Author: Nikolay Petrov
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Film with Bernard Carr – Back Holes, Cosmology and the Limits of Science
In this film Bernard Carr maintains that science is continually evolving. He draws upon examples from cosmology and black holes to make this point. He also reflects on his relationship with Stephen Hawking who was his faculty advisor and mentor. He suggests that science will not be complete until it can incorporate both mind and…
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Harald Walach – Towards a Postmaterialist Science
In this presentation, Halard Walach summarises the Galileo Commission Report in a talk for the Society for Scientific Exploration.
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Controversial TEDTalk about Psychic Abilities – Russell Targ
Conceived under a TEDx license as inspiration to change our fundamental value system to where mutual concern is as important as self-interest is, this talk was part of a daylong program, “Brother, Can You Spare a Paradigm?,” produced by Suzanne Taylor.
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WHAT IS LIFE? #24 Tim Freke and Ervin Laszlo
In this short podcast episode, Tim and Ervin discussed Ervin Laszlo’s notion of the Akashic field of information that underlies the universe, which resonates closely with ideas Tim Freke is exploring in his Unividualist philosophy. Ervin said after the episode to Tim: ‘I enjoyed our chat — truly substantive. The deepest questions.’
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A Mind is Always Present: Materialism’s Fatal Flaw – Philip Comella
To the degree scientists take mind out of the physical world they must use greater theorizing power to imagine how this mindless stuff assembled itself into world of perfect order. But a mind is always present, either out in the world organizing the dream, or in the mind of the theorist imagining how mindless stuff…
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Corona & Beyond: Transpersonal Perspectives
This free summer series of online dialogues and embodied creative reflections expands on themes that emerged in our June session “Corona and Beyond: Transitioning to a new paradigm”, to explore transpersonal perspectives on the global pandemic and our individual, social and collective responses.
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Film with Bernard Carr – Hyperspace, Consciousness, and Time
In this film, Galileo Commission adviser Bernard Carr shares his theoretical thinking about how consciousness and psychic phenomena can best be integrated into theoretical physics. He further describes the history of thinking regarding hyperspace as well as his own preferred models of consciousness. He also shares some insights into the nature of time and the…
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Returning from death – Interview with Pim van Lommel
In this interview for KOSMOS magazine, Galileo Commisison adviser Dr Pim van Lommel shares insights from his work on near-death experiences, the findings from his renowned 2001 Dutch study, and how these findings relate to consciousness and the brain. Finally, Pim reflects that after 30 years of investigation into near-death experiences, not only has his…
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Is the Universe Conscious? – Max Velmans
In this talk, given at a seminar on 7th July 2020, Galileo Commission adviser Max Velmans suggests a different way to understand the many ways in which humans and other sentient beings are natural expressions of a reflexive, self-observing universe and the many ways in which this universe might be conscious.
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Film with Bernard Carr – Consciousness and Cosmology
Bernard Carr explains how he has endeavored to maintain professional interests in psychical research, spirituality, physics, and cosmology. He notes that his own interest in the paranormal was stimulated by a series of out-of-body experiences. He suggests that a physical understanding of consciousness will most likely entail a theory incorporating higher dimensions of space. He…
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Is Postmortem Survival a Scientific Hypothesis? – Bruce Greyson
In this talk, Galileo Commission adviser Bruce Greyson argues that the belief that some part of human beings may survive bodily death (not as a religious question) can be operationalized in terms of empirically testable hypotheses.
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Sue Speaks Podcast – David Lorimer
David’s mission: “Inspiring purpose, transforming worldviews, and living your truth.”