human interaction with NTI (Non-Human Intelligence) both technology and biologics.Joe holds an earned Ph.D. from the Indiana University Media School, an MS in Finance from Purdue, and a BS in Marketing from IU. After earning tenure as a Professor of Management, he left traditional higher education to develop online MBA finance courses for the University of Chicago's online MBA program, and pursue his dreams of adventure travel (chasing total solar eclipses, trekking the Altai Mountains of Mongolia, Burning Man, the Sundance Film Festival, and driving the entire US interstate highway system in a camper van with his wife and four children (now all grown), and throat singing).His lifelong interest in cosmology, nucleogenesis, and the possibility of extraterrestrial life led him to serve, with six former members of the United States Congress, on the 2013 Citizen Hearing on Disclosure in Washington, DC, first as the moderator, and then as a member of the Congressional panel. His research has been published in a wide variety of college textbooks and trade publications, and presented to the American Psychological Association, the National Association of Broadcasters, TEDx at Burning Man, the Roswell UFO Festival, the Society for Scientific Exploration, FreedomFest, Contact in the Desert, the Sonoma International Film Festival, and the SETI Institute's Contact: Cultures of the Imagination conference in Mountain View, CA. He is also the author of the Forward to ROSWELL: THE ULTIMATE COLD CASE by Donald Schmitt and Tom Carey.Dr. Buchman has been a candidate for the US House in three elections, 2008, 2017, and 2023. The latter two of those being Special Elections called by the Governor of Utah after the resignations of two of Utah's congressmen.

Garret Moddel, PhD, is Professor Emeritus of Photonics and Quantum Engineering at the University of Colorado. For more technical information regarding Professor Moddel's work on harvesting Zero-Point Energy, see: https://journalofscientificexploration.org/index.php/jse/article/view/2567/1687 The Society for Scientific Exploration can be reached at https://www.scientificexploration.org/ Here he describes Zero-Point Energy (ZPE) as a consequence of Heisenberg's Uncertainty Principle. He discusses … Continue reading "Can We Harvest Zero-Point Energy? with Garret Moddel"

Scripture Reading (for the next three weeks): Genesis 1:1-3:24Last week I attempted to make three simple points:(1) Simply assuming that a text should be read literally is not a “safer” approach than being open to figurative understandings—that is, that assumption runs the “risk” of forcing a wrong interpretation of the text.(2) Texts that are meant to be understood non-literally can convey information—they are not so open to interpretation that they can mean anything at all. Even in cases when the message lacks specificity or clarity, the message still has a limited semantic range. Put simply, non-literal text can have meaning, be interpreted correctly, and be interpreted incorrectly.(3) Finally, the early chapters of Genesis have been interpreted non-literally since the dawn of the church (and before). The accusation that only modern Christians, yielding to the pressure of modern science, have conveniently interpreted the text figuratively is simply false. To interpret the text non-literally is not a departure from established church (or Jewish) tradition.All three points can be summarized as follows: genre is key to reading a text. Reading poetry like historiography or historiography as poetry is dangerous. Neither approach is likely to reach truth.I am well aware that, so far, I have not offered a shred of evidence that the early chapters of Genesis should be read literally or otherwise. That has been intentional. All I have attempted to show is that considering a non-literal interpretation is not offensive in itself and foreclosing that interpretation a priori may force a reader to reach the wrong conclusions.So, with all that in mind, the time has come to read the text. 1 In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.2 Now the earth was without shape and empty, and darkness was over the surface of the watery deep, but the Spirit of God was moving over the surface of the water. 3 God said, “Let there be light.” And there was light! 4 God saw that the light was good, so God separated the light from the darkness. 5 God called the light “day” and the darkness “night.” There was evening, and there was morning, marking the first day.6 God said, “Let there be an expanse in the midst of the waters and let it separate water from water.” 7 So God made the expanse and separated the water under the expanse from the water above it. It was so. 8 God called the expanse “sky.” There was evening, and there was morning, a second day.9 God said, “Let the water under the sky be gathered to one place and let dry ground appear.” It was so. 10 God called the dry ground “land” and the gathered waters he called “seas.” God saw that it was good.11 God said, “Let the land produce vegetation: plants yielding seeds and trees on the land bearing fruit with seed in it, according to their kinds.” It was so. 12 The land produced vegetation—plants yielding seeds according to their kinds, and trees bearing fruit with seed in it according to their kinds. God saw that it was good. 13 There was evening, and there was morning, a third day.14 God said, “Let there be lights in the expanse of the sky to separate the day from the night, and let them be signs to indicate seasons and days and years, 15 and let them serve as lights in the expanse of the sky to give light on the earth.” It was so. 16 God made two great lights—the greater light to rule over the day and the lesser light to rule over the night. He made the stars also. 17 God placed the lights in the expanse of the sky to shine on the earth, 18 to preside over the day and the night, and to separate the light from the darkness. God saw that it was good. 19 There was evening, and there was morning, a fourth day.20 God said, “Let the water swarm with swarms of living creatures and let birds fly above the earth across the expanse of the sky.” 21 God created the great sea creatures and every living and moving thing with which the water swarmed, according to their kinds, and every winged bird according to its kind. God saw that it was good. 22 God blessed them and said, “Be fruitful and multiply and fill the water in the seas, and let the birds multiply on the earth.” 