David Stuss - Neon Galactic - Episode 64

Aired Friday 12/6/24 at 7p pacific on KEET-TV, Channel 13, a Northern California PBS affiliate. The broadcast version, which includes some unrelated content, will shortly be found on KEET’s YouTube channel, www.YouTube.com/@UCB0PweYtBgghdeJEio5yPZA Lede in:A LITTLE MORE THAN A WEEK AGO, I TRAVELED TO FORT MASON IN SAN FRANCISCO TO ATTEND THE SOL FOUNDATION’S SECOND SYMPOSIUM ON UNIDENTIFIED ANOMALOUS PHENOMENON.ATTENDED BY ACADEMICS FROM THE NATION’S TOP UNIVERSITIES, INCLUDING AMONG MANY OTHERS STANFORD AND HARVARD, AS WELL AS VENTURE CAPITALISTS, SCIENTISTS AND OTHERS, THE EVENT IS DESIGNED TO HELP FOSTER RESEARCH AND FUTURE PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT AROUND UAPs, AS WELL AS HELP MAINSTREAM A TOPIC THAT HAS LONG BEEN EXCUSED BY THE NATIONAL MEDIA AND BROADER SOCIETY AS A JOKE.THESE FOLKS, WITH ALL THEIR MONEY, DEGREES, AND GRAVITAS, WOULD ABSOLUTELY BEG TO DIFFER.THE UFO ISSUE IN RECENT YEARS HAS BECOME MORE PUBLIC, AFTER FORMER COUNTERINTELLIGENCE OFFICER LUE ELIZONDO LEFT HIS POST IN GOVERNMENT TO BLOW THE WHISTLE ON A CLANDESTINE GOVERNMENT UFO PROGRAM HE ONCE RAN.AS PART OF HIS DISCLOSURE, THREE VIDEOS FEATURING UAPs WERE RELEASED TO THE PUBLIC, AND SHOCKED THE WORLD.SINCE THEN, ELIZONDO HAS PUBLISHED A BOOK AND BEEN AT THE FOREFRONT OF AN EMERGING MOVEMENT TO FORCE GOVERNMENT TRANSPARENCY AROUND THE UFO PHENOMENON.THE FALL-OUT HAS BEEN DRAMATIC. CONGRESS HAS HELD MULTIPLE HEARINGS, AND EVEN STARTED AN OFFICIAL UFO OFFICE, ALA BLUE BOOK, CALLED THE ALL-DOMAIN ANOMALY RESOLUTION OFFICE. ITS MISSION IS TO GATHER AND COLLATE UFO DATA AND PROTECT ANY WHISTLEBLOWERS WHO COME FORWARD WITH INFORMATION ABOUT SURREPTITIOUS DEFENSE PROGRAMS THAT MIGHT BE ABUSING THE FEDERAL BUDGET SYSTEM AND CONDUCTING THEIR WORK WITHOUT CONGRESSIONAL OVERSIGHT.EVEN THE OUTGOING SENATE MAJORITY LEADER CHUCK SCHUMER AND REPUBLICAN SEN. MIKE ROUNDS, AMONG OTHERS, HAVE STEPPED FORWARD TO DEMAND TRANSPARENCY ON THIS ISSUE.THE SCHUMER-SUPPORTED UAP DISCLOSURE ACT OF 2023, WHICH FAILED TO PASS LAST YEAR DUE TO THE INTERFERENCE FROM ANTI-DISCLOSURE INTERESTS ON CAPITOL HILL, READS AT TIMES LIKE A SCIENCE FICTION NOVEL. I AM NOT MAKING THIS UP.THE SOL FOUNDATION, FOUNDED IN PART BY STANFORD SCIENTIST DR. GARRY NOLAN AND RESPECTED ACADEMIC PETER SKAFISH, HAS BEEN WORKING IN RECENT YEARS TO DEVELOP THE FINANCIAL INFRASTRUCTURE AND INCENTIVES THAT WILL HELP THE SUBJECT MOVE FORWARD WHEN MORE INFORMATION FINALLY BECOMES PUBLIC.THE FOLLOWING REPORT FROM THE SYMPOSIUM PROFILES THE ORGANIZATION, AND TRIES TO EXPLICATE THE BROADER ISSUE.PART OF WHAT INITIALLY GAVE ME PERMISSION, INTELLECTUALLY, TO ENGAGE WITH THE SUBJECT OF UFOS, WAS DISCOVERING THE QUALITY OF THINKERS AND DOERS WHO GIVE THE SUBJECT SERIOUS CONSIDERATION.CLAIMS OF PSEUDOSCIENCE AND CONSPIRACY ABOUND, YET MANY OF THE FOLKS WHO HAVE SERIOUS INTEREST IN THE TOPIC, AND CONSIDER IT WORTHWHILE, ARE AMONG THE NATION’S INTELLECTUAL ELITE.THESE BRILLIANT PEOPLE, SOME OF WHOM YOU’LL HEAR FROM IN A MOMENT, AREN’T INTERESTED IN FANTASY OR MAKE BELIEVE. THERE IS VERY MUCH SOMETHING SERIOUS AND ASTOUNDING AT THE HEART OF THE UAP PHENOMENON — AND THERE’S PEOPLE IN HIGH PLACES POSITIONING THEMSELVES NOW FOR WHEN THAT FACT BECOMES BETTER KNOWN.PLEASE ENJOY.——-To learn more:https://the solfoundation.orgTo get involved in the struggle for disclosure:https://www.uapcaucus.com/To help fund the struggle, and promote sound strategy:https://uapdisclosurefund.orgOn X:@jfrickingfaulk @lesternare@thegoodtroubleshowOn BlueSky:@[email protected]@lesternare.bsky.socialDon’t forget to like this video and subscribe to our channel. This is a production of KEET-TV, a non-profit public television station.#aliens #ufo #uap #Sol #galileo #gallaudet #disclosure #NHI #contact #ET #saucer #deepstate #garrynolan #stanford #AI #grey #abduction #investment #kripal #elizondo #uapdf #uapcaucus #uaptaskforce #uapda

