Zak Stein -- Neon Galactic -- Episode 95

On this episode of Neon Galactic, we interview author, philosopher, psychologist and integral theorist Zak Stein about human consciousness, the state of the world, and how the two interrelate.Stein is a widely sought-after and award-winning speaker on the future of education and contemporary issues in human development. He is a co-founder of the Center for World Philosophy and Religion, and his work has appeared in a number of academic journals including, American Psychologist, New Ideas in Psychology, Mind, Brain, and Education, Integral Review, the Journal of Philosophy of Education, and The Journal of Integral Theory and Practice.In this interview we discuss the nature of the meta-crisis now facing our species, a catastrophic merging of numerous crises that are demanding humanity develop new skills or potentially succumb. We also discuss the nature of human consciousness, the definition of religion, and how our modern assessment of value has become problematic. His approach to these conundrums, and that of his allies, seems to revolve in part around the acceptance of long-denied human capacities, the recognition of consciousness as a fundamental ingredient of reality, and the reinsertion of value as a guidepost for unfolding human experience.How does society move forward in unison when so many of us exist at different levels of consciousness? When the nature of value itself has become a source of endless conflict? And when our information ecosphere has become so polluted with disinformation, profiteering nonsense, and hatred?To learn more, visit:www.zakstein.orgAlso:https://worldphilosophyandreligion.org—-------------- Music Credits:Music: Cinematic Logo 04 by TaigaSoundProdFree download: https://filmmusic.io/song/8221-cinematic-logo-04Licensed under CC BY 4.0: https://filmmusic.io/standard-licenseMusic: Technology Calm Logo 01 by TaigaSoundProdFree download: https://filmmusic.io/song/6660-technology-calm-logo-01Licensed under CC BY 4.0: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license---Neon Galactic is a production of PBS affiliate KEET-TV in Eureka, CA. Please don’t forget to like and subscribe. Public television can always use your support. On X:@jfrickingfaulk@ConsilienceNews#metacrisis @integraltheory #jung #kenwilber #spirituality #soul #neongalactic #UAP #space #aliens #philosophy #occult #manyworlds #multiverse #ufo #abduction# #consciousness #phenomenon #afterlife #NDE #psionics #saturn #pluto #initiation

On this episode of Neon Galactic, I sit down with experiencer and researcher Julian Thorne to talk about his efforts to chart the archetypal influences at play in the stars and planets, and how those primal forces seem to shape the initiatory experiences of individual men and women. Through his own transformative alien abduction, Thorne was alerted to the mysterious nature of the human soul and our experience here on this planet. This initiation led him to more than a decade’s worth of research into the work of Carl Jung, Richard Tarnas, Joseph Campbell, and many others, shaping his worldview and endowing him with insight as to our current predicament as a species. Using that research, and an affinity for artificial intelligence, Thorne built a bot that he has deployed in a deepening suite of inquiries, the AstroMythic Map. After inputting the natal charts of some of the 20th Century’s prominent contact experiencers, Thorne unveiled a broad pattern of commonality, a kind of resonance that occurred amid planetary influences, repeat astral offenders that dictate the type and depth of given experiences a person has, or even whether they can have them at all.Pluto, Neptune, Uranus, Charon and Saturn play recurring roles, either to make a given soul available for initiation, or to lock them in a kind of ontological prison, where such experiences are not available. We talk about his epiphany, his book, “Take Me To Your Belief System,” and how all these realizations are helping him to understand our current moment as a species, and where it’s all likely heading in the near future. We are in the midst of an initiatory wave, one of many that have occurred over the centuries, and if we refuse the call, we can expect a rising set of consequences whose ultimate aim is to push us toward realization. We also talk about the use of artificial intelligence for this kind of work, and his efforts to ensure that hallucination or confabulation did not taint his results. It’s important to note that while AI may help detect these astrological connections, the positions and meaning have been established by millennia of tradition and practice. To view his work and engage with him, visit his subreddit:r/astromythicTo buy his book:https://books2read.com/u/4706M8—---------------------- Music Credits:Music: Cinematic Logo 04 by TaigaSoundProdFree download: https://filmmusic.io/song/8221-cinematic-logo-04Licensed under CC BY 4.0: https://filmmusic.io/standard-licenseMusic: Technology Calm Logo 01 by TaigaSoundProdFree download: https://filmmusic.io/song/6660-technology-calm-logo-01Licensed under CC BY 4.0: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license---Neon Galactic is a production of PBS affiliate KEET-TV in Eureka, CA. Please don’t forget to like and subscribe. Public television can always use your support. On X:@jfrickingfaulk#astrology #jung #spirituality #soul #neongalactic #UAP #space #aliens #philosophy #occult #manyworlds #multiverse #ufo #abduction# #consciousness #phenomenon #afterlife #NDE #psionics #saturn #pluto #initiation

