In extraordinary circumstances, the human mind is capable of accessing information from anywhere in time or space, according to evidence provided by Stanislav Grof, M.D.. Author of Realms of the Human Unconscious, Dr. Grof is an innovative psychotherapist who has attempted to integrate the diverg...

The cosmos is the fertile field from which we humans and the planet earth were born. In another sense the cosmos is also the field of our mind onto which we project our dreams and myths. Richard Grossinger, Ph.D., is author of Planet Medicine and The Night Sky. The scientific worldview, he says, ...

To truly understand our spiritual origins we must look to nature -- for our most intimate relationship is with our own biology. Richard Grossinger, Ph.D., is author of Planet Medicine and Embryogenesis. Social and environmental problems, he says, are the inevitable result of our biology. However,...

Dancing and other ritual activities can allow us to recognize our own inner negativity and to transform its power into healing experience. Anna Halprin, director of the Tamalpa Institute, is internationally recognized as an organizer and teacher of dance rituals. In this moving program, Ms. Halpr...

Psychologist Keith Harary, Ph.D., has worked as both a psychic practitioner in ESP studies and as a researcher at SRI International. Co-author of The Mind Race, Dr. Harary describes the methods he uses for "remote viewing" and the potential practical applications of these techniques in many areas...

A hydraulic engineer at U.C. Berkeley, the late James Harder, Ph.D., was one of America's foremost specialists in the hypnotic examination of individuals who have had "contact" with extra-terrestrial intelligences. He discusses his insights concerning extra-terrestrial societies as a result of ov...

The native shaman learns to interact with the spirits of the underworld and the higher worlds in order to intercede in behalf of humans in the "middle world." Michael Harner, Ph.D., has authored The Jivaro, Hallucinogens and Shamanism and The Way of the Shaman. He is currently actively involved i...

Trances and visions have long been recognized in various religious traditions and have been the basis of much valued art, music and literature. A distinguished psychologist and dean of faculty at the Institute for Transpersonal Psychology, Arthur Hastings, Ph.D., explores the phenomenon known var...

The mysteries of sub-atomic physics offer us startling new perspectives on the human mind. Physicist Nick Herbert, Ph.D., author of Quantum Reality, points out that no matter how one interprets the equations of quantum physics the results lead to amazing and paradoxical concepts. Perhaps that tim...

As we encounter the archetypal world within us, a partnership is formed whereby we grow as do the gods and goddesses within us. Jean Houston, Ph.D., suggests that the wanderings of Odysseus represent the deepening of the warrior male ego into the feminine mysteries.

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Julian Isaacs, Ph.D., professor of parapsychology at John F. Kennedy University, is a council member of the British Society for Psychical Research and an applied psychologist specializing in training psychokinetic abilities. Dr. Isaacs' most successful subjects have learned to attain a "zenlike" ...

Most brain researchers believe we will eventually explain the mind in terms of neurological functioning. According to Dr. Julian Isaacs, Ph.D., an applied psychologist, this materialist view is inconsistent with the evidence of parapsychology. New developments in areas such as theoretical physics...

Shamanistic practices may be of value for individuals seeking personal growth and self-realization. The late Ruth-Inge Heinze, Ph.D., was author of Trance and Healing in Southeast Asia Today and Shamans of the Twentieth Century. Here she describes shamans as experts in the use of altered states o...

While conventional religion and science are often in conflict, says Willis Harman, Ph.D., there is a growing convergence between non-reductionistic science and internally oriented religious traditions. Dr. Harman points out that this movement reflects an important new area of public interest.

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Today, more than ever, workers are demanding a sense of self-actualization on the job. Dennis Jaffe, Ph.D., is a past-president of the Association for Humanistic Psychology and author of Healing from Within and Take This Job and Love It. He suggests that each of us can find as much meaning, commi...

The process of social and organizational change can be understood by observing transformations in nature. Beth Jarman is the cofounder of Leadership 2000, a consulting company based in Phoenix, Arizona. She argues that civilization has reach a breakpoint in that the basic paradigm of heierarchy a...

Channeling is one of several approaches to intuition. William Kautz, Sc.D., is founder of the Center for Applied Intuition and co-author of Channeling: The Intuitive Connection. Although he "plays the game" and treats channeled "entities" as if they were real, he is more concerned with the qualit...

The characteristic attitudes we take in life are reflected in the postures and attitudes of our body. Stanley Keleman, author of Somatic Reality, Your Body Speaks Its Mind and Embodying Experience, is director of the Center for Energetic Studies in Berkeley, where many psycho-therapists come for ...

The human organism and the biosphere are part of one system, says Stanley Keleman, a leading pioneer of psychotherapy from a somatic perspective. In this profound interview he discusses the unity of spirit and soma (or body) in the life process.

Jon Klimo, author of Channeling, proposes the intriguing view that we are all like cells of a larger organism and that we share in the consciousness of that organism. Thus, channeled "entities" such as Lazaris, Seth, Ramptha, Michael, Emmanuel, etc., may be seen as both part of our deeper mind an...

Through quieting the mind we become aware of our unconscious tensions and the act of awareness itself serves to heal those tensions. Buddhist teacher of Vipassana (mindfulness) meditation, clinical psychologist and author of Living Masters of Buddhism and A Clear Forest Pool, Jack Kornfield, Ph.D...

Can the methods and ideas of native spiritual healers be incorporated into modern psychological and medical practice? Psychologist Stanley Kripper, Ph.D., tells of his experiences with native shamans and healers in the Americas and Asia. Dr. Krippner, director of the Center for Consciousness Stud...

Does the mind exist as a distinct entity apart from our thoughts about it? U. G. Krishnamurti was a disquieting skeptic and author. As "mind" is a myth, he says, so is the notion of "self." The human being is like a dog chewing a dry bone. When its gums bleed, the dog may believe the bone is rich...

One of the goals of martial artists is to cultivate an awareness both of their own subtle physiological rhythms and those of other people, according to Aikido instructor George Leonard. Leonard, one of the founders of the consciousness movement, discusses the history and theory of the oriental ma...