Learn more about my new book, which combines anthropological fieldwork with science, techniques, and features related to the out-of-body experience.
This comprises over a decade of personal experiences, interviews and research on this topic, with chapters dedicated to alien contactee reports, the new religious movement Eckankar, witchcraft, the New Age marketplace, reality shifting, Siberian shamanism, and more...
Read the book review by the Society of Psychical Research
Read the book review on Robert Peterson's 'The OBE Outlook on Life' blog
Research
Oct 2025 | The first study on OBE entities is afoot! You can participate in the survey here.
I was interviewed by clinical psychologists Federico Frosoni and Gianluca Urbanelli about OBEs and sleep paralysis for their book (in Italian) "Cos’è la neuropsicoparantropologia della coscienza: Viaggio negli spazi inesplorati della mente" (What is the Neuropsychoparanthropology of Consciousness: A Journey into the Unexplored Spaces of the Mind) which can be found here.
I really enjoyed the interview and love collaborating with people from other disciplines on this topic!
My chapter 'Out-of-body experiences in the Screen Age' was published in Dr Jack Hunter's edited volume Deep Weird :
I presented my research on out-of-body experience entities at the 3rd International Conference "GALLERY OF DREAMS" remotely in Moscow. Abstract
Past Events
Articles
From chatbots to astral intelligences: 'Virtual thinking' and the emergence of AI cosmologies | Journal for the Study of Religious Experience
Altered states can help us face death with serenity and levity | with Dr Sam Gandy & Jade Shaw | Aeon Magazine
Podcasts
Recent interview on Chasing Consciousness