Julie Beischel holds a doctorate in pharmacology and toxicology, but following the suicide of her mother and a convincing mediumship reading 13 years ago, she decided to pursue research with mediums. Currently she is the only person in this country…
channeling and new age religion
To understand New Age Spirituality as expressed primarily in the 1960’s – 1980’s it’s important to note that it drew heavily on a form of revelation known as channeling. Religious and spiritual writings, myths, and folktales portray a supernatural dimension…
spirits, shamanism, and Lakote medicine men
The notion that there are nonphysical conscious beings, that they comprise an aspect or dimension of overall reality, and that on occasion they may interact with us is an ancient and universal belief. If upon our deaths we or some…
Arcangel reading with medium George Anderson
Dianne Arcangel (Afterlife Encounters) offers the following account of her first contact at a luncheon with well-known medium George Anderson. While he was highly respected among her Elisabeth Kiibler–Ross colleagues because of the therapeutic value of his work, they were…
Schwartz investigations
Gary Schwartz described his major contemporary study of mediumship under controlled conditions in a 2002 book, The Afterlife Experiments: Breakthrough Scientific Evidence of Life After Death. His work, in fact, constitutes the most tightly controlled recent scientific investigations into mediumship…
the Scole investigation
Following the death of William James in 1910 interest in life after death among parapsychological researchers pretty much ended and was not resumed for eighty years. Two major factors accounted for this. Interest in mediumship and Spiritualism significantly declined. More…
early research
There is a widespread belief that phenomena relating to spirit are impossible to study and, even if they could, should not be. The majesty of the Divinity would be tarnished by attempting to bring Him into the laboratory. Likewise, questions…