New Thinking Allowed with Jeffrey Mishlove Jul 21, 2025 The late Carlos S. Alvarado, PhD, was a Research Fellow at the Parapsychology Foundation, and Adjunct Research Faculty at Sofia University. He was on the editorial boards of the Journal of Near-Death Studies and the Journal of the Society for Psychical Research, and was the Book Review Editor of the Journal of Parapsychology, and an Associate Editor of the Journal of Scientific Exploration. Alvarado was also the recipient of the 2010 Parapsychological Association’s Outstanding Contribution Award, and the Parapsychological Association 2017 Outstanding Career Award. Here he reflects on the life and accomplishments of Camille Flammarion, who was widely known as a popularizer of both astronomy and psychical research. He was closely associated with the spiritism of Allan Kardec. He was also involved in the investigation of many mediums, including the controversial Eusapia Paladino whom he accepted as genuine. He himself had mediumistic talents and engaged in automatic writing. He was also widely known for the “Flammarion Engraving” depicting a mystical vision. New Thinking Allowed host, Jeffrey Mishlove, PhD, is author of The Roots of Consciousness, Psi Development Systems, and The PK Man. Between 1986 and 2002 he hosted and co-produced the original Thinking Allowed public television series. He is the recipient of the only doctoral diploma in “parapsychology” ever awarded by an accredited university (University of California, Berkeley, 1980). He is also the Grand Prize winner of the 2021 Bigelow Institute essay competition regarding the best evidence for survival of human consciousness after permanent bodily death. He currently serves as Co-Director of Parapsychology Education at the California Institute for Human Science. (Recorded on October 2, 2019)