Alister Hardy Society for the Study of Spiritual Experience
The Society supports the work of the Alister Hardy Trust and Religious Experience Research Centre (RERC), and provides a focal point for
Alef Trust
Alef Trust is a not-for-profit community-interest organization offering online transformational Graduate Programmes and Open Learning Courses for academic, professional and personal development.
Academy for the Advancement of Post-Materialist Sciences
Our VISION To inspire scientists to investigate mind and consciousness as core elements of reality. Our VALUES Support rigorous applications of the
Philip Comella – Science is Not the Quest to Prove Materialism True
This is practicing science, it is not engaging in some sort of new-age spiritual flight of fancy. Rather, it is material scientists who are engaged in something other than science, since they are the ones who ignore not only the results of the double-slit experiment, but untold number of other signs all pointing to the overwhelming order and design of our world.
Federico Faggin – Science is Ready for Consciousness
In this fascinating interview Federico Faggin, designer of the first commercial microprocessor and pioneer in the movement to base mathematical theory on consciousness, urges science to embrace consciousness to explain the weirdness of quantum physics, and use it as the instrument of scientific investigation. "There need no longer be a duality between mind and matter," he says. "With consciousness you can reach reality from the inside." He makes a startling suggestion - that matter is the ink with which consciousness writes its own self-knowing.
Athena Potari – Know Thyself: Hellenic Philosophy as a Path to Awakening and Happiness
Although for many centuries now, ‘philosophy’ has been understood and practised as a rational, argumentative, armchair vocation, involving mainly discursive reasoning, in this talk Athena will explore how Hellenic Philosophy is essentially a spiritual tradition: an intimate, self-transformative, experiential path of self-enquiry, which combines the education of both heart and mind with the purpose of awakening to one’s true Self. She will discuss some of the psychological and spiritual tools employed by ancient philosophers, as well as their non-dual teachings. Finally, Athena will discuss the relevance of Hellenic Philosophy for our times in our contemporary quest for Knowing Ourselves.
Alan Sanderson – Psychiatry and the Spirit World
Must we remain so materialist to be happy? Would we value objects and status so much if we were certain consciousness continues in a different, spiritual realm? Organized religion was the main provider of such answers. Now that we have lost our faith, many still wonder if this is indeed, our only chance to live. Sanderson argues that there is no end. He finds intriguing threads connecting all the stories he compiles, suggesting common attributes to near-death experiences, reincarnation claims and reported medium cases, suggesting through the scientific method that they are plausible.
Iain McGilchrist and Muhammed Foulds – The Wisdom Traditions
Galileo Commission adviser Iain McGilchrist talks to Muhammed Foulds, a Biologist & Human Ecologist and Historian specialising in the study of Nature Connectedness, Cosmometry and Biogeometry and its connection to Divine Order.
James Tunney – Rule of an Automaticity Loop
James Tunney, LLM, is an Irish barrister who has lectured on legal matters throughout the world. He is a poet, artist, scholar, and author. His most recent book is Plantation of the Automatons. This interview focuses on the many controlling loops in which we are embedded.
Science in the Age of Podcasts – Alex Gomez-Marin
Podcasts can spread scientific knowledge to diverse audiences but can also exacerbate echo chambers.
The Source and the Genesis: In the Language of Science – A.K. Mukhopadhyay
We are heading towards a new science of information, the science of life, multiversal immersive neuroscience, depth psychology, deep ecology, life-primed physics, and consciousness-primed biology with an entirely new Worldview that simultaneously accommodates the science, humanity, and the spirit.
Iain McGilchrist and Salley Vickers: Imagination and the novelist’s art
Galileo Commission adviser Iain McGilchrist talks to Salley Vickers, who is a writer and lecturer on the connections between literature, psychology and religion, about imagination and art.
