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What Can Experiencers Teach Us? Phenomenology, Contact & the Trickster | Dr. Kimberly Engels (Ep. 20)

What Can Experiencers Teach Us? Phenomenology, Contact & the Trickster | Dr. Kimberly Engels (Ep. 20)

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It’s been a while! We're delighted to be back with you, especially to bring you this outstanding conversation with a thoughtful and brilliant guest. You can watch this episode ⁠here on our YouTube channel⁠Examining some of what was shown in Steven Spielberg’s new movie Disclosure Day alongside the mainstream conversation around UFOs and contact experiences, if you've ever felt like something essential has been missing, this episode is for you.In the interview, we sit down with philosopher and UAP researcher Dr. Kimberly S. Engels (Associate Professor of Philosophy at Molloy University and Research Director of the John Mack Institute) for a conversation that genuinely moved us.Dr. Engels brings a unique and vital lens to anomalous phenomena. She shares her take on phenomenology, the philosophical study of lived experience as it actually appears to the person having it, before any attempt at explanation or categorization. This approach, she argues, isn't just academically interesting; it's also an ethical imperative for how we treat experiencers, whose credibility has been dismissed, pathologized, and flattened for far too long.In this episode, we talk about: Why experiencer accounts deserve to be taken on their own terms. What thousands of contact accounts reveal when you actually look. The Trickster, indigenous wisdom, and rethinking non-human intelligence. About Dr. Kimberly S. Engels:Associate Professor of Philosophy at Molloy University and Research Director of the John Mack Institute. Her work sits at the intersection of existentialism, ethics, phenomenology, and UAP research, with a particular focus on the lived conscious experience of contact experiencers and the new frameworks their accounts demand.At Rice University, Dr. Engels and colleagues are using phenomenological coding and AI to analyze thousands of experiencer letters from the Whitley Strieber and John Mack collections; the largest project of its kind.Her new book, Contact and Multidimensional Subjectivity: Towards a Phenomenology of Disclosure (College Publications, Marked States series), is the culmination of years of research, phenomenological study, and her own deepening engagement with the phenomenon. Links & Resources on Dr. Engels and her work:🔗 Dr. Engels' ⁠Academia.edu⁠:📖 ⁠Contact and Multidimensional Subjectivity⁠ (book — purchase)🛸 ⁠Embodied Disclosure⁠ — Join Dr. Engels' mailing list for salons, courses, and writingsThank you for being part of this community. These conversations are for all of us.Chapters00:00 Introduction05:10 Childhood Curiosities: The Spark of Interest in the Paranormal06:51 Philosophical Foundations: The Journey into UAP Research09:40 The Impact of COVID on Research & Perspectives11:58 Exploring Experiencer Narratives: Authenticity & Patterns13:39 Understanding Authenticity of Experiencer Accounts18:19 Limitations of Traditional Scientific Frameworks20:16 A New Approach: Phenomenology & Experience23:57 Importance of Describing Experiences in Research29:16 Shamanic Worldviews: Indigenous Perspectives on UAP33:36 Intersubjectivity: A New Lens for Understanding Experiences39:37 Ethics & Experiencers47:55 The Trickster Archetype in the Paranormal01:01:04 Humor & Playfulness in Anomalous Experiences01:10:41 Exploring Multidimensional Beings & Intentions01:13:15 Experiencer Perspectives on Violations & Transformations01:15:34 Importance of Understanding Experiencer Stories01:16:14 Humor in Anomalous Experiences01:25:30 Metadata Project at The Center For The Impossible#UAP #UFO #Experiencers #NHI #Phenomenology #Consciousness #Alien #Disclosure #DisclosureDay #spirituality #paranormal #supernatural #telepathy #psychic #psi #abduction #philosophy #psychology #phenomenologyLast but not least: If these conversations matter to you, please consider supporting us!📲👍🏽🔔 Please rate, follow, and turn on alerts for our podcast to stay up to date with our releases, and we encourage you to ask questions and give us feedback and thoughts in the comments section!🗣️ The Fire In The Cosmos can only be kindled through an open dialogue on all these topics, so we want this to be a space where YOUR voice can also be heard!To support us please join our ⁠Patreon⁠ & follow us on our socials!⁠⁠⁠YouTube⁠⁠⁠ (To watch our episodes) ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠X/Twitter⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Facebook⁠📩 Substack coming soon — stay tuned!
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