The Telepathy Tapes – REWIND: Talk Tracks Ep. 5: Consciousness Beyond The Body: When A Coma Projects A Ghost

Host: Ky Dickens
Guests: Elodie Tarantino, Lloyd Auerbach
Date: December 17, 2025

Episode Overview

This remarkable episode of The Telepathy Tapes revisits foundational questions at the heart of the podcast’s ongoing investigation: Can consciousness remain present, aware, and connected even when the body cannot express it? Through two gripping stories—a near-death experience that opened telepathic channels, and a case where a living person’s “ghost” appeared while in a coma—the episode explores the boundaries between life, death, mind, and body. The conversation is grounded in firsthand stories and enriched by expert insights from a parapsychologist, opening new vistas on consciousness, telepathy, and survival beyond physical limitations.

Key Discussion Points & Insights

1. Elodie’s Near-Death Experience and Awakening of Spiritual Abilities

• Background: Elodie Tarantino, a mother living in the North Georgia mountains, recounts a traumatic medical event from her youth: an undetected ovarian cyst ruptured, leading to extensive blood loss and a life-threatening situation.
  • “I felt like somebody was pouring warm milk on top of my head. And I felt this sensation go through me of love, comfort, warmth. It was really amazing… There was no linear time here. It was very strange.” (B, 05:20–07:34)
• Life Review and Timeless Awareness: She described a vivid out-of-body journey, encountering an all-encompassing golden light, a non-linear life review, and a sense of infinite love.
• Aftereffects: Upon waking, Elodie felt profoundly changed—vulnerable yet more open to spiritual and psychic experiences, especially in connection with “the other side.”
  • “I just would tell my stories of, oh, this happened to me last night… until one time I had one of my friends look at me. She goes, you know this is not normal, Elodie, right?” (B, 17:57–18:46)

2. Telepathic Intervention: The Story of Brandon

• Crisis Point: A year and a half after her NDE, Elodie hit emotional rock bottom, privately contemplating suicide.
  • “I really did open myself up in that moment. Like, if you’ve got any way you’re gonna help me to get through this moment right here, you need to make your presence known because I’m about to make this decision.” (B, 11:02)
• The Visit: At her lowest point, Elodie heard a young boy’s voice in her head—“Elodie, God hears your prayers”—and saw the image of a dark-haired boy named Brandon. She was certain she was not hallucinating.
  • “He never told me his name was Brandon, but I knew his name was Brandon. And it was so crisp and clear. And he got my attention.” (B, 11:21)
• Confirmation and Meeting: The next day, Amy—a casual friend and client—called out of the blue. She was with Brandon, one of the autistic children she’d told Elodie about. Brandon had insisted they call Elodie, relaying that “you asked in God last night.”
  • Elodie rushed to East Texas, where she met Brandon, his family, and other non-speaking autistic children who regularly experienced telepathic connections.
• Facilitated Communication: Brandon, nonverbal, communicated via rapid typing. He and the others described their telepathic protocol as the “lollipop line.”
  • “Brandon said he contacted me on the Lollipop line. That’s what he called it… he talks to his friends and his family and everybody through the lollipop line.” (B, 15:29)

3. Mediumship, Telepathy, and Communication with the Nonverbal and the “Unreachable”

• Heightened Gifts: Elodie’s NDE intensified her sensitivities, opening abilities to connect with spirits, including non-speaking individuals and those in altered states (coma, Alzheimer’s, etc.).
  • “My ability to connect with the other side shot through the roof… and the first time I had an experience with that, I just remember just it being so clear.” (B, 17:57–18:46)
• Nature of Mediumistic Communication: Comes in “layers of thoughts, feelings, impressions,” and differs based on the communicator’s personality in life.
  • “Sometimes I hear words and thoughts… it really depends for me on the communicator on the other side.” (B, 19:00)
• Consciousness in the Nonverbal: Elodie emphasizes how non-speaking individuals, including those in comas, with dementia, or severe autism, remain aware and communicative—if someone listens telepathically.
  • “It’s all telepathy. And I have done sessions where I’m communicating with somebody’s mom. And that woman is saying, you have my mom, but she is still living. And then they’ll say she has Alzheimer’s and has been nonverbal for years.” (B, 21:06)
• Interconnectedness: She describes consciousness as a “big spider web,” where every action and word impacts the whole, reinforcing the need for compassion, especially toward the “unreachable.”
  • “Anything I speak, anything I say is heard and felt by the whole… We’re a big spider web… we’re connected to the whole.” (B, 22:31)

