Salubrious Events and The Australian Institute of Parapsychological Research (AIPR) presents:

The AIPR Mini-Conference 2024

30th November Saturday 2024

1.00pm - 5.30pm AEST

$45 per person ($35 Concession)

Lectures on Telepathy, Precognition, Psychedelic Psychotherapy, and the Yowie!  Join us for our annual In-Person Conference! 

Every year, we gather in person, to bring you a smogasbord of parapsychological topics from researchers and experiencers! This year, we will be presenting intriguing information on Telepathy, Precognition, Psychedelic Psychotherapy, and the Yowie!

Join us for the following lectures:


Is psychic ability something you are born with or something that can be developed? A case study of an Australian man who developed clairvoyance in his 40s.

Sean Mulligan (Psychological resilience researcher; Novice Mystic)

 

This talk seeks to answer this question through exploring a case study of the events over a two-year period where Sean underwent a psychic awakening. This included a wide range of experiences including telepathic contact, channeling, mediumship, attack from negative entities, interaction with positive entities, repeatable visual experiences and astral contacts. This talk draws on parapsychological and esoteric concepts to provide a framework for the experiential facts and an explanation for how and why events unfolded in that manner. It also provides an outline on how such experiences can fundamentally and permanently increase baseline wellbeing and psychological resilience.

 

BIO: Sean Mulligan is a former officer in the Australian Army. He was part of the Royal Australian Engineers and commanded combat and support engineering formations. After leaving the military, he undertook a deep study of psychological resilience with the aim of developing better support for people in high-risk professions. As part of his research, he recently finished his psychology degree from Western Sydney University with First-Class Honours and awarded the university medal. He is a doting father of two, enjoys martial arts and has a voracious appetite for esoteric thought.

 

The Enigma of Precognition

Professor Richard Silberstein (Professor Emeritus at Swinburne University of Technology - VIC)

 

A 2011 paper published by Daryl Bem, a professor at Cornell University created a firestorm of controversy by reporting experimental results showing that humans can predict the occurrence of completely random events at better than chance level. According to our understanding of the laws of physics, this should be impossible. In this talk, Prof. Silberstein will briefly review the most common model proposed for precognition before discussing a precognition model suggested by neuroscience findings. Furthermore, he will suggest that consciousness, defined in the broadest terms, determines the nature of future events.

 

BIO: Richard Silberstein holds the title of Professor Emeritus at Swinburne University of Technology. He served as chairman of the Department of Physics and subsequently as founding director of the Swinburne University Brain Sciences Institute before retiring in 2014.  Richard holds a Ph.D. in neuroscience from the University of Melbourne and a BSc (Hon) majoring in physics from Monash University. He has over 40 years of neuroscience research experience and is the originator of the Steady State Topography (SST) brain imaging methodology. He has authored and co-authored numerous publications in various areas of cognitive and clinical neuroscience as well as consumer neuroscience. 

 

Psychedelic Psychotherapy

Dr. Monika Goretzki (Registered Psychologist, NSW)

 

Psychoactive substances occur throughout the natural world and have been used by various indigenous cultures for thousands of years for healing, learning and divination. In the mid-1900s, psychiatric research utilizing psychedelics in psychotherapy provided favourable results for treatment resistant conditions. However, this research ended when many of these substances were scheduled as class 1 drugs, indicating that they had no therapeutic value and had a high potential for abuse. Monika’s presentation discusses the history and resurgence of the therapeutic use of psychedelics.

BIO: As a registered psychologist and certified yoga and meditation instructor, Monika Goretzki (PhD) brings a unique blend of clinical expertise and contemplative practice to her professional work. Monika completed a BSci (Hons) in psychophysiology at Swinburne University and a PhD, investigating psychosis and spiritual emergency at Adelaide University where she continues as a visiting research fellow. As a lecturer in higher education, Monika has also taught various courses within transpersonal counselling and psychotherapy degree programs.

