December 2023 – New Thinking Allowed Audio Podcast

Hafiz: Fourteenth Century Persian Mystical Poet with Gary Gach

Gary Gach is an adjunct faculty member at the University of San Francisco. He is author of The Complete Idiot’s Guide to Buddhism as well as Pause, Breathe, Smile – Awakening Mindfulness When Meditation is Not Enough. He is cotranslator of three Korean books of poetry by Ko Un. He is editor of What Book!? Buddha Poems From Beat to Hiphop. He recently served as cotranslator for Hafiz’s Little Book of Life.

Here he describes the life and work of Hafiz who was of great inspiration to Goethe, Emerson, and Nietzsche.

New Thinking Allowed host, Jeffrey Mishlove, PhD, is author of The Roots of Consciousness, Psi Development Systems, and The PK Man. Between 1986 and 2002 he hosted and co-produced the original Thinking Allowed public television series. He is the recipient of the only doctoral diploma in “parapsychology” ever awarded by an accredited university (University of California, Berkeley, 1980). He is also the Grand Prize winner of the 2021 Bigelow Institute essay competition regarding the best evidence for survival of human consciousness after permanent bodily death.

(Recorded on October 17, 2023)

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Problems Inherent in Mediumship Research with Stephen E. Braude

Stephen Braude, PhD, is an emeritus professor and former chairman of the philosophy department at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County. He has also served as president of the Parapsychological Association. He is author of The Limits of Influence: Psychokinesis and the Philosophy of Science, First Person Plural: Multiple Personality and the Philosophy of Mind, Crimes of Reason, The Gold Leaf Lady, Immortal Remains, Dangerous Pursuits: Mediumship, Mind, and Music, and ESP and Psychokinesis. He is the recent recipient of the prestigious Myers Memorial Medal awarded by the Society for Psychical Research for outstanding contributions. He also served for twelve years as editor of the Journal of Scientific Exploration.

Here he illustrates many of the difficulties associated with researching spirit mediums by referencing a number of prominent cases.

(Recorded on October 17, 2023)

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Group Intention and Psychokinesis with Lynne McTaggart

Lynne McTaggart is an award-winning journalist, investigator of intention experiments, and the author of seven books, including The Field: The Quest for the Secret Force of the Universe, The Intention Experiment: Using Your Thoughts to Change Your Life and the World, The Bond: How to Fix Your Falling Down World, The Power of Eight: Harnessing the Miraculous Energies of a Small Group to Heal Others, Your Life, and the World. Her website is lynnemctaggart.com.

She has conducted 40 group intention experiments with 36 showing positive measurable effects. She describes how group intention can impact the physical world, such as making seeds grow, purifying water, and lowering violence in war-torn or violent areas.
Group participants experienced an ecstatic sense of oneness and had a mirror effect with personal healing benefits in their lives.

New Thinking Allowed CoHost, Emmy Vadnais, OTR/L, is an intuitive healer and health coach based in St. Paul, Minnesota. She is the author of Intuitive Development: How to Trust Your Inner Knowing for Guidance With Relationships, Health, and Spirituality. Her website is https://emmyvadnais.com/

(Recorded on October 13, 2023)

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