Consciousness & the Afterlife
Near-death experiences, reincarnation, consciousness research, out-of-body travel, life after death, and the mystery of whether mind can exist beyond the body.
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Linda Moulton Howe, Dr. Bruce Goldberg, Dean Radin, James Van Praagh and 36 more
36 shows, 1993–2015
- High Desert Origins1992–96 · 6
- UFO / Y2K Boom1997–99 · 11
- Post-Millennium Coast2000–09 · 16
- Return and Midnight Era2010–16 · 3
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Consciousness and the Brain
Sep 30, 2006 · Dr. Stuart Hameroff · 2h 39m
Art Bell welcomes Dr. Stuart Hameroff, an anesthesiologist and consciousness researcher at the University of Arizona, to explore the quantum nature of human awareness. Broadcasting from typhoon-ravaged Manila where power has been out for four days, Art examines how anesthetic gases selectively eliminate consciousnes...Past & Future Lives
Dec 11, 2004 · Dr. Brian Weiss · 2h 53m
Art Bell welcomes Dr. Brian Weiss, psychiatrist and chairman emeritus at Mount Sinai Medical Center in Miami, who describes how traditional hypnotherapy with a patient named Catherine unexpectedly led to vivid past-life memories dating back 4,000 years. When Catherine channeled specific details about Art's deceased...Consciousness and Quantum Entanglement
Jul 23, 2006 · Dean Radin · 2h 40m
Art Bell broadcasts from Manila during Typhoon Glenda before welcoming Dr. Dean Radin, senior scientist at the Institute of Noetic Sciences. Radin provides an overview of the Global Consciousness Project at Princeton, where 65 shielded random number generators positioned worldwide have been running for eight years,...Supernaturals and Consciousness
Dec 28, 2006 · Graham Hancock · 2h 38m
Art Bell welcomes author and researcher Graham Hancock from Great Britain to discuss his book Supernatural and the hidden dimensions of human consciousness. The conversation opens with an examination of the Great Pyramid, including new evidence suggesting some limestone blocks may have been poured like concrete, tho...Mayan Calendar - Ian Xel Lungold | Afterlife Consciousness - Dr. Gary Schwartz
Feb 8, 2001 · 2h 33m
Art Bell welcomes Ian Xel Lungold, who presents a theory rooted in the Mayan calendar that creation itself is accelerating. Lungold explains that nine distinct cycles of consciousness, each twenty times shorter than the last, reveal a pattern of exponential change building toward a dramatic conclusion in the near fu...Spirits, Trapped Souls, & the Afterlife
Oct 19, 1999 · Laurie Jacobson · 2h 54m
Art Bell welcomes author Laurie Jacobson to discuss her book Hollywood Haunted, exploring ghost sightings connected to some of the entertainment industry's most famous names. Jacobson shares accounts of Lucille Ball's melancholy apparition watching her beloved home being demolished, Ozzie Nelson's spirit taking libe...The Afterlife and Suicide
Sep 24, 2006 · Dr. Jon Klimo · 2h 35m
Art Bell speaks with Dr. Jon Klimo, author of the definitive study on channeling and co-author of Suicide: What Really Happens in the Afterlife, about what 120 years of channeled material reveals regarding the fate of those who take their own lives. Dr. Klimo explains that his scholarly research examined hundreds of...Near Death Experiences
Feb 16, 2001 · Dr. Melvin Morse · 2h 50m
Art Bell welcomes Dr. Melvin Morse, a pediatrician and neuroscientist who spent 15 years studying near-death experiences in children at Seattle Children's Hospital. Dr. Morse describes his first case, a young girl submerged underwater for 19 minutes who later recounted every detail of her own resuscitation, includin...Psychic Ability & Life After Death
Sep 12, 1997 · James Van Praagh · 2h 47m
Art Bell welcomes medium James Van Praagh for a wide-ranging conversation about psychic ability, life after death, and communication with the spirit world. The episode opens with a replay of the previous night's extraordinary moment when a frantic Area 51 caller was cut off as the broadcast satellite lost Earth lock...Future & Past Lives
Jul 2, 1995 · Elaine Stevens · 1h 39m
Hypnotherapist Elaine Stevens joins Art Bell to explore the startling world of past life regression and future life progression, drawing from thousands of sessions conducted over her career. Stevens explains how clients under deep hypnosis spontaneously recall vivid details from previous incarnations, complete with...DNA Genome Pattern - Zecharia Sitchin | Near Death Experiences - Dannion Brinkley
Apr 19, 2001 · 3h 30m
Art Bell speaks with ancient astronaut theorist Zecharia Sitchin, who reveals that the recently completed human genome project identified 223 genes that cannot be traced through normal evolutionary progression from bacteria to vertebrates. Sitchin notes that the science editor of Newsweek labeled these "alien genes,...Out of Body Travel
Jul 23, 1998 · Dr. Albert Taylor · 3h 17m