11-month Online Programme from Alef Trust: Nurturing the Fields of Change
Are you interested in the evolving principles and practices of holistic change facilitation? Do you value the exploration of inner psycho-spiritual development in service of systemic and social change? Alef Trust is launching an 11-month online programme and emerging community of practice for anyone who is interested in creating a more just, equitable and sustainable world. The programme - Nurturing the Fields of Change - aims to support change-makers to catalyse change through the power of community and co-learning.
Marjorie Woollacott and Ben Williams – Lessons from the Nondual Philosophy of Shaivism and Neuroscience
In this webinar Drs. Ben Williams and Marjorie Woollacott explore parallels between theories about the origins of cognitive processes that filter out a broader perceptual awareness in both modern neuroscience and in a medieval Sanskrit text on non-dual philosophy, the Īśvarapratyabhijñākārikā (‘Stanzas on the Recognition of Śiva’).
When a True Scientist has a Spiritual Experience – Interview with Federico Faggin
The interview brings an overview of Faggin's trajectory "From Computers to Consciousness". He recounts his "mystical" experience and the conversation develops to discussions on the limitations of science, research of the out-of-body experience phenomenon, and the basis for a new science for consciousness.
The Platonic Computer with Simon Duan
In this interview, Simon Duan shares his theoretical model of reality that can account for paranormal phenomena of high strangeness.
Spirit Speaks – Michael Mayo on the Interviews with Innocence podcast
In today’s episode, Michael shares his exciting new book Spirit Speaks, a beautiful book about how anyone can connect with those on the other side. This is truly a must-read for anyone interested in connecting on a deeper level.
January 8: Jude Currivan on New Thinking Allowed podcast
On Sunday, January 8, at 10 am, USA Mountain Standard Time, our Live Stream Guest will be Jude Currivan, who will be discussing our role in the universe as biological and spiritual entities. Jude is author of The Story of Gaia and The Cosmic Hologram. She has been interviewed on New Thinking Allowed several times previously.
The Linda G. O’Bryant Noetic Sciences Research Prize
IONS has announced the establishment of the Linda G. O’Bryant Noetic Sciences Research Prize. This annual prize of $100,000 will be given to an individual or team whose research advances leading-edge science around consciousness, expanding our global reach.
Imaginal Inspirations with Jean Houston
David Lorimer's guest today is Jean Houston, Ph.D., a world-renowned scholar, futurist, award-winning author, and researcher in human capacities, social change, and systemic transformation. She is one of the principal founders of the Human Potential Movement and one of the foremost visionary thinkers and doers of our time.
Subquantum Principles of Life and Consciousness – Adrian Klein & Robert Boyd
Our present contribution to the consciousness-related dialogue currently running in the "Waking Times" periodical has been triggered by Brandon West's thrilling, recently published paper (Jan. 9, 2015), "The Nature of Mind and the Holographic Brain".
Special Issue of the International Journal for Transformative Research
his is a special issue of the International Journal for Transformative Research. This has been created as a result of a call sent out to members of the Galileo commission inviting submissions to the journal, considering ‘the implications of a postmaterialist worldview for education and the humanities’.
Imaginal Inspirations with Natasha Tassell-Matamua
David Lorimer's guest today is Natasha Tassell-Matamua PhD, Associate Professor in the School of Psychology at Massey University and Director of the Centre for Indigenous Psychologies in New Zealand. She is of Indigenous Māori, Cook Islands and European descent. Her research focusses primarily on near-death and other exceptional experiences of consciousness and their implications for humanity, as well as the interface between such experiences, spirituality and Indigenous knowledges.
Why do near-death experiences and psychedelics have a transformational effect? – Steve Taylor
Key points: 1) A new study has shown that both near-death experiences and psychedelics can have powerful transformational effects. 2) Both experiences brought a more positive, accepting attitude to death. 3) Although both experiences have different characteristics, they each take us beyond our normal limited awareness, and reveal a wider reality.
David Lorimer on the Unravelling the Universe podcast
The conversation largely revolved around the question: what happens after we die? Topics discussed include Near-Death Experiences, Consciousness, Reincarnation, Psychic Phenomena, and more.