Chris Bache, PhD, is professor emeritus in the department of Philosophy and Religious Studies at Youngstown State University in Ohio where he taught for 33 years. He is also adjunct faculty at the California Institute of Integral Studies, Emeritus Fellow at the Institute of Noetic Sciences, and on the Advisory Council of Grof Legacy Training. Chris is the author of Lifecycles: Reincarnation and the Web of Life; Dark Night, Early Dawn; The Living Classroom: Teaching and Collective Consciousness; and LSD and the Mind of the Universe: Diamonds from Heaven. His website is chrisbache.com.

Chris describes visions of the future of humanity that he received from his personal experiences with psychedelics. He suggests that humanity is going through an evolutionary development and a shift in baseline consciousness. Qualities of the future human include empathic communion with all of existence, a radical expansion of compassion, and extraordinary amplification of senses.

00:00:00 Introduction

00:02:57 Chris’ relationship with LSD

00:10:13 The visions of awakening

00:18:42 The creative intelligence of the universe

00:32:43 Reincarnation and evolutionary development

00:41:17 The birth of the diamond soul

01:00:37 Vision of divine love and oneness

01:05:50 Offloading conditioning and karma

01:13:51 Veracity of Chris’ psychedelic experiences

01:30:03 Conclusion

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