About this episode
Professor Jesse Bering discusses his research on consciousness and the afterlife, inspired by Dr Ian Stevenson's work on reincarnation and near-death experiences.
Professor Jesse Bering has spent almost three decades researching the way we think about the afterlife. That research led him to the work of the psychiatrist Dr Ian Stevenson. Dr Stevenson dedicated his career to documenting consciousness after death, travelling the world to investigate cases of reincarnation, apparitions and near-death experiences. Now Professor Bering, who the Director of the Centre for Science Communication at the University of Otago, has released a book about what he found.
People in this episode
Guest: Professor Jesse Bering
Topics covered
- consciousness
- afterlife
- reincarnation
- near-death experiences
- psychology
- research
Keywords
- consciousness
- afterlife
- reincarnation
- Dr Ian Stevenson
- Professor Jesse Bering
- near-death experiences
- psychology
- research
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: Centre for Science Communication, University of Otago
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