Uploaded March 2024 | Updated September 2026, 2 days ago

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This episode is going to be different, because for the first time I’m going to talk about something that I never thought I’d talk about publicly, which is my own anomalous experience and how it changed everything about my life and directly led to me starting this podcast.

This is the story of my own highly subjective journey. I’m not asking you to believe anything that I’m saying. My own opinion about what happened to me has changed more times than I count, and I have no doubt that it will change again. My purpose in telling this story isn’t to convince you of anything, but rather to explore in as open and unflinching a way as possible, what it’s like to have an anomalous experience, and to use that as a way to discuss the many complex questions that these experiences raise.

EPISODE BRIEF
uforabbithole.com/podcast/ep-35-through-the-looking-glass-pt-1-my-initiation-into-the-anomalous

THE INSTITUTE OF NOETIC SCIENCES
I want to thank the Institute of Noetic Sciences for their collaboration, generosity, and patience with me as I’ve worked on this story. You’ll see in episodes 2 and 3 of this series how exactly they became involved in the strange tale I’m about to tell. In my opinion the work that they are doing is some of the most important work being done in the world and is helping to lay the scaffolding for a new and emergent understanding of the nature of our reality, what it means to be human, and our place in this vast and dazzling cosmos.

I hope that if you aren’t already familiar with IONS that you’ll take some time to explore their mission and their work. And if anything in this series speaks to you and you have a little extra give, please consider making a donation to help support IONS into the future.

To make a gift, visit: noetic.org/give.

EPISODE BRIEF
uforabbithole.com/podcast/ep-35-through-the-looking-glass-pt-1-my-initiation-into-the-anomalous

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TIMESTAMP
00:05:42 Obsession
00:07:52 Initiation
00:21:55 Aftermath
00:26:06 Redaction
00:31:42 Excavation
00:36:01 Seeking
00:37:41 –Cosmic Illumination
00:46:13 –The Overview Effect
00:50:50 Origins
00:51:14 –God, Angels & Demons
00:59:39 –The Cave & NHIs
01:16:43 –An Emergent Phenomenon
01:21:14 Integration