23 There was evening, and there was morning, a fifth day.24 God said, “Let the land produce living creatures according to their kinds: cattle, creeping things, and wild animals, each according to its kind.” It was so. 25 God made the wild animals according to their kinds, the cattle according to their kinds, and all the creatures that creep along the ground according to their kinds. God saw that it was good.26 Then God said, “Let us make humankind in our image, after our likeness, so they may rule over the fish of the sea and the birds of the air, over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over all the creatures that move on the earth.”27 God created humankind in his own image,in the image of God he created them,male and female he created them.28 God blessed them and said to them, “Be fruitful and multiply! Fill the earth and subdue it! Rule over the fish of the sea and the birds of the air and every creature that moves on the ground.” 29 Then God said, “I now give you every seed-bearing plant on the face of the entire earth and every tree that has fruit with seed in it. They will be yours for food. 30 And to all the animals of the earth, and to every bird of the air, and to all the creatures that move on the ground—everything that has living breath in it—I give every green plant for food.” It was so.31 God saw all that he had made—and it was very good! There was evening, and there was morning, the sixth day.1 The heavens and the earth were completed with everything that was in them. 2 By the seventh day God finished the work that he had been doing, and he ceased on the seventh day all the work that he had been doing. 3 God blessed the seventh day and made it holy because on it he ceased all the work that he had been doing in creation.4 This is the account of the heavens and the earth when they were created—when the Lord God made the earth and heavens.5 Now no shrub of the field had yet grown on the earth, and no plant of the field had yet sprouted, for the Lord God had not caused it to rain on the earth, and there was no man to cultivate the ground. 6 Springs would well up from the earth and water the whole surface of the ground. 7 The Lord God formed the man from the soil of the ground and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life, and the man became a living being.8 The Lord God planted an orchard in the east, in Eden; and there he placed the man he had formed. 9 The Lord God made all kinds of trees grow from the soil, every tree that was pleasing to look at and good for food. (Now the tree of life and the tree of the knowledge of good and evil were in the middle of the orchard.)10 Now a river flows from Eden to water the orchard, and from there it divides into four headstreams. 11 The name of the first is Pishon; it runs through the entire land of Havilah, where there is gold. 12 (The gold of that land is pure; pearls and lapis lazuli are also there.) 13 The name of the second river is Gihon; it runs through the entire land of Cush. 14 The name of the third river is Tigris; it runs along the east side of Assyria. The fourth river is the Euphrates.15 The Lord God took the man and placed him in the orchard in Eden to care for it and to maintain it. 16 Then the Lord God commanded the man, “You may freely eat fruit from every tree of the orchard, 17 but you must not eat from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, for when you eat from it you will surely die.”18 The Lord God said, “It is not good for the man to be alone. I will make a companion for him who corresponds to him.” 19 The Lord God formed out of the ground every living animal of the field and every bird of the air. He brought them to the man to see what he would name them, and whatever the man called each living creature, that was its name. 20 So the man named all the animals, the birds of the air, and the living creatures of the field, but for Adam no companion who corresponded to him was found. 21 So the Lord God caused the man to fall into a deep sleep, and while he was asleep, he took part of the man's side and closed up the place with flesh. 22 Then the Lord God made a woman from the part he had taken out of the man, and he brought her to the man. 23 Then the man said,“This one at last is bone of my bonesand flesh of my flesh;this one will be called ‘woman,'for she was taken out of man.”24 That is why a man leaves his father and mother and unites with his wife, and they become one family. 25 The man and his wife were both naked, but they were not ashamed.1 Now the serpent was shrewder than any of the wild animals that the Lord God had made. He said to the woman, “Is it really true that God said, ‘You must not eat from any tree of the orchard'?” 2 The woman said to the serpent, “We may eat of the fruit from the trees of the orchard; 3 but concerning the fruit of the tree that is in the middle of the orchard God said, ‘You must not eat from it, and you must not touch it, or else you will die.'” 4 The serpent said to the woman, “Surely you will not die, 5 for God knows that when you eat from it your eyes will open and you will be like God, knowing good and evil.”6 When the woman saw that the tree produced fruit that was good for food, was attractive to the eye, and was desirable for making one wise, she took some of its fruit and ate it. She also gave some of it to her husband who was with her, and he ate it. 7 Then the eyes of both of them opened, and they knew they were naked; so they sewed fig leaves together and made coverings for themselves.8 Then the man and his wife heard the sound of the Lord God moving about in the orchard at the breezy time of the day, and they hid from the Lord God among the trees of the orchard. 9 But the Lord God called to the man and said to him, “Where are you?” 10 The man replied, “I heard you moving about in the orchard, and I was afraid because I was naked, so I hid.” 11 And the Lord God said, “Who told you that you were naked? Did you eat from the tree that I commanded you not to eat from?” 12 The man said, “The woman whom you gave me, she gave me some fruit from the tree and I ate it.” 13 So the Lord God said to the woman, “What is this you have done?” And the woman replied, “The serpent tricked me, and I ate.”14 The Lord God said to the serpent,“Because you have done this,cursed are you above all the cattleand all the living creatures of the field!On your belly you will crawland dust you will eat all the days of your life.15 And I will put hostility between you and the womanand between your offspring and her offspring;he will strike your head,and you will strike his heel.”16 To the woman he said,“I will greatly increase your labor pains;with pain you will give birth to children.You will want to control your husband,but he will dominate you.”17 But to Adam he said,“Because you obeyed your wifeand ate from the tree about which I commanded you,‘You must not eat from it,'the ground is cursed because of you;in painful toil you will eat of it all the days of your life.18 It will produce thorns and thistles for you,but you will eat the grain of the field.19 By the sweat of your brow you will eat fooduntil you return to the ground,for out of it you were taken;for you are dust, and to dust you will return.”20 The man named his wife Eve, because she was the mother of all the living. 