Near-death experience (NDE)

InPresence 0161: Jung’s Underworld Journey – Further Reflections on Peter Kingsley’s Catafalque

New Thinking AllowedOct 16, 2026

Psychologist Jeffrey Mishlove revisits Peter Kingsley's book Catafalque and its account of Carl Jung's perilous journey into the underworld, framed by an ancient 'sacred contract' between the living and the dead. He argues this idea splits parapsychology into two camps: physicalist researchers focused on psychic abilities among the living, and those who study survival of consciousness after death. Drawing on near-death experiences, mediumship, reincarnation research and psychic healing, he suggests that living only for ourselves may be driving humanity toward self-destruction.

Mind, Brain, and Spirit with Peter Fenwick (1935 - 2024) (4K Reboot)

New Thinking AllowedSep 2, 2026

Neuropsychiatrist Peter Fenwick, a longtime epilepsy specialist at London's Maudsley Hospital, explains how a skeptical scientist came to see near-death experiences and the dying process as evidence that consciousness may extend beyond the brain. Drawing on hospice studies, he describes premonitions, deathbed visitors, terminal lucidity, deathbed coincidences and the 'emptying of the body', concluding that death is an expansion of consciousness rather than a switching off. He also describes lab experiments with spiritual teacher Alain Forger, whose apparent ability to 'give light' to students showed measurable brain-to-brain effects in simultaneous EEG recordings.

Jordan Crowder | Ritual Events, Probability Engineering, & The Simulator

The Higherside ChatsAug 21, 2026

Consciousness researcher Jordan Crowder joins Greg Carlwood to dissect what they call ritual theater, from the strange numerical synchronicities of the 2026 World Cup final to predictive Illuminati cards and movies that seem to foreshadow real events. Crowder explains how a 2019 near-death experience and a mysterious voice asking 'who are we, where are we, and why are we' led him to train at the Monroe Institute and develop his 'simulator theory' of reality. He argues Earth is a training simulator for non-physical consciousness, where memory wipes between lives are a feature rather than a sign of a prison planet.

Does the Soul Have a Frequency? with Mark Anthony

New Thinking AllowedAug 21, 2026

Fourth-generation psychic medium and former trial attorney Mark Anthony argues that the soul is a form of eternal electromagnetic energy, a concept he calls the Electromagnetic Soul (EMS) theory. He links the pineal gland, the solar plexus, quantum entanglement and the conservation of energy to explain how spirits communicate through signs like songs, scents and light. He also recounts his childhood near-death experience, a vision of his late mother that changed his career, and a shared death experience at his father's bedside.

The Abstract Mind with Chris Niebauer

New Thinking AllowedAug 12, 2026

Cognitive neuropsychologist Chris Niebauer argues that modern suffering comes from mistaking mental abstractions, such as ownership, nations, the self and even psychiatric diagnoses, for real, directly experienced reality. Drawing on William James, Alfred North Whitehead, left-right brain research and Advaita Vedanta, he challenges what he calls the 'cult of materialism' and suggests that consciousness creates the idea of matter rather than the other way around. He proposes direct, sensory experience as the antidote to abstraction and frames even suffering as part of consciousness's playful cosmic adventure.

Researching Near-Death Experiences with Bruce Greyson (4K Reboot)

New Thinking AllowedAug 11, 2026

Psychiatrist Bruce Greyson, professor emeritus at the University of Virginia and creator of the most widely used near-death experience scale, looks back on nearly 50 years of studying what people experience at the edge of death. He describes cases where patients accurately reported events while unconscious, met deceased people no one yet knew had died, and came back permanently changed, and he explains why proposed explanations such as oxygen loss, drugs, and mental illness have not held up against the data. He also reveals a surprising historical link: Albert Einstein may have been inspired by his geology professor's account of time slowing down during a near-fatal fall.