Think Awe: Recent Episodes
Kevin Ferguson
Welcome to Think Awe. We look at incredible true stories from a perspective of science and magic. This includes interviews and research reviews. Website: thinkawe.com
We delve into the theme of "Loved Ones Passing" and the incredible experiences surrounding these moments.
Our first story comes from Darlene, who shares a series of unexplained synchronicities that occurred during the passing of both her father and, later, her sister. These synchronicities left her in awe and wondering about the mysterious connections that seemed to transcend the boundaries of life and death.
Next, we have Bradford Fisher, who recounts his own profound experiences. Unbeknownst to him at the time, Bradford's father was passing away, and during that period, he noticed a strange occurrences in his apartment. Synchronicities were discovered after talking with other family members.
A startling array of the broad goals of traditional magic (mind over matter, conjuring, healing, predicting, telepathy, etc.) have very recently been achieved by modern science, tech, engineering and mathematics. Intent and the state of consciousness plays a role, especially in healing, and science is helping to shed light on all of this. We review tech for reading someone's mind, seeing someone else's visions, controlling someone else's body, levitation, seeing the future, inducing trances, mystical experiences, conjuring beasts made from parts of different species and healing. As modern science enters a new era of rapid drug development for treating symptoms and managing chronic conditions, science seems to do more to show what traditional magic and folk healing can do for healing.
Refs:
-"Hyperrealistic neural decoding for reconstructing faces from fMRI activations via the GAN latent space", https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-021-03938-w
-Open Water: https://www.openwater.cc/products
-"Neural correlates of the psychedelic state as determined by fMRI studies with psilocybin", https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.1119598109
-fNIRS detects states of conciousness, mystical experiences: https://sosjournals.s3.amazonaws.com/4uRZtzvvOIlFoLRK.pdf
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"Scientists Control One Person's Body With Another Person's Brain", https://gizmodo.com/scientists-control-one-persons-body-with-another-perso-1208742414
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"EX-GOOGLER: COMPANY HAS 'VOODOO DOLL, AVATAR-LIKE VERSION OF YOU'", https://futurism.com/the-byte/google-company-voodoo-doll-avatar
-"Engineers light the way to nerve-operated prosthetics of the future", https://medicalxpress.com/news/2022-10-nerve-operated-prosthetics-future.html
-"Why brain-controlled neuroprosthetics matter: mechanisms underlying electrical stimulation of muscles and nerves in rehabilitation", https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7641791/
- Levitation: https://www.crealev.com/levitation-modules/ & https://omnihoverboards.com/ & https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7TnqBM_KUyE
-"Top 20 Applications of Deep Learning in 2022 Across Industries", https://www.mygreatlearning.com/blog/deep-learning-applications/
-SoulPhone: https://www.thesoulphonefoundation.org/
-"What to Expect During Surgery", https://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/health/heart-surgery/during
-"List of Heart Block Medications", https://www.drugs.com/condition/heart-block.html
-"Foxglove: Ancient cure, modern medicine", https://www.thedailyjournal.com/story/life/2014/07/11/foxglove-ancient-cure-modern-medicine/12517021/
-"Ranked: The Most Prescribed Drugs in the U.S.", https://www.visualcapitalist.com/ranked-the-most-prescribed-drugs-in-the-u-s/
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Blood Pressure: 30% of patients achieved target https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S1933171116305599?via%3Dihub
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Antibiotic: "Epidemiological studies find that those who are poorly nourished are at greater risk of bacterial, viral, and other infections.": https://www.hsph.harvard.edu/nutritionsource/nutrition-and-immunity/
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Cholesterol: Psychological stress was a risk factor for lipid disorders, and suitable physical activity was protective in this situation. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5419930/
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Pain/Inflammation: Inflammation -> Meditation: "may lead to a reduced risk of inflammation-related diseases": "What Is the Molecular Signature of Mind-Body Interventions? A Systematic Review of Gene Expression Changes Induced by Meditation and Related Practices": https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/28670311/
-Breathing: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/28853958/ Meditation for asthma: Systematic review and meta-analysis: " some evidence that meditation is beneficial" need more data
-Thyroid: drug is synthetic thyroid hormone levothyroxine; Low stress "exploratory behavior were correlated with...
After we open with two of her true awe inspiring stories, we continue paranormal explorations with Dr. Christina Rawls, a former philosophy professor, now a medium, author, orb photographer and intuitive with several other psi abilities. Sponsors: debone.com & thinkawe.com References: [1] Dr. Christina Rawls: https://www.drchris1111.com/psi-research [2] Christina's "Orb Magic" Podcast: https://anchor.fm/christina-rawls/episodes/Welcome-to-Orb-Magic-318rdm8 [3] Klaus Heinemann's website: https://theheinemanns.net/klaus.htm
Links, weak and strong, among precognition (laying foundation for time-loops), astrology, astronomy, sleep, mood and sexual cycles: Starting with awe inspiring anecdotal personal stories, dots are connected to recent scientific research into links among the lunar standstill cycles and ecological and human behavior, including reproduction, sleep, dreams, mood, spiritual and perhaps paranormal events. This includes dramatic re-enactments, and an interview with ecologist Vidar Selas. Sponsors: debone.com & thinkawe.com References: [1] Vidar Selås, "Linking '10-year' herbivore cycles to the lunisolar oscillation: The cosmic ray hypothesis" https://www.researchgate.net/publication/263226548_Linking_'10-year'_herbivore_cycles_to_the_lunisolar_oscillation_The_cosmic_ray_hypothesis [2] Thomas A. Wehr, Charlotte Helfrich-Förster, "Longitudinal observations call into question the scientific consensus that humans are unaffected by lunar cycles," BioEssays: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/bies.202100054
TITLE: Think Awe Episode 002: Preston Dennett Stories & Interview After we open with true awe inspiring stories, we continue the paranormal explorations with Preston Dennett, a field investigator for the Mutual UFO Network (MUFON), ghost hunter, paranormal researcher, and the author of dozens of books and more than 100 articles about UFOs and the paranormal. Sponsors: debone.com & thinkawe.com References: [1] Preston Dennett: https://prestondennett.weebly.com/ [2] Paramormal America: https://blogs.chapman.edu/wilkinson/2018/10/16/paranormal-america-2018/ [3] Most Americans believe in intelligent life beyond Earth; few see UFOs as a major national security threat: https://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2021/06/30/most-americans-believe-in-intelligent-life-beyond-earth-few-see-ufos-as-a-major-national-security-threat/