Back in 2006, Bill Sweet of Spindrift Research was with us on Dreamland discussing the mysterious disappearances of 2 colleagues who were doing scientific research into the power of prayer. Bruce and John Klingbeil had made some powerful breakthroughs in understanding how and why prayer can work. Then they disappeared. Bill worked with them, and here he tells us where the investigation has gone since, speculates on who might have killed them, and explains the discoveries about prayer that might have gotten them killed.

How best to pray? Bill offers the information that Klingbeils might have lost their lives trying to bring to the world in his book Journey into Prayer.
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We begin a two week series on prayer – but we’re not approaching it in a conventional way at all. Expect to be fascinated and surprised by this unusual exploration of one of the most common and least understood of human activities: prayer to a higher power. Listen as Bill Sweet of the Spindrift project tells the inspiring and terrifying story of discovery and death that surrounded this pioneering effort to solve the mystery of prayer through science. Then Linda explores a mystery that has scientists terrified: why is bird flu spreading so fast?

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