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Can hearing from the dead heal the living?

Click here to learn more about the BAM Study

New e-Book by Julie Beischel, PhD, Windbridge Institute Director of Research

Among Mediums: A Scientist's Quest for Answers is an accessible, bite-sized review of Dr. Beischel's 10-year journey and the answers she discovered along the way.

Her writing is concise, non-technical, conversational, and entertaining.

Larry Dossey, MD, calls Dr. Beischel "a courageous, innovative pioneer" and found Among Mediums to be "science writing at its best."

This e-Book can be read on almost any mobile device or computer. Just download the free Kindle app!

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New Research

March 7, 2013

We are excited to announce that Windbridge Institute co-founder and researcher, Mark Boccuzzi, was awarded a new research grant from the Helene Reeder Memorial Fund for Research into Life after Death. The project is to replicate and extend his work on Invited Ostensible Discarnate Interactions with Electronic Equipment.

This is Mark's second HRMF award. He presented the first part of the study at the 55th Annual Convention of the Parapsychological Association last year.

We are very thankful to the fund for the support required to continue this research.

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Media Update

March 5, 2013

Windbridge Institute Director of Research, Julie Beischel, PhD., interviewed on Skeptiko.

Click here to listen.

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WCRM Stephanie Ann Stevens retires from mediumship readings

Following the death of her husband, Jack, in 2011, Windbridge Certified Research Medium (WCRM) Stephanie Ann Stevens has retired from performing mediumship and psychic readings to focus on her spiritual music career. She continues to offer OMEGA healing and house clearing services and can be contacted through her website. We are so grateful for the many years that Stephanie volunteered her time and her abilities as a WCRM participating in research at the Windbridge Institute and we wish her all the best now and in the future!


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2012 New Year Note from the Windbridge Institute

Windbridge Institute 2011 Year-in-Review and a sneak peek at 2012

In our New Year Note to friends of the Windbridge Institute, we have included a 2011 Year-in-Review including highlights of Windbridge Institute news, research, conferences, publications, and media with links to the original materials. We have also included a peek into what is in store for the Windbridge Institute during 2012.

Click here to download a PDF copy of the 2011 New Year Note!

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Online Interviews with Windbridge Institute Co-founders

Julie Beischel on Hay House Radio's Provocative Enlightenment -- May 24, 2011
[REQUIRES A HAYHOUSE RADIO MEMBERSHIP]

Mark Boccuzzi on Strange Frequencies Internet Radio -- July 31, 2011
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Julie Beischel on Psychic Access Talk Radio "Mediumship: Fake or Fact" -- August 25, 2011
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Julie Beischel on Reflections: The Wisdom of Edgar Cayce from the Association for Research and Enlightenment (ARE) -- recorded: August 4, aired: August 28 and September 4, 2011
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Seven new Windbridge Certified Research Mediums join the team

Welcome, More New WCRMs!

We are very proud to announce the addition of the following Windbridge Certified Research Mediums (WCRMs) to the Windbridge Institute research family:

* Tracy Lee Nash
* Traci Bray
* Ankhasha Amenti
* Troy Parkinson
* Renata Santorelli
* Marisa Ryan
* Kim Russo

The certification of these WCRMs involved eight thorough screening, testing, and training steps during which their abilities to report accurate and specific information about the deceased was scientifically tested under blinded conditions by Windbridge Institute Director of Research Julie Beischel, PhD.

WCRMs are a distinctive and elite group of scientifically-minded, ethical, professional, and gifted mediums. They are open and honest, ethical and responsible, humble and gracious, and compassionate and respectful. WCRMs follow a specific code of conduct and donate a minimum of four hours per month to assist in various aspects of research at the Windbridge Institute.

For links to each WCRM's website, visit our WCRM webpage.

For a collection of books written by WCRMs, visit our bookstore.

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Windbridge Institute Researcher at the 2013 SSE meeting

32nd Annual Meeting of the Society for Scientific Exploration (SSE)
June 6 - 8, 2013
Dearborn, Michigan, USA

Dr Julie Beischel, Director of Research at the Windbridge Institute will be presenting:

The Source of Mediums’ Information: A Quantitative Phenomenological Analysis.

For more information about the conference click here.

