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Winds of Change Winds of Change Newsletter for Members of The Windbridge Institute for Applied Research in Human Potential Hello, Vol. 1, Issue 1 Welcome to Winds of Change , the Spring 2008 newsletter for members of The Windbridge Institute. Membership support is critical for progress at Windbridge. Members make it possible for us to conduct Inside this issue: important independent research as well as to publish our free peer- Welcome, About Windbridge 1 reviewed Journal of Mindbody States . The Windbridge Team 2 Members receive this quarterly newsletter, discounts on Windbridge Mediums 3 Windbridge events, and access to an online community where Upcoming Events 3 members can communicate with Investigators, Advisors, and other members. The online community also includes special Previous Events 4 audio and video files. Windbridge in the Media 4 To become a member of Windbridge, please visit: Current Research & Findings 4 http://www.windbridge.org/members.htm Scientific Meetings 7 New Publications 7 Enjoy this complimentary issue! And please send us any questions or comments you have. Dreams: Another Way to Connect with Your Loved 8 Best wishes, Ones in the Afterlife —by Doreen Molloy Mark Boccuzzi, Director of Operations [email protected] Dogs That Know 10 —by Alex Tsakiris Julie Beischel, PhD, Director of Research [email protected] Why I'm Not a Skeptic 10 —by Dean Radin, PhD From Grub to Butterfly: Inner About Windbridge Healing & Social Awareness 12 —by Mark A. Schroll, PhD The Windbridge Institute for Applied Research in Human Potential is concerned with asking, “What can we do with the Nature Observation 14 potential that exists within our bodies, minds, and spirits?” Can —by Ryan Hurd, MA we heal each other? Ourselves? Can we affect events and Small Changes, Big Impact physical reality with our thoughts? Can we know things before 15 —by Julie Beischel, PhD they happen? Are we connected to each other? To the planet? Can we communicate with our loved ones who have passed? Words, Words, Words: Books The Windbridge Institute investigates what our bodies, minds, on Life after Death 16 and spirits are capable of and how that information can best —by Michael Prescott serve all living things. Winds of Change Vol. 1, Issue 1 COMPLIMENTARY COPY ©2008 The Windbridge Institute Page 1 Winds of Change is a quarterly publication of The Windbridge Institute for Applied Research in Human Potential and is provided free to our members. We include articles from a variety of authors writing on topics that relate to the mission of the institute. Views presented by authors are their own and do not necessarily reflect those of the Windbridge Institute. Have a research question for Dr. Beischel? A question for a Windbridge Certified Research Medium? A contribution? A suggestion? A comment? Please send them to: [email protected] Directors Scientific Advisory Board Julie Beischel, PhD Stephen E. Braude, PhD Director of Research University of Maryland, Baltimore County Mark Boccuzzi Etzel Cardeña, PhD Director of Operations Parapsychological Association Center for Research on Consciousness and Adam Rock, PhD Anomalous Psychology, Lund University Editor: Journal of Mindbody States Bruce Greyson, MD Director, Division of Perceptual Studies University of Virginia Health System Advisory Committee Members of our Advisory Committee provide strategic Peter Hayes, PhD and technical advice regarding the direction, scope, and progress of Windbridge. Erlendur Haraldsson, PhD Professor emeritus, University of Iceland David Cooper, MBA, MA, MAcc Jane Katra, PhD Susan Cooper, MA, MS Emily Williams Kelly, PhD Phran Ginsberg, MBA Division of Perceptual Studies University of Virginia Health System Robert Ginsberg Dean Radin, PhD Institute of Noetic Sciences Bill Kaspari HESA Institute Debra Martin Lu Rudolph, PhD Doreen Molloy Mark A. Schroll, PhD International Association for the Study of Dreams Karyl O'Leary Jim B. Tucker, MD Michael O'Leary Division of Perceptual Studies University of Virginia Health System The Windbridge Institute for Applied Research in Human Potential P.O. Box 31468 Tucson, AZ 85751-1468 [email protected] www.windbridge.org Winds of Change Vol. 1, Issue 1 COMPLIMENTARY COPY ©2008 The Windbridge Institute Page 2 Windbridge Certified Research Mediums Samara Anjelae Dave Campbell Joanne Gerber Debra Martin Doreen Molloy Stephanie Bridges Stevens For each medium’s location, certification level, and website link, please visit: http://www.windbridge.org/mediums.htm Upcoming Events • On Saturday, May 3, 2008, Dr. Beischel will be a guest on “ The Other Side with Steve Godfrey ,” a talk radio program aired by the WestStar network on Saturday nights from 6pm to 9pm Pacific. The Other Side is syndicated on radio stations all over the country. To find it on a radio station near you, please visit: http://www.theothersidewithstevegodfrey.com/onair.asp • If you are in the Tucson area, you can catch an interview with Dr. Beischel on Access Tucson’s Life Innovations with Judy Fishman on Sunday, May 11, 2008, at 3:30pm on Cox channel 99 or Comcast channel 74, or on Tuesday, May 13, 2008, at 