On this episode of Neon Galactic, I interview author and podcaster Simon Bown about his new book, “Verified Near Death Experiences: Proof of an Afterlife,” and his broader work covering both NDEs, the after-life, and the UFO phenomenon. Simon Bown is the host of two podcasts, a clinical hypnotherapist, and an author specializing in topics related to consciousness, reincarnation, and the afterlife.He has produced over 800 podcast episodes, engaging with leading experts and scholars in the fields of near-death experiences, reincarnation, and the continuation of consciousness. His podcasts – The Alien UFO Podcast, and Our Paranormal Afterlife – have collectively garnered over 6 million downloads. Our Paranormal Afterlife has spent time as No.1 on the UK Apple Podcasts spirituality chart.Simon holds a diploma in clinical hypnotherapy and has conducted hundreds of past life regression sessions.His research is informed by personal experiences with paranormal phenomena, including psychic flashes, UFO sightings, and other unexplained occurrences. These experiences have contributed to his academic interest in the nature of consciousness and its potential existence beyond the physical body.————————— Music Credits:Music: Cinematic Logo 04 by TaigaSoundProdFree download: https://filmmusic.io/song/8221-cinematic-logo-04Licensed under CC BY 4.0: https://filmmusic.io/standard-licenseMusic: Technology Calm Logo 01 by TaigaSoundProdFree download: https://filmmusic.io/song/6660-technology-calm-logo-01Licensed under CC BY 4.0: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license---Neon Galactic is a production of PBS affiliate KEET-TV in Eureka, CA. Please don’t forget to like and subscribe. Public television can always use your support. On X:@jfrickingfaulk#spirituality #soul #addiction #recovery #neongalactic #UAP #space #aliens #philosophy #occult #manyworlds #multiverse #ufo #abduction# #consciousness #phenomenon #afterlife #NDE #psionics

On this episode of Neon Galactic, we interview author and businessman Tom Matte on how a long and terrible slide into cocaine addiction and psychosis ultimately left him with a talent for seeing and encountering the transcendent.Matte’s book, “Jesus Goes to Hollywood,” is a rollicking ride through excess and insanity, the collapse of family, and the power of love.The story is wild and entertaining, yet also somehow pregnant with possibilities for expanded human capacity. Matte ultimately emerges from this trauma with a gift that even now informs and directs his life.Holographic images fraught with layers of pointed meaning have become a part of Matte’s daily experience. He can engage at will, or not, yet doing so always provides penetrating insight and deep connectivity.We discuss this talent, what he calls “upsight,” and explore how Dean Radin’s Institute of Noetic Science will soon publish an academic paper examining Matte’s claims and correlating his conscious experience with physical phenomenon in his brain.Matte discusses how he believes his new capability be the vanguard of a broadening human potential, one he’s anxious to help the world understand.For more information:www.tom-matte.comTo read a blog post by Tom on the IONS website:https://noetic.org/blog/upsight/————————— Music Credits:Music: Cinematic Logo 04 by TaigaSoundProdFree download: https://filmmusic.io/song/8221-cinematic-logo-04Licensed under CC BY 4.0: https://filmmusic.io/standard-licenseMusic: Technology Calm Logo 01 by TaigaSoundProdFree download: https://filmmusic.io/song/6660-technology-calm-logo-01Licensed under CC BY 4.0: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license---Neon Galactic is a production of PBS affiliate KEET-TV in Eureka, CA. Please don’t forget to like and subscribe. Public television can always use your support. On X:@jfrickingfaulk@TomEMatte#upsight IONS #trauma #spirituality #soul #addiction #recovery #neongalactic #UAP #space #aliens #philosophy #occult #manyworlds #multiverse #ufo #abduction# #consciousness #phenomenon #afterlife #NDE #psionics

On this episode of Neon Galactic, we interview author Kristina Amelong about her new book, “What My Brother Knew,” a memoir covering the death of her young brother and his precognitive vision of that event.The book, scheduled for public release in May, reveals how Jay Amelong, then a 13-year-old in Madison, WI, somehow caught a glimpse of his own death and warned his family repeatedly in advance.He was hit by a car and killed by a driver that seemed to suffer a strange loss of consciousness just as he was turning a corner. Kristina Amelong, a teenager at the time, was devastated by the tragedy, and spent the next several decades struggling with her feelings, and working through that pain, as well as other traumas she suffered as a child. As the book relates, unprocessed grief and buried memories come to the surface as Amelong ultimately faces her addictions and builds a happy life and family of her own.By interviewing relatives and friends of Jay, she discovers that the short life of little brother had an outsized and positive impact on many who knew him. Her research leads her to fresh insights about the value and purpose of a life well-lived, and helps lead her to a spiritual understanding of the universe, and who we are within it. The book project, originating in a contemplative writing group, seems to have been guided by a string of startling synchronicities, ultimately infusing both the stark reality of Jay’s death and her own journey with profound personal meaning.   We discuss the book, the nature of reality, and the power of writing to help people find wholeness in the face of trauma and pain. To learn more about her life, work, or to pre-order her book:https://www.kristinaamelong.comThe documentary I mention about my own experience with addiction is available to view here:https://www.pbs.org/show/addicts-among-us/—————————— Music Credits:Music: Cinematic Logo 04 by TaigaSoundProdFree download: https://filmmusic.io/song/8221-cinematic-logo-04Licensed under CC BY 4.0: https://filmmusic.io/standard-licenseMusic: Technology Calm Logo 01 by TaigaSoundProdFree download: https://filmmusic.io/song/6660-technology-calm-logo-01Licensed under CC BY 4.0: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license---Neon Galactic is a production of PBS affiliate KEET-TV in Eureka, CA. Please don’t forget to like and subscribe. Public television can always use your support. On X:@jfrickingfaulk@kristinaamelong#trauma #spirituality #soul #addiction #recovery #neongalactic #UAP #space #aliens #philosophy #occult #manyworlds #multiverse #ufo #abduction# #consciousness #phenomenon #afterlife #NDE #psionics

On this episode of Neon Galactic, we’re joined by author and anthropologist-futurist Eric Wargo to discuss his fascinating and provocative new book, “Becoming Timefaring: Time Travel and the Human Future.”Wargo has made a name for himself through his theories surrounding the nature of time and human consciousness. He’s published several books in that subject area that examine how causation may work both forward and backward in time and how that reality may manifest in lives human lives.This new book expands the argument to point out that rather than being impossible, as we‘be long been told, time travel is an achievable goal for our species, one that may be much closer than we think.We discuss what technologies may enable such travel, both for physical human beings and for information.Wargo here describes the several deep cognitive errors humans have made around time-travel and the possibilities of such travelers undermining space-time. These are in truth non-issues, Wargo says, and instead highlight the limits of our imagination.If time-travel does occur, and Wargo argues that it absolutely will, then there’s no reason we’re not being visited in this moment by our descendants, who may be manifesting the sky as UAPs.Breaking down what a time-ship would look like as it moves through different perspectives, Wargo identifies a stark similarity with many reporters UAP reports.To learn more about the book, buy it, and explore Wargo’s bibliography:https://ericwargo.com---------Music Credits:Music: Cinematic Logo 04 by TaigaSoundProdFree download: https://filmmusic.io/song/8221-cinema...Licensed under CC BY 4.0: https://filmmusic.io/standard-licenseMusic: Technology Calm Logo 01 by TaigaSoundProdFree download: https://filmmusic.io/song/6660-techno...Licensed under CC BY 4.0: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license---Neon Galactic is a production of PBS affiliate KEET-TV in Eureka, CA. Please don’t forget to like and subscribe. Public television can always use your support. On X:@jfrickingfaulk@thenightshirt#timetravel #precognition #ESP #TheNightShirt #neongalactic #UAP #space #aliens #magic #occult #manyworlds #multiverse #ufo #consciousness #phenomenon #ghosts #afterlife #NDE