 

Tracking the Lore: Filming the Australian Bigfoot

Attila Kaldy (Investigative Journalist & Film-Maker, Sydney, NSW)

Based on Attila Kaldy’s documentary ”Tracking the Lore”, Attila will present new information on Australia’s Bigfoot, the ‘Yowie’. Attila’s documentary has a strong indigenous element and Attila will share his journey and the knowledge he has gained during filming. The presentation will include excerpts from the documentary.

 

BIO: Attila Kaldy is an award-winning filmmaker who has produced over 20 films, including documentaries, reality shows, and short films. His content spans over 20 years, filming in Australia and abroad, focusing on topics solely related to the unexplained. His last two documentary films explore the hidden, mystical world of the Australian Bigfoot, the 'Yowie'. 

 

 

 

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PAST EVENTS

 

Salubrious Events and The Australian Institute of Parapsychological Research (AIPR) presents:

Parapsychology Australia Online (PAO) No. 6

Saturday 27th July 2024

8.30am - 3.30pm AEST (Sydney Time)

$40 per person

Join us for another exciting online zoom event with a fascinating line-up of topics and speakers! Learn the role infrasound plays in paranormal experiences; discover how science has been crippled by experiences outside the standard parameters; be intrigued by the alternate personas that can present themselves under hypnosis and explore the images in our consciousness, both intentional and spontaneous in psi experiences!

 

Has the boom been busted? (Infrasound and the paranormal)

Steve Parsons (UK) - Paranormal Researcher and Investigator

A consideration of infrasound and its relationship with reported paranormal experiences. The talk will examine what infrasound is and what are some possible causes of environmental infrasound before moving into a brief exploration of it as a potential role in some reported paranormal and anomalous experiences. The talk will conclude with a more general consideration of other types of sound and future areas of study.

 

When science confronts the unknown.

Marc D’Antonio (US) - Astronomer

Marc D’Antonio is a man of science, being qualified as an Astronomer.  His mother is Irish and Native American Indian, namely from the Passamaquoddy tribe. He has experienced paranormal experiences throughout much of his life including out-of-body experiences (OBE), near-death-experiences (NDE), seeing and hearing ghosts, journeys into another dimension and miraculous healing from chronic medical conditions. Marc has been on a journey to decipher his paranormal experiences through the lens of science, which only failed miserably in explaining the phenomena.   

Consequently, Marc discovered Quantum Mechanics, which offers substantial explanations for this phenomenon!  Listeners will come away thinking that there is more than meets the eye!  Marc will explore his experiences at the quantum level and then abstract that out of the picture and just look at what’s actually going on and move onto actual experiences.   Marc will also discuss quantum entanglement, which is the crux of the entire process. 

Marc will touch on some of his very strange paranormal experiences while filming the Alien Invasion Show on the Discovery Plus channel.  He will also explain how he completely healed himself after being a quadriplegic and almost blind.   

This fascinating talk will be about how science becomes crippled by events completely outside of the standard experience, and how it can be explained by Quantum Physics, using Marc D’Antonio’s personal paranormal experiences as examples.

 

Messages Through the Veil: The nature of TRUTH

Boris Walter (W. Australia) – Masters in Counselling & Psychotherapy

This topic and journey of exploration will be all about the deep trance/hypnotic state of mind (resting ego). Under hypnosis, many clients develop and embody an alternate persona featuring a change in linguistic style of speech, a change in demeanour of an all-knowing being, and the acquisition of knowledge beyond their physical experience. There is an overarching theme of love, support, and wisdom; there are messages and advice about who we are and why we are here on Earth; there are emotional descriptions about other time-lines and past lives; and most importantly, clients seem to know exactly what they need at that moment and how to heal. 

What do they need? Why is it so? Can the information be trusted? What is true? What is false? Are humans psychic? How do we determine specific truth for the individual vs determining generalised human truth? What does the information mean for the direction of their psychotherapy? How much value should be applied to the information, and does it matter?

