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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
(Link opens mp3 file in a new window)
Julie
Beischel on Psychic Access Talk Radio "Mediumship: Fake
or Fact" -- August 25, 2011
(Link opens mp3 file in a new window)
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
(Link opens mp3 file in a new window)
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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
(link opens in a new browser window)
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.
[Link opens a PDF document in a new window]
Tymn,
M. E. & Beischel, J. (December 2010). An interview with
Dr. Julie Beischel. The Searchlight, 19(4), 1-2,10.
[Link opens a PDF document in a new window]
Ginsberg,
B., Ginsberg, P., & Boccuzzi, M. (2010, October 28). Ghosts
are people, too! Forever Family Foundation's Signs of Life
Radio.
[Link opens MP3 audio file in a new window]
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.
[Link opens MP3 audio file in a new window]
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!
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can contribute to independent research at the Windbridge Institute
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Shopping at stores like Amazon, eBay, Travelocity, Home Depot,
Staples, and many others contributes up to 26% of your purchases
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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.
[Link opens PDF document in new window]
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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.
[Link plays MP3 audio file in new window]
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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.
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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