On this episode of Neon Galactic, we interview author and occultist Marco Visconti for the second time, diving deeper into his book, “The Aleister Crowley Manual,” and delineating how he believes the UFO phenomena connects with magick. Visconti has long worked in partnership with his good friend and associate Peter Levenda, who we’ve had on the show several times, and who in recent years has partnered with Tom Delonge in the writing of the Sekret Machines non-fiction trilogy, “Gods, Man, and War.” Visconti and I discuss their partnership, and how they’ve teamed up to offer classes on celestial flight both online and in person. One such class, to be held in Joshua Tree, CA, is scheduled for later this year. The tradition of celestial flight outlines how human beings can develop their inner selves to ascend up through the several spheres of being to achieve gnosis and magickal power. Such development, as asserted by Levenda, will be important in helping the student navigate what could be looming contact with non-human intelligences. We also discuss the anatomy of the human spirit, as outlined in various occult traditions, and the notion of each individual’s divine spark, as well as their Holy Guardian Angel. Marco also describes his second book, a sequel, which should be released in a year’s time. To buy The Aleister Crowley Manual: https://a.co/d/iz5cccd To learn more: Www.Marcovisconti.org And on YouTube: www.youtube.com/@marcovisconti ——————- Music Credits: Music: Cinematic Logo 04 by TaigaSoundProd Free download: https://filmmusic.io/song/8221-cinematic-logo-04 Licensed under CC BY 4.0: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license Music: Technology Calm Logo 01 by TaigaSoundProd Free download: https://filmmusic.io/song/6660-technology-calm-logo-01 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 On Bluesky: @neongalactic.bsky.social @marcovisconti93.bsky.social #magick #thelema #neongalactic #aliens #magic #occult #akashic #psi #materialism #ufo #consciousness #phenomenon #ghosts #afterlife #NDE #spirits #OBE

On this episode of Neon Galactic, Dr. Chris Avis and I interview Ky Dickens, documentarian and podcaster behind The Telepathy Tapes, about her hit show, the autistic kids she features there, and how they’re potentially revealing deep and transcendent layers of reality.Dickens describes her journey from personal grief into a search for broader meaning, a quest that ultimately led her to the work of Dr. Diane Hennacy Powell and research into telepathy between non-verbal autistic kids and their family members and caregivers.We discuss how her project unfolded, and what the implications are for our culture and society.She delineates her future plans for the project, both in Season 2 and an upcoming documentary project, and previews what’s upcoming in the final episode of Season 1.The entrancing and hopeful Telepathy Tapes podcast charts the deep and baffling connections between non-verbal autistic kids and the people close to them, connections that defy the materialist paradigm currently operative in science and academia.Dickens outlines how these kids seem to have access to a realm of deep information, transcendent connection, and timeless wisdom, and how what they describe seems to match much of what many of humanity’s esoteric wisdom traditions have been saying for ages.For more information and to follow the podcast:thetelepathytapes.comOr anywhere you get your podcasts.——————-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@telepathytapes@kydickensOn Bluesky:@neongalactic@infinite-jester#neongalactic #telepathy #autism #camosun #theology #spellers #aliens #magic #occult #akashic #psi #materialism #ufo #consciousness #phenomenon #ghosts #afterlife #NDE #spirits #OBE