Boris's presentation will shed light on these questions through outstanding cases personally experienced in private practice. 

 

Exploring the visual content of consciousness: Taking a deep dive into imagery within intentional remote viewing, clairvoyant, and mediumship sessions vs. spontaneous psi experiences.

Debra Lynne Katz (US) - PhD in Psychology, Masters in Social Work, Remote-Viewer, Clairvoyant, Medium & Educator.

Prophets throughout the ages have described cryptic visions that both intrigue and frighten us.  Visual imagery is an important aspect of all psi modalities, those that are intentional and spontaneous.  In this presentation, a classification system of such imagery will be presented.

Imagery differs in terms of its symbolic (conceptual) vs. materials (literal) representations and operates on a spectrum from:

Simplistic to Complex; Fleeting to Stationary; Emerging from the imagination to the Mind of the practitioner; Experiencer Inserted to External sources; and Partial to Extremely vivid.  

Themes emerge across modalities and intuition, although there are wide differences. Training, experience and awareness play a role. Imagery in waking psi vs. dreaming and precognitive psi will be discussed.  The complexities of identifying whether a vision is due to a psychic/mediumistic experience versus a mental illness will also be explored.  

Ways in which students (some who initially didn't believe they had this ability) have been observed developing their visual acuity and clairvoyance, and approaches to facilitating this will be presented. Metaphorical thinking and language will also be discussed as will the interplay between visual information and all the other "clairs".  

Much of the presentation will be based on the speaker’s direct observations which could be considered anecdotal and phenomenological in nature until you put together her 30 years of professional experience, which begins to add up to quite a large data set, albeit an informal one derived through direct, applied practice, aided by training in how to make objective observations even when dealing with the contents of the mind and consciousness. 

Steve Parsons (UK)

Referred to by The Wall Street Journal as being “The Gold Standard in Ghost Hunting” Steve began his search for answers as a child and has spent more than 50 years investigating and researching ghosts, poltergeists, haunted houses and similar related phenomena.  He is currently acknowledged by many of his peers and academic parapsychologists to be one the leading investigators in the UK. 

Over the years, he has been closely involved with many investigations, working to develop new methods and techniques for gathering information during on-site investigations, several of which are now routinely used by other investigators. Today, he remains at the forefront of true scientific ghost hunting. His forthright, no-nonsense approach is well known throughout paranormal investigation circles and he has a hard-won reputation for the finding explanations where they exist and for promoting and encouraging high standards in paranormal field work. 

Steve is frequently called upon to act as an independent advisor to other investigators, providing support, training and the analysis of potential evidence. Steve is a Council member for The Society for Psychical Research, the world’s most respected organization for the study of the paranormal. He is an Advisor to the World’s oldest ghost group The Ghost Club and currently serves as the Training Officer for ASSAP The Association for the Scientific Study of Anomalous Phenomena. 

Author of several highly regarded books including “Ghostology, The Art of the Ghost Hunter” and “Paracoustics, Sound and the Paranormal” Steve is a regular contributor to the media. His work has featured and has been cited in many books, academic journals and numerous popular magazines and newspapers. In 2018, Steve was commissioned by the Society for Psychical Research to write a new edition of their “Guidance Notes for Investigators of Spontaneous Cases” and in 2021 he was further commissioned by the SPR to write an extensive set of “Equipment Use Guidance Notes for Investigators” (https://www.spr.ac.uk/node/19018). 

Since 2012, Steve has been the co-host of popular radio show and podcast Ghost Chronicles International. He has featured in, and contributed to, many TV documentaries for broadcasters worldwide, including The Discovery Channel, National Geographic, the BBC and NHK Japan. He has also worked on several popular TV ghost hunting shows including the UK series Most Haunted, “In Search of” and most recently the Uncanny TV series for the BBC.