Dr. Albert Taylor, aeronautical engineer and author of Soul Traveler, joins Art Bell to discuss out-of-body travel after a first-hour news and open-lines segment. Art opens with melting Antarctic glaciers, magnetic compass anomalies reported from Australia, and a bizarre fax about a mysterious P-38 pistol found on M...The Afterlife
Jan 30, 1998 · James Van Praagh · 2h 7m
Art Bell sits down with spiritual medium James Van Praagh, whose book Talking to Heaven holds the number one spot on the New York Times bestseller list. Van Praagh describes how he first discovered his abilities after visiting a British medium at age 24, and within two years was accurately relaying names, personal d...Pfiesteria and Wind Storms - Linda Moulton Howe | Out of Body Experiences - Dr. Bruce Goldberg
Nov 9, 1997 · 1h 57m
Linda Moulton Howe reports on Pfiesteria, wind storms, and coral reef disease before Dr. Bruce Goldberg discusses out-of-body experiences, dimensional travel, and Peaceful Transition. Howe reports on the spread of Pfiesteria, the virtually indestructible dinoflagellate devastating fish populations along the U.S. Eas...Alien Abduction - Kevin Randle | The Afterlife - Dr. James R. Lewis
Jul 16, 1995 · 1h 41m
Kevin Randle discusses Roswell alien abduction and the Santilli autopsy film, and Dr. James R. Lewis explores the afterlife after Linda Moulton Howe's opening encounter report. Linda Moulton Howe opens with a gripping account from a Washington State woman who describes a fully conscious encounter with gray-colored b...Past Lives & Future Lives
Sep 4, 1994 · Dr. Bruce Goldberg · 2h 6m
Dr. Bruce Goldberg, a hypnotherapist who has conducted over 30,000 past-life regressions, joins Art Bell on Dreamland to explore reincarnation, the nature of the soul, and the space-time continuum. Goldberg details his journey from dental practice to full-time regression therapy after witnessing a colleague overcome...UFOs, Magic, Demons, Abductions & the Afterlife
Feb 13, 1993 · James S. Templar · 2h 42m
James S. Templar fields calls about alleged links among UFO entities, demonic forces, ritual magic, psychic influence, curses, reincarnation, and life after death.Art Bell presses Templar on the difference between physical extraterrestrials and spiritual beings, predictions of hostile contact, and the limits of magi...Witchcraft
Sep 8, 2015 · Debbie Anderson · 2h 18m
Debbie Anderson, criminal defense attorney in Washington, D.C. and third-degree witch in the Blue Star tradition, joins Art Bell bridging courtroom law and magical practice. She confirms witchcraft can kill but such power takes decades to develop, and anyone skilled enough is wise enough to rarely use it, framing le...Near Death Experiences
Mar 4, 2006 · Dr. Sam Parnia · 2h 29m
Art Bell welcomes Dr. Sam Parnia, a fellow in pulmonary and critical care medicine at Cornell University and founder of the Consciousness Research Group, for an in-depth exploration of what happens at the moment of death. Dr. Parnia explains that the brain ceases electrical activity within approximately 10 seconds o...Internet Privacy - Lauren Weinstein | Afterlife Encounters - Dianne Arcangel
Feb 11, 2006 · 2h 26m
Art Bell welcomes internet pioneer Lauren Weinstein to discuss digital privacy and technology's impact on society. Weinstein addresses the battle between piracy and legitimate downloading, warning that overly broad copy protection measures could harm non-infringing uses. He examines the NSA domestic surveillance con...Alternative Fuels - Willie Nelson | Binary Soul Doctrine - Peter Novak
Mar 12, 2005 · 2h 54m
Former psychological counselor Peter Novak joins Art Bell to discuss the Binary Soul Doctrine, and Willie Nelson appears in the first hour on biodiesel and alternative fuels. Art also covers breaking news of a fireball streaking across the Oregon sky and sonic booms reported across the Midwest. Nelson explains how h...Near Death Experience
Dec 6, 2001 · Pam Reynolds · 2h 46m
Art Bell interviews Pam Reynolds, a musician and mother of three who underwent one of the most extraordinary surgical procedures ever performed. In 1991, surgeons at Phoenix's Barrow Institute cooled her body to 58 degrees Fahrenheit, stopped her heart, drained her blood, and achieved zero brain wave activity in ord...Phenomenon of ET Identity
Apr 30, 2001 · David Wilcock & Dr. Scott Mandelker · 2h 48m
Art Bell hosts Dr. Scott Mandelker and David Wilcock for an expansive discussion on what they call the Time of Global Shift. Wilcock presents data showing a 230 percent increase in the sun's magnetic field strength since 1901, a 500 percent rise in worldwide volcanic activity since 1875, and a 400 percent increase i...Explorations in Reincarnation
Feb 1, 2000 · Dr. Leo Sprinkle · 2h 39m
