Paul Bernstein, Ph.D. has been an advisor to ACISTE since its early days, drawing partly upon his experience having assisted the Paris, France, Institute for Research on Extraordinary Experiences, whose Clinical Manual he co-created. Dr. Bernstein also served on the Board of the International Association for Near-Death Studies, and was Editor-in-Chief of its newsletter, Vital Signs. His academic degrees include both the natural and the social sciences. His spiritually-transformative journey has included time at the Findhorn Community in Scotland, training in intuition and mediumship, researching extra-terrestrial contactee-experiencers with Harvard psychiatrist John Mack, close contact with dolphins in the Pacific Ocean and whales in the Atlantic, and participation in several therapeutic modalities and religious pathways from East and West.