Can one human being possess another? A listener asks whether the CIA's LSD experiments would count, and the answer runs through MKUltra, Sidney Gottlieb, and the death of Frank Olson — before turning on what possession actually is in Scripture, and on the older sense of the word "demon" that covered departed human spirits.

Seven more weird questions follow. What happens to souls still in purgatory when the world ends. Whether it is licit to ask a ghost who it is — Aquinas said yes, and his own sister appeared to him. Whether a guardian angel can fall, and what happens if yours did. Where the soul goes if two people swap brains. Whether lizards and dinosaurs were once dragons. What Jimmy says to critics who think his near-death material understates the skeptics. And whether purgatory is fire or something closer to counseling.

Plus listener feedback on episode 425, Voice to Skull Technology: bone-conduction headsets, Lucille Ball's dental fillings, and why each era explains the voices in its head with its newest machine.

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Chapters:
0:00:12 - Intro
0:00:42 - Why a weird questions episode
0:02:11 - The topics Jimmy will cover
0:02:51 - Catholic Answers Live: Weird Questions
0:03:44 - How to submit a weird question
0:06:03 - Can humans possess one another? (Mari)
0:07:32 - ...MKUltra, LSD and Sidney Gottlieb
0:08:13 - ...The death of Frank Olson
0:11:44 - ...The Church Committee and the surviving files
0:15:02 - ...Telepathy between living people
0:16:59 - ...Departed human spirits, and the older meaning of "demon"
0:21:09 - Souls in purgatory at the end of the world (Jocelyn)
0:21:47 - ...1 Corinthians 15 and the twinkling of an eye
0:24:27 - ...Aeviternity: time in the afterlife
0:25:26 - ...Spe Salvi and praying for the dead
0:27:32 - This week on Mysterious World: crisis apparitions
0:31:11 - ...Hans Berger and the first EEG
0:32:02 - Can you ask a ghost to reveal its identity? (Rez Kerry)
0:34:08 - ...Testing the spirits in 1 John 4
0:37:09 - ...Aquinas and his sister's apparition
0:39:46 - ...St. Martin of Tours and the false martyr
0:42:06 - Are there fallen guardian angels? (Severe Famine)
0:42:31 - ...The common view: the angels fell before man
0:45:32 - ...The staged-fall view: Genesis 6 and the Nephilim
0:46:56 - ...Head coverings because of the angels
0:49:22 - ...God will not leave you unguarded
0:50:32 - The Jimmy Akin Podcast: Ascension and Pentecost
0:51:50 - Thank you to Patrons
0:52:26 - Sponsor: The Grady Group
0:52:41 - Sponsor: In Time by Robert Young
0:53:53 - Answering the skeptics on near-death experiences (Rafael Figueredo)
0:57:17 - ...Susan Blackmore and the tunnel
1:01:25 - ...Veridical information: Maria and the tennis shoe
1:02:43 - ...The surgeon who flapped his arms
1:05:40 - ...Psychopomps and shared death experiences
1:08:36 - ...Living agent psi
1:10:33 - Fr. Nathan Castle's purgatory accounts (F Man)
1:15:46 - ...Is the fire of purgatory literal?
1:20:29 - ...Gregory the Great and the bath attendant
1:25:47 - Brain swaps and the soul (Roodo)
1:28:11 - ...Is the brain a filter for consciousness?
1:30:26 - ...Organ transplants and transferred preferences
1:32:02 - ...Could a soul animate two bodies?
1:33:53 - Were lizards once dragons? (Caleb Henderson)
1:36:30 - ...Wings are named nowhere in Genesis or Revelation
1:39:30 - ...Sprawling legs and parasagittal posture
1:41:50 - ...Birds are dinosaurs
1:42:23 - Mysterious Feedback: #425 Voice to Skull Technology
1:42:40 - ...Hearing voices and schizophrenia
1:46:32 - ...Analog phone bandwidth and subliminal messages
1:47:38 - ...Bone conduction and Lucille Ball's fillings
1:50:27 - ...DARPA and reverse-engineered technology
1:51:32 - ...How voices have been interpreted through history
1:53:37 - Your mysterious feedback
1:54:14 - Thank you to Oasis Studio 7
1:54:27 - Jimmy's YouTube channel
1:55:11 - Share the show and write a review
1:55:21 - Get your Mysterious merch
1:55:29 - Show notes
1:55:36 - Become a Patron
1:55:45 - Sponsor: Gravetending Solutions
1:56:24 - Sponsor: Rosary Army and School of Mary
1:56:45 - Outro

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