Art Bell welcomes Dr. Leo Sprinkle, professor emeritus of counseling psychology at the University of Wyoming, whose two personal UFO sightings in 1949 and 1956 redirected his academic career toward investigating both the UFO phenomenon and reincarnation. Dr. Sprinkle describes how 40 years of research with thousands...Reincarnation
Nov 24, 1999 · Dr. Walter Semkiw · 2h 54m
Art Bell broadcasts on Thanksgiving evening, opening with holiday-themed open lines before welcoming Dr. Walter Semkiw, a medical doctor who presents what he calls visual evidence of reincarnation. Dr. Semkiw argues that physical facial features carry over between lifetimes, offering side-by-side photographic compar...Canadian Crop Circles - Linda Moulton Howe | Near Death Experiences - Betty Eadie
Sep 8, 1999 · 2h 42m
Art Bell begins with Linda Moulton Howe reporting on a wave of Canadian crop formations discovered during the summer of 1999. Farmer Clint King describes finding wheat stems intricately braided and woven in a 300-foot pictogram near Hagersville, Ontario, while a neighbor reports observing a large red glowing object...Children's Past Lives
Mar 18, 1999 · Carol Bowman · 2h 45m
Art Bell welcomes researcher Carol Bowman, author of Children's Past Lives, to discuss the startling phenomenon of young children who spontaneously recall details from previous lifetimes. Bowman shares how her own son Chase, at age five, described vivid memories of being a soldier on a battlefield, complete with det...NDEs, Sarah's Hell
Feb 4, 1999 · Dr. Jeffrey Long & Trisha McGill · 2h 41m
Art Bell welcomes Dr. Jeffrey Long, a radiation oncologist and near-death experience researcher, alongside licensed clinical psychologist Trisha McGill to examine the rarely discussed phenomenon of frightening near-death experiences. Dr. Long reveals that up to 15 percent of NDEs may be terrifying rather than blissf...Life After Death
Jun 3, 1998 · Dr. Charles Tart · 41m
Art Bell interviews Dr. Charles Tart, the first holder of the Bigelow Chair of Consciousness Studies at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, and a founding figure in transpersonal psychology. The two bond over their shared backgrounds in ham radio before Tart makes a bold declaration: five paranormal phenomena are p...Reincarnation
Apr 10, 1997 · Elizabeth Clare Prophet · 2h 48m
Elizabeth Clare Prophet, mystic, author, and spiritual teacher, joins Art Bell for a rare and wide-ranging interview about reincarnation as Christianity's missing doctrine. Prophet recounts her childhood soul travel experience to ancient Egypt at age four, an awakening that set her on a lifelong mission to recover w...Alien Autopsy - Linda Moulton Howe | Future Life Progression & Past Lives - Dr. Chet Snow
Nov 5, 1995 · 1h 50m
Linda Moulton Howe reports on new developments in the controversial alien autopsy footage story from a conference in Dusseldorf, Germany. She describes an uncut 14-minute version of tent footage showing a being similar to the autopsy subject, along with separate film depicting a crashed disc-shaped craft on a milita...Future Life & Past Lives
Feb 12, 1995 · Dr. Bruce Goldberg · 1h 52m
Dr. Bruce Goldberg joins Art Bell to explore the extraordinary claims of hypnotic past life regression and future life progression, a field Goldberg has pioneered over two decades of clinical practice.Goldberg explains how patients under hypnosis can perceive multiple future timelines, choosing an ideal frequency am...Global Consciousness
Aug 24, 2015 · Dean Radin · 2h 15m
Dr. Dean Radin, chief scientist at the Institute of Noetic Sciences, joins Art Bell to discuss scientific evidence for psychic phenomena and the yogic abilities known as siddhis. Radin reveals the Global Consciousness Project has accumulated results at three-trillion-to-one odds against chance using a worldwide netw...Consciousness and the Universe
Mar 26, 2010 · Robert Lanza · 2h 35m
Art Bell sits down with Dr. Robert Lanza, a scientist whom U.S. News and World Report once likened to Einstein, to discuss his groundbreaking theory of biocentrism. Lanza argues that life and consciousness are not accidental byproducts of physics but are fundamental to the structure of reality itself. He points to w...God, Reincarnation, and Ancient Codes
Mar 18, 2007 · Maurice Cotterell · 2h 35m
Art Bell welcomes engineer and author Maurice Cotterell from Ireland to discuss his theories on gravity, God, reincarnation, and the encoded wisdom of ancient civilizations. Cotterell proposes a new explanation for gravity, arguing that Isaac Newton identified the relationship between mass and gravitational force bu...Expanding Consciousness
Oct 23, 2004 · Dr. J.J. Hurtak · 2h 53m
Art Bell welcomes Dr. J.J. Hurtak, founder of the Academy for Future Science and author of The Book of Knowledge: The Keys of Enoch. Hurtak discusses expanding consciousness, the power of prayer, and his discovery of the Osiris tomb in Egypt through remote sensing and mental visualization techniques he experienced d...
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