Legendary Psi Researcher On Telepathy, Reincarnation & Precognition | Dr. Ed Kelly

Dr. Edward Kelly, a professor of experimental psychology, talks about his many years of study of a variety of psi and anomalous phenomena. In this interview with Natalia Vorontsova, he candidly shares how phenomenological evidence has led him to re-examine his metaphysical views on the nature of reality. Are our minds confined to our brains? Do we survive our biological death? Is mind primary to matter? Why should we take anomalous phenomena seriously? These are some of the topics covered in this conversation.

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00:00:00 Intro
00:02:07 The primacy of mind: the empirical evidence.
00:12:10 Materialism and physicalism vs. idealism: where is the truth?
00:20:55 Why science ignores parapsychology: hypnotic blisters, stigmata, skin writing…
00:23:35 Past life memories, mediumship: the difficulty of explaining consciousness by physicalist paradigm.
00:26:28 Multiple personality and dissociative identity disorders.
00:27:25 Are NDEs & OBEs essentially mystical experiences?
00:29:08 Extreme forms of genius and mystical experiences.
00:30:45 Different dimensions of reality & failed mainstream explanations.
00:38:15 The alternative model of reality that makes room for anomalous phenomena.
00:42:23 Evolutionary panentheism. Jung. Analytic Idealism.
00:47:20 Implications of physicalism for society at large and the alternatives.
00:48:58 Metaphysics in science: inevitable or superfluous?
00:54:35 Survival after biological death: agree to disagree with Bernardo Kastrup.
00:55:54 Is idealism a crazy joke? Matter derived from consciousness?
01:00:05 What Spirit is like, what Spirit is not, and the direct experience of Spirit…
01:01:30 A shift in theoretical biology: the impact of mental activity on genomes.
01:05:20 Mainstream science's approach to anomalous phenomena. Future trends & tendencies.
01:09:42 Why take anomalous phenomena seriously? Advice for students and young scientists.
01:11:05 Why mystical & spiritual experiences are problematic for science.
01:18:03 Mind-brain relationship: is our mind limited to our brain? The role of the brain.
01:24:36 Physiological conditions correlated with psychedelics. The Subliminal Self vs. the everyday Self. Similarity to the effects of meditation.
01:27:30 Where are memories stored? Not in the brain at all?
01:28:50 Who or what survives the death of the physical body: the evidence. Is there karma? Individual vs. Universal Consciousness.
01:34:15 Change is upon us! Exciting times we live in!
01:35:30 Books and online resources.

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