21 The Lord God made garments from skin for Adam and his wife, and clothed them. 22 And the Lord God said, “Now that the man has become like one of us, knowing good and evil, he must not be allowed to stretch out his hand and take also from the tree of life and eat, and live forever.” 23 So the Lord God expelled him from the orchard in Eden to cultivate the ground from which he had been taken. 24 When he drove the man out, he placed on the eastern side of the orchard in Eden angelic sentries who used the flame of a whirling sword to guard the way to the tree of life.Does Genesis Belong to the Literary Genre of Myth?We must face the million-dollar question: are there clues in the text of Genesis that would lead the reader to believe that it is not to be taken literally? Notice that the question focuses and begins with the text itself. The endeavor is to read the text the way it “wants” to be read. This interpretive exercise is not starting out with modern beliefs and reading the text the way a modern reader may want to read it.However, before we start this conversation, I want to address why we are having this conversation at all. Spoiler alert—the ending of the story is this: when we focus on the potential concordance between science and Genesis we are asking the wrong questions. Not only will this result in wrong answers, it will keep us from asking the right questions! Ultimately, that is what I want. I want to take Genesis seriously—dead seriously. I believe in Genesis. I believe it is scripture. I believe it is true. My view of everything is shaped by it. So I am eager to discuss the truths that Genesis truly means to convey. An yes, I believe Genesis is historical just not historiography. It conveys real world truths in figurative language.Ok, back to the myth discussion. (Most of the discussion in this week's blog comes from William Lane Craig's In Quest of the Historical Adam: A Biblical and Scientific Exploration. Sometimes the discussion is a summary of his work, sometimes it is a straight copy. I would certainly fail for plagiarism if this blog were a paper.)Before You Stone Me—A Definition of MythThe word myth is nowadays used to refer to a false fact, statement, or story. If I told you that chewing bread while chopping an onion will prevent teary eyes, you might respond, “That's just a myth.” If I were calling Genesis a myth in that sense—well, go ahead and stone me. It would be well deserved.When I use the term myth in this discussion, I mean something else entirely. I am using the term as another element in the set containing poetry, epic, biography, and historiography. I am not using myth as a synonym for lie, fiction, wives' tale, or falsity. Explained differently, I am using myth the way a folklorist would.In the field of folklore, a myth is a sacred narrative explaining how the world and man came to be in their present form. Let's break down this brief definition. First, a myth is a linguistic composition, either oral or literary. Second, it is a narrative; that is to say, it is a story, which involves characters and a plotline. Third, it is a sacred narrative—it has religious significance in the culture in which it is embraced. This implies that it will have something to do with a deity as one of its principal figures. Fourth, (and this is implied) it is a traditional narrative, one that is handed down over the generations, not a recent, free composition.Myths are narratives that, in the society in which they are told, are considered to be truthful accounts of what happened in the remote past. They are to be believed and may be cited as authoritative. They are the embodiment of dogma and are often associated with theology and ritual. Their main characters are not usually human beings but deities, heroes, or animals, whose activities are set in an earlier age, when the earth was different than it is today, or in another realm such as the sky or underworld. Compare this to, for example, legends. Legends are similar to myths, but they take place in the current era, not in the remote past, and are not considered sacred. Compare myths also to folktales. Folktales are narratives that, in the society in which they are told, are regarded as fiction. The events they relate may or may not have happened. They are not to be taken seriously as dogma or history.Finally, myths are often highly metaphorical rather than literal. Let's focus on Ancient Near Eastern myths to provide evidence of this point. The first example we can examine is the Mesopotamian myth Enuma elish. As a scholar put it, “[n]o one but a lunatic . . . could ever arrive at the theory that [the earth and sky] were originally formed by splitting the body of a dragon in half.” We can be confident that no ancient Babylonian looking to the sky expected to see the desiccated flesh and bones of Tiamat overhead, nor did he expect to find the Tigris and Euphrates flowing out of Tiamat's eye sockets. These are figurative images. The same could be said for Egyptians and their myths. In Egyptian mythology, for example, the sky could be depicted as the goddess Nut arched over the earth with hands and feet touching the ground. No Egyptian looking at the sky expected to see the body of a naked woman arched above him. Sadly, when we refer to ancient peoples as believing these things literally, it is us who do not understand and impose an overly literalistic interpretation of their myths. So, are the early chapters of Genesis a myth? To determine what is a myth, one can look for certain elements that are shared by most myths (i.e., “family resemblances”). We can summarize these family resemblances as follows:(1) Myths are narratives, whether oral or literary.(2) Myths are traditional stories handed down from generation to generation.(3) Myths are sacred for the society that embraces them.(4) Myths are objects of belief by members of the society that embraces them.(5) Myths are set in a primaeval age or another realm.(6) Myths are stories in which deities are important characters.(7) Myths seek to anchor present realities such as the world, mankind, natural phenomena, cultural practices, and the prevailing cult in a primordial time.(8) Myths are associated with rituals.(9) Myths express correspondences between the deities and nature.(10) Myths exhibit fantastic elements and are not troubled by logical contradiction or incoherence.By the way, these characteristics of myth come from folklorist, scholars who study myths of many different cultures and religions—not from biblical scholars. In other words, this is not an attempt to draft a definition of myth that will conveniently fit the Genesis account.Application to Genesis 1-11Let us apply the list of elements above to the early chapters of Genesis and see if Genesis might belong to the genre of myth.