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Fire In The Cosmos

Fire In The Cosmos

Written by: Anthony Miller & Sinéad Whelehan
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A podcast featuring everyday experiencers of the extraordinary and anomalous, scientists, and academics, covering mysticism, UFOs, consciousness, magick, spirituality, the paranormal, and the supernatural.

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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)
    Jun 19 2026
    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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    1 hr and 36 mins
  • Two Souls, One Body? The Nature of Reality, NHI & Telepathy | Annika & Tristan (Ep. 19, Pt. 2)

    Two Souls, One Body? The Nature of Reality, NHI & Telepathy | Annika & Tristan (Ep. 19, Pt. 2)
    Mar 20 2026

    Make sure to check out Part 1 of this interview first (watching the video highly recommended)!

    Join our Patreon to get access to exclusive announcements, community calls, and early-bird discounts on offerings like our soon-to-be-announced retreat!

    Guests

    Annika & Tristan

    Episode Description

    If you thought Part 1 raised questions… Part 2 goes much deeper.

    Annika & Tristan describe themselves as two souls sharing one physical body: a lived experience they call a “telepathic society of two.”

    But in this second part of our conversation, the focus shifts from how they exist… to why they exist, and what it might mean for all of us.

    They describe their experience as a glimpse into a form of consciousness where:

    • Thoughts and emotions are shared directly
    • Radical transparency replaces separation
    • Telepathy is not unusual, but natural

    According to them, this kind of connection requires something most humans struggle with: trust, vulnerability, and a deep capacity for love.

    We explore:

    • Why telepathy could transform human relationships, or destabilize them
    • The role of fear vs. love in shaping consciousness and society
    • Their experiences with non-human intelligence (NHI, or aliens) and anomalous phenomena
    • Encounters with research institutions and the Intelligence Community (CIA)
    • Whether others like them exist and why many remain hidden
    • Consciousness as frequency, and the possibility of multiple layers of reality

    They also speak candidly about their sense of purpose: to help people understand … and to move toward a more connected, less fear-driven way of being not just with fellow humans, but with the wider cosmos.

    This is not just about two amazing individuals; it’s also a conversation about:
    👉 identity
    👉 consciousness
    👉 the future of humanity

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    Annika & Tristan’s story has drawn attention from Dr. Marina Weiler (whom we interviewed in Episode 18)!

    Check out Annika & Tristan’s seven-part series of interviews with Dr. Jeffrey Mishlove on New Thinking Allowed.

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    #consciousness #telepathy #psychology #science #alien #neurodiversity #paranormal

    Last 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) ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

    ⁠⁠⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠

    ⁠⁠⁠⁠X/Twitter⁠⁠⁠⁠

    ⁠⁠⁠⁠Facebook⁠


    • 📩 Substack coming soon — stay tuned!
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    1 hr and 26 mins
  • Two Souls in One Body? Telepathy & Consciousness Research | Annika & Tristan (Ep. 19, Pt. 1)

    Two Souls in One Body? Telepathy & Consciousness Research | Annika & Tristan (Ep. 19, Pt. 1)
    Mar 10 2026

    Subscribe & turn on alerts for the release of Part 2 of this interview!

    Guests

    Annika & Tristan

    (You can watch the video version of this episode here!)

    Episode Description

    If you’re curious about neurodiversity, telepathy, parapsychology, and the deeper mysteries of consciousness and “the self,” this is a conversation you won’t want to miss.

    Annika & Tristan are two souls sharing one physical body. While two distinct consciousnesses, they also share constant telepathy. Their story is not that of walk-in souls or DID (dissociative identity disorder). This episode of Fire In The Cosmos explores one of the most unusual cases discussed in modern parapsychology, which has drawn fascination from some of the most brilliant academic minds in the field.

    Annika & Tristan’s lived experience — what they describe as a “telepathic society of two” — raises profound questions about identity, mind, and what it actually means to be human. They describe how their shared embodiment began, how it unfolded over many years, and how they navigate everyday life together now. We also get into how they feel their path here is propelled forward by a passionate, shared mission here to better our world.

    Watch through the end of this episode for a beautiful musical performance of an original song Annika & Tristan wrote together. This perfectly demonstrates their ability to share one instrument, one body, two streams of creative expression, and a deep, cosmic kind of love.

    Annika & Tristan’s story has drawn attention from Dr. Marina Weiler (whom we interviewed in Episode 18)!

    Check out Annika & Tristan’s seven-part series of interviews with Dr. Jeffrey Mishlove on New Thinking Allowed.

    Last 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) ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

    ⁠⁠⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠

    ⁠⁠⁠⁠X/Twitter⁠⁠⁠⁠

    ⁠⁠⁠⁠Facebook⁠


    • 📩 Substack coming soon — stay tuned!
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    1 hr and 51 mins
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