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  • Imaginal Inspirations with Peter Russell

    Peter Russell is a leading thinker on consciousness and contemporary spirituality. He coined the term “global brain” with his 1980’s bestseller of the same name in which he predicted the Internet and the impact it would have on humanity. He is the author of twelve other books, including Waking Up in Time, From Science to…

  • Imaginal Inspirations with Harrie Salman

    David’s Guest today is Dr Harrie Salman, a philosopher of culture and a traveller who speaks nine European languages and who has lectured at a number of universities. In September 1986, he founded the Rembrandt Foundation for the study of Central European Culture, for which he organised about 30 conferences at the University of Leiden…

  • Imaginal Inspirations with Annine van der Meer

    David’s Guest today is Dr Annine E.G. van der Meer, a Dutch historian of religion who holds a PhD in theology from the University of Utrecht. She was the seventh, last and only female student to write her doctoral thesis under the guidance of the late Prof. Dr. Gilles Quispel.

  • Imaginal Inspirations with Stephen Wright

    David’s Guest today is Rev. Prof. Stephen G Wright FRCN MBE. In his own words, “starting out with the curse-blessing of the original dysfunctional family, Stephen emerged from his Manchester working class background to grow his hair long and wander around Europe like a lot of his generation did in the 60s. He drifted into nursing,…

  • David Lorimer hosts Pari Center Book-A-Month Club

    An informal monthly get-together to discuss books of significance for the Pari Center community. Pari Center is a GC partner. This evening was hosted by our very own David Lorimer to discuss The Passion of the Western Mind by GC adviser Richard Tarnas

  • Interviews with Innocence – Peter Russell

    Peter shares fascinating insights into how the Beatles and the psychedelic influences of the 60s played a pivotal role in his exploration of consciousness. He opens up about the moment he realized that traditional academics could not satiate his thirst for knowledge, leading him to embark on an awakening project that transformed his life and…

  • The Guardian’s Misleading Story on Near-Death Experiences

    The British paper the Guardian recently gave us a junk story on the topic of near-death experiences. It pushed a groundless narrative that a neuroscientist named Jimo Borjigin has done something to help explain such experiences, which is not at all correct.

  • Modelling the world

    Of course it’s tempting to suppose that conscious models must be imaginary in some sense, which is true enough in a way. But then one has to remember that they are pictured as woven from threads of durationality that endow the world with manifest existence; so maybe it’s the world that’s more truly ‘imaginary’! Whatever…

  • Science Enters the Matrix of Consciousness – Stephen Schwartz

    GC adviser Stephen Schwartz discusses science and consciousness on his podcast.

  • Article in Cortex – Enhanced mind-matter interactions following rTMS induced frontal lobe inhibition

    A major barrier to acceptance of psi is that effects are small and hard to replicate. To address this issue, we developed a novel neurobiological model to study this controversial phenomenon based upon the concept that the brain may act as a psi-inhibitory filter. Our previous research in individuals with frontal lobe damage suggests that…

  • Imaginal Inspirations with Sperry Andrews

    David’s Guest today is Sperry Andrews.  To further the evolution of a socially altruistic heart-centered intelligence and two-way telepathic awareness, Sperry Andrews founded the Human Connection Institute in 1990, facilitating hundreds of groups internationally for over thirty years. He has taught anyone interested how to recreate these experiences effectively in-person, as well as online via…

  • Cosmologist Bernard Carr Explores the Mysteries of the Universe with Sadhguru

    Renowned cosmologist Prof. Bernard Carr and Sadhguru engage in a fascinating discussion about some of the deepest mysteries of our cosmos. In a discussion facilitated by Dr. Bala Subramaniam, Professor of Anesthesiology, Harvard Medical School, