Taoism, Chinese Medicine & Energy Healing with Richard Wickes (S6E10)

Richard Wickes joins Strange & Mysterious World to explore Taoism, Chinese medicine, energy healing and The Five Element Code. How does he connect an ancient framework of wood, fire, earth, metal and water with the body, consciousness and everyday life?Richard shares his interpretation of the five elements, the paradox of Wu Wei or “doing nothing” and his experiences studying with a Taoist teacher. The conversation moves through Qigong, energy transmission, acupuncture, Reiki, feng shui and Chinese astrology.During the interview, Richard demonstrates his approach to energy work with William and Lee, who describe their reactions as the session unfolds. He also recounts remote-viewing experiences and deeply personal encounters involving spirituality, meditation and grief.Join us for a conversation about perception, ancient philosophy and the mysteries of human experience.Strange & Mysterious World | Season 6, Episode 10WATCH DOCUMENTARIES ON ELEUSIS TVIf you enjoy the subjects we explore on Strange & Mysterious World, go deeper with Eleusis TV, William Collinson’s documentary platform exploring consciousness, ancient wisdom, psychedelic spirituality and the mysteries of human experience.Explore the films:https://eleusistv.com/FIND RICHARD WICKESOfficial website:https://www.wickesway.com/About Richard and his work:https://www.wickesway.com/rich.htmlPublic contact:[email protected] discussed:The Five Element Code: Read Your Body, Decode Your WorldEXPLORE STRANGE & MYSTERIOUS WORLDhttps://www.strangeandmysteriousworld.com/Subscribe for more conversations exploring consciousness, ancient mysteries, spirituality and the unexplained. Which idea from this episode would you like us to explore further? Let us know in the comments.This interview presents personal experiences and the participants’ interpretations. The energy-work demonstration is not a controlled experiment or evidence of a medical cure. This content is not medical advice and should not replace qualified medical care.CHAPTERS00:00 Introducing Richard Wickes00:36 Taoism and the Five Element Code07:08 Richard’s interpretation of the five elements12:56 Nothingness and Wu Wei22:12 Qigong and energy transmission27:04 Richard’s experience of energetic perception32:16 Acupuncture, Reiki and cultivating sensitivity36:05 Energy as information42:19 Energy-work demonstration with Lee45:58 Energy-work demonstration with William56:23 Chinese medicine, feng shui and the five elements1:02:09 The hosts’ reactions and healing stories1:06:49 Spiritual encounters across traditions1:08:51 Richard’s Jesus experience and grief1:13:02 An unexpected experience in meditation1:20:32 How Richard approaches energy work1:26:34 Medicine and healing claims1:34:25 Intuition and remote viewing1:40:02 Chinese astrology and the five elements1:41:17 Where to find Richard#Taoism #FiveElements #EnergyHealing #RichardWickes #StrangeAndMysteriousWorld Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

What if sharks don't just recognize individual humans, but remember who helped them? After more than 30 years working underwater with wild sharks, Cristina Zenato reveals extraordinary encounters that challenge almost everything we've been taught about these animals. In this episode of Strange & Mysterious World, we explore the intelligence, personalities and surprising communication of sharks, including sharks that deliberately approach Cristina, allow her to remove fishing hooks from their bodies, and then behave completely differently toward her afterward. Cristina describes the remarkable story of Foggy Eye, a shark who allowed her to reach inside her mouth and remove a hook and from that day forward began coming to her and resting against her. We also explore: • Whether sharks recognize individual human beings • Why different sharks appear to have completely different personalities • Whether animals communicate with humans beyond spoken language • The experiment involving mentally communicating with sharks • Why fear may completely distort our perception of predators • Why great white sharks can be encountered outside cages — but why Cristina still wouldn't recommend it commercially • How Jaws changed our perception of sharks • Why dolphins and orcas may be far less innocent than popular culture suggests • What nearly five years of accumulated time underwater taught Cristina about human consciousness • Why she says sharks can “strip you raw” and reveal who you really are • What sharks have taught her about fear, prejudice and being human This conversation isn't really just about sharks. It's about intelligence, consciousness, communication — and whether humanity has drastically underestimated the minds of the animals sharing this planet with us. Watch to the end and tell us in the comments: Do you believe animals can recognize and communicate with individual human beings in ways science still doesn't fully understand? Subscribe to Strange & Mysterious World for more conversations exploring consciousness, mysteries, extraordinary experiences and the unexplained. Chapters: 00:00 The Shark That Changed After She Saved It 02:54 She Dreamed of Having Sharks as Friends 06:54 When She Realized Sharks Recognized Her 08:52 Everything We Were Told About Sharks Was Wrong 11:02 Can You Swim With Great Whites Without a Cage? 13:55 Why Are Animals Drawn to Her? 16:50 The Disappearing Sharks 17:52 Do Sharks Communicate With Humans? 18:55 Sharks Know Exactly Who She Is 22:44 Every Shark Has a Personality 24:48 Can a Shark Bite Be an “Attack”? 26:46 Jaws Changed Everything 29:45 The Dark Side of Dolphins & Orcas 31:12 The Shark That Let Her Reach Inside Its Mouth 34:50 The Shark That Came Straight to Her for Help 38:53 Five YEARS Underwater 39:50 “Sharks Strip You Raw” 44:15 What Animals May Be Teaching Us 46:38 The My Octopus Teacher Connection 48:43 Trying to Communicate With Sharks Mentally 51:49 Why Mental Communication Didn't Work 54:11 The Altered State She Finds Underwater 55:39 What Sharks Taught Her About Being Human #Sharks #AnimalCommunication #SharkDiving #AnimalIntelligence #Consciousness Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

What if consciousness doesn't just observe reality — but actually participates in creating it?In this extraordinary conversation, consciousness researcher Dr. Dean Radin takes us deep into the scientific evidence surrounding psychic phenomena, manifestation, synchronicity, telepathy, precognition and what ancient traditions called magic. 🎬 Go deeper with Eleusis TVIf you love the subjects we explore on Strange & Mysterious World, discover Eleusis TV — a streaming platform dedicated to documentaries exploring consciousness, ancient wisdom, psychedelics, spirituality and the mysteries of human existence.Watch now: https://eleusistv.com/Dean reveals the bizarre experience in which he bent a metal spoon and felt it become like putty, explains experiments suggesting that future events may influence the present, explores whether psychic receptivity could have a genetic component, and discusses one of the strangest hypotheses of the episode: whether centuries of persecution during the Inquisition could have influenced those genetic patterns.We also explore terminal lucidity and survival after death, The Telepathy Tapes, meditation and psychic development, synchronicity, Yoga Nidra manifestation, consciousness as the foundation of reality, and Dean's work involving RNA technology that could one day contribute to understanding how human cognition, intuition and even psychic ability might be enhanced.This is where quantum physics, consciousness research, ancient mystical traditions and the science of magic collide.Watch to the end, then tell us in the comments: Have you ever experienced something that made you question whether coincidence is really coincidence?Subscribe to Strange & Mysterious World for weekly investigations into consciousness, paranormal phenomena, spirituality and the unexplained.Chapters:00:00 Can Your Mind Change Reality?06:19 Are Your Thoughts Affecting the World?07:56 The Spoon-Bending Experience That Frightened Radin14:03 The Mental State Behind “Magic”18:59 Are You Manifesting It… or Seeing the Future?23:42 Is Psychic Ability Hidden in Your DNA?26:53 The Mystery That Changed His Mind About Death29:56 What If Everything Is Consciousness?33:37 Did the Inquisition Alter Psychic Genetics?38:10 Can the Future Influence the Present?45:28 The Yoga Nidra Manifestation That Shouldn't Have Happened53:07 Two Minds Were Pulling Reality Together56:24 Why Meditation Makes Synchronicities Appear59:34 The Telepathy Tapes — What Controlled Tests Found1:05:25 Is There a Shortcut to Psychic Ability?1:08:40 Could Biotechnology Enhance Human Abilities?1:09:56 The Experimental Memory Treatment1:12:20 The Long-Term Goal: Enhancing Psychic Ability1:14:30 What Happens If This Falls Into the Wrong Hands?1:17:36 Sadhguru's Warning About Psychic Powers1:22:14 Why Science Is Finally Taking This Seriously1:27:49 If Everyone Became Telepathic Tomorrow…1:33:54 Final Thoughts#DeanRadin #PsychicPhenomena #Consciousness #ScienceOfMagic #Paranormal Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Can someone describe a place they have NEVER seen using nothing but a random number?In this blind remote viewing experiment, Ryan works through an unknown target live while William and Lee reveal their own sessions afterward. None of them know the destination. Then the target is finally shown, and some of the correspondences are extremely difficult to ignore.Ryan describes a museum-like interior, windows, unusual floors, height, enclosed spaces and descending stairs. William repeatedly receives water, elevation and structures. Lee records a man-made structure, domes and other impressions.Then comes the reveal: a mysterious museum constructed into a sacred mountain in Osh, Kyrgyzstan.Ryan Kralik, managing editor of Aperture, the publication of the International Remote Viewing Association, also discusses his training around members of the Stargate remote viewing community, controlled remote viewing (CRV), monitoring, intuition, operational targets and why experienced remote viewers still question what is happening.Whether you believe remote viewing is psychic perception, unexplained information transfer, coincidence, subconscious pattern recognition or something science hasn't adequately explained yet, watch the experiment from beginning to end and make up your own mind.Could you explain what happened here? Tell us your theory in the comments, and subscribe to Strange & Mysterious World for more experiments into consciousness, psychic phenomena and the unexplained.Ryan says he trained around people from the Stargate community and sometimes works operational targets such as missing-person cases, which gives you a legitimate SEO bridge into the broader Stargate/remote-viewing audience.Chapters:00:00 Can You See a Hidden Place With Your Mind?01:31 Training With the Stargate Remote Viewers03:56 The Meditation That Opens Ryan's “Third Eye”05:21 How a Blind Remote Viewing Session Works08:20 The Secret Coordinates Are Given17:11 “Lighthouse”… The Images Begin23:26 Ryan Starts Seeing a Tower27:21 The Monitor Moves Him Toward the Target34:29 Something Appears Inside the Structure36:38 A Woman Who “Was There… And Isn't”37:21 “She's Dead”38:09 Ryan Suddenly Sees a Love Triangle39:18 Inside the Hidden Location40:51 He Sees Water Outside43:42 “It's Like a Museum”44:38 England, Tudors and Shakespeare?45:17 The Descending Staircase Appears47:42 “It's a Freaking Tower”49:46 “You Basically Named the Target”55:21 The Mistake That Can Actually Contain Data56:09 The Louvre Remote Viewing Story57:33 William Reveals His Blind Session1:02:18 Lee Reveals His Session1:06:29 The Grand Reveal1:07:14 Ryan Said “Museum”1:08:19 The Staircase Match1:09:39 The Museum Inside the Mountain1:12:03 The River Match1:13:31 The Sacred Mountain's Strange History1:15:34 The Love Triangle Connection1:17:13 Did All Three Get Something Right?1:19:03 “We're Completely Wrong About Reality”1:20:43 Why “It's Just a Number” Matters1:22:41 Even Experts Still Can't Believe It Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

What if Satan was never actually in the Garden of Eden? And what if early Christianity contained secret teachings that most Christians were never taught?Professor Elaine Pagels, one of the world's leading historians of early Christianity and author of *The Gnostic Gospels* and *The Origin of Satan*, joins Strange & Mysterious World to explore how the idea of Satan evolved, why the serpent in Genesis was later identified with the Devil, and what the Gospel of Thomas, Gospel of Mary and other lost Christian writings reveal about the earliest followers of Jesus.We explore the historical Jesus, the Roman crucifixion, the Dead Sea Scrolls, Lucifer, the origins of the Devil, Mary Magdalene, Gnosticism, the creation of the New Testament canon, Christianity's mystical traditions and the provocative idea that Jesus may have given different teachings publicly and privately.Pagels also explains why her own personal tragedy led her to investigate the origins of Satan and why decades of historical research ultimately deepened, rather than destroyed, her spiritual search.Watch to the end for her remarkable perspective on what may lie at the heart of Jesus' message.Subscribe to Strange & Mysterious World for conversations exploring religion, consciousness, spirituality, ancient mysteries and the unexplained. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Scientists exposed cancer cells and mice to a controversial energy-healing method and the reported results challenged everything they expected.Could healing be recorded, stored in water, transmitted through space and replayed after the healer has left the room?In this episode of Strange and Mysterious World, William Collinson and Lee Strydom speak with Margaret Bengston about the extraordinary work of her late husband, William Bengston, creator of the Bengston Method.Margaret reveals how the method began with a mysterious psychic encounter, how researchers tested it using aggressive cancer models, and why later experiments attempted to capture the healing effect digitally. She also discusses reported changes in cancer-cell growth, gene activity, treated water and what researchers call “conditioned space” the possibility that an invisible effect may remain in a location after the people responsible have left.You will discover:• Why the Bengston Method is different from Reiki and traditional manifestation• What reportedly happened when cancer-treated mice received the method• Why researchers attempted to record a silent healing session• How cancer cells allegedly responded to the recording• Why an empty room may have retained a measurable signal• Whether different healing methods produce different signatures• The ongoing attempt to store and scale healingThis conversation presents the claims, experiences and research discussed by our guest. It is not medical advice and should never replace diagnosis or treatment from a qualified healthcare professional.Watch until the end and tell us in the comments: do these experiments reveal an unknown biological mechanism, an effect of consciousness or something science has not yet learned how to measure?Subscribe to Strange and Mysterious World for weekly investigations into consciousness, paranormal phenomena, unexplained science and the mysteries that challenge our understanding of reality.Chapters:0:00 Scientists Claim Energy Healing Cured Cancer in Mice?0:36 Introducing the Bengston Method & Margaret Bengston1:51 Why William's Own Healing Attempts Didn't Work3:38 How Bill Bengston Discovered the Healing Method6:44 The Energy Cure & Learning the Bengston Method9:08 The Psychic Who Predicted the Future11:24 Cloud Busting, Consciousness & Reality14:20 Is the Bengston Method Manifestation or Something Else?17:07 The Image Cycling Technique Explained22:14 Can Energy Healing Survive Scientific Testing?26:12 The Latest MD Anderson Cancer Research Results28:53 Why Mainstream Science Is Finally Paying Attention32:25 Why Dean Radin Took This Research Seriously33:36 What Really Happened to the Cancer Tumours?35:39 The Astonishing "Cancer Vaccine" Discovery36:44 Can Healing Be Stored in Water, Cotton... or Blood?38:58 Recording Healing Inside a Faraday Cage43:35 Scientists Recorded Healing Signals in Cancer Cells46:31 Did They Accidentally Record Healing?48:27 The Signal Analyst Who Found Something Impossible50:49 Charlie Goldsmith & The Mystery of Healing Frequencies53:42 Can Healing Leave a Permanent Mark on a Room? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

What happens when lucid dreaming becomes something far more real and far more dangerous?Michael Monk claims that nicotine patches can dramatically intensify dreams and increase the chances of becoming lucid. But his most terrifying out-of-body experience began when he tried something even stronger and found himself travelling beyond Earth with no apparent connection to his physical body.In this episode, Michael describes being pulled toward a mysterious golden light, entering what appeared to be a shrine to Christ, watching the figure on the throne transform into a skeleton, and becoming trapped by a dragon-like entity at the edge of the universe.We also explore:• The three alleged levels of out-of-body reality• Whether dreams are private fantasies or shared spiritual realms• Why some people encounter terrifying entities during astral projection• The controversial “light trap” theory surrounding death and reincarnation• Nicotine patches, guayusa tea and lucid-dream experimentation• Precognitive dreams and communication through the I Ching• Whether spiritual experiences can help solve problems in ordinary lifeThis conversation presents Michael’s personal experiences and spiritual interpretations. Claims involving nicotine, galantamine or other substances should not be treated as medical advice. Consult a qualified medical professional before using any substance or medication.Watch until the end and tell us in the comments: was Michael experiencing a lucid dream, an out-of-body journey or something else entirely?Subscribe to Strange and Mysterious World for more conversations exploring consciousness, paranormal phenomena, spirituality and the unexplained.Very NB##### PLEASE USE LESS THAN A QUATER OF THE PATCH IF NOT USED TO NICOTINE.....IT CAN CAUSE NAUSEAChapters:00:00 He Entered Somewhere Humans Shouldn’t Go00:31 Michael Monk Returns03:00 Why Spiritual Awakenings Wear Off08:09 Can Meditation Open Contact With Entities?11:00 “Energy Flows Where Attention Goes”13:00 A Third Eye Inside Your Hands?15:31 The Truth About Seeing Auras20:02 His Entire Body Began Vibrating22:22 Feeling an Invisible Magnetic Field25:27 Training Yourself to Wake Up Inside Dreams28:38 The Three Realms Beyond the Body30:38 The “Lucid Dreaming Tea”31:24 The Controversial Nicotine-Patch Method37:59 Is Nicotine Being Misrepresented?40:52 The Experience That Terrified Him42:00 He Lost His Connection to His Body43:12 The False Christ Shrine44:05 A Dragon Trapped Him Beyond the Universe46:31 “Seeking God Externally Leads to the Devil”48:00 Is the Light After Death a Trap?52:02 Can Astral Travel Solve Your Real-Life Problems?56:51 A Dream Predicted a Phone Call58:55 Did the I Ching Communicate Through His Dreams?01:01:53 Can Lucid Dreaming Make You Feel More Rested?01:05:20 Why Astral Travellers Encounter Monsters01:09:06 Final Thoughts Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

What happens when lucid dreaming becomes something far more real and far more dangerous?Michael Monk claims that nicotine patches can dramatically intensify dreams and increase the chances of becoming lucid. But his most terrifying out-of-body experience began when he tried something even stronger and found himself travelling beyond Earth with no apparent connection to his physical body.In this episode, Michael describes being pulled toward a mysterious golden light, entering what appeared to be a shrine to Christ, watching the figure on the throne transform into a skeleton, and becoming trapped by a dragon-like entity at the edge of the universe.We also explore:• The three alleged levels of out-of-body reality• Whether dreams are private fantasies or shared spiritual realms• Why some people encounter terrifying entities during astral projection• The controversial “light trap” theory surrounding death and reincarnation• Nicotine patches, guayusa tea and lucid-dream experimentation• Precognitive dreams and communication through the I Ching• Whether spiritual experiences can help solve problems in ordinary lifeThis conversation presents Michael’s personal experiences and spiritual interpretations. Claims involving nicotine, galantamine or other substances should not be treated as medical advice. Consult a qualified medical professional before using any substance or medication.Watch until the end and tell us in the comments: was Michael experiencing a lucid dream, an out-of-body journey or something else entirely?Subscribe to Strange and Mysterious World for more conversations exploring consciousness, paranormal phenomena, spirituality and the unexplained.Very NB##### PLEASE USE LESS THAN A QUATER OF THE PATCH IF NOT USED TO NICOTINE.....IT CAN CAUSE NAUSEAChapters:00:00 He Entered Somewhere Humans Shouldn’t Go00:31 Michael Monk Returns03:00 Why Spiritual Awakenings Wear Off08:09 Can Meditation Open Contact With Entities?11:00 “Energy Flows Where Attention Goes”13:00 A Third Eye Inside Your Hands?15:31 The Truth About Seeing Auras20:02 His Entire Body Began Vibrating22:22 Feeling an Invisible Magnetic Field25:27 Training Yourself to Wake Up Inside Dreams28:38 The Three Realms Beyond the Body30:38 The “Lucid Dreaming Tea”31:24 The Controversial Nicotine-Patch Method37:59 Is Nicotine Being Misrepresented?40:52 The Experience That Terrified Him42:00 He Lost His Connection to His Body43:12 The False Christ Shrine44:05 A Dragon Trapped Him Beyond the Universe46:31 “Seeking God Externally Leads to the Devil”48:00 Is the Light After Death a Trap?52:02 Can Astral Travel Solve Your Real-Life Problems?56:51 A Dream Predicted a Phone Call58:55 Did the I Ching Communicate Through His Dreams?01:01:53 Can Lucid Dreaming Make You Feel More Rested?01:05:20 Why Astral Travellers Encounter Monsters01:09:06 Final Thoughts#LucidDreaming #AstralProjection #OutOfBodyExperience #NearDeathExperience #ParanormalPodcast Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Newly released UFO footage appears to show enormous objects, strange aerial formations and a craft that stops before changing direction, but is the public still only seeing the weakest evidence?In this episode of Strange & Mysterious World, Lee Strydom and William Collinson examine the latest UFO and UAP releases, including a remarkable historical report describing an occupied unidentified craft landing, an occupant walking outside, and the object departing moments later.They also investigate footage captured over the Middle East, the South China Sea, the Yellow Sea and the eastern United States. Some clips appear to show fast-moving orbs, unusual formations and objects behaving in ways that are difficult to explain.But the biggest question is not what has been released, it is what may still be withheld.If clearer 4K UFO footage allegedly exists, why are governments releasing grainy black-and-white clips? Are these releases genuine attempts at transparency, or could they form part of a gradual “soft disclosure” process designed to prepare the public?Watch until the end and tell us: Are we witnessing disclosure, or another carefully controlled information campaign?Subscribe to Strange & Mysterious World for weekly investigations into UFOs, UAP disclosure, paranormal phenomena, consciousness, magic and the unexplained.Chapters00:00 The UFO Evidence They Aren’t Showing Clearly01:59 A Forgotten Report of an Occupied UFO Landing05:09 The Occupant Got Out—and Walked Around07:32 Something Enormous Crosses the Screen09:43 The Orb That Moves Unlike an Aircraft10:57 A Ghostly Formation Over the South China Sea12:14 A Huge White Object Appears Over America13:26 The Alleged 4K Footage We Haven’t Seen14:20 Is Hollywood Preparing Us for Disclosure?22:29 Nixon, Jackie Gleason and the Alleged Alien Body24:32 Was Spielberg Recruited to Prepare the Public?27:22 The Cold Star-Shaped Object29:13 The UFO That Stops and Reverses31:30 Are These Releases Deliberately Disappointing?32:14 The “Soft Disclosure” Theory#UFO #UAP #UFODisclosure #AlienEvidence #PentagonUFO Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The Shroud of Turin may be the most controversial relic in history — but new claims about 3D imaging, ancient blood, Jerusalem soil, and impossible radiation have brought the mystery roaring back.In this episode, Father Damon joins us to explore whether the Shroud could be evidence of the crucifixion, the resurrection, or something even stranger involving alien DNA, interdimensional beings, and hidden Christian history.Watch until the end — because the conversation goes far beyond religion.Like, subscribe, and tell us: do you think the Shroud is real?#ShroudOfTurin #JesusMystery #ParanormalPodcast #AncientMysteries #StrangeAndMysteriousWorld Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.