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Afterlife Science Workshop

WCRM Stephanie Ann Stevens retires from mediumship readings

2012 New Year Note ready for download. Includes 2011 Year In Review and plans for 2012

Online Interviews with Windbridge Institute Co-founders - Updated

Seven new Windbridge Certified Research Mediums join the team

The Windbridge Institute is recruiting participants to receive and score psychic readings

Windbridge Institute researchers present studies at 2011 SSE meeting

Dr. Beischel speaking at the Parapsychology and Consciousness Conference

New life after death grant from the Helene Reeder Memorial Fund

New Windbridge Institute Amazon Wish List

Dr. Beischel reviews new book: The Truth About Grief

Windbridge Institute receives new research grants from the Bial Foundation

Six new Windbridge Certified Research Mediums join the team

2011 New Year Note from the Windbridge Institute

Video Introduction to mediumship research at the Windbridge Institute

New Windbridge Institute peer-reviewed journal articles published

New audio interviews and articles

New Windbridge Institute interviews now available online

Dr. Julie Beischel's blog

Dean Radin interviews Julie Beischel for IONS teleseminar

The reincarnation of mediumship research: an article by Julie Beischel

Now YOU can help the Windbridge Institute at iGive.com

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

Windbridge is recruiting sitters to receive and score research readings

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

Windbridge Institute items make great gifts!

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Afterlife Science Workshop

Monday, April 9th, 2012, 9am-1pm
Tucson, Arizona, USA

"Survival of Consciousness After Death: Implications and Applications"

This is a pre-conference workshop at Toward a Science of Consciousness 2012 presented by the University of Arizona's Center for Consciousness Studies.

Cost: $50

Presenters: Windbridge Institute co-founders Julie Beischel and Mark Boccuzzi. The experiential portions of the workshop will include live mediumship demonstrations by Windbridge Certified Research Mediums Dave Campbell and Joanne Gerber as well as the attendees using instrumental transcommunication (ITC) software to attempt to acquire non-local information.

For more information about how to register, click here.

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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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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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The Windbridge Institute is recruiting participants to receive and score psychic readings

Are you interested in receiving a psychic reading
as a volunteer in a scientific research study?

The Windbridge Institute is currently seeking volunteers to act as psychic research reading recipients (PRRRs or "P triple Rs") who will receive and score psychic readings about themselves.

We are not recruiting psychics at this time.

For more information about PRRRs' required qualifications and potential responsibilities, time commitments, compensation, and costs and to complete a secure, on-line pre-screening questionnaire,

CLICK HERE
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The questionnaire takes approximately 10-20 minutes to complete.

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Windbridge Institute researchers present studies at SSE meeting

SSE at the Forefront of Science:
30th Annual Meeting of the Society for Scientific Exploration (SSE)

June 9 - 11, 2011
Boulder, Colorado, USA

At the 2011 Annual Meeting of the Society for Scientific Exploration (SSE), Institute researchers presented the following:

Beischel, J., Biuso, M., Boccuzzi, M., & Rock, A. (2011, June). Anomalous information reception by research mediums under quintuple-blind conditions: Can the mind exist without the body? 30th Annual Meeting of the Society for Scientific Exploration, Boulder, Colorado.

Project Description: This study collects evidence during quintuple-blinded readings regarding Windbridge Certified Research Mediums' reception and reporting of accurate and specific information about discarnates in the absence of any feedback; without prior knowledge about the discarnates (beyond their first names) or about the living sitters associated with them; and without using deception, fraud, or cold-reading. It is an extension of a previously published study involving claimant mediums and triple-blind readings.

Boccuzzi, M. (2011, June). Three methods for examining experimenter effects in investigations of psychokinesis. 30th Annual Meeting of the Society for Scientific Exploration, Boulder, Colorado.

Project Description: When designing experimental methodologies and analyzing study results, it is important to keep in mind the potential impact of the experimenter's consciousness. These effects may result from conscious intention or subconscious desire (the latter of which may oppose the former). This study aims to explore the methods and outcomes from different experiments varying in experimenter belief, desire, and intention.

For full conference program and abstracts click here.

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Dr. Beischel speaking at the Parapsychology and Consciousness Conference

Parapsychology and Consciousness Conference
October 14-16, 2011
Virginia Beach, VA

The Best in Parapsychology: From our Minds to Yours

Beischel, J. (2011, October). Modern mediumship research: Experiments, experiences, and explanations. Parapsychology and Consciousness: First Annual Atlantic University Conference, Virginia Beach, Virginia.

