Mario Varvoglis, PhD, has been president of the Institut Métapsychique International in Paris, France, since 1997. He is the author of several books aimed at the French speaking market. He is also the creator of the “Psi Explorer” CD ROM.
Here he addresses many issues concerning the history of parapsychology and psychical research in France, as well as the metaphysical implications of this research.
00:00:00 Introduction
00:03:48 Paranormal research in France
00:11:00 Defining the paranormal
00:17:54 Theism vs. atheism
00:25:32 Postmortem survival and materialism
00:37:53 Tolerance of ambiguity
00:43:03 The “hard problem” of consciousness
00:54:06 Mathematics and metaphysics
01:01:26 Conclusion
New Thinking Allowed host, Jeffrey Mishlove, PhD, is author of The Roots of Consciousness, Psi Development Systems, and The PK Man. Between 1986 and 2002 he hosted and co-produced the original Thinking Allowed public television series. He is the recipient of the only doctoral diploma in “parapsychology” ever awarded by an accredited university (University of California, Berkeley, 1980). He is also the Grand Prize winner of the 2021 Bigelow Institute essay competition regarding the best evidence for survival of human consciousness after permanent bodily death.
(Recorded on January 25, 2024)
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Love u Jeff and team ❤
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Great show. BRILLIANT lines of thought on the real meat
Thank you for this channel it has been very very informative and helpful!!
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J'ecrie un peu de francais mais tres lentement. D'accord merci.
Funny. At first I was thinking Gee this guy speaks terrific english.
Thank you so much. These conversations keep my mind healthy like a good workout. I love how these ideas are truly international
Materialists will be ready to countenance any manner of theory, even the most abstruse, so long as it enables them to avoid acknowledging the existence of paranormal phenomena. The only stipulation of their mental peregrinations is that certain à priori decisions about what is reasonable remain unquestioned. Transpersonal intelligence or awareness? Preposterous. Multiple universes, time moving backwards, no problem! A definition of insanity might be that it is an implacable form of logic which was developed from the wrong premise. In this sense, materialism is no better than your average conspiracy theory, completely deluded but apparently reasonable.
28 mins into vid Guest sounds like Adoita Vendanta great vids by Swami Sarvapriyananda. Thank you 🙂
The theory that there is no afterlife is inherently unobservable and must be rejected.
Really appreciate sharing different parapsychological organizations around the world. Thank you! Hard to parse out everything on our own.
Great Interview!
Good interview. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fn4PFVQIGL4&t=1794s This is where we disagree. Compare Greek and Egyptian painting… that should be enough to convince you that if it were possible to say something sensibly, or meaningful, or "that has a "sophisticated epistemology"", as he put it, then it would need to be channeled from out of a wider arc of being. Science is no answer because the mathematics it uses is similarly fashionable. The rules of art are the rules of life, and if you hope to say anything at all that lasts, it needs to "come from out of a whirlwind", as someone put it.
Thank you ❤
Mario's a great speaker and was a pleasure to listen to. Clearly he has a very broad and effective grasp on these concepts and applies a good degree of rationality. Please have him back!
Some crucial points covered here! Many thanks for this one.
Thank you! This was very enjoyable, enliving and challenging (in a wholly positive way) to hear, see and feel. 💫
thank you … ciao