Scientific and Medical Network Challenging Dogmatism in Science Part 1 Challenging Dogmatism in Science Part 1 Published on July 3, 2017 Share
Global Mind ChangeswithWillis Harman (1918 – 1997) May 4, 2024There is a new global emphasis on the inner life of the mind. Willis Harman, PhD, suggests that a new set of values, emerging spontaneously in many social strata and in different parts of the world, is having an impact in the world of business and corporate training.
The Mystery of IncarnationwithRichard Grossinger March 23, 2024To truly understand our spiritual origins we must look to nature — for our most intimate relationship is with our own biology. Richard Grossinger, PhD, is author of Planet Medicine and Embryogenesis. Social and environmental problems, he says, are the inevitable result of our biology. However, consciousness itself is new factor in our biological evolution [...]
Transcending LimitationswithJim Fadiman March 16, 2024We all limit ourselves by attachment to old attitudes and outworn ideas. James Fadiman, PhD, author of Be All That You Are and many other books, offers several techniques to help us recognize and discard such attitudes and set goals for the changes we desire. A distinguished humanistic psychologist, Dr. Fadiman is past-president of the Association for Transpersonal [...]
Unity in Polarizing TimeswithChristopher Naughton April 29, 2024Christopher shares that history follows cyclical patterns, and the current polarization and conflict in society are part of a larger cycle. After periods of existential crisis there is usually greater unity and peace. Chaos and conflict may provide opportunities for more presence and participation that can raise us to a higher level of consciousness to [...]
Modern Occultism: Safeguarding the SearchwithMitch Horowitz March 13, 2024Misunderstood and associated with sinister elements or conspiracies, the occult has, in fact, played a prominent role in promoting religious freedom, social justice, and the individual search. When we think of free-thinking societies, the freedom for all women and men, regardless of color or creed, to believe or doubt, we think of the value and [...]
The Way of the ShamanwithMichael Harner (1929 – 2018) May 18, 2024The 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 in training westerners throughout the world to become shamanic [...]
The Nature of Higher ConsciousnesswithSally Ornstein October 25, 2021Here she describes the capacities of the brain’s right hemisphere for experiences of transcendence and wholeness. She maintains that higher states of awareness are achieved, naturally, by deactivating certain areas of the brain that keep us focused on egoic concerns – the right parietal lobe and the default mode network. She describes stages in humanity’s [...]
Goethe’s Metamorphosis of PlantswithRolf Sattler October 17, 2021Here he describes Johann Wolfgang von Goethe as the equivalent to German literature as Shakespeare is to English literature or Dante is to Italian literature – a towering figure. However, Goethe considered his scientific writings to be as important as his literary contributions. Sattler sees Goethe as one of the founders of the discipline of [...]