 

Books from White Crow Books

Ghostology: The Art of the Ghost Hunt

Paracoustics, Sound and the Paranormal

 

Marc D’Antonio (US)

Marc D'Antonio has a degree in Astronomy and is the Mutual UFO Network’s (MUFON) Chief Photo/Video Analyst, host of SkyTour Radio on KGRA, and host and creator of SkyTour LiveStream with Marc D’Antonio on YouTube where people can go to watch LIVE, as beautiful deep sky objects materialize before their eyes in mere seconds, courtesy of the SkyTour LiveStream Remote Observatories and their research telescopes. 

Marc is the CEO of FX Models, a model making and visual/special effects company specializing in digital/physical models, and organic special effects in the film industry.   He has an extensive work history in the Film and Television arena appearing regularly on a number of networks and television series/shows. His efforts creating the Aerial Anomaly Detection System (formerly called UFOTOG2), a remote system to detect advanced propulsion at play in our local universe with Academy Award winner Douglas Trumbull, promises to bring ufology into the 21st Century.  

Marc is also an experiencer of numerous paranormal phenomena, one which resulted in a miracle healing of severe medical conditions.  This year, he is a speaker at the world’s largest and most well-known UFO Conference:  Contact In The Desert in Indian Wells (US).

YouTubehttps://www.youtube.com/@STLS

Web - https://fxmodels.com/cgi/

 

Boris Walter (W. Australia)

Boris works in private practice with hypnotherapy, coaching, meditation, counselling, and psychotherapy. Depth of consciousness and spirituality is his primary concern for the pursuit of personal growth, truth, and healing. 

With many years of hypnotic work with clients, Boris has witnessed and personally experienced the ‘impossible’ – a defiance of physicalist doctrine… psychic phenomena and past life recall. Combined with research around reincarnation, Boris has accumulated a mountain of notes with knowledge and ideas about the nature of reality, consciousness, ancient pasts, the meaning of life (big call), and human purpose. 

Boris holds a unique position holding a trade (boilermaker/coded welder) with onshore and offshore experience in construction and maintenance, while also holding a Bachelor of Psychology and Counselling, with a Master of Counselling and Psychotherapy from Edith Cowan University, WA. 

His practice and research forced him down the path of exploring the spiritual convergence with psychology (ego mind vs divine mind) through the questions within existential philosophy, metaphysics, ontology, phenomenology, parapsychology, mystical experiences, altered consciousness, spirituality, religion, Hermeticism, and rebirth.

 

More from Boris

Web - www.boriswalter.com

Social media - @boriswalterofficial

 

Debra Lynne Katz - PhD (AES) (US)

Debra Lynne Katz, PhD (AES), M.S.W. is the director of the International School of Clairvoyance.  She has focused on helping thousands of students develop their abilities to perceive information at a distance through symbols and pictures and images. She has personally participated in thousands of hours of intuitive based sessions herself and observed and monitored this many hours of others doing similar work and approaches.  

She is the author of Associative Remote Viewing: Predicting Future Outcomes for Financials, Sports, Elections and the lottery; The Complete Clairvoyant; You Are Psychic: The Art and Practice of Clairvoyant Reading and Healing; Extraordinary Psychic, Proven Techniques to Master Your Natural Abilities, and Freeing the Genie Within. She is a member of several research organizations and has published several studies on remote viewing, precognition, etc.  She is also presently the president of the International Remote Viewing Association. 

She resides in Oregon, in the U.S., but travels on occasion to South Australia where her son with his Australian wife and two grandchildren reside. 

 

More from Debra

Web - www.debrakatz.com

YTube - https://www.youtube.com/@DebraKatz

 

The AIPR Mini-Conference 2023 Sydney

Explore another exciting mini-conference!  Spoon bending, Automatic writing, Affect the present with the future and the Creative brain!