(1) Myths are narratives, whether oral or literary.Not only the individual units of Genesis 1-11 work as narratives, but the first 11 chapters as a whole constitute a narrative as well. These chapters tell the story of primaeval events in roughly chronological succession. For example, the fall of mankind occurred after the creation of mankind, the flood occurred after the fall, and the confusion of languages at the Tower of Babel occurred after the flood.(2) Myths are traditional stories handed down from generation to generation.Genesis 1-11 is universally recognized as comprising traditional stories. That is to say, the author of Genesis (traditionally held to be Moses), wrote down the traditions passed down to him. Most scholars adopt what is termed the “documentary hypothesis,” which explores the potential sources upon which the Genesis author relied.(3) Myths are sacred for the society that embraces them.Again, there is universal agreement that the narratives of Genesis 1-11 are sacred for Israelite society. Not only do these stories tell the acts of the God of creation, but more particularly they tell the acts of Israel's covenantal God, Yahweh. Sabbath observance and animal sacrifice, so central to Israel's cult, are already grounded in the early chapters of Genesis. Moreover, Genesis 1-11 provides the prehistory and foundation for Yahweh's call of Abraham to establish the nation of Israel in order to achieve the blessing of all mankind that was forfeited by Adam and Eve.(4) Myths are objects of belief by members of the society that embraces them.We see this fact clearly when later passages in the Pentateuch (the first five books of the Bible) reaffirm statements in the primaeval narrative. For example, in Exodus 20:8-11 we have a recapitulation of the creation week: “Remember the Sabbath day to set it apart as holy. For six days you may labor and do all your work, but the seventh day is a Sabbath to the Lord your God; on it you shall not do any work, . . . . For in six days the Lord made the heavens and the earth and the sea and all that is in them, and he rested on the seventh day; therefore the Lord blessed the Sabbath day and set it apart as holy.”(5) Myths are set in a primaeval age or another realm.The stories of Gen 1-11 are set in a primaeval age. The primaeval age in Genesis runs right back to God's creation of the world “in the beginning” (Gen 1:1). Moreover, the Genesis account narrates the creation of humankind as well as of plant and animal life. The origin of civilization and several of its inventions, such as metallurgy and music, are related. The origin of the world's languages is described. The period described is thus truly the primal age of mankind and the world.(6) Myths are stories in which deities are important characters.This element is controversial, but not for the reason you might think. Many folklorist do not consider the Genesis account to be myth because it does not involve many gods. In their view, monotheism is antithetical to myth. This seems to be a mistake, however. There is no reason that a monotheistic society could not use the genre of myth.(7) Myths seek to anchor present realities such as the world, mankind, natural phenomena, cultural practices, and the prevailing cult in a primordial time.This is the very heart of myth. In grounding present realities in the primordial past, the narrative functions to establish Israel's worldview. Notice, it does not ground the founding of Israel as a nation, at least not merely that. More fundamentally, the Genesis myth is universal in that it explains the origin of the world, the origin of humanity, and natural phenomena. All three of these ideas will be explored later.(8) Myths are associated with rituals.The narratives of Gen 1-11 do not seem to be associated with rituals, despite the motif of animal sacrifice. But inclusion of this eighth family resemblance probably reflects the influence of the so-called myth and ritual school, which is now widely rejected. While some myths have ritual associations, such a connection is missing from many myths.(9) Myths express correspondences between the deities and nature.The primaeval narratives of Genesis likewise do not express correspondences between deities and nature. But the absence of such correspondences from Genesis 1-11 is due to Israel's monotheism, in contrast to the polytheism of its neighbors.(10) Myths exhibit fantastic elements and are not troubled by logical contradiction or incoherence.Does the Genesis narrative exhibit fantastic elements? Is it untroubled by logical contradiction or incoherence? It seems that on both counts the primaeval narrative shares this family resemblance of myths, even if to several orders of magnitude less in comparison to Ancient Near Eastern polytheistic myths.(a) Anthropomorphisms. Despite God's transcendence so dramatically declared in Genesis 1, God is portrayed in the story of man's creation in Genesis 2 as a humanoid deity worthy of polytheistic myths, as he forms man from the dirt and breathes the breath of life into his nostrils. The same is true of the story of the fall in Genesis 3, where God strolls in the cool of the day and searches for the man and woman hiding among the trees. One must wonder whether the author meant these anthropomorphic descriptions of God to be just part of the storyteller's art or serious theology.(b) Narrative Inconsistencies. The author of Genesis seems untroubled by the apparent inconsistencies that occur in his narratives. It would have been easy for him to bring the account of the creation of man in Genesis 2 into accord with Genesis 1, rather than leave the apparent inconsistencies concerning the order of creation of man, the vegetation, and the animals. In Genesis 1, vegetation is created in the third day (Genesis 1:11-13):God said, “Let the land produce vegetation: plants yielding seeds and trees on the land bearing fruit with seed in it, according to their kinds.” It was so. 12 The land produced vegetation—plants yielding seeds according to their kinds, and trees bearing fruit with seed in it according to their kinds. God saw that it was good. There was evening, and there was morning, a third day.Also, in Genesis 1 man is created after vegetation.Man is not made until the sixth day (see Genesis 1:28-30). However, in Genesis 2 we read the following (Genesis 2:5-7):Now no shrub of the field had yet grown on the earth, and no plant of the field had yet sprouted, for the Lord God had not caused it to rain on the earth, and there was no man to cultivate the ground. Springs would well up from the earth and water the whole surface of the ground. The Lord God formed the man from the soil of the ground and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life, and the man became a living being.