8:30pm on Cox channel 98 or Comcast channel 73. http://access.tucson.org/whatsontv/guide/ What happens when we die? Join a Medium , a Minister , and a Scientist to hear their unique answers to this question during a special all-day event... Windbridge Spend the Day with Spirit Workshop Saturday, May 31st, 2008 ~ 9am to 5pm El Parador Restaurant ~ Tucson, Arizona Cost: $150 Windbridge Members: $125 Includes: • Personal messages from your loved ones who have passed — every attendee gets a reading • An understanding of the other side’s influence in our lives Stephanie • An overview of the current scientific evidence Rev. Gerry Nangle Bridges Stevens Julie Beischel, PhD for life after death Ordained Minister Research Scientist Certified Medium • Plus breakfast, lunch, and live music! Seating is limited — Get your tickets now at: http://www.windbridge.org/dayevent.htm Winds of Change Vol. 1, Issue 1 COMPLIMENTARY COPY ©2008 The Windbridge Institute Page 3 Previous Events Current Research at Windbridge Julie Beischel, PhD — Director of Research • January 18-20th, 2008, our partner, Forever Family Foundation (FFF), sponsored the first There are two major research fronts in progress at scientific conference on the afterlife for a general Windbridge: audience: Investigations of Consciousness and the Unseen World . On the first evening of the confer- Proof-focused studies aiming to gather evidence about ence at Fort Mason Center in San Francisco, mediums' communication with the deceased (a phe- FFF put on a speakers’ dinner “in honor of the nomenon we call "anomalous information recep- Windbridge Institute.” Dr. Beischel told some tion"), and Process-focused studies that investigate the jokes about death and the afterlife and everyone mediums' experiences of that communication. enjoyed a great meal! For more information and to order audio and video of the conference Both directions are important in order for us to un- presentations, please visit the FFF site at: derstand the information that mediums report and http://www.foreverfamilyfoundation.org/backcountryproductions.htm use it appropriately as a society. • On February 9th, 2008, Dr. Beischel partici- On the proof-focused side, the studies are designed pated in Speaking on Spirit with Windbridge Cer- simply to test what I call the Primary Hypothesis of tified Research Medium (WCRM) Debra Mar- mediumship: "Mediums can report accurate and specific information about the deceased that was not tin in Scottsdale, AZ. Audio CDs will available acquired by normal means or through deception and for purchase on the website soon. with no feedback from the sitter or the experi- • menter." On March 10th, 2008, Dr. Beischel was inter- viewed on WCRM Joanne Gerber's online chat In January of 2007, a study I performed while still room Spirit Chat . If you missed it, a transcript with the University of Arizona (nicknamed "the Pri- can be downloaded online at: mary Hypothesis Study" or PHS ) was published in http://www.windbridge.org/papers/SpiritChat3-10-08withDrJulieBeischel.pdf the peer-reviewed journal Explore: The Journal of Sci- ence and Healing . In that paper, titled "Anomalous information reception by research mediums demon- strated using a novel triple-blind protocol," we put forth this conclusion: "The present findings provide evidence for anomalous information reception but Windbridge in the Media do not directly address what parapsychological mechanisms are involved in that reception." That • An article about the FFF conference Investiga- means that the mediums were reporting accurate tions of Consciousness and the Unseen World which and specific information that they could not have features quotes from Dr. Beischel was published received by any normal means or through decep- on January 29, 2008, in the San Francisco Chroni- tion, but where the information was coming from, cle . Read it online at: we couldn't say; that is, Primary Hypothesis con- http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/01/29/DDNEUL5LD.DTL firmed. (A copy of the paper can be downloaded at http://www.windbridge.org/papers/BeischelEXPLORE2007vol3.pdf ) • Dr. Beischel was invited to write an article about Back in 1896, Harvard Professor and American So- laboratory mediumship research for the Decem- ciety for Psychical Research (ASPR) co-founder ber 2007 issue of Shift: At the Frontiers of Con- William James (often called the father of American sciousness , the member's magazine published by or modern psychology) came to a similar conclusion the Institute of Noetic Sciences (IONS). Hers is regarding his study of trance medium Mrs. Leonora one of five major articles in the issue titled Piper: “I cannot resist the conviction that knowledge “Death: Window to the Infinite.” appears which she has never gained by the ordinary http://www.noetics.org/publications/shift/issue%2017/main.cfm waking use of her eyes and ears and wits. What the source of this knowledge may be I know not, and • For all the Windbridge news and events, please have not the glimmer of an explanatory suggestion visit http://www.windbridge.org/news.htm Continued on page 5..
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