On this episode of Neon Galactic, we sit down with neuroscientist Dr. Pascal Michael to discuss consciousness, the brain, and how anomalous states – such as those found during near-death experiences (NDEs), alien abduction, and under the influence of psychedelics – compare, and what they reveal about the nature of mind. 

Michael has been working to bring the study of anomalous brain states to the frontier of neuroscience, and has himself ingested DMT to better understand the subjective experiences they cause.

We talk about his own experience, the potential primacy of consciousness in the universe, the ontological status of realms encountered under the influence of DMT, and more.

Michael completed his PhD at the University of Greenwich with Dr. David Luke, where his research encompassed nuanced qualitative analyses of mystical-type human experiences, both neuropharmacological and spontaneous.

Specifically, comparing the DMT experience, based on the first conceived field study of DMT use, with the near-death experience (NDE). 

He is presently a lecturer in Psychology there, teaching and researching on psychedelics; psychical research focussing on survival, ufology and entity encounters; neuroscience and clinical psychology.

Pascal has presented at conferences such as Breaking Conventions, has been invited to give talks such as with the Psychedelic Society UK and the Tyringham Initiative (a private symposium on the entity encounter), and his articles have appeared in journals such as Frontiers.

He is the co-lead for the ALEF Trust’s certificate in Psychedelics, Altered States and Transpersonal Psychology, and is the 2020 recipient of the Parapsychology Association’s Schmeidler Outstanding Student Award.

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