4. The Apparition of a Living Person: Parapsychologist Lloyd Auerbach’s Case Study

• Case Details: In the 1980s, families in Marin County, CA, repeatedly witnessed the apparition of a young girl in their home. Investigation revealed the girl was not deceased, but in home hospice up the street, unconscious with terminal cancer.
  • “Sue noticed a small girl… who had appeared in the house… More importantly, following Sue around like Sue was her mother…” (C, 25:26–26:49)
• Identity Confirmed: Upon meeting the living woman, she recognized Sue and her children, stating that she visited them in dreams as a child in her childhood home. There was a striking physical resemblance between Sue and the woman’s mother.
  • “The woman looked up and said, ‘Oh, you’re that nice lady from down the street.’ And she said hello to the two young boys by name. She called them by their first names.” (C, 28:02)
• Consciousness/‘Ghost’ Correlation: Apparitions appeared only when the woman was unconscious or asleep; when her pain increased, the adult version appeared in visible distress.
• Death and Departure: The “ghost” never returned after the woman’s death.
• Interpretation: Lloyd Auerbach describes this as “bilocation” or “apparitions of the living,” suggesting that consciousness can project, especially in trauma, illness, or altered states.
  • “Many of those seem to connect to people having an out of body experience, whether in a dream or spontaneously otherwise.” (C, 32:26)
  • Regarding Alzheimer’s: “I would expect, however, if someone did have that part of their consciousness that actually left that, there wouldn’t be necessarily any sort of symptoms of Alzheimer’s because the brain is not getting in the way at that point.” (C, 33:21)

5. Emerging Recognition & Future Exploration

• Growing numbers of stories are surfacing about enhanced telepathy following comas, stroke, or dementia.
• The host teases an upcoming episode (Ep. 6) about a husband who learns to telepathically communicate with his wife with Alzheimer’s.
  • “When I shared Lloyd’s story with my team, they told me that they’ve been getting emails about telepathy being unlocked in individuals who suffered a stroke or who were in a coma or who have dementia or Alzheimer’s disease. So remarkably, this theme has pushed itself into our periphery.” (A, 34:30)

Notable Quotes & Memorable Moments

• Elodie, on her NDE:

  “There was this golden ball of light to my left which was all encompassing love… It was my whole life. It was my past, present and future happening all at once. There was no linear time here.” (B, 06:17–07:34)

• Elodie, on Brandon’s intervention:

  “He said my name. He said, ‘Elodie, God hears your prayers.’ And I remember going in that moment, I saw this little boy. I knew he had dark hair. I knew his name was Brandon.” (B, 11:21)

• Elodie, on the post-NDE shift:

  “I always say this heightened my spiritual experiences because I had a lot of them when I was a kid. So this just opened it up even further for me.” (B, 07:53)

• On interconnectedness:

  “Anything I speak, anything I say is heard and felt by the whole… We’re a big spider web.” (B, 22:31)

• Lloyd Auerbach, on his case study:

  “The woman looked up and said, ‘Oh, you’re that nice lady from down the street.’ And she said hello to the two young boys by name. She called them by their first names. So Sue gets real curious, like, how do you know this? And she said, ‘Well, I dream about you. I dream that I’m still a little girl in my childhood home, and I go down and visit, and you look just like my mother.’” (C, 28:02)

Timestamps for Key Segments

| Segment | Timestamp | Content | |---|---|---| | Elodie’s Near-Death Experience | 05:20–07:44 | NDE description, non-linear time, “golden ball of light” | | NDE Aftereffects | 07:53–08:14 | Increased sensitivity, vulnerability, spiritual gifts | | Crisis and Brandon’s Telepathic Rescue | 09:54–13:26 | Emotional low, hearing Brandon, Amy’s call, confirmation | | Meeting Brandon & Telepathic Community | 13:26–16:29 | Visit to East Texas, facilitated communication, “lollipop line” | | Spiritual Gifts After NDE | 17:51–19:00 | How mediumistic ability works, types of impressions | | Communication with Nonverbal/Comatose | 21:06–23:26 | Telepathy with people in altered states, dangers of assuming awareness isn’t present | | Lloyd Auerbach’s Living Apparition Case | 25:26–34:23 | Ghostly little girl, confirmation she’s alive up the street, interactions, analysis | | Consciousness, Alzheimer’s & Projection | 33:21–34:23 | How this relates to dementia, distinction from deathbed visions | | Closing Insights & Future Teasers | 34:30+ | More cases emerging, pointers to next episode |

Tone & Style Reflection

• Warm, direct, and compassionate—both host Kai Dickens and guest Elodie blend candid vulnerability with a spirit of curiosity. The stories are told with reverence for lived experience, and expert contributions are contextualized with accessible language. The tone respects skepticism but isn’t afraid to invite awe.
• The conversations balance the mystical with reasoned inquiry, creating space for both narrative storytelling and scientific/psychological perspective.

Summary for New Listeners

This episode is rich with extraordinary, personal stories that stretch our boundaries for what consciousness is and where it can go. If you’re new to The Telepathy Tapes, you’ll find a blend of firsthand narratives and expert commentary, always pushing toward a profound but accessible reconsideration of our deepest assumptions about mind, body, death, and connection. The stories shared—involving out-of-body experiences, telepathic rescue, and living ghosts—argue that, whatever the scientific consensus, consciousness may be far “bigger” and more mysterious than we’ve been led to believe.