Abstract. One of the main research methods used to address the survival of consciousness hypothesis involves studying mediums---individuals who report experiencing regular communication with the deceased. At the Windbridge Institute, current studies involve research mediums whose abilities to report accurate and specific information have been demonstrated under blinded laboratory conditions which control for all traditional, local, and sensory explanations for the accuracy of their statements. These Windbridge Certified Research Mediums (WCRMs) answer specific questions about discarnates during readings performed under quintuple-blind conditions which involve the blinding of the mediums, the raters, and three experimenters interacting with the participants during various stages of the study. The resulting data demonstrate that these mediums can indeed report accurate and specific information about the deceased loved ones (termed discarnates) of living people (termed sitters) without any prior knowledge about the sitters or the discarnates, without using fraud or deception, and in the absence of any feedback. In addition, their experiences during ostensible communication are studied using both qualitative and quantitative phenomenological research methods which provide a novel approach to addressing historical questions about the source of mediums' information. The social, cultural, religious, and political environments in which these mediums perform readings in addition to their actual phenomenology during communication are quite different than those of the mediums studied in the early days of psychical research. The data collected from these current research participants will aid in reframing concepts such as 'consciousness' and may be socially relevant in areas such as criminal investigations, wisdom acquisition, and grief counseling and recovery.

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New Life After Death Grant from the Helene Reeder Memorial Fund

Windbridge Institute co-founder and researcher Mark Boccuzzi was awarded a research grant from the Helene Reeder Memorial Fund for Research into Life after Death for his study on the use of electronic equipment to facilitate possible interactions with discarnates. This project is an outgrowth of research he has been conducting during field investigations of allegedly haunted locations since 1999 and we are excited to have the financial support required to address this subject in a thorough and meaningful way.

As part of the expert opinion included with the grant application, Windbridge Institute Scientific Advisory Board member Dean Radin, PhD, stated "This project brings the haphazard field study approach into the laboratory, making it possible, at least hypothetically, to test under controlled conditions whether a discarnate can indeed intentionally interact with equipment."

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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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Windbridge Institute receives new Research Grants from the Bial Foundation

We are very excited to announce that we have been awarded two new research grants from the Bial Foundation in Portugal. One study, titled "Somatic Psi vs. Survival Psi: A Quantitative Investigation of Mediums' Phenomenology comparing Psychic Readings and Ostensible Communication with the Deceased," will take place at the Windbridge Institute in 2011 and 2012.

The second project is a collaborative one titled "Cortical and Autonomic Responses associated with Accurate Intuition" in which we will be working with researchers from the Institute of Noetic Sciences (IONS) and the University of California, San Diego (UCSD).

This is the second time that we have received funding from the Bial Foundation and we could not be more grateful!

The funding provided by these projects covers about half of the yearly operating costs of the Windbridge Institute. We depend on other grants, memberships, and private contributions to cover the remainder of our expenses.

For information about our previous Bial Foundation grant, please click here.

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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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2011 New Year Note from the Windbridge Institute

Windbridge Institute 2010 Year-in-Review and a sneak peek at 2011

In our New Year Note to friends of the Windbridge Institute, we have included a 2010 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 2011.

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

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New 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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Help the Windbridge Institute at iGive.com
It's FREE and EASY!

Now you can contribute to independent research at the Windbridge Institute for free whenever you search or shop online at iGive.com!

Searching or shopping means a contribution. It's just that free and easy. A search automatically contributes a penny or more. Shopping at stores like Amazon, eBay, Travelocity, Home Depot, Staples, and many others contributes up to 26% of your purchases to Windbridge.

Plus you can SAVE money with exclusive coupons and free shipping deals.

Please start today by clicking here.

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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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Are you interested in receiving a mediumship reading
as a volunteer in a scientific research study?



The Windbridge Institute is currently seeking volunteers to act as sitters who will receive and score mediumship readings as part of our ongoing research about life after death and the abilities of mediums.

We are not recruiting mediums at this time.

For more information about research sitters' required qualifications and potential responsibilities, time commitments, compensation, and costs and to complete a secure, on-line prescreening questionnaire, please visit:

http://tinyurl.com/SitterPreScreen

The questionnaire takes approximately 10-20 minutes to complete.

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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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New 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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