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Windbridge Institute Amazon Wish List
A novel way to contribute to independent research

Recently, it was suggested to us that our supporters might like to have more direct input on how their contributions are used. With that suggestion in mind, we have created an Amazon Wish List. The list provides supporters a simple way to see what kinds of books, materials, and equipment we need and, should they be interested, allow them to order these items and have them shipped directly to us.

Using the Wish List is easy! Click here to visit the Wish List and then follow the instructions below.

1. Chose a book or other item you'd like to contribute to the Windbridge Institute and click on the "Add to Cart" button next to that item. The page will update and confirm that the item was added to your cart.

2. Click the "Proceed to Checkout" button.

3. Select "The Windbridge Institute, Tucson, AZ" as the shipping address.

4. Complete the normal Amazon.com checkout procedure.

Done!

After using the Wish List, Windbridge Institute member David J. said:

"I just ordered you the printer that was on your Wish List at Amazon. I think this is a great way for people to support the work of the Windbridge Institute!"

Amazon will not disclose your payment method or any credit card information to us. Please note that the costs of items sent to the Windbridge Institute are NOT tax-deductible.

***And please remember to always use the Windbridge Institute Amazon search box on this page to begin any of your own shopping trips at Amazon.com (they sell everything). A small portion of each sale originating at our search box is contributed to the Windbridge Institute at no additional cost to you. It's so easy and helps so much!!***

Thanks for your support!

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New Book: The Truth About Grief
Reviewed by Julie Beischel, PhD

I recently finished a fascinating new book on the topic of grief, the focus of one of the main research programs at the Windbridge Institute.

The Truth About Grief: The Myth of its Five Stages and the New Science of Loss by Ruth Davis Konigsberg is a quick read that really opened my eyes to numerous aspects of this topic including: the bereavement and grief counseling "industries," grief memoirs, the grief culture, grief commercialism, how members of other cultures grieve, and grief related to the events of September 11th. The author states, "With this book I hope to offer you a means of escape from our habitual ways of thinking about grief" (p. 197).

Read my entire review on my blog or buy The Truth About Grief today. (Note: We receive a small portion of the price of books purchased through our bookstore which goes to supporting research.)

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Six new Windbridge Certified Research Mediums join the team

Welcome, New WCRMs!

We are very proud to announce the addition of the following Windbridge Certified Research Mediums (WCRMs) to the Windbridge Institute research family:

* Carrie D. Cox
* Laura Lynne Jackson
* Daria Justyn
* Nancy Marlowe
* Ginger Quinlan
* Eliza Rey

The certification of these WCRMs involved eight thorough screening, testing, and training steps during which their abilities to report accurate and specific information about the deceased was scientifically tested under blinded conditions by Windbridge Institute Director of Research Julie Beischel, PhD.

WCRMs are a distinctive and elite group of scientifically-minded, ethical, professional, and gifted mediums. They are open and honest, ethical and responsible, humble and gracious, and compassionate and respectful. WCRMs follow a specific code of conduct and donate a minimum of four hours per month to assist in various aspects of research at the Windbridge Institute.

The new WCRMs join our current world-class team of equally professional, ethical, and talented WCRMs:

* Samara Anjelae
* Dave Campbell
* Joanne Gerber
* Debra Martin
* Doreen Molloy
* Stephanie Ann Stevens

For links to each WCRM's website, visit our WCRM webpage.

For a collection of books written by WCRMs, visit our bookstore.

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Audio Interviews and Articles

Check out our newest PDF and audio files:

Cleaver, B. (2010). Medium frequency. Good Health, December 2010, 161-162.
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Tymn, M. E. & Beischel, J. (December 2010). An interview with Dr. Julie Beischel. The Searchlight, 19(4), 1-2,10.
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Ginsberg, B., Ginsberg, P., & Boccuzzi, M. (2010, October 28). Ghosts are people, too! Forever Family Foundation's Signs of Life Radio.
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Ginsberg, B., Ginsberg, P., & Beischel, J. (2010, October 14). Can science find afterlife answers from mediumship investigations? Forever Family Foundation's Signs of Life Radio.
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Visit the Publications page for a full list of our Peer-Reviewed Research Papers, Invited Presentations, Conference Presentations, Articles, Media, Book Reviews, and Letters to the Editor

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"The reincarnation of mediumship research" by Julie Beischel
EdgeScience, vol. 3, April-June 2010

Click here to read this article geared for the general public.
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Dean Radin Asks Julie Beischel:

"Can mediums talk to the dead? Can you? Why should we care?"

