Jeffrey Mishlove
American parapsychologist (b. 1946) and host of the TV interview series Thinking Allowed (1986–2002) and its YouTube successor, New Thinking Allowed.
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The account
Mishlove received a doctoral diploma in parapsychology from the University of California, Berkeley, in 1980, through an individual interdisciplinary programme, often described as the only such degree from an accredited US university. Thinking Allowed, which he hosted and co-produced, aired on US public television and recorded hundreds of conversations on consciousness and the paranormal; New Thinking Allowed continues it on YouTube with more than 1,500 videos. His books include 'The Roots of Consciousness' (1975) and 'The PK Man' (2000). In 2021 he won the $500,000 first prize in the Bigelow Institute's essay contest on the survival of consciousness. Guests whose conversations with him can be confirmed include Jacques Vallée, Dean Radin, Stephan A. Schwartz and Bernardo Kastrup.
The sceptical view
A 1980 Psychology Today article questioned the rigour of his degree (he sued for libel); sceptics note that his shows give little time to critics.
Connections in the atlas
- Bernardo Kastrup
- Mishlove wins the Bigelow essay prize
- Stanley Krippner
- Stephan A. Schwartz
- Dean Radin
- Russell Targ
- Stargate (final phase)
- Hal Puthoff
- Jacques Vallée