Podcast:The Art Bell Archive Published On: Sun Jan 25 2026 Description: Art Bell welcomes psychic Jeffrey Wands to discuss his concept of the soul map, the idea that every person arrives with a predetermined plan for growth and purpose. Wands draws on experiences seeing spirits since age six, when he told his mother that her deceased grandmother was in the room. He explains that success and tragedy walk hand in hand as part of this spiritual blueprint, a theme Art relates to given his own extraordinary highs and devastating losses.The program marks a major personal announcement as Art reveals his wife Airyn is pregnant, with the baby expected around his birthday in June 2007. Callers offer congratulations, and one psychically predicts the child will be a girl. Art shares details about life in Manila, including recovery from a devastating typhoon and Filipino cultural curiosities like the notorious duck egg delicacy balut.Wands describes his work with police on missing children cases, his out-of-body experience in Raymond Moody psychomanteum, and his belief that animals possess souls. He addresses reincarnation, explaining that unresolved issues carry forward across lifetimes until conquered, and that the soul operates within a university-like system of spiritual evolution where graduation into higher consciousness remains the ultimate goal.