Mario Beauregard
Cognitive neuroscientist and author focused on the neuroscience of consciousness, mystical experiences, and near-death phenomena; co-author of The Spiritual Brain and lead researcher on studies such as the Carmelite nuns project.
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Mar 6, 2026 • 2h 44min
#376 - Exiled Neuroscientist: “The Vatican Tried to Recruit Me” | Mario Beauregard
Mario Beauregard, cognitive neuroscientist and author studying consciousness and mystical experiences. He recounts childhood mystical visions, near-death transformation, and why he left Canada. He describes the Carmelite nuns brain study, challenges to the seizure explanation, encounters with big institutions, and a post-materialist view of consciousness as nonphysical information.