(c) Fantastic Elements. Before we can determine whether Genesis contains fantastic elements, we must explain that term. Miracles and fantastic elements are not the same. I believe in miracles! Fantastic means events that are so extraordinary or odd that, on their face, seem palpably false to the audience. I am not saying these events seem palpably false to us in light of increased knowledge of the world. Fantastic means palpably false to the original audience. Put another way, these are elements that both the original author and original audience understand to be figurative. Allow me to provide modern examples. If I told you I was diagnosed with cancer but after my church prayed for me I received a healthy diagnosis, I have not narrated a “fantastic element.” I have narrated a miracle which, even if you disbelieve it, you and I both understand that I mean for you to believe it. On the other hand, imagine that before you announce your wife's pregnancy I somehow find out, and when you ask me how I learned of it, I respond, “A little birdy told me.” That is much closer to a fantastic element. Both you and I, the speaker and the audience, understand that the statement is too odd to be taken as anything other than a literary device.So, are there fantastic elements in Genesis? I think so. The best example is the snake. The snake may very well represent Satan, but notice the actual description in the text, “Now the serpent was shrewder than any of the wild animals that the Lord God had made.” In the story, the snake is a snake—just a snake. And no one is surprised by the talking snake! And the implication that the snake is shrewder than other animal is that other animals are like the snake (presumably they can also speak), just a little less clever. In fact, an ancient Jewish interpretation explains the reference to the serpent precisely in this literal manner, attributing the capacity to speak to all the animals in the orchard (Jubilee 3:28).Other great examples of fantastical elements are the trees of life and of knowledge of good and evil. Notice that in regard to the effect of eating the fruits of these trees there is no hint of miraculous action on God's part. The trees seem to be “magical.” God does not bestow eternal life if one eats from the tree of life. The tree does it. Man could event subvert God's punishment if he could simply get his hands on that fruit. “And the Lord God said, ‘Now that the man has become like one of us, knowing good and evil, he must not be allowed to stretch out his hand and take also from the tree of life and eat, and live forever'” (Genesis 3:22).Conclusion and CliffhangerOk, there's my abbreviated argument that the early chapters of Genesis are myth. Now, allow me to return to the definition of myth and the entire reason I am spending time on this topic: Myths are narratives that, in the society in which they are told, are considered to be truthful accounts of what happened in the remote past. They are to be believed and may be cited as authoritative. Sure, the fact that they are truthful does not mean that they are literal—but they are truthful! So, what are these truths that story conveys? We won't have time to explore this until next week, but let me give you a brief taste of what is to come:Themes and Etiology(1) Origin of the World. Genesis 1 is obviously an etiological account of the origin of the world through God's creative activity. As such it is spectacularly different from the cosmic etiologies of Israel's neighbors. In contrast to Babylonian and Egyptian myths, there is neither theogony nor theomachy in Genesis; rather, “In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth” (Gen 1:1). All of physical reality is brought into being by an unoriginate and transcendent Deity.(2) Origin of Humanity. In Genesis 2 we have an etiological account of the origin of humanity that supplements the brief notice of mankind's creation in 1:26–27. In other myths in the Ancient Near East, humans are often treated as later creations of the gods for the purpose of relieving the minor deities of backbreaking labor. For example, in the Atrahasis Epic the minor deities are said to have labored for thousands of years before finally rebelling against their overseers, necessitating the creation of man to take over their labors.Scholars have often asked why the Pentateuch does not begin with the call of Abraham and the founding of Israel in Genesis 12. Commentators seem widely agreed that the reason the author prefixes the prehistory to the patriarchal narratives is his universalizing interest. He wants to show that God's original plan was to bless all mankind and that this aim still remains ultimately in mind through the election of Israel, which is now God's means of fulfilling his original intent. Moreover, Ancient Near East myths share an etiological interest in telling how mankind in general came to exist. For example, as cited above, in the Atrahasis Epic, in response to protests and rebellion of the lesser gods over their burdensome labors, the mother goddess decides to create man to take over the labor for them. Humans were created basically as slave labor for the gods. Such stories seek to answer the question of human origins in general. When read against this backdrop, Genesis 2 is seen to share a similar etiological interest—but with a very different answer!Finally, etiology comes explicitly to the fore in the closing comment on the story, “Therefore a man leaves his father and his mother and cleaves to his wife, and they become one flesh. And the man and his wife were both naked, and were not ashamed” (Gen 2:24–25). The man and the woman are now man and wife. Marriage is thus God's plan for man and woman and is grounded in the primordial creation of man and of woman as his helper. The marriage relationship is taken to be the proper sphere for human sexual activity. This etiological note confirms that the author takes his story to be universal in scope, for marriage is not plausibly taken to be merely God's special provision for this specially created couple but his intention for all humanity.(3) Natural Phenomena. Etiological motifs concerning natural phenomena are also evident in Genesis 1-11. Such motifs are especially obvious in the account in Genesis 3 of the primordial couple's disobedience to God as a result of their seduction by the serpent. In the punishments pronounced by God on the serpent, the man, and the woman, etiological motifs abound. For example, the toil of farming is attributed to the fact that the land is cursed because of the man's disobedience. Thus, natural phenomena with which later Israelites would have been all too familiar are explained in terms of our primordial parents' fall into sin.Next week I want to explain these ideas further. I hope you give me the chance.

