Julie Beischel, Ph.D., is the co-founder and Director of Research at the Windbridge Research Center. She received her Ph.D. in Pharmacology and Toxicology with a minor in Microbiology and Immunology. Her current research mainly focuses on mediums: individuals who experience communication with the deceased. Dr. Beischel has published research examining mediums’ accuracy and their experiences, psychology, and physiology, and the potential therapeutic application of mediumship readings during bereavement. Her research interests also include spontaneous, facilitated, assisted, and requested after-death communication experiences. She lives in Arizona with her husband and research partner, Mark Boccuzzi, and their two dogs.
Books:
- Investigating Mediums: A Windbridge Institute Collection
- Among Mediums: A Scientist’s Quest for Answers
- Meaningful Messages: Making the Most of Your Mediumship Reading
- From the Mouths of Mediums Vol. 1: Experiencing Communication (From the Mouths of Mediums: Conversations with Windbridge Certified Research Mediums)
Website: windbridge.org
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Interview recorded August 7, 2021
Video and audio below. Audio also available as a Podcast.
YouTube Video Chapters:
- 00:00:00 – Introduction to Buddha at the Gas Pump
- 00:02:42 – The Afterlife and Mediumship
- 00:05:08 – Exploring Mediumship and the Afterlife
- 00:07:24 – Fear of Death and Its Impact on Psychology and Worldviews
- 00:09:53 – Investigating Medium Readings
- 00:12:31 – Medium Screening and Certification Procedure
- 00:15:37 – Disproving the Hypothesis of Medium Fraudulent Behavior
- 00:18:33 – Mediumship and Psychic Abilities
- 00:21:16 – Paradigms and Scientific Closed-Mindedness
- 00:26:37 – The Limitations of Medium Abilities
- 00:32:35 – Psychic Abilities and Predicting the Future
- 00:35:40 – The Continuation of Consciousness After Death
- 00:38:54 – The Possibility of an Afterlife
- 00:41:59 – Communication with Deceased Spirits
- 00:45:04 – The Five People Involved in the Protocol
- 00:47:58 – Autoimmune Diseases and Mediumship
- 00:51:01 – The Connection Between Mediumship and Autoimmune Diseases
- 00:54:06 – Different Levels of Trance Consciousness in Mediumship
- 00:57:10 – Physical Mediumship and Table Tipping
- 01:00:25 – Emotional Impact of Animal Loss
- 01:03:49 – Normalizing After-Death Communication Experiences
- 01:09:16 – Incorporating Afterlife Beliefs into Mental Health Practices
- 01:13:36 – The Fascination with Non-Local Consciousness
- 01:16:23 – The interconnectedness of the universe
- 01:19:10 – Quality of Life over Quantity of Days
- 01:21:48 – Terminal Lucidity and Mediumship
- 01:24:30 – Alleviating Suffering through Mediumship
- 01:28:14 – Studying Mediumship in its Natural Environment
- 01:31:13 – Peer-reviewed papers and replication difficulties
- 01:33:57 – Mediumship Readings and Being Open-Minded
- 01:36:10 – Farewell and Thanks
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