These days, there’s no shortage of scientific optimism, that this or that problem, even though it cannot be solved today will one day be solved. One day we will understand the nature of consciousness and, yes, it will be shown to be material in origin. One day we’ll prove […]
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Editorial – Paul Filmore Articles Archetypal Penetrance and the Midlife Crisis – Dr Tim Read Michael Whiteman’s Scientific Mysticism – John Poynton Isaac Newton’s Spiritual Search for Truth – Hugh Murdoch Unknowing – Jennifer Kavanagh In Memoriam: Edgar Mitchell, ScD, PhD – Cassandra Vieten Conscious Evolution: Taking Personal Development to Higher Levels – Chris Thomson and David Lorimer The SMN and […]
We’re all used to hearing that a course in yoga and meditation can make you feel better. Help you cope with stress. Now a new study headed by Helen Lavretsky of UCLA and published in the May edition of the Journal of Alzheimer’s Research indicates yoga and meditation may also […]
Do you have a purpose, in your life, or in your work, or both? Perhaps this is something you never ask yourself. Or perhaps it changes from day to day as you try to grapple with the challenges that life seems to throw at you. I have found that having […]
Do dolphins have language skills similar to ours? Do the vocalizations of bottlenose dolphins mean anything? Are the dolphins conveying useful information or just having a good time? While primates such as chimpanzees can be taught sign language, there is a great deal of scepticism as to whether they are […]
Chris has worked as an economist, a researcher in Chinese, a lawyer, and in think-tanks in Scotland and the USA. He now lives in the Catalan Pyrenees, and devotes himself to writing, mentoring and trying to make the esoteric exoteric Events Human Evolution at a Time of Global Crisis – […]
Mick Colins works as a Holistic Coach, specialising in transformative action. His career path includes working as an NHS Occupational Therapist in a psychological therapies team. He was a Lecturer for 10 years in the Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of East Anglia, where he was also a […]
Editorial – Paul Filmore Articles Schrödinger’s One Mind and its Relevance to Religion and Healing – Larry Dossey Educating for Gaia – Stephan Harding Science and Religion Interview – with Ravi Ravindra Three Levels of Awakening – Vera Helleman Researching Experiences of the Limitless – Dr. Stephen Fulder Homo Ludens […]
A recent study by scientists at Imperial College London has revealed for the first time how the brain behaves during an LSD induced experience. The study, led by David J. Nutt, involved fMRI scans of subjects who had taken LSD and compared them with others who had been given a […]
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