Mona Sobhani, Ph.D. is a cognitive neuroscientist, researcher, and author. In 2022 she published her first book, Proof of Spiritual Phenomena: A Neuroscientist's Discovery of the Ineffable Mysteries of the Universe, which documents her “transformation from diehard materialist to open-minded spiritual seeker.” Mona joins the show to discuss blowing open the box of materialism, why anecdotes are scientifically underrated, what she learned from studying decades of research into psi-phenomena, how quantum science is transforming the way we think about consciousness, and MUCH more! Important Links: - Mona’s Twitter - https://x.com/monasobhaniphd - Proof of Spiritual Phenomena: A Neuroscientist's Discovery of the Ineffable Mysteries of the Universe - https://www.google.com/search?client=safari&rls=en&q=proof+of+spiritual+phenomena+mona+sobhani&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8; by Mona Sobhani - Cosmos, Coffee & Consciousness - https://monasobhaniphd.substack.com (Mona’s Substack) - Life Will Be the Death of Me Podcast with Chelsea Handler (Ep. 19): People on the Other Side with Laura Lynne Jackson - https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/people-on-the-other-side-with-laura-lynne-jackson/id1462096941?i=1000451285048 - Infinite Potential: The Life & Ideas of David Bohm - https://www.infinitepotential.com - Prophetic AI - https://propheticai.co Show Notes: 0:00:00 Intro 0:00:57 Main podcast 0:01:29 Mona’s Journey From Materialism to Spiritualism 0:13:34 Anecdotes are Scientifically Underrated; Research Into Psychic Phenomena 0:19:25 How Mona Deals With Her Colleagues’ Skepticism 0:26:52 The Persuasiveness of Personal Experience 0:35:19 Psychic Phenomena & the Scientific Method 0:45:27 Blowing Open the Box of Materialism 0:50:08 How Quantum Science is Transforming How We Think About Consciousness 1:00:48 Transcendent Technology 1:05:36 Psychedelics as a Bridge 1:15:23 What’s Next for Mona 1:20:54 Bringing Humanity Back Into Science 1:24:09 Mona as Empress of the World Books & Articles Mentioned: - Proof of Spiritual Phenomena: A Neuroscientist's Discovery of the Ineffable Mysteries of the Universe - https://www.google.com/search?client=safari&rls=en&q=proof+of+spiritual+phenomena+mona+sobhani&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8; by Mona Sobhani - The Radical Ideas of Psychedelic Research 2.0 (Pt.1 - https://monasobhaniphd.substack.com/p/the-radical-ideas-of-psychedelic; Pt.2 - https://monasobhaniphd.substack.com/p/the-radical-ideas-of-psychedelic-c49); by Mona Sobhani - Many Lives, Many Masters: The true story of a prominent psychiatrist, his young patient and the past-life therapy that changed both their lives; by Dr. Brian Weiss - The New Inquisition: Irrational Rationalism and the Citadel of Science; by Robert Anton Wilson - Personal Knowledge: Towards a Post-Critical Philosophy; by Michael Polanyi - The Two Cultures; by C. P. Snow - The Fabric of Reality: Towards a Theory of Everything; by David Deutsch - The work of Dean Radin - The Common Basis of Memory and Consciousness: Understanding the Brain as a Write-Read Head Interacting With an Omnipresent Background Field’ by Joachim Keppler - How To Change Your Mind: What the New Science of Psychedelics Teaches Us About Consciousness, Dying, Addiction, Depression, and Transcendence; by Michael Pollan - What the Tortoise Said to Achilles; by Lewis Carroll