Bio:Stephen Braude, Ph.D. is a retired Professor of Philosophy and Chair of the Department at the University of Maryland Baltimore County. He is currently Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Scientific Exploration.He studied Philosophy and English at Oberlin College and the University of London, and in 1971 he received his Ph.D. in Philosophy from the University of Massachusetts at Amherst. In addition to more than sixty philosophical and scientific papers, he has also written six books.In this episode we discuss:*Ways to access optimal states of being*Role that multiple personality disorder plays in understanding the after life*Why hypnosis is so powerful in accessing latent parts of ourselves*The dark side that our thoughts may play in creating our everyday reality