Prof. Jeffrey Kripal on UFOs, UAP, Parapsychology, Religion, Mysticism, & Other Anomalous Phenomena

Jeffrey J. Kripal is the J. Newton Rayzor Professor of Religion, and Chair of Philosophy and Religious Thought at Rice University. He currently helps direct the Center for Theory and Research at the Esalen Institute. Jeffrey has written numerous books, including ‘Authors of the Impossible’, ‘The Superhumanities’, and ‘How to Think Impossibly: About Souls, UFOs, Time, Belief, and Everything Else’. Please share to help Unravelling the Universe grow and reach more people. Thank you 🙏💚 🎙 If you have any questions for my next talk with Jeff - please leave them in a comment :) Please scroll through the description ⏬ for TIMESTAMPS, links &amp; more info 🌟 🌟 Please subscribe to our channel on YouTube + watch there to access many more useful links &amp; extra info (YouTube allows more characters!): ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.youtube.com/@unravellingtheuniverse⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ 🌟 Thank you! ▶️ WATCH this interview on YouTube (+ find extra links in the description etc): https://youtu.be/nr5IpH94KFo ⬅️⁠ 🌌 Welcome to Unravelling the Universe. We explore topics &amp; phenomena primarily related to three questions:  1. What happens after we die? 🦋 2. Are we alone in the Universe, or on Earth? 🛸  3. What is the nature of reality? 🧠 (UFOs / UAP, Consciousness, Parapsychology, and more) 🟢 Our links: - All of our links: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://linktr.ee/unravellingtheuniverse⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠  - Subscribe on YouTube: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://youtube.com/@unravellingtheuniverse⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠  - Follow us on Twitter: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://twitter.com/UnravellingU⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ - Join us on our SubReddit: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.reddit.com/r/UnravelingTheUniverse/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ☀️ If you'd like to SUPPORT our channel: - Patreon (montly): ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.patreon.com/UnravellingtheUniverse⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ 🙏 - Links to make one-off donations via ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠linktree⁠⁠ We work on this channel full time and hope to be able to continue to do so! We earn literally nothing from our audio only podcasts - without our wonderful Patrons that support us we'd be lost 💚 If you'd like to join them in helping us continue to make content... THANK YOU so much 🙏 🟣 Jeffrey's links:  - Website: https://jeffreyjkripal.com - Jeffrey's books 👇 https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/268539.Jeffrey_J_Kripal ⏱️ Timestamps:  (00:29) Background + research interests (06:09) How did Jeff "flip"? + debunkers (17:35) The UFO phenomenon &amp; David Grusch (26:40) NHI interacting with our planet? (38:05) The Super Natural, abductions &amp; UFO secrecy (50:33) Miracle of the Sun, implants, &amp; levitation (01:09:13) Future human hypothesis (01:16:24) Skeptics, lab study, trauma as a trigger (01:24:40) Orbs <