February 18, 2006: Astral Travel and Spirit Attacks - Dr. Albert Taylor | The Human Calculator - Scott Flansburg
Former NASA engineer Albert Taylor joins to discuss out-of-body experiences backed by his science credentials. Taylor recounts verified OBEs where he visited people at unknown locations and accurately described details like a white heating pad on a doctor's leg and an oversized chandelier in a friend's dining room. He shares learning of a friend's death through an astral encounter months before discovering the truth. Taylor explains the typical OBE stages, from paralysis to vibration to a roaring sound before separation.
Taylor addresses astral attacks, describing cases where people reported being assaulted by unseen entities. He recounts examining an 82-year-old woman in Tustin, California, who bore unexplained bite marks. Taylor also discusses childhood experiences with paralysis and apparitions.
Key Moments
Counting by 61 faster than mouth can speak: Flansburg performs his Guinness record demonstration live, counting by 61 - 122, 183, 244... - until Bell stops him. Flansburg says he 'sees' the path of 61 down the number line and is already 20-30 deep when his mouth catches up.
UCLA brain scan: laser-like focus: Flansburg describes Discovery Channel taking him to UCLA's neurobiological research center. When he counted silently, the scan showed his entire brain focusing 'like a laser' on a single visual path through the number line.
Taylor's verified OBE to teacher's bedroom: Taylor recounts his first verified out-of-body experience: a doctor-teacher invited him to visit her astrally. He saw her husband sleeping across the room and a white cast on her leg. She confirmed her husband sleeps apart due to apnea and she sleeps with a white heating pad on her leg.
Taylor learns of friend Bill's death astrally: Taylor saw his friend Bill on the astral plane, who told him he had died. Skeptical, Taylor drove to Bill's house in Downey and learned from Bill's wife that he had died of cancer two months earlier - they had been trying to reach Taylor.
Bell's Eiffel Tower OBE: Bell describes his own out-of-body experience in a Paris hotel room with Ramona asleep nearby - rising suddenly above the bed near the Eiffel Tower in 'absolute indescribable joy,' lasting only seconds. He still tells Taylor he remains skeptical that the brain produced the experience.