The Seeker’s Talisman

Recognizing and countering deceptive or biased information Opinion 21 Brief We are guided by two minds. One is our human’s instinctual urge to belong and to accept leadership. That is an evolved trait that serves to maximize the continuity even dominance of our gene pool. Our second mind is our spirit self that seeks to … Read more

Studying Psi Phenomena in the Current Political Climate

Opinion 20 Content License for this Opinion: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial- Alike 4.0 International Also at academia.edu/127698925/Studying_Psi_Phenomena_in_the_Current_Political_Climate Brief My assumption in writing this opinion is that our ability to study consciousness and Psi phenomena is not guaranteed. We should be mindful that there have been times in our history that doing so was considered demon worship or … Read more

Elements of a Useful Theory of Consciousness

A Pragmatic Model of Reality Version 2 changes: Change “spatial” to “dimensionless” in the description of reality as a dimensionless singularity that is conceptually infinitely large. Version 3 changes: Moved IONS essay reviews to ethericstudies.org/ions-2024-essays/ added Anatomy of Consciousness Diagram and modified paper to conform to the new diagram. Version 4 change: 1.) Layers 2 … Read more

What ITC Tells us About Consciousness

Opinion 17 Brief An important talking point in my comments about things paranormal is that parapsychological research is incomplete if it does not at least consider lessons learned from ITC. This paper is written to explain how I understand those lessons. The focus here is on lessons learned via the work of the directors and … Read more

Toward a Consensus Cosmology

Opinion 15 hpixabay.com/vectors/alice-in-wonderland-small-door-30327/ Brief Much is written and said about the future of parapsychology and the need for a more unified approach. While it is fine to study discrete forms of apparent Psi phenomena, it is unlikely any real progress will be made without a unifying cosmology. This paper is intended to describe such a … Read more

Open Letter to Survival Researchers

Related Essays Open Letter to Survival Researchers Debunking Survival Under Cover of False Academic Authority Open Letter to Paranormalists: Limits of science, trust and responsibility A Visit to the Felix Experimental Group Sitting with the Felix Experimental Group on the island of Ibiza, Spain Preamble As a person who works with Psi-related phenomena, especially mediumship … Read more