Dean Radin interviews Julie Beischel for this IONS teleseminar from June 30, 2010 (01:06:54).
Click here to listen.
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Dr. Julie Beischel's Blog

The Windbridge Director of Research shares compelling behind-the-scenes tidbits discovered during research. Visit: http://drjuliebeischel.blogspot.com

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Video Introduction to Mediumship Research at Windbridge

Mediumship Under The Microscope:
Science And The Afterlife

Windbridge Institute Director of Research, Julie Beischel, PhD, presented the talk at the 2009 Society for Scientific Exploration (SSE) meeting in Charlottesville, VA.

This talk is an excellent introduction to modern mediumship research at the Windbridge Institute.

Click here to view video.

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More than 600 volunteers have completed the on-line sitter prescreening form

Thank you!

Within a few days of Windbridge announcing that we were seeking volunteers to act as sitters and receive and score mediumship readings as part of our on-going research about life after death and the abilities of mediums, more than 600 volunteers had completed the on-line sitter prescreening questionnaire!

From the on-line questionnaire text:
"All responses are placed in a sitter pool and research sitters are chosen at random for each study to prevent experimenter bias and to maximize research medium and experimenter blinding. Therefore, it is not possible for Windbridge to tell a sitter if or when s/he will be chosen for a study."

The on-line prescreening questionnaire and additional questionnaires may be used to determine if a sitter is qualified to participate in a specific experiment.

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New Journal Articles Published

The following peer-reviewed journal articles have been published and are available for download on our Publications page.

Rock, A. J., Beischel, J., & Cott, C. C. (2008/2009). Psi vs. survival: A qualitative investigation of mediums' phenomenology comparing psychic readings and ostensible communication with the deceased. Transpersonal Psychology Review, 13, 76-89.

Beischel, J., & Rock, A. J. (2009). Addressing the survival vs. psi debate through process-focused mediumship research. Journal of Parapsychology, 73, 71-90.

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New book by Windbridge researcher Adam Rock, PhD:
Constructivism and Shamanic Experiences

In addition to his work at Windbridge studying the phenomenology (or experiences) of mediums, Adam Rock, PhD, performs research on a variety of topics at Deakin University in Australia. Dr. Rock's new book, Constructivism and Shamanic Experiences: A Psychological Study, describes his research of induced shamanic journeying in naïve participants.


(Click on cover image for more info or to order!)

The book's publisher states: "Shamans are individuals whose souls purportedly journey to other realms in order to serve their community. A great deal of controversy surrounds the issue of whether the content of journeying experiences is simply an exteriorization of the shamans cultural cosmology or referentially linked to entities that exist independently of the shamans mind and body. Constructivism and Shamanic Experiences: A Psychological Study is an empirical exploration of the antecedents, epistemology and origins of visual mental imagery associated with journeying. The author describes a series of experiments designed to investigate whether naive participants (i.e., individuals devoid of a shamanic cosmological framework) are capable of experiencing ostensibly shamanic journeying imagery. A modified hypnoanalytic technique is also presented in an attempt to uncover the origins of this imagery. This book would be useful to humanistic and transpersonal psychologists, anthropologists and philosophers of religion."

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Windbridge Institute items make great gifts!

Looking for unique and practical gifts?

The Windbridge Institute Store now offers a new line of products including apparel, magnets, buttons, bags, greeting cards, mugs, and bottles with the "classic" triple-spiral (triskele) Windbridge Institute logo or some new tongue-in-cheek images. A portion of each sale supports independent research at the Windbridge Institute.

Visit the store now!


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Windbridge Institute Interviews Now Available Online

Greg Taylor of The Daily Grail (TDG) interviewed Windbridge Institute Director of Research Dr. Julie Beischel as the lead story for TDG’s brand new format on September 11, 2009
http://tinyurl.com/TDGJB09

Dr. Beischel was interviewed by Pamela Edmunds on Contact Talk Radio’s “Bridge Between Two Worlds” on September 14, 2009. To listen to an archive of the show, visit
http://tinyurl.com/JB91409
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Dr. Beischel was interviewed by Stephen Hawley Martin on "The Truth About Life" on WebTalkRadio.net on June 21, 2009. To listen to an archive of the show, visit
http://tinyurl.com/JB09SHM.

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