Earthbound Spirits
Referenced in 2 episodes
Definition
In spiritualist belief, souls of the dead who fail to move on after death, often because of sudden death, trauma, or guilt. They are said to linger near places or attach to living people.
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Life in Afterlife with Stafford Betty (4K Reboot)
New Thinking AllowedAug 27, 2026
Religion professor Stafford Betty discusses his novel The Afterlife Therapist, a fictional journey through the afterlife built on decades of research into spirit communications received through mediums. He describes an astral world much like our own, where the newly dead take on youthful bodies, choose unpaid work, and grow spiritually, while earthbound spirits and self-made shadow realms trap those bound by addiction. The conversation ranges from rescuing Henry VIII from a 500-year imaginary kingdom to competing souls choosing reincarnation and saints visiting from higher heavens.
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Psychic medium Christopher Laprath returns to New Thinking Allowed with Jeffrey Mishlove to describe how he 'sees the unseen,' perceiving clouds, shimmers, and attached entities in people's energetic fields. He shares stories of releasing Earthbound spirits, past-life imprints, haunted objects like a Civil War autopsy table, and even apparent time-space slips where people seem to jump universes. Throughout, he argues that being 'stuck' in belief systems, family patterns, and spirit agreements is the real thing the dead fear, and that letting go is the path to healing.