Publications

My work examines the limits of current models of perception and meaning, and how a broader account of human experience can open new ways of being, behaving, and engaging with what is possible in the world.

Investigating Individual Intuitive Expression: Norms and Patterns in the Noetic Signature Inventory

Journal of Consciousness Studies, January 2026

Helané Wahbeh, Beth Glick, Michael Kriegsman

A large-scale study validating the Noetic Signature Inventory (NSI) and mapping patterns in how individuals experience and report intuitive and noetic phenomena.

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Can Trance Channeling Be Learned? A Case Study of a Scientist's Experience

Journal of Scientific Exploration, December 2025

Helané Wahbeh, Sitara Taddeo, Beth Glick

A case study examining whether a structured hypnotic protocol can reliably induce trance channeling, suggesting that the capacity may be both trainable and linked to out-of-body states.

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Reports of Non-Physical Beings Assisting in Reiki Sessions

Anthropology of Consciousness, August 2025

Helané Wahbeh, Beth Glick, Juliette Gallo, Garret Yount

A mixed-methods study of Reiki sessions investigating reports of non-physical entities and their perceived influence on healing processes.

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Semantic Correspondence Between Trance-Channeled ET Messages and Ufological Records

Journal of Scientific Exploration (forthcoming), 2026

Helané Wahbeh, Beth Glick, Erik Brinsmead, Sitara Taddeo, Ryan S. Wood

A computational analysis comparing trance-channeled ET communications with a 750,000-page ufological archive, identifying striking areas of thematic convergence and divergence across independent sources.

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