September 27, 2023: Titration: A Scientific Exploration into Acid-Base Reactions

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Joining us as a distinguished guest is none other than Robert Powell, a founding Board member of the Scientific Coalition for UAP Studies (SCU). Alongside our insightful tenure co-host, Michael Glawson, we dive deep into the scientific exploration of UAPs and the fascinating work of Mr. Powell. Robert Powell boasts an impressive resume in the field of UAP research. With a decade-long tenure as the Director of Research at the Mutual UFO Network (MUFON) from 2007 to 2017, he was pivotal in advancing our understanding of these enigmatic phenomena. He created MUFON's Science Review Board in 2012, ushering in a more scientific and systematic approach to UAP investigations. Robert's contributions to UAP studies are substantial. He is one of the two authors of the comprehensive radar/witness report on the infamous "Stephenville Lights" incident, shedding light on one of the most puzzling UAP encounters in recent history. He co-authored the SCU report titled "UAP: 2013 Aguadilla, Puerto Rico," providing valuable insights into another intriguing UAP incident. During our conversation, Robert Powell delves into his recent work, serving as the primary author of the groundbreaking paper, "A Forensic Analysis of Navy Carrier Strike Group Eleven's Encounter with an Anomalous Aerial Vehicle." We also explore his contributions to the scholarly world, including his role as a secondary author of an article in the journal Entropy titled, "Estimating Flight Characteristics of Anomalous Unidentified Aerial Vehicles." But Robert Powell is not just a researcher; he's a passionate advocate for rigorous scientific inquiry into UAPs. He's a member of esteemed organizations such as the Society for Scientific Exploration, the UFODATA project, and the National Space Society. His dedication to uncovering the truth about UAPs is evident in his books, including "UFOs and Government: A Historical Inquiry" and "The Truth About UFOs: A Scientific Perspective," designed for curious minds of all ages. And he has an exciting new book in the pipeline, "UFOs: A Scientist Explains What We Know (And Don't Know)," slated for release in early 2024. Whether you're a seasoned UAP researcher or simply curious about the scientific exploration of the unknown, this episode promises to be a captivating and informative journey.

Over the past 45 years, researchers have amassed a sizable body of literature attesting to the human ability to "sense" things in the future. The data are controversial, but they've proven tough to explain as anything but evidence that there's a lot more to consciousness than we'd previously assumed. Support us on Patreon: https://patreon.com/user?u=3375417 Donate on Paypal: https://ThinkAnomalous.com/support.html Watch the video version on YouTube: https://youtu.be/xWinUxW9HAg Website: https://ThinkAnomalous.com Full transcript: https://ThinkAnomalous.com/presentiment.html Facebook: https://facebook.com/ThinkAnomalous Twitter: https://twitter.com/Think_Anomalous Instagram: https://instagram.com/Think.Anomalous Think Anomalous is created by Jason Charbonneau. Illustration by Colin Campbell. Music by Josh Chamberland. Animation by Brendan Barr. Sound design by Will Mountain and Josh Chamberland. Sources: Cerdena, Etzel, John Palmer and Avid Marcusson-Clavertz. "Parapsychology: A Handbook for the 21st Century." Jefferson, NC: McFarland & Company, 2015. Bierman, Dick and Dean Radin. “Anomalous anticipatory response on randomized future conditions.” Perceptual and Motor Skills 84. Kennedy, James and Jerry Levin. “The Relationship of Slow Cortical Potentials to Psi Information Man, Journal of Parapsychology," 39, 1975. Mossbridge, Julia, Patrizio Trespoli and Jessica Utts. “Predictive physiological anticipation preceding seemingly unpredictable stimuli: a meta-analysis.” Frontiers in Psychology 3:390, 2012: 10.3389/fpsyg.2012.00390 Radin, Dean. “Unconscious Perception of Future Emotions: An Experiment in Presentiment.” journal of Scientific Exploration 11, no. 2, 1997. Tressoldi, Patrizio. "Extraordinary Claims Require Extraordinary Evidence: The Case of Non Local Perception, a Classical and Bayesian Review of Evidences.” Frontiers in Psychology 2 (no. 117) (2011). Vassy, Zoltan. “Method for Measuring the Probability of 1 bit extra-sensory information transfer between living organisms." Journal of Parapsychology 42, no. 2, 1978.

After 20 years of sub-par UFO research, the US Air Force finally agreed to hand over the responsibility for investigating UFOs to the scientific community. The result was the controversial Condon Report, which advised against the continued study of the UFO phenomenon, and struck a death blow to the fledgling field of ufology. Support us on Patreon: https://patreon.com/user?u=3375417 Donate on Paypal: https://ThinkAnomalous.com/support.html Watch the video version on YouTube: https://youtu.be/T6MTp3Rfl6Q Website: https://ThinkAnomalous.com Full transcript & audio: https://ThinkAnomalous.com/condon-ufo-report.html Facebook: https://facebook.com/ThinkAnomalous Twitter: https://twitter.com/Think_Anomalous Instagram: https://instagram.com/Think.Anomalous Think Anomalous is created by Jason Charbonneau. Illustration by Colin Campbell. Music by Josh Chamberland. Animation by Brendan Barr. Sound design by Will Mountain and Josh Chamberland. Sources: David Saunders. "UFOs? Yes! Where the Condon Committee Went Wrong." New York: World Publishing Company, 1969. Edward U. Condon. "Scientific Study of Unidentified Flying Objects." New York: Colorado University Press, 1969. Peter A. Sturrock. "An Analysis of the Condon Report on the Colorado UFO Project." J. Scientific Exploration, vol. 1, no. 1, 1987. UFO Case Review contains sound design with elements downloaded from Freesound.org. Typewriter_2rows.wav, Uploaded by Fatson under the Attribution License.

