Views from Underground

By: Michael Gallagher
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  • This channel is a research project, exploring spirituality, philosophy, and individuality. My preconceived ideas change from time to time. I like hearing people’s stories though, especially if they've got a transformative air about them. The stories I focus on here are usually of a philosophical or spiritual nature.


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  • Alan Pearce (Coma Stories)

    Alan Pearce (Coma Stories)
    Feb 14 2025
    Alan Pearce (Coma Stories)

    Alan Pearce is a journalist, broadcaster, former BBC correspondent, and author of several books. He has contributed to numerous publications, from Time Magazine to The Sunday Times of London.

    His wife Beverley, who cowrote the book with him, is a former private investigator who now works as an aromatherapist and a practitioner in yoga-based bodywork. Both Alan and Beverley live in Nouvelle Aquitaine, France.

    Their book 'Coma and Near-Death Experience (The Beautiful, Disturbing, and Dangerous World of the Unconscious)' explores the extraordinary states of expanded consciousness that arise during comas, both positive and negative.

    Every day around the world, thousands of people are placed in medically-induced comas. For some coma survivors, the experience is an utter blank. Others lay paralyzed, aware of everything around them but unable to move, speak, or even blink. Many experience alternate lives spanning decades, lives they grieve once awakened. Some encounter ultra-vivid nightmares, while others undergo a deep, spiritual oneness with the universe or say they have glimpsed the afterlife.

    Examining the beautiful and disturbing experiences of those who have survived comas, Alan and Beverley investigate the mysterious levels of consciousness this near-death experience unlocks. They demonstrate how a key element of the brain is switched off by coma-inducing sedatives, allowing the mind to break free from the body and experience a greater expansion of consciousness. Revealing the dangers of deep sedation and other intensive care procedures, the authors show how comas are unnecessary more often than not and that many coma survivors go on to suffer lasting cognitive and physical harm. Exploring proven alternatives to medically-induced coma, they share tried and tested protocols that are safer for critically ill patients and kinder for the patients and their families.

    Showing how we can avoid the suffering caused by comas, this book reveals the wide variety of conscious states that can arise during comas, both positive and negative, and how accepting the reality of these experiences is crucial not only to the recovery of coma survivors, but also to the field of consciousness and NDE studies.

    You can check out Alan's podcast and website here: https://alanpearce.com
    Podcast: http://www.comapodcast.com

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    1 hr and 19 mins
  • Dr. Robert King (Psychology behind mass shooters)

    Dr. Robert King (Psychology behind mass shooters)
    Feb 11 2025
    Dr. Robert King (Psychology behind mass shooters)

    Dr. Robert King is a researcher in the School of Applied Psychology, University College Cork. He has a keen interest in various fields, including biological psychology, behavioural ecology, philosophy of mind, and research methods. He has a robust publication and consulting record, particularly in the realm of human sexual behavior, and serves as a regular reviewer for prestigious journals such as the Journal of Sexual Medicine, Archives of Sexual Behavior, Evolutionary Behavioural Science, and Journal of Evolutionary Psychology.

    He completed his PhD under the guidance of Jay Belsky, with a focus on fertility-related aspects of female sexual response. He's currently in the process of converting his research into a book to be published by Taylor & Francis. Notably, he holds an Erdos number of five, reflecting his academic connections and collaborations.

    His research endeavours revolve around applying a biological framework to the study of human behaviour. His interests span a wide range of topics, from examining the UK riots, spree killing, and bare-knuckle fighting traditions using behavioural ecology and life history theory, to investigating fertility-related aspects of human female sexual response, and exploring human dating preferences from a biological perspective. He has also integrated anthropological and archaeological research into his scholarly profile, with publications on how ice age art and myths can shed light on human sexual behaviour.

    http://research.ucc.ie/profiles/A011/rking

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    56 mins
  • Steve Mera (The Source)

    Steve Mera (The Source)
    Jan 28 2025

    Steve Mera (The Source) Steve Mera is an investigative researcher that has been involved in the subject of the paranormal and ufology for over 40 years and is one of the principle investigators of Project Doorway, an advanced study of UAP along with his colleague Barry Fitzgerald. Together they have both conducted experimental research internationally and have provided startling evidence behind the capabilities of the UFO/Paranormal subject. Their research is being recognised as a pinnacle benchmark in advanced scientific study of some of the most profound phenomena ever documented. Steve is the CEO of the Awakening Expo, Europe's largest subject related convention and the owner of Phenomena Magazine, the largest subject related Ezine of its kind. He is a TV personality and principle tutor of the world's most comprehensive course on the subject of UFOs known as the UITC Course. He is the author of several books, spokesman for numerous subject related TV Shows and Movies, and an international lecturer.

    www.SteveMera.com www.Phenomenamagazine.co.uk
    www.AwakeningExpo.com


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    1 hr and 50 mins

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