Ever heard of spirit release therapy? It’s said to be a technique by which a hypnotherapist communicates directly with the spirit entities who are allegedly harassing a patient and making him or her sick. Michael Prescott presents a case that psychiatrist Alan Sanderson investigated involving a patient named Clara. While Sanderson thinks some might interpret […]

Michael Prescott ponders the mental state of the most deranged among us –the serial killers. Is it enough to assume a disordered mental state, or is there something less mundane going on? Is it possible that susceptible individuals could be manipulated into committing atrocities by disembodied spirits? Next, in Son of Anarchy, Prescott delves further […]

Speaking of the Society for Psychical Research, viz the previous selection, David Kennedy’s voracious reading of the SPR’s newsletters helped him better appreciate his own brushes with the paranormal. Detailed in A Venture In Immortality, Michael Prescott finds a lot to love with these tales of a deceased wife’s gentle, but firm, nagging from beyond […]

Among the countless religions, near-death experiences hint there’s only one afterlife. Carefully pulling apart those common threads, Michael Prescott uses them to weave another tapestry of what may be the One True Path. Even if you’re not keen on eastern mysticism, these NDE anecdotes are provocative. (CS) — Delivered by Feed43 service

For the past few years online media’s been pushing the benefits of psychedelic drugs, but not everyone has a hookup. Nor does everyone want to futz with cryptocurrency Ponzi schemes and dodgy black markets. There is hope found in a 19th century woman’s cosmic awakening without the application of psychedelics. It’s a wild read harkening […]

Is the world going to hell in a handbasket, or is this perception all in our minds? Using Leonard Shlain’s The Alphabet Versus The Goddess as a springboard, Michael Prescott contemplates how tiny screens, instant communication, and the ability to access the sum of human knowledge at a moment’s notice are irrevocably changing our thought […]

Michael Prescott takes another look at turn of the century magician and debunker David P. Abbott, a gentleman for whom seeing-hearing-experiencing–pretty much nothing–was believing. Even faced with irrefutable personal evidence, the man could not make himself admit he didn’t have all the answers. Clearly he’d never met The New Age: ‘Dr. Peebles’ Channeled by Thomas […]

Michael Prescott presents more thoughtful analysis on voice medium Leslie Flint, focusing on voice emulation of the dead, and a surprise appearance by a famous author. Next up, Parapsychologist Dean Radin Discusses “Psychic Abilities and the Illusion of Separation”, proving what we already knew after binge watching two seasons of Sense8. (CM) — Delivered by […]

Apparently the brains of dying rats experience a spike in post-mortem electrical activity, which has led some to wonder if this might be an explanation for NDEs. But the electrical activity is apparently too small to account for any kind of consciousness. We wish the rats could talk, because research has proven Memories of Near […]

Michael Prescott reviews Near Death in the ICU, by Laurin Bellg, MD, finding it fascinating but a little disappointing in its method of combining NDEs in order to protect the identities of the experiencers giving personal accounts. Nonetheless it’s quite the conclusive read by the sounds of it, so be prepared for enough information to […]