On this episode of Neon Galactic, I'm joined by retired philosophy Professor Michael Zimmerman from the University of Colorado at Boulder to interview Whitley Strieber about his new book, "The Fourth Mind."We explore alien physiology, as revealed in the book and in an apparently leaked description posted anonymously on Reddit, and discuss how those two sources corroborate one another.We discuss Whitley's theory that human beings once had a number of psychic gifts, including telepathy and levitation, that were lost during the Younger Dryas catastrophe.According to Whitley's experience, the Grays seem to exist outside of time. We discuss how this seems to have impacted their existence, and what they may need from us to experience novelty in the world.We explore the notion of conscious electricity, plasmid intelligences, and how the gray alien species may be a technology created to allow this energy to enter the physical realm and engage with humanity.We also discuss how and why it's pivotal that humans try and retrieve their lost capacities. As the planet grows increasingly disturbed by human activity, Whitley believes it may be only option we have left to help our planet recuperate and keep ourselves alive. -------------------------------- Music Credits:Music: Cinematic Logo 04 by TaigaSoundProdFree download: https://filmmusic.io/song/8221-cinematic-logo-04Licensed under CC BY 4.0: https://filmmusic.io/standard-licenseMusic: Technology Calm Logo 01 by TaigaSoundProdFree download: https://filmmusic.io/song/6660-technology-calm-logo-01Licensed under CC BY 4.0: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license——Neon Galactic is a production of PBS affiliate KEET-TV in Eureka, CA. Please don’t forget to like and subscribe. Public television can always use your support. On X:@jfrickingfaulk@whitleystrieber#thefourthmind #whitleystrieber #communion #neongalactic #UAP #space #aliens #philosophy #occult #manyworlds #multiverse #ufo #abduction# #consciousness #phenomenon #afterlife #NDE #psionics

On this episode of Neon Galactic, I’m joined by author and psychonaut Adam Butler, to talk about his life, his experience with DMT, his book, and how turning inward has helped him reinvent his life. Butler is the author of “Butler’s DMT Field Guide,” a volume that describes his experiences on the drug, how it has helped him, and offers various common recipes for acquiring it. We talk about how DMT and other hallucinogens can have therapeutic and transformative power for percipients, if done right. Butler outlines how his life had collapsed due to alcoholism and other personality defects. Through the use of psychedelics and a deep journey inward, he has learned how to live a more centered, passionate, and empathetic life. We also discuss how the lessons learned with psychedelics mirror many of the same ideas and principles offered up by ancient non-dual spiritual traditions. The issues both he and I faced as part of our journeys into addiction and recovery reflect a broader sickness of society at large. Only by understanding our own shadow personality traits, and taking responsibility for their improvement and eradication, can people learn to live improved lives. Butler also describes how a journey to the Monroe Center helped him compare the Gateway Process used there with his own spiritual journey through the use of DMT. Both mechanisms lead people to the same sorts of realizations about self, world, and relationships. To buy Butler’s book:https://a.co/d/7RC9xB9—————————— Music Credits:Music: Cinematic Logo 04 by TaigaSoundProdFree download: https://filmmusic.io/song/8221-cinematic-logo-04Licensed under CC BY 4.0: https://filmmusic.io/standard-licenseMusic: Technology Calm Logo 01 by TaigaSoundProdFree download: https://filmmusic.io/song/6660-technology-calm-logo-01Licensed under CC BY 4.0: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license---Neon Galactic is a production of PBS affiliate KEET-TV in Eureka, CA. Please don’t forget to like and subscribe. Public television can always use your support. On X:@jfrickingfaulk@adambutlerbooks#DMT #Monroe #Gateway #astral #addiction #recovery #neongalactic #UAP #space #aliens #philosophy #occult #manyworlds #multiverse #ufo #abduction# #consciousness #phenomenon #afterlife #NDE #psionics