NCAR and NOAA open for visitors (Starts 1:00)  COVID pandemic rules were lifted earlier this year, so Boulder's  National Center for Atmospheric Research and National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration are once again open for public tours. LASP Artist in Residence Applications due July 21 (starts 2:12) CU-Boulder's Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics is accepting … Continue reading "Boulder Society for Scientific Exploration"

Hi friends!! Today's episode is featuring Dr. Gerald Pollack and his breakthrough scieticifc discovery of Exclusion Zone (EZ) water: why we want to have a lot of it in our cells, how infrared heat can generate more EZ water in our bodies!  Dr. Pollack received his PhD in biomedical engineering from the University of Pennsylvania in 1968. He then joined the University of Washington faculty and is now professor of Bioengineering. He is also Founding Editor-in-Chief of the journal, WATER, convener of the Annual Conference on the Physics, Chemistry and Biology of Water, and Executive Director of the Institute for Venture Science. His 1990 book, Muscles and Molecules: Uncovering the Principles of Biological Motion, won an “Excellence Award” from the Society for Technical Communication. His 2001 book, Cells, Gels and the Engines of Life, and his newest book, The Fourth Phase of Water: Beyond Solid, Liquid, and Vapor won that Society's “Distinguished Award,” their highest distinction. The latter book went on to receive the World Summit Excellence Award. Pollack is a Founding Fellow of the American Institute of Medical and Biological Engineering and a Fellow of both the American Heart Association and the Biomedical Engineering Society. He received an NIH Director's Transformative R01 Award. He was the 2012 recipient of the Prigogine Medal for thermodynamics of dissipative systems, and in 2014 he received the Scientific Excellence Award from the World Academy of Neural Therapy, as well as the Dinsdale Prize from the Society for Scientific Exploration. He has presented two TEDx talks on water. And, he is included in the 2019 listing, OOOM Magazine, as one of the “World's 100 Most Inspiring People.” In 2020, he presented his work at the “Majlis” by invitation from the Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi, at his Royal Palace. Check out Dr. Pollack's book The 4th Phase of Water  How To Make Your iPhone or iPad RED to block stimulating blue light! Click here!  PRE-ORDER THE BRAND NEW TONE LUX RED LIGHT THERAPY DEVICE HERE!   There is a very limited number available so reserve yours now! Click here to check them out! - TREAT YOURSELF TO A TONE breath acetone device this year and kick off 2023 with a head start on your health & wellness! Order the TONE HERE Follow @optimalproteinpodcast on Instagram to see visuals and posts mentioned on this podcast. Follow Vanessa on instagram to see her meals, recipes, informative posts and much more! Click here @ketogenicgirl Link to join the facebook group for the podcast: https://www.facebook.com/groups/2017506024952802/ Try the Higher Protein Keto Meal Plans & Coaching: https://www.ketogenicgirl.com Special thank you to our podcast sponsor: Masszymes by BiOptimizers For an exclusive offer for my listeners just go to www.masszymes.com/fastketo   Make sure to enter the coupon code FASTKETO  to receive a 10% discount off your order. Again that link is www.masszymes.com/fastketo - Prior to beginning a new diet you should undergo a health screening with your physician to confirm that a new diet is suitable for you and to out any conditions and contraindications that may pose risks or are incompatible with a new diet, including by way of example: conditions affecting the kidneys, liver or pancreas; muscular dystrophy; pregnancy; breast-feeding; being underweight; eating disorders; any health condition that requires a special diet [other conditions or contraindications]; hypoglycemia; or type 1 diabetes. A new diet may or may not be appropriate if you have type 2 diabetes, so you must consult with your physician if you have this condition. Anyone under the age of 18 should consult with their physician and their parents or legal guardian before beginning such a diet. Use of Ketogenic Girl videos are subject to the Ketogenicgirl.com Terms of Use and Medical Disclaimer. All rights reserved. If you do not agree with these terms, do not listen to, or view any Ketogenic Girl podcasts or videos.

