Next Level Soul Podcast with Alex Ferrari

Episode: BONUS MONDAYS: AMERICA'S LEADING PSYCHIC Reveals ALARMING Predictions for MANKIND!
Guest: James Van Praagh
Date: November 24, 2025

Episode Overview

This special episode features a candid and deep conversation between host Alex Ferrari and world-renowned psychic and medium James Van Praagh. Against the backdrop of turmoil in the world—wars, violence, and increasing division—James returns to share his unique spiritual insights on why humanity appears to be in crisis, what these events mean from a soul perspective, and what could be coming for us as a global community.

Van Praagh offers spiritual frameworks for understanding suffering, discusses the importance of self-responsibility and compassion, and delivers both alarming predictions and reassuring messages of hope for the future.

Key Discussion Points & Insights

Earth as a Spiritual School and the Growth Through Suffering

• James explains Earth as a “school for souls,” where people incarnate at various levels of spiritual evolution (05:48).
  • Some are “baby souls” focused on power or conflict, others are lightworkers, and many fall in between.
  • “When you have a school like that, it inevitably creates different scenarios and dramas… It’s all about growth and evolution for the soul.” — James Van Praagh (05:56)
• Conflict and suffering exist to bring about awareness and transformation, both individually and collectively.
  • Darkness, division, and even violence ultimately serve as opportunities for collective learning and progress.
  • The illusion of separation fuels conflict: “The big illusion we have in this three-dimensional world is that we’re separate. We’re not—we’re all together.” — James Van Praagh (08:28)

The Role of Social Media, Ego, and Validation

• Both Alex and James reflect on the explosive role social media plays in modern conflict, division, and the search for external validation (11:51-17:03).
  • “It just seems like you can go on your bandwagon and spout things out with no sense of integrity and responsibility.” — James Van Praagh (12:49)
  • The phenomenon of “influencers” and “woke culture” is examined as part of humanity’s larger lesson in moving from ego and validation seeking toward authentic self-awareness.
  • Society is at a turning point: “Humanity needs to go through this because it’s all ego. …But we need to kind of go through all of this in order to go away from it.” — Alex Ferrari (15:32)

Progress in Spite of the News

• Alex notes that, statistically, humanity is in its most peaceful era, despite what headlines suggest.
• “There is less violence per capita in the world than there was a hundred years ago.” — Alex Ferrari (16:17)
• James adds that once awareness is gained, we cannot regress: “Once you learn something, you can’t unlearn it… There’s a progress, hopefully for humankind.” (09:30)

The Importance of Responsibility – Thoughts, Words, and Deeds

• James emphasizes that everything we put into the world—especially negative or fearful energy—remains as part of the collective consciousness (17:09-20:08).
  • “You’re responsible for your thoughts, your words, your deeds…What you put out there stays out there.” — James Van Praagh (17:29)
  • Cites his work on “Ghost Whisperer,” where he insisted the show always end with love and healing, not fear.

Spiritual Bypassing and True Spiritual Work

• The conversation turns to “spiritual bypassing,” or the attempt to skip the real work by assuming a spiritual persona (21:38-22:20).
  • “If you don’t know who you are, how can you be authentic? … People don’t want to do the work.” — James Van Praagh (21:45)
  • True spiritual advancement requires decades of effort, humility, and deep self-work.

The Life Review & Treating Others

• James discusses the concept of the “life review” after death, where you feel the full impact of your actions from other people’s perspectives (25:52).
  • “If people knew that, they’d be much more responsible for the way they act.” — James Van Praagh (26:18)

The Roots of Division and Solutions

• The illusion of separateness, fed by old religious teachings (“my God is better than your God”), is at the root of most conflict and hatred (27:19-34:19).
  • “We have to honor the differences in that person’s makeup…God shows up in the differences.” — James Van Praagh (32:35)
• James and Alex discuss shifting from judgment (fear-based) to acceptance, and how love honors diversity rather than erasing it.

