The tagline for the P.E.E.P. Podcast is “science + psi,” so let’s start 2024 by looking at parapsychological research that’s currently happening.

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Welcome to the PEEP Podcast! I’m your host Nicolle Morock, and in this episode, we’ll cover research into psi and the anomalous taking place now, but first, I want to say happy New Year to you! I hope 2024 brings you blessings beyond compare!

If you’re interested in numerology, 2024 is an 8 year – meaning if you add up each digit of the year, 2 + 2 + 4, you get 8. From my understanding, an 8 year should generally bring growth, expansion, and spiritual alignment for those of us who are putting in the work.

You probably won’t win the lottery, but the seeds you’ve planted should be fruitful.

So far, I’ve read one book on numerology by Glynis McCants years ago and have basic knowledge so if you practice numerology, and you’d like to bring your knowledge to my listeners, please get in touch! I’d love to learn more.

If you’re curious about what the planets have to say about 2024, listen to the next episode of the show. Astrologer Cynthia McNulty will return to discuss her forecast for the year, and I’m looking forward to that conversation.

Every year, I publish my goals for the new year and review how my progress toward the previous year’s goals went, and since it’s January 1^st as I record this today, I published my annual post on my blog at nicollemorock.com/2023-review-and-2024-goals. While I don’t expect everyone to read them, I do expect my friends to keep me accountable, which is why I put them out there for all to see.

What are your goals for 2024? Feel free to comment on my post sharing mine on Facebook or tag me on X at N2Morock.

Now back to today’s topic: current research in parapsychology and the anomalous. If you follow the podcast on Facebook, you may already know about these first two. The third was introduced on a previous episode, and there’s more. Let’s dive in!

1.     The Rhine Research Center is recruiting volunteers to help with analysis of two different iOS apps used for ESP training. Full disclosure: I’ll be participating this week. The information John Kruth shared with me says the whole process should take about 20-30 minutes. It’s not a test to see whether you have ESP, so you don’t need to worry about your personal performance. The study is about the software. I’ll put a link to the Rhine’s Facebook page where they shared information about the study in the show notes.

2.     Researchers at the University of West Georgia are studying “how imaging (and a lack of imaging) relates to a range of experiences that are uncommon but not unusual within the population.” I took this survey in December, and I promise it’s painless.

3.     In Episode 66: Darby Orcutt and the Study of Allegedly Morphologically Anomalous Samples, Darby announced a study happening at North Carolina State University that could prove the existence of anomalous species, or at the very least, animals living where they aren’t expect to. Researchers are collecting suspicious DNA samples found in the wild to determine what animals they might belong to. That study is ongoing, so I wanted to make sure I included it in this list. If you want to learn more, listen to Episode 66.

4.     The University of West Georgia has another research study taking place right now. It’s titled, “Unveiling the Phenomenological Journey: Exploring Distant Healing Intention Practitioners' Psychosomatization of the healing relationships.” That’s a lot of long words to say they’re going “to collect survey data with the intention of gathering information to inform our understanding of transcendent health experiences.” Being a Reiki Master and practitioner of distance Reiki, I plan to participate in this one, too, and I’d encourage others to do so, as well.

5.     The University of Virginia School of Medicine Division of Perceptual Studies has six research projects happening right now, so I’ll just list them off and provide the link in case you want to learn more. 

a.     Unusual Experiences Screening Questionnaire

b.     Functional Neuroimaging Studies of Psi Processes

c.      Near-Death Experiences

d.     Investigation of Children Who Claim to Remember a Previous Life

e.     Investigating Physician Barriers to Acceptance of Near-death Experiences

6.     IONS, The Institute of Noetic Sciences, has several ongoing experiments you can read about on its website at https://noetic.org/science/experiments/. Some are focused on the skill of channeling and mediumship and how certification works.

These are just a few of the research projects and experiments happening right now, and if you think you qualify to participate in any of them, I strongly encourage you to sign up! The only way for science in these arenas to move forward is by helping the researchers find the study participants they need. So, even if you don’t qualify, please share them with someone you think might be interested and follow the organizations listed here for more information.

Disclaimer: While I donate monthly to the Rhine Research Center and IONS, I am not affiliated with them as anything other than a supporter. If you have questions about any of the research studies I’ve listed here, follow the links provided to find out more.

Thanks for listening! Remember, next episode, I’m back to doing interviews, starting with Astrologer Cynthia McNulty!

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