If you’re only going to watch or listen to one episode of Neon Galactic, to get a sense of its mission and scope, this would be a good choice.In this episode, my occasional co-host Chris Avis and I interview David Stuss, a lifelong experiencer and science instructor from Camosun College in Victoria, British Columbia, who describes a lifetime of anomalous experiences and the journey he’s undertaken to understand and process those.Starting from strange insights gained as a child, through poltergeist encounters, synchronicities, and a dramatic spiritual awakening, among other events, Stuss has been forced to recognize that the materialist paradigm we’ve all been conditioned to accept is of limited reach and therefore explanatorily insufficient.The universe is made of stranger stuff.One event in particular breaks down his cognitive barriers — a seven-hour, robustly detailed and stunningly accurate reading from an astrologer, referred by a friend, who points to aspects of David’s life and personality that no one else could have known.He finds himself forced to ask, what kind of universe might we be living in in which astrology could work at all? How many other long-dismissed intellectual taboos might point to real phenomena, even if incompletely understood? This session is a seismic event in David’s life. It leads him to abandon his education — he was then a philosophy major — and pushes him headfirst into a lifelong journey seeking answers.David eventually returns to school as a student of biochemistry and neuroscience. He becomes an educator himself, and his interest and passion for seeking truth never wanes.In this interview, we discuss his life, his many exceptional experiences, and the hypotheses and conclusions he’s drawn about reality, spirit, the universe, and humanity’s place in the unfolding drama.We also discuss the need for free inquiry, how academic and other institutions need to better accommodate the broad range of human experiences, and accept that different problem sets require different approaches. Enabling students and educators to switch between ontological lenses, and break free from dogmatic regimes that disallow other approaches, will build better thinkers.We explore how UFOs and NHI may represent a key to unlocking the deeper connections that link all of these anomalous phenomena into a more cohesive whole, one that may well communicate a message humanity needs to hear.Is it all a kind of text that needs to be read?—————-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:@jfrickingfaulkOn Bluesky:@neongalactic.bsky.social#neongalactic #UAP #astrology #krishnamurti #camosun #theology #space #aliens #magic #occult #manyworlds #multiverse #ufo #consciousness #phenomenon #ghosts #afterlife #NDE #folklore

On this episode, we interview Jon Dover and Stanley Milford Jr. about their work as Navajo Rangers and how it introduced them to a wide variety of strange and seemingly inexplicable events that hint at a world way more mysterious than we typically understand. Dover was recently featured on the Netflix documentary series, “Investigation Alien,” with George Knapp.Stanley Milford Jr. recently published a book, “The Paranormal Ranger: A Navajo Investigator’s Search for the Unexplained,” which covers events that precede his partnership with Dover, and many that coincide with it, as well as investigations that occurred after their official law enforcement partnership ended. In this discussion we talk about the book, their early paranormal experiences, and how they came to be in such a unique position. We also discuss the broad range of events they’ve encountered, and how these seemingly impossible phenomena hint at a reality that has much in common with an indigenous worldview.From the beginning, their goal was to take witness reports seriously, and do whatever necessary to help folks process what they’ve seen, and feel heard. Both men have spent time contemplating the various types of phenomena they’ve investigated and have developed theories on how these things could occur. We discuss those theories, and what the weirdness may ultimately be telling us about human society and how it needs to change for the future. To purchase Milford Jr.’s book:https://a.co/d/jbBTzC2To help us determine how to develop a community around Neon Galactic and foster the rethinking of old paradigms, please fill out this form:https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfv8qFxuUKxFBULtuuVwKRUk_cRY6e8l_HsAUGK5CIZ18iwMQ/viewform?usp=sf_link—————-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#investigationalien #knapp #neongalactic #UAP #Navajo #nativeamerican #Bigfoot #Skinwalker #space #aliens #magic #occult #manyworlds #multiverse #ufo #consciousness #phenomenon #ghosts #afterlife #NDE #folklore