Advice for Those in Pain and Loss

• On why “bad things happen to good people”: Souls often choose their paths pre-birth, associating difficult experiences with advanced soul growth (28:29-30:19).
  • “The hardest lessons are usually reserved for the advanced souls.” — James Van Praagh (29:13)
• Advice for those in the midst of anger, loss, or despair:
  • Step back, become an observer, and look for the lesson (41:15-43:23).
  • “Instead of judging them as good or bad, it’s an opportunity to understand myself more—believe and have faith.” — James Van Praagh (41:15)
  • Practicing daily stillness and connecting with the heart rather than the mind is essential for calming anger and regaining perspective (54:05).

Setting Boundaries and the Importance of Self-Awareness

• Self-knowledge and healthy boundaries are highlighted as essential along the spiritual path (54:05-56:55).
  • “Once they know themselves, there’s a sense of boundary work…When people walk over people’s boundaries, that’s bad because they’re putting their stuff onto somebody else.” — James Van Praagh (56:16)
  • Taking care of your own microcosm positively affects the macrocosm.

On Spiritual Leadership, Integrity, and Cults

• James warns of false teachers and spiritual manipulators, referencing the Netflix docuseries “Escaping the Twin Flames” (67:04-70:29).
  • Leaders must act with integrity and responsibility because people’s lives are in their hands.
  • “A little bit of wisdom, a little bit of knowledge is a dangerous thing…They distort it for their own power.” — James Van Praagh (68:35)
  • Listeners are advised: “What resonates is truth with you. Take it. If not, throw it out, even myself.” (72:32)

Predictions & What’s Ahead for Humanity

• James shares strong psychic impressions about a coming period of intense global challenge (77:46-79:20):
  • “I think there’s going to be World War Three. I really do. I think by February ‘24, it’ll be a very different world than we know it.” — James Van Praagh (77:58)
  • He foresees transformation leading to a more humanitarian, unified global society with new systems and more understanding of diversity.
  • “When great things happen out of conflict, it’s also great things for humans to show love, compassion, healing…It’ll force our way of thinking and our paradigm.” (78:43)
  • “I think there’ll be a stronger sense of humanitarian connection…I think there’ll be more of this connection with a global community than we’ve ever had before…” (79:37)

Notable Quotes & Memorable Moments

• “The first step of healing is awareness. So you have to bring up all that muck to the surface to look at it, to be aware of it, and to be healed.” — James Van Praagh (11:51)
• “This school, this human world, is a very difficult school… There are millions of other schools in millions of galaxies. This is a hard one.” — James Van Praagh (65:55)
• “Once you learn something, you can’t unlearn it… There’s a progress, not a degress.” — James Van Praagh (09:26)
• “You’re responsible for your thoughts, your words, your deeds…What you put out there stays out there.” — James Van Praagh (17:29)
• “We are mirrors to other people. I just reflect your gifts yourself…I’m just here to reflect what you are.” — James Van Praagh (76:44)
• “Try to find God in everybody…Try to find the good in the bad that you perceive as bad. And think with your heart, not your head.” — James Van Praagh (86:27, closing message)

Timestamps for Important Segments

• Earth as a spiritual school, root causes of conflict: 05:48–10:30
• Role of social media & the ego cycle: 11:51–17:03
• Practical spiritual responsibility (thoughts as energy): 17:09–20:08
• Spiritual Bypassing vs. Real Work: 21:38–22:20
• Life review and treating others: 25:52–26:55
• Why bad things happen to good people: 28:29–30:19
• Countering hate and division: 31:11–34:22
• Religion, judgment, and compassion: 34:19–39:16
• Advice for processing anger, pain, and loss: 41:15–43:33, 54:05–56:55
• On spiritual abuse and cults: 67:04–70:29
• Psychic predictions for humanity’s near future: 77:46–79:20
• Optimistic closing & final takeaway: 79:37–86:27

Final Thoughts

While James Van Praagh shares psychic warnings about coming global upheavals, the heart of this episode is a call for personal responsibility, deep compassion, and the practice of truly seeing the divine in every person. Listeners are encouraged to work on their own consciousness, to serve as points of light amidst the darkness, and to trust that, even in times of turmoil, humanity’s evolution is guaranteed.

“Trust the journey. It’s there to teach you.” — Alex Ferrari