2nd December Saturday

1.00pm - 5.30pm AEST

Venue: North Sydney Community Centre, 220 Miller Street, NorthSydney, NSW

$35 - General Admission

$25 - Concession (Pension, Centerlink Health Care)

Chaired by Ms Joyce Bok

Ms. Joyce Bok is a psychologist and clinical hypnotherapist. She has extensive experience in the mental health, education and community sectors. Ms. Bok has an active interest in parapsychology, and is a committee member of the AIPR.

 

Automatic Writing – Tom Ware - 1:00pm to 2:00pm

Tom Ware will start with a true story about this life, and deal mainly with Automatic Writing. It took Tom 20 years to pluck up the courage to tell this story. Tom will cover the development of his Automatic Writing ability, and he’ll explain how others can develop it. Tom will also describe some of his experiences with Vipassana Meditation, which Tom has practiced for 36 years.

Mr. Tom Ware is ‘The Prince of Storytellers’, and member of the Australian Storytellers Guild. His books include an autobiographical account on automatic writing, and several works on self-knowledge and self-understanding. Tom has run workshops on storytelling in all Australian states, in New Zealand and overseas (Hong Kong, Macau, and Southern China).  He currently resides in Sydney, NSW.

 

Investigations into Retrocausal Effects in a Cueing Task -  Dr. Jordan Wehrman 

2:00pm to 3:00pm

Retrocausation is the idea that the future can affect the present. Rather than studying for an exam, and then getting a good grade, imagine sitting an exam, studying afterwards, and getting a better grade because of it. Jordan Wehrman will discuss nine experiments on cueing after a response has been made. Two of the experiments showed a small, but significant, effect of future cueing on current performance. Jordan will also give a broad overview of the cognitive neuroscience tools he uses, and describe how they may be used in future to better parameterise retrocausal effects. 

Dr. Jordan Wehrman conducted doctoral research on illusions of time perception. Currently, he is doing research on consciousness at Sydney University, NSW. Jordan became interested in retrocausation when he came across an article by Dr. Bierman, who found that the future can affect reaction times in a classical cognitive science paradigm.

 

The Entropic Brain - Dr. Vladimir Dubaj & Cherie Dupont

3.30 - 4.30pm                                

Highly entropic (disordered) brain states result in more dynamic connections between brain regions that can lead to creativity, spiritually meaningful insights, and paranormal experience. Hence, an overlap is likely between entropic states and mediumship experiences. Vlad Dubaj is interested in how this theory might suggest purposeful ways of changing brain activity to induce more creativity and meaningful experience. Cherie Dupont will speak on the ‘loose mind’—the conscious state needed for mediumship and psychic experiences. She will conduct a brief meditation session on mindfulness.

Dr. Vladimir Dubaj earned his B.Sc. (Honours) in Neurophysiology, and a Ph.D. in Biomedical Instrumentation in Melbourne, VIC. He is founder and President of the Australian Parapsychological Research Association (APRA), through which he conducts research into the survival of consciousness, ghosts and haunting phenomena, poltergeist activity, and out-of-body and near-death experiences. 

Cherie Frances Dupont’s (B.Couns) experiences, paranormal and spiritual, have been lifelong and over time she has come to fully embrace them. As a practicing psychic medium and qualified counsellor, she continues to work with paranormal aspects of life personally and professionally in Melbourne, VIC.

 

 Paranormal Metal-Bending - Robb Tilley - 4.30pm - 5.30pm                                  

Robb Tilley will host this psychokinetic metal-bending (PKMB) workshop. The audience will get hands-on PKMB experience bending steel spoons and forks. Make your own psychic souvenir using only your mind and PK energy. Stainless steel spoons and forks will be provided for this mind over matter experiment. 

Mr. Robb Tilley is an experienced poltergeists and hauntings clearer. He resides in Sydney, NSW and is Public Officer for AIPR.

