610. Julie Beischel

Julie Beischel, Ph.D., is the co-founder and Director of Research at the Windbridge Research Center. She received her Ph.D. in Pharmacology and Toxicology with a minor in Microbiology and Immunology. Her current research mainly focuses on mediums: individuals who experience communication with the deceased. Dr. Beischel has published research examining mediums’ accuracy and their experiences, psychology, and physiology, and the potential therapeutic application of mediumship readings during bereavement. Her research interests also include spontaneous, facilitated, assisted, and requested after-death communication experiences. She lives in Arizona with her husband and research partner, Mark Boccuzzi, and their two dogs.

Books:

Investigating Mediums: A Windbridge Institute Collection
Among Mediums: A Scientist's Quest for Answers
Meaningful Messages: Making the Most of Your Mediumship Reading
From the Mouths of Mediums Vol. 1: Experiencing Communication (From the Mouths of Mediums: Conversations with Windbridge Certified Research Mediums)

Website: windbridge.org

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Transcript of this interview.

Interview recorded August 7, 2021

Video and audio below. Audio also available as a Podcast.


YouTube Video Chapters:


00:00:00 - Introduction to Buddha at the Gas Pump
00:02:42 - The Afterlife and Mediumship
00:05:08 - Exploring Mediumship and the Afterlife
00:07:24 - Fear of Death and Its Impact on Psychology and Worldviews
00:09:53 - Investigating Medium Readings
00:12:31 - Medium Screening and Certification Procedure
00:15:37 - Disproving the Hypothesis of Medium Fraudulent Behavior
00:18:33 - Mediumship and Psychic Abilities
00:21:16 - Paradigms and Scientific Closed-Mindedness
00:26:37 - The Limitations of Medium Abilities
00:32:35 - Psychic Abilities and Predicting the Future
00:35:40 - The Continuation of Consciousness After Death
00:38:54 - The Possibility of an Afterlife
00:41:59 - Communication with Deceased Spirits
00:45:04 - The Five People Involved in the Protocol
00:47:58 - Autoimmune Diseases and Mediumship
00:51:01 - The Connection Between Mediumship and Autoimmune Diseases
00:54:06 - Different Levels of Trance Consciousness in Mediumship
00:57:10 - Physical Mediumship and Table Tipping
01:00:25 - Emotional Impact of Animal Loss
01:03:49 - Normalizing After-Death Communication Experiences
01:09:16 - Incorporating Afterlife Beliefs into Mental Health Practices
01:13:36 - The Fascination with Non-Local Consciousness
01:16:23 - The interconnectedness of the universe
01:19:10 - Quality of Life over Quantity of Days
01:21:48 - Terminal Lucidity and Mediumship
01:24:30 - Alleviating Suffering through Mediumship
01:28:14 - Studying Mediumship in its Natural Environment
01:31:13 - Peer-reviewed papers and replication difficulties
01:33:57 - Mediumship Readings and Being Open-Minded
01:36:10 - Farewell and Thanks