Catalog

Secrets of the Soul

Secrets of the Soul
	Genre Documentary Rated NR Duration 01:36:00 Product Site http://www.secretsofthesoul.net Price $ 19.95

Synopsis

What is the soul? Is it genetically encoded in our DNA or the product of centuries of religious teachings dealing with our mortality?

Secrets of the Soul takes an all encompassing look at the search for the soul, from the faithful who seek to touch it to the scientists who investigate its reality. This two-hour documentary special explores the western belief in the soul as way of understanding the afterlife, and the eastern concept that it is energy recycled through reincarnation.

Scientists have long sought to confirm the reality of the soul since Dr. Duncan McDougall’s first documented attempt to weigh it at the moment of death. Secrets of the Soul focuses on contemporary researchers looking at medium-ship, past lives, and Near Death Experiences for evidence of survival of consciousness after death as a way of verifying the soul’s existence.

Secrets of the Soul provides a window into the provocative question of what happens when we die? Many believe that something transcends our physical body- for some there might be a scientific answer, for others it’s simply a matter of faith.

Cast

Reza Aslan - Middle East Analyst for CBS News, and
Author of No god but God: The Origins, Evolution, and Fugure of Islam.

Mark Bettano - Spiritual Medium, Ambassador to the International Spiritualist Federation, and member of the Greater Boston Church of Spiritualism.

Nancy Clark, Ph.D- Medical Intuitive, Neurologinguist Programmer, and Hypnotherapist.

Jonathan Ellerby, Ph. D.- Director of Spiritual Programs at Canyon Ranch Health Resorts and Author of Working with Aboriginal Elders.

Stuart Hameroff, M.D.- Anesthesiologist, Director of Center for Consciousness Studies at the University of Arizona.

Pam Kircher, M.D.- Director of Integrative Medicine at Mercy Medical Center, Physician and Hospice Doctor.

Stanley Krippner, Ph. D.- Psychology Professor at Saybrook Graduate School, Former Director of the Kent State University Study Center and the Maimonides Medical Center Dream Research Laboratory.

Jean Pierre Ruiz- Priest, Editor in Chief of the Journal of Hispanic/Latino Theology, and former President of the Academy of Catholic Hispanic Theologians of the United States.

Gary Schwartz, Ph. D.- Director of the VERITAS Research Programs at the University of Arizona.

Imam Ali Shamsi- Scholar of the Koran and unofficial emissary to the New York City Muslim Community.

Michael Shermer, Ph. D.- Founding publisher of Skeptic magazine and Executive Director of the Skeptics Society.

K. Piyatissa Thera- Chief Incumbent of the Vihara, President of the American-Sri Lanka Buddhist Association, and Found and President of the New York Buddhist Council.

Jim Tucker, Ph. D.- Medical Director of the Child and Family Psychiatric Clinic at the University of Virginia, Researcher at the University of Virginia's Division of Perceptual Studies.

Production Credits & Notes

Stuart B. Rekant - Exectuive Producer
Frederick Rendina - Director and Writer
Johanna Vanderspool - Supervising Producer and Writer
Greg Arnold - Composer