 

 

Australian Institute of Parapsychological Research (AIPR) & Salubrious Events presents:

Parapsychology Australia online June 2023

conference no.4

17 june Saturday 2023

11.30AM - 5.30pm AEST

via Zoom

$35 Ticket

AIPR members $30 Ticket (need promocode)

Join us for another exciting online conference with a fascinating lineup of speakers!  Explore with an ex-CIA Psychic Spy who utilized remote-viewing during his service; a researcher who studied telepathy and the brain with twins; an Associate Professor who examined phone calls from the dead and a Medical Anthropologist who looked into astral projection in the next generation!

 
 

David Morehouse

A journey into consciousness (remote viewing)

Dr david morehouse,

Author, Educator, and former U.S. Army Special Operations Officer, Company and Battalion Commander and Remote Viewer for the CIA.  USA

This is a presentation about human transformation.  Nearly forty years ago, David trained a battalion of Jordanian Rangers in the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan.  David was a killer elite, a U.S. Army Ranger Company Commander, a man whose life seemed on purpose; a military career assured.  This destiny vanished in an instant when a Jordanian machine gun bullet struck his helmet, knocking him unconscious.  What followed recast the azimuth of his life, setting into motion a journey through darkness to an awakening, an epiphany of science and spirit motivating a metamorphose of his life’s purpose and calling.  His story is a journey into consciousness with perspectives on quantum physics and quantum mind, the moment, Remote Viewing, and more; all presented with the intention of inspiring a deeper understanding of individual and collective human promise and potential.

Bio:

David Morehouse, Ph.D., is an international best-selling author, educator, and former U.S. Army Special Operations Officer, Company and Battalion Commander. The last President of the Soviet Union, Mikhail Gorbachev invited Dr. Morehouse to present his “Alternative Methods of Conflict Resolution” at the first State of the World Forum in 1996.  Dr. Morehouse lectures on global societal evolution, human consciousness, Remote Viewing, and the quantum physics of quantum mind to enhance human understanding of promise, possibility, and behavior.  He has a B.S. from Brigham Young University, an M.M.O.A.S. from the U.S. Army Command and General Staff College, and a Doctorate from LaSalle University. 

Website: www.davidmorehouse.org

YouTube Channel: www.youtube.com/@davidmorehouse1

Published Books:

 

·         "Nonlethal Weapons: War Without Death" (1995) is recommended reading at the U.S. Army War College. In 1996, General Secretary of the U.S.S.R., Mikhail Gorbachev, invited him to the "State of the World Forum." David's lecture "Alternative Methods of Conflict Resolution" was attended by congressional, military, and diplomatic staff from across the globe.

 

·         "Psychic Warrior: Inside the C.I.A.'s Stargate Program" (1998), an international bestseller published in sixteen languages, optioned by Universal Pictures.

 

·         "The Deceivers" (1999) was optioned by Paramount Pictures with Producer Mace Neufeld.

 

·         "Remote Viewing: The Complete Users Guide to Coordinate Remote Viewing" (2011), an instruction manual for DIA/CIA Remote Viewing protocols with supporting science.

 

Current Work:

            Dr. Morehouse's company, Strategic Survivability Research Group (2SRG), works in "Operational Medicine."  He is a subject matter expert (S.M.E.), researcher, and tester for the Defense Medical Material Program Office (D.M.M.P.O.), the National Center for Medical Readiness (N.C.M.R.), and the United States Air Force Human Effectiveness Directorate.

 

            He is a principal researcher and product engineer for several medical device manufacturers.  Companies such as Medafor, Pyng Medical, Tactical Medical Solutions, North American Rescue, U.S. Navy BUMED, and others use his expertise.

 

            He developed innovative testing protocols for medical devices such as tourniquets, pelvic stabilization devices, hemostatic agents, chest seals, and interosseous devices.  His research findings are published in numerous professional journals, such as Defense Management Journal, Defense Global, Joint Special Operations Medicine, and Emergency Global.

 

 

Richard Silberstein

Twins, telepathy and the brain.