On this episode of Neon Galactic, we interview author and researcher Anthony Peake on how science is confronting evidence in several fields that upsets the dominant materialist paradigm and hints at levels of nature long denied.Peake has written a number of books dedicated to exploring the nature of reality, the evidence for post-mortem survival of consciousness, time, and the structure of the human spirit.In this interview, we review how and why he delved into these sorts of topics after a successful career in business, and how that initial interest was spurred by an experience he had as a child while suffering from pneumonia.By considering both cutting-edge and older scientific research, we journey through the structure of Peake’s argument on the nature and importance of consciousness, elucidating a model that he believes has broad explanatory power around paranormal and visionary phenomenon.We also discuss his idea surrounding reincarnation, the purpose of each individual life in a broader stream of personal identity, the role of DMT as a vehicle for transcendence, and more.Peake’s newest book, “Near Death Experiences: The Science, Psychology and Anthropolgy behind the Phenomenon,” is due for release on Nov. 1, 2024.To catch his new YouTube vlog series, “A Peake Behind the Curtain”:https://youtu.be/SKgn7A6bEpw?si=BJBsME_FMI5wHxOaTo buy his books and learn more about his life and work, visit his website:www.anthonypeake.comTo help us determine how to develop a community around Neon Galactic and foster the rethinking of old paradigms, please fill out this form:https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfv8qFxuUKxFBULtuuVwKRUk_cRY6e8l_HsAUGK5CIZ18iwMQ/viewform?usp=sf_link—————-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@Itladian01#neongalactic #UAP #DMT #space #aliens #magic #occult #manyworlds #multiverse #ufo #consciousness #phenomenon #ghosts #afterlife #NDE #eidolon #egregore #reincarnation

On this episode of Neon Galactic, we interview author, artist, healer and philosopher Paul Levy, who over the past 20 years has written several books on the Wetiko —  or Wendigo — entity, a psychic disease first identified by Native Americans that he believes has lulled humanity into this catastrophic moment.Under many names, and in virtually every spiritual system, this entity has been known by humanity for millennia. Because, in part, it is humanity.It’s also our enemy. And our shadow. It also doesn’t exist. Or does it? What actually does it mean to exist? Do any of us exist as individuals, or is that an illusion, a waking dream? However we answer these questions, and even if we disbelieve, Wetiko may well be the cause of our ultimate extinction.Levy and I explore evidence for the Wetiko presence, and how various thinkers and traditions throughout history have named this beast and worked to see it destroyed.We examine the symptoms, the mode of spread, and the many ways Wetiko has shown itself to be a force in today’s world.As Levy points out, Wetiko manifests in our shared delusion of separation, and feeds on our fear. Our anger, pride, and greed. Yet to fight the Wetiko is to become the Wetiko. So what do we do?Wake up.Levy argues that while the Wetiko is predatory, even malevolent, its presence is absolutely vital for humanity’s evolution. Only by facing this nemesis and breaking through to wholeness can we overcome our spiritual limitations and find transcendence.Levy also discusses his life, his calling as a healer, and how an early family trauma led to an explosive and shattering spiritual awakening that propelled him into these metaphysical pursuits.This initiation was deeply unmooring, and led to hospital stays and diagnoses that clearly missed the power and significance of his experience.All of this led him to become “a wounded healer,” one who uses the empathy gained from traumatic and disordering life experiences to help others navigate their own kinds of crises.To learn more about Levy, buy his books, or read articles he’s written:https://www.awakeninthedream.comTo help us determine how to develop a community around Neon Galactic and the questions we discuss, please fill out this form:https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfv8qFxuUKxFBULtuuVwKRUk_cRY6e8l_HsAUGK5CIZ18iwMQ/viewform?usp=sf_link—————-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#paullevy #wendigo #wetiko #shamanism #archon #gnostics #woundedhealer #neongalactic #UAP #space #aliens #magic #occult #manyworlds #multiverse #ufo #consciousness #phenomenon #ghosts #afterlife #NDE 

On this episode of Neon Galactic, we interview author Eric Wargo about his theories surrounding time, precognition, retro causality, and the paranormal. Wargo has written several books, two of which we talk about extensively in this conversation: “Time Loops,” which lays out his theory for how precognition may work, and “From Nowhere,” an elucidation of that theory and an examination of how this innate human skill seems to have manifested itself in the work of several prominent writers and artists throughout history. Wargo is an outlier as a theorist. His ideas of precognition and retro causality don’t rely on consciousness as a mechanism, and don’t presuppose the imminent demise of reductive materialism, or physicalism, as a force in science.He maintains that discoveries in physics have opened and will continue to open doors to the possibility that causation can run both forwards and backwards. His ideas, he says, amount to a rebirth of teleology – this time minus an all-powerful deity as motivator. Citing examples like author Norman Mailer, Wargo in this chat and in his books cites examples of how the work of some artists seems to reflect future, meaningful experiences they will have, events that seem to reverberate backwards through time and draw them forward into manifestation. What are the implications for free will? Was John Calvin right in a sense about predestination? How would the proving of this theory impact our culture and our understanding of what it means to be human?Wargo has a PhD in anthropology from Emory University and works as a science writer and editor in Washington, DC. In his spare time, he writes about science fiction, consciousness, and the paranormal at his popular blog, The Nightshirt.To buy his books:https://www.amazon.com/stores/author/B07G2RT5CZ?ingress=0&visitId=0dbd5c21-01f4-468d-9087-f996eddd3f9c—————To help us determine how to develop a community around Neon Galactic and the questions we discuss, please fill out this form:https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfv8qFxuUKxFBULtuuVwKRUk_cRY6e8l_HsAUGK5CIZ18iwMQ/viewform?usp=sf_linkMusic 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@thenightshirt#lueelizondo #precognition #ESP #TheNightShirt #neongalactic #UAP #space #aliens #magic #occult #manyworlds #multiverse #ufo #consciousness #phenomenon #ghosts #afterlife #NDE 

