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Kripal's approach to anomalous phenomena that neither simply believes nor debunks them. Instead, it treats such experiences as real human events worth listening to and interpreting.

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The Basement: Jeffrey Kripal | Inside the Archives of the Impossible

The Why FilesOct 19, 2026

Religious studies scholar Jeffrey Kripal sits down with AJ Gentile of The Why Files to discuss his life, his work, and the Archives of the Impossible at Rice University. The collection holds Jacques Vallée's files, John Mack's alien abduction research, and thousands of letters readers sent to Whitley Strieber. Kripal describes a mysterious experience in Calcutta in 1989 that shaped nearly forty years of his writing, and he shares a story he has never put in print.

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