Charles T. Tart, PhD, is an emeritus professor of psychology at the University of California, Davis, as well as the Institute of Transpersonal Psychology. He is a past-president of the Parapsychological Association. Books that he has authored include Psi: Scientific Studies in the Psychic Realm, States of Consciousness, The End […]
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[contact-form][contact-field label=”Name” type=”name” required=”true” /][contact-field label=”Email” type=”email” required=”true” /][contact-field label=”Website” type=”url” /][contact-field label=”Message” type=”textarea” /][/contact-form] Charlotte Lorimer has recently completed her dissertation which accounts for the popularity of The Kiss (1907-1908) by Gustav Klimt. Her interdisciplinary approach explored Art, Science and Spirituality, particularly appropriate to fin-de-siècle Vienna which strove to […]
Introduction Few with a philosophical or psychological inclination have as yet commented extensively on the significance of the election of Donald Trump. The insights of George Lakoff are a valuable exception (Understanding Trump, 23 July 2016), although he holds the view that Trump won by somehow breaking the current rules […]
Is quantum entanglement real? When two photons are created at the same time, and then separated over some distance, are they still mysteriously in touch with each other, so that what one photon does affects what the other photon does — instantaneously? The concept was first quantified by Bell in […]
Prof. Vicomte Ilya Prigogine (1917-2003), Nobel Laureate and developer of the nonlinear theory of dissipative structures and who was a pioneer of research in complex systems. Bibliography
Prof. Karl Pribram (1919-2015), was an eminent neurophysiologist who developed the holographic theory of mind. He was the first recipient of the prestigious European Havel Prize for “his fundamental contribution to the understanding of science as an integral part of general culture”. He spoke at Mystics and Scientists in the […]
Dr. Edgar Mitchell (1930-2016) was a United States Navy officer and aviator, test pilot, aeronautical engineer, ufologist and NASA astronaut. He was the sixth man on the moon and Founder of the Institute of Noetic Sciences. Bibliography The Way of the Explorer: An Apollo Astronaut’s Journey Through the Material and Mystical Worlds (1996), G. Putnam & Sons, hardcover, ISBN […]
Prof. Willis Harman (1918-1997) was an American engineer, social scientist, academic, futurist, writer, and visionary. He worked at SRI International and was President of the Institute of Noetic Sciences. Bibliography
Dr. Rodrigo Carazo (1926-2009) was President of Costa Rica from 1978 to 1982 and was the founder of the University for Peace. Bibliography
Sir Crispin Tickell has long been a pioneer in linking environmental and in particular climate change to the worlds of politics and business. For many years he was an informal adviser on such issues to successive British Prime Ministers. Until recently he was Director of the Policy Foresight Programme at […]