…consciousness are perceived as either inferior or useless.72Haule (2011), 11-14. Our concept of the ASC is, therefore, built upon this foundational perception of a generalized productive waking consciousness. ASCs from this perspective are modes of experiencing the world through forms of consciousness different to our ‘everyday waking consciousness’. Of course…
…Alterations of Consciousness In Alterations of Consciousness, Barušs identifies and describes various manifestations of consciousness by applying a rational and empirical approach. The book begins with everyday states of consciousness such as thinking, sleeping, and dreaming and progresses to more extraordinary states such as hypnosis, trance, psychedelic experiences, transcendence, and…
…The essay distinguishes multiple possible ‘thanatopes’, ranging from person-like survival to pure consciousness, collective mind or nothing at all. Panpsychism treats consciousness as fundamental to matter rather than something belatedly produced by insensate particles. Physicalism need not settle the issue, because consciousness, causation and personal identity remain philosophically unsettled. Thanatopes…
Dean Radin is known for innovative experiments in the study of consciousness and psi phenomena, notably covering presentiment, mind-matter interaction, healing, intention effects and wider consciousness debates. He is also in the forefront of communicating psi research to the public, having written several well-received books. Radin’s presentiment experiments tested whether…
…where he advocates for regenerative farming and interconnected consciousness approaches to address the climate crisis, criticizing profit-driven industries that hinder progress toward sustainable alternatives.24Schwartz (2020). His comprehensive reviews of consciousness research have examined six distinct protocols contributing to understanding nonlocal consciousness, including Ganzfeld studies, altered states of consciousness, anticipatory responses,…
…BICS. [Web page, now defunct, archived on archive.org.] Bigelow Institute for Consciousness Studies (2022). Announcing the BICS Challenge Grants Program for 2023. [Web page, now defunct, archived on archive.org.] Bigelow Institute for Consciousness Studies (2026a). Central questions of the BICS Challenge. [Web Page.] Bigelow Institute for Consciousness Studies (2026b). Major…
…a goal-oriented selection effect, in which unconscious psi influences experimental choices. The GCP has reported strong cumulative deviations in RNG data during global events. Nelson argues for a consciousness field operating at an informational rather than classical physical level. The Global Consciousness Project (GCP) is a long-running experiment that began in 1998….
…Dossey contrasts this openness with ‘negative hallucinations’—the tendency to screen out evidence contradicting materialistic assumptions about consciousness. He cites PEAR findings that support nonlocal consciousness effects and quotes philosophers like Robert Almeder questioning claims that brains ‘secrete consciousness in the same way that glands produce hormones.fn]Dossey (2012).[/fn] Consciousness as Fundamental…
The Global Consciousness Project (GCP) was an international collaboration of scientists and engineers designed to test the idea that there exists a unified field of human consciousness. The project looked for evidence that thoughts, emotions and perceptions may potentially cohere in response to major world events, producing detectable effects on…
