Show notes
Seriah is joined by author, researcher, musician, and friend of the show Joshua Cutchin to discuss Josh’s recent book “Ecology of Souls”. Topics include the difficulties of spelling and pronouncing Josh’s last name, Josh’s love of music and the tuba, Mardi Grau, Josh’s future book “Fourth Wall Phantoms”, Josh’s over decade-long podcast history, Micah Hanks, surprising acceptance of “Ecology of Souls”, the technical aspects of producing the book, the 2017 resurgence of nuts-and-bolts ufology, Barbara Fisher and the cycle of life, Kenneth Ring’s “The Omega Project”, Ann Strieber, aliens and fairies and the dead, Greys and other “aliens” in NDEs, Ray Hernandez, completely human-looking UFO occupants, the book “Communion” and the surge in experiences with Greys, the ambiguities of the Near Death Experience, Eric Wargo, pre-membering, Out of Body Experiences during NDEs, a fascinating study by a cardiac surgeon, DMT, death as the hub around which multiple phenomenon revolve, Rick Strassman, Jeff Kripal, psychedelics and their limits, paranormal events and personal transformation, the lack of either/or contradiction between physical and spiritual experiences, Seriah’s black dog at a crossroads experience, materialist-reductionism, re-enchanting and the need for meaning, Seriah’s EVP and the call of a fox, Jungian interpretation, Dr. Gregory Shushan and expectations of NDEs, paranormal archetypes, the near-universal association of the human soul with birds, the ancient Egyptian conception of the soul, Dr. Edgar Mitchell, the cross-over between NDEs and alien abduction experiences, the experience-prone personality, John Keel associating UFOs and NDEs (“death dreams”), a Keel report where MIB and mysterious scuba divers approach a possibly dying man on a boat, Keel’s approach to journalism, absolute agnosticism and the writing process, life-changing results from perceived (but not actual) paranormal experiences, near-NDEs, the imaginal realm and its origins, the concept of “real” and its contradictions, philosophical uncertainties, reality and its interpretations, NDEs among those who in no way died, the Seth material, Moody’s list of common NDE experience, impossible healing after NDEs, Cherylee Black, varieties of NDE experience, Divine justice, side-effects of NDEs and encounter experiences, the possible electrical nature of paranormal phenomena, the idea of oneness, reincarnation, hypnotic regression and its issues, Jim Tucker, Patrick Harper, Brent Raines, an incident with a hypnotic regression and an in-real-time UFO sighting, the movie “Presence”, Robert Monroe and psychopomps, Anubis, birds and horses and dogs as psychopomps, shamans, the sun and the moon as psychopomps, the boat as psychopomp, bees symbolic meanings, horses and the sun, diminutive paranormal entities, celebrities dying in threes, three-ness in the paranormal, Freud and polypsychism, doppelgangers, light phenomena and the soul, poltergeist activity and unconscious projection, a very unique outro music piece featuring Josh playing the tuba in a brass jazz band, and much more! This is some truly wonderful information-packed conversation!