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This week, I'm talking to Dr. Anona Blackwell about her book, from Medic to Mystic,

the true story of an academic physician's journey into

the paranormal. Dr. Blackwell is a highly respected Lancet published academic physician. She was awarded

a fellowship of the Royal College of Physicians for her clinical excellence and was invited to join

the Royal College of Physicians

Integrated Health Committee in 2006. Two of her research papers have permanently changed

UK clinical practice. Hi Anona, thanks for coming on the podcast. It's my pleasure. Thank you.

Thank you for inviting me. So we're going to talk about your book. It's called From Medic to Mystic, the true story of an academic physician's journey into the paranormal.

And that really is true. You were an academic physician and you reached really high levels, didn't you, with the things in the Lancet and what have you?

Can you tell us about that?

Yeah.

Well, I came from very humble beginnings, really.

My father was a market gardener, but he was actually a bus driver,

and we had just three acres in Abergavenny.

My mother had a market stall.

And we lived hand to mouth, really.

We lived in, it's actually quite funny looking back on it now,

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