On this episode of Neon Galactic, I interview Dr. Garry Nolan from Stanford University about the Sol Foundation, his work with Skywatcher, the nature of consciousness and the complexities of scientific work in a capitalist society.Nolan is the Rachford and Carlota A. Harris Professor in the Department of Pathology at Stanford University School of Medicine. He has published over 350 research articles and is the holder of 50 US patents, and has been honored as one of the top 25 inventors at Stanford University. He has in recent years been one of the foremost scientists willing to engage in the research and study of unidentified anomalous phenomena.We discuss the Sol Foundation, its goals for the future, and how it’s proceeding on three different tracks to help encourage the study of UAPs. We also discuss such work is viewed by the larger scientific mainstream, and how he’s hoping to bring the subject into larger academic and scientific arenas.We also explore how religious experiences and pursuit of non-dual spiritual pursuits can prepare one for encounters with the UAP/NHI phenomenon. Nolan also offers his thoughts on the Dan Farah film, “Age of Disclosure,” which premiered recently at the SXSW Festival in Texas. I ask him how we can encourage the development of UAP science and fund that research without exacerbating existing economic and social divisions. —————————— Music Credits:Music: Cinematic Logo 04 by TaigaSoundProdFree download: https://filmmusic.io/song/8221-cinematic-logo-04Licensed under CC BY 4.0: https://filmmusic.io/standard-licenseMusic: Technology Calm Logo 01 by TaigaSoundProdFree download: https://filmmusic.io/song/6660-technology-calm-logo-01Licensed under CC BY 4.0: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license---Neon Galactic is a production of PBS affiliate KEET-TV in Eureka, CA. Please don’t forget to like and subscribe. Public television can always use your support. On X:@jfrickingfaulk@garrypnolan#skywatcher #solfoundation #stanford #neongalactic #UAP #space #aliens #philosophy #occult #manyworlds #multiverse #ufo #abduction# #consciousness #phenomenon #afterlife #NDE #psionics

On this episode of Neon Galactic, we sit down with experiencer, researcher, author and seeker Daniel Rekshan to discuss his life, work, and perspective on the ongoing contact phenomenon and what it means for humanity. Rekshan is a hypnotist, artist, dream worker, and freelance shaman who has been working over the past several years to help experiencers contextualize their contact and interpret it within the framework of their own lives. Reskshan argues that shamanism offers a model by which people can take the power back over their own experiences and escape the sort of victimhood that has been placed on them by some of the operative narratives in the UFO/NHI space.Rekshan believes in the reality of contact, but maintains that its reality has much to do`with humanity’s experience of dreaming. That imaginal realm is the nexus, confluence or meeting point where these different worlds and entities seem most prone to connect. He does NOT argue that abductions and downloads are merely dreams, rather than the dreams appear to be the technology or mechanism deployed by the other for making contact. To learn more about Rekshan and his work, buy his books, read his academic papers: dseti.orgTo learn about his app, Dream Well:dreamwellbewell.com—-------------------------Music Credits:Music: Cinematic Logo 04 by TaigaSoundProdFree download: https://filmmusic.io/song/8221-cinematic-logo-04Licensed under CC BY 4.0: https://filmmusic.io/standard-licenseMusic: Technology Calm Logo 01 by TaigaSoundProdFree download: https://filmmusic.io/song/6660-technology-calm-logo-01Licensed under CC BY 4.0: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license---Neon Galactic is a production of PBS affiliate KEET-TV in Eureka, CA. Please don’t forget to like and subscribe. Public television can always use your support. On X:@jfrickingfaulk@daniel_rekshanOn YouTube:www.youtube.com/@dseti#shamanism #dreams #quantumhealing #hypnosis #johnmack #physics #neongalactic #UAP #space #aliens #philosophy #occult #manyworlds #multiverse #ufo #abduction #consciousness #phenomenon #afterlife #NDE #psionics