On this episode of Neon Galactic, we interview experiencer, disclosure activist and remote viewer Birdie Jaworski, who in this conversation describes many of her NHI contact experiences and delves into the art and science of remote viewing. Jaworski, formerly known as Prudence C. Calabrese, had early experiences of contact, but reality truly shifted for her when she was introduced to remote viewing, for which she seemed naturally suited. That experience and knowledge ultimately led to a series of encounters with a “Gray Dude,” an alien who seemed connected with a series of downloads that continue unfolding even now. These ultimately led to her book, “Intentions: The Intergalactic Bathroom Enlightenment Guide,” which is now available for free on her website. See link below. Jaworski became quite successful at remote viewing, and started her own company. This success, however, brought with it the negative attention of some established interests in the field, who proceeded to harass her and her employees. The experience got so awful she eventually had to leave the business and even change her name. After years of staying away, however, she’s gotten back in the business and picked up where she left off. She’ll soon be teaching at Ubiquity University, and has become a formidable ally of Danny Sheehan and is now a member of the New Paradigm Institute. She’ll be speaking at the upcoming World Disclosure Day events on October 20, 2024. Jaworski has founded a UFO research and activism group in Albuquerque, NM — ABQ UFOs — and is a leader in the fight for disclosure. To learn more about Global Disclosure Day: https://newparadigminstitute.org/take-action/global-disclosure-day/ To learn more about Birdie, take one of her classes, or read her book: www.norivets.com ————— Music Credits: Music: Cinematic Logo 04 by TaigaSoundProd Free download: https://filmmusic.io/song/8221-cinematic-logo-04 Licensed under CC BY 4.0: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license Music: Technology Calm Logo 01 by TaigaSoundProd Free download: https://filmmusic.io/song/6660-technology-calm-logo-01 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 @abqufos #remoteviewing #globaldisclosureday #dannysheehan #neongalactic #UAP #space #aliens #magic #occult #manyworlds #multiverse #ufo #consciousness #phenomenon #ghosts #afterlife #NDE 

On this episode of Neon Galactic, we interview Kevin Cann, an experiencer and retired IT professional who was prominently featured in Jeffrey Kripal’s latest book, “How to Think Impossibly.”He even wrote a section of Chapter 3 to help ensure that Kripal accurately captured his approach.Cann, who has been diagnosed with autism, describes his lifetime of experiences in this interview and explores how those experiences relate to his autism, his early and severe childhood trauma, and the need to survive and thrive despite those challenges. He’s developed a philosophy, Platonic Surrealism, that he believes best captures the kind of universe that has to exist in order for him and others to have the types of experiences that have been reported throughout history. Most visionaries, he believes, were likely somewhere on the spectrum. Those initial visionary experiences were then later co-opted by the neurotypical followers and acolytes of said prophets, who turned their transcendent episodes into a means of regimentation and control. He explains that Asperger's Syndrome allows him to have continual access to the right hemisphere of his brain, the imaginal and intuitive half of mind, thereby enabling him to encounter and accommodate different modes of reality. We also discuss his notion of ontological equivalence – how the anomalous visions and experiences of people throughout history were all equally relevant, providing different though equivalent demonstrations of how the universe works. To learn more and interface with Kevin:www.platonicsurrealism.comTo purchase “How to Think Impossibly,” by Jeffrey Kripal:https://www.amazon.com/s?k=kripal+how+to+think+impossibly&crid=2M0BLSJYEMUYZ&sprefix=kripal+how+t%2Caps%2C175&ref=nb_sb_ss_pltr-mrr_1_12———————-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#Kripal #autism #trauma #neongalactic #UAP #space #aliens #magic #occult #manyworlds #multiverse #ufo #consciousness #phenomenon #ghosts #afterlife #NDE