William Bengston, PhD, has recently completed twelve years as president of the Society for Scientific Exploration. He is author of The Energy Cure: Unravelling the Mystery of Hands-On Healing, Chasing the Cure: An Effective Alternative for Cancer and Other Diseases, and Hands-On Healing: A Training Course for the Energy Cure. He is a professor of … Continue reading "New Dimensions in Healing with William Bengston"

In this episode of Align Podcast with Gerald Pollack, we talk all about the different types of water and whether water can have memory. Gerald tells us about the ‘fourth phase' of water and how this relates to the research between water and DNA. We also discuss how important easy water is for us and how this can increase the energy in our bodies. We question everything we know to be true about water and whether what we have been taught by textbooks is truly accurate.  Gerald Pollack received his PhD in biomedical engineering from the University of Pennsylvania in 1968. He then joined the University of Washington faculty and is now a professor of Bioengineering. He is also the Founding Editor-in-Chief of the journal, WATER, convener of the Annual Conference on the Physics, Chemistry and Biology of Water, and Executive Director of the Institute for Venture Science. His interests have ranged broadly, from biological motion and cell biology to the interaction of biological surfaces with aqueous solutions. His 1990 book, Muscles and Molecules: Uncovering the Principles of Biological Motion, won an “Excellence Award” from the Society for Technical Communication. His 2001 book, Cells, Gels and the Engines of Life, and his newest book, The Fourth Phase of Water: Beyond Solid, Liquid, and Vapor won that Society's “Distinguished Award,” their highest distinction. The latter book went on to receive the World Summit Excellence Award. Pollack received an honorary doctorate in 2002 from Ural State University in Ekaterinburg, Russia, and was more recently named an Honorary Professor of the Russian Academy of Sciences, and foreign member and Academician of the Srpska Academy. He received the Biomedical Engineering Society's Distinguished Lecturer Award in 2002. In 2008, his colleagues chose him as the recipient of his university's highest annual distinction: the UW Faculty Lecturer Award. Pollack is a Founding Fellow of the American Institute of Medical and Biological Engineering and a Fellow of both the American Heart Association and the Biomedical Engineering Society. He received an NIH Director's Transformative R01 Award. He was the 2012 recipient of the Prigogine Medal for thermodynamics of dissipative systems, and in 2014 he received the Scientific Excellence Award from the World Academy of Neural Therapy, as well as the Dinsdale Prize from the Society for Scientific Exploration. He has presented two TEDx talks on water. In 2015, he won the BrandLaureate Award, previously bestowed on notables such as Nelson Mandela, Hillary Clinton and Steve Jobs. In 2016 he was awarded the Emoto Inaugural Peace Prize, and more recently the Lifetime Achievement Award from the Chappell Natural Philosophy Society. He appears briefly in the 2016 Travis Rice sports-action film, The Fourth Phase, named after his recent book. And, he is included in the 2019 listing, OOOM Magazine, as one of the “World's 100 Most Inspiring People.” In 2020, he presented his work at the “Majlis” by invitation from the Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi, at his Royal Palace. Thank you to our sponsors: Melin: To get 20% off your purchase, go to www.melin.com/align PaleoValley: Use code ALIGN during checkout for 15% off at: paleovalley.com/align BiOptimizers: Use code ALIGN10 during checkout to save 10% on Magnesium Breakthrough: nootopia.com/aligngenius Kion: To save 20% on monthly deliveries or 10% on one-time purchases go to: getkion.com/align

On today’s episode, we’ll be speaking with Dr. Bill Bengston - a professor of sociology, with specialization in research methods and statistics. In addition, he is president of the Society for Scientific Exploration, an international group of about 800 scientists who conduct rigorous investigations into scientific anomalies. Dr. Bengston has publications in the Journal of Scientific Exploration, the Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine, and Explore. In addition, he has lectured widely throughout the United States and Europe. He also is on the editorial board of the Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine. Bill has written a memoir with Sylvia Fraser about his healing experiences and research entitled The Energy Cure : Unraveling the Mystery of Hands-On Healing. A CD audio instruction program, Hands-On Healing, is also available from Sounds True. Dr. Bengston lectures frequently throughout North America, Europe and Asia, and is frequently interviewed around the world on his research. We talk about the following and so much more: ✅ The experience and observation of hands-on healing ✅ What is “cycling” and how it works. ✅ Whst healing surrogates and distant healing and how it works ✅ Some of the major experiments that were conducted with William’s work ✅ Some of the ways people have healed with your work If you purchase today, you’ll get a FREE 1 year supply of immune-supporting Vitamin D AND 5 FREE travel packs with your first purchase. All you have to do is visit athleticgreens.com/yasmeen. Please tag us and tell us what you loved! You can follow @Gateways_To_Awakening on Instagram or Facebook if you’d like to stay connected.

On today’s episode, we’ll be speaking with Dr. Bill Bengston - a professor of sociology, with specialization in research methods and statistics. In addition, he is president of the Society for Scientific Exploration, an international group of about 800 scientists who conduct rigorous investigations into scientific anomalies. Dr. Bengston has publications in the Journal of Scientific Exploration, the Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine, and Explore. In addition, he has lectured widely throughout the United States and Europe. He also is on the editorial board of the Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine. Bill has written a memoir with Sylvia Fraser about his healing experiences and research entitled The Energy Cure : Unraveling the Mystery of Hands-On Healing. A CD audio instruction program, Hands-On Healing, is also available from Sounds True. Dr. Bengston lectures frequently throughout North America, Europe and Asia, and is frequently interviewed around the world on his research. We talk about the following and so much more: ✅ The experience and observation of hands-on healing ✅ What is “cycling” and how it works. ✅ Whst healing surrogates and distant healing and how it works ✅ Some of the major experiments that were conducted with William’s work ✅ Some of the ways people have healed with your work If you purchase today, you’ll get a FREE 1 year supply of immune-supporting Vitamin D AND 5 FREE travel packs with your first purchase. All you have to do is visit athleticgreens.com/yasmeen. Please tag us and tell us what you loved! You can follow @Gateways_To_Awakening on Instagram or Facebook if you’d like to stay connected.