Professor Emeritus Richard Silberstein

Director of Neuro-Insight (Melbourne, Australia)

 

Richard will describe findings from a recent Melbourne study undertaken to examine changes in brain Functional Connectivity (FC) associated with possible anomalous interactions between sensorily isolated identical (monozygotic) twins. Five set of female twins served as participants where one twin (‘sender’) passively viewed 100 images presented at random successive intervals while their sister (‘receiver’) viewed a static image in another room.  It was hypothesized that if the twins were to demonstrate anomalous interactions, then the ‘receiver’ FC will exhibit statistically significant changes only when their FC estimates are based on the ‘sender’ image appearance times.  It was observed that FC changes were consistent with the hypothesis in 11 of the 38 recording sessions.  The significance of the findings as well as the problems encountered will be discussed.

Bio

Richard Silberstein holds the title of Professor Emeritus at Swinburne University of Technology. He is the founder and Chief Scientist of Neuro-Insight Pty, a consumer neuroscience company operating in Melbourne, London and New York.  Richard holds a Ph.D. in neuroscience from the University of Melbourne and a BSc (Hon) majoring in physics from Monash University. He has over 35 years of neuroscience research experience and is the originator of the Steady State Topography (SST) brain imaging methodology. He has authored and co-authored numerous publications in various areas of cognitive and clinical neuroscience as well as consumer neuroscience.  His most recent publications address the topic of brain functional connectivity correlates of creativity and originality. 

 

Websitewww.neuro-insight.com

 

 

Callum Cooper

 

Samantha Treasure

 

Phone calls from the dead?

Dr Callum Cooper

Associate Professor of Psychology at the University of Northampton (UK)

This presentation shall discuss the phenomenon of ‘anomalous telecommunication contacts’. Often, these contacts have been associated with After-Death Communication experiences, where reports occur of deceased individuals allegedly making contact. However, unusual reports of calls from living individuals and perceived ‘extra-terrestrials’ have been documented too. Cases shall be presented, research methods, controversies and theories.

 

 Bio

Dr. Cal Cooper is an Associate Professor of Psychology at the University of Northampton. He lectures on parapsychology, positive psychology, thanatology and social psychology. He is the author and editor of five books to date, including Telephone Calls from the Dead and Psi in Psychotherapy. He is the recipient of such awards as the Eileen J. Garrett Scholarship (2009, Parapsychology Foundation), the Alex Tanous Scholarship Award (numerous since 2011 and grants) and the D. Scott Rogo Award for Media (2021, Parapsychology Foundation).

 

Websitewww.callumecooper.com

 Social media:  Twitter @CallumECooper

 

Shifting to Hogwarts: Astral Projection, the Next Generation.

Samantha Lee Treasure

MA in Medical Anthropology from SOAS University of London, based in UK and Korea

Over the pandemic, a practice known as “shifting” or “shifting realities” became popular on social media. Incorporating the themes of law of attraction, multiverse and parasocial relationships, the main aims of this practice were to (a) shift into a parallel life, and (b) enter fictional worlds and encounter their favourite comfort characters. Astral projection became the tool of choice to achieve both, with out-of-body and incubation techniques disseminated to millions of Generation Z under lockdown. This talk will discuss this rise of shifting and its differences and similarities with the astral projection practices of Millennials and other generations. 

 

Bio

Samantha Lee Treasure holds an MA in Medical Anthropology from SOAS University of London and has conducted fieldwork on out-of-body experiences in the UK and South Korea. Her chapter 'Out-of-body experiences in the Screen Age' was recently published in Deep Weird (2023) and she is currently working on writing her first book. Samantha is based between London and Geoje Island, South Korea. 

 

Website/Social Media:

www.zombiesinpjs.com 

Samantha Lee Treasure (@anthro_astral) • Instagram photos and videos 

Samantha Lee Treasure | Facebook 

Samtreasure13@outlook.com  

 

Future events:  Samantha will be hosting a seminar on sleep paralysis and out-of-body experiences later this year and you can learn more on her social media.