Matthew Pines -- Neon Galactic -- Episode 82

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

On this episode of Neon Galactic, we interview Karin Austin of Archives of the Impossible and the John Mack Institute about her experience at Sol this year, and her work to help make experiencer metadata accessible to researchers.Karin Austin is an experiencer who participated in John Mack’s research into the alien encounter phenomenon during the late 1990s. She later evolved into a role as his personal assistant. After John’s passing, she helped the Mack family with the closing of his estate and was directly responsible for preparing John’s home-based archives for storageShe has spent the last years working to make the metadata available from Mack’s years of research, clinical sessions, and correspondence available for deeper study.We discuss how the subject of contact fits into the larger political dynamics of the United States, and how the messages long received by abductees and experiencers have been predicting a collapse. Are we upon that moment?How do we move forward as a topic under these social stressors?We also discuss how the nature of contact has changed over the years, and what that might mean.To learn more about the archives:https://impossiblearchives.rice.edu/—————————— 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#Archivesoftheimpossible #johnmack #physics #neongalactic #UAP #space #aliens #philosophy #occult #manyworlds #multiverse #ufo #abduction# #consciousness #phenomenon #afterlife #NDE #psionics

On this episode of Neon Galactic, we interview Dr. Gregory Shushan, author and researcher of near-death experiences throughout history in cultures all around the world.We discuss the phenomenology of NDEs, their role in the creation of religion, how they relate to other contact modalities, and their problematic status in academia. We also cover how the subject has shaped Shushan’s own thinking about the afterlife, and how various texts throughout history seem to outline what appears to be a relatively consistent picture of what happens after people die. Shushan is a historian of religions, an award-winning author, and the leading authority on near-death experiences and the afterlife across cultures and throughout history. Shushan is a Visiting Research Fellow at University of Winchester's Centre for Death, Religion and Culture; Adjunct Professor of Thanatology at Marian University; and Research Fellow of the Parapsychology Foundation. He was formerly Perrott-Warrick Researcher at University of Oxford's Ian Ramsey Centre for Science and Religion; Scholar-in Residence at the Centro Incontri Umani (The Cross Cultural Centre), Ascona, Switzerland; and Honorary Research Fellow at the Religious Experience Research Centre, University of Wales Trinity Saint David. He has lectured at universities in the UK, Ireland, and Switzerland and has given numerous talks on his research in nine countries, and has appeared on the History Channel.He holds degrees in Religious Studies (University of Wales Lampeter), Research Methods for the Humanities, Egyptian Archaeology (University College London), and Eastern Mediterranean Archaeology (Birkbeck College, University of London). He is currently (2024) working towards his second PhD with a project on near-death experiences in Classical antiquity.To buy his books:https://www.amazon.com/stores/author/B004ORRP8A-----------------------------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@gregoryshushan#NDE #soul #heaven #afterlife #science #philosophy #occult #manyworlds #multiverse #consciousness #phenomenon

On this episode of Neon Galactic, we interview Michael Phillip, host of the popular Third Eye Drops podcast, about his show, his thinking, and how a recent out-of-body experience has impacted his life. Third Eye Drops is a long-running and popular podcast that covers a broad range of subjects and phenomena that challenge the predominant materialistic worldview and feature the work of such important thinkers as Car Jung, Iamblichus, and others. His cross-disciplinary approach, wide-ranging guest list, and fantastic conversations have helped me in shaping my own journey, as he often wrestles with the same issues and questions I do here. We discuss his recent experience at a Monroe Center retreat, where he experienced and out-of-body state that was both scary and revelatory. He gives us a brief history of the center and of the methodologies used. We discuss how that system parallels the thinking of sources as varied as the theosophists, the trans-Himalayan wisdom tradition, neoplatonism, hermeticism and more. Phillip demonstrates his deep knowledge of the subject matter and his easy-going disposition in this wonderful conversation. To learn more:https://thirdeyedrops.com  If you like my show, you’ll love his.—------------------------ 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@thirdeyedrops#jung #plato #hermeticism #physics #quantum #neongalactic #UAP #space #aliens #philosophy #occult #manyworlds #multiverse #ufo #consciousness #phenomenon #afterlife #NDE #NHI #psionics #thirdeyedrops

On this episode of Neon Galactic, science educator David Stuss and I interview analyst and deep thinker Matthew Pines on UAPs, Jacob Barber, the politics of disclosure, the equities of ontological change, and how the evolving power structures of American society are now shifting in strange, powerful new ways.Matthew is currently the executive director of the BTC Policy, among other roles, and has become an important voice in the UAP/NHI conversation. Our chat starts with the current moment in the UAP issue, and Matt’s recent engagement with Barber’s Skywatcher group. From there, we explore how various factions of government and the private sector are preparing themselves for a new economic geography that may arise post-disclosure, and how society can help ensure that these new discoveries don’t further exacerbate existing inequities.We dive deep into the philosophical and scientific framework that Matt uses in his own ontological musings, and consider how those ideas can accommodate the various phenomena reported around UAP encounters and psi phenomenon. Matt outlines the Stephen Wolfram model that underpins his thinking and how Jonathon Gorard’s work has led to some further startling but important conclusions. We briefly discuss his novel, “Expectation Value,” and how the rise of artificial intelligence and UAPs represent similar challenges. To purchase his book:https://a.co/d/1fUDzzJGiven the current information environment online, we review the challenges faced by Barber and his group in pursuing science while under public scrutiny, and how getting the truth out in such a maelstrom can be a significant challenge. David Stuss is a science instructor from Camosun College in British Columbia.—---------------------- 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@matthew_pines#skywatcher #jakebarber #science #matthewpines #physics #quantum #neongalactic #UAP #space #aliens #philosophy #occult #manyworlds #multiverse #ufo #consciousness #phenomenon #afterlife #NDE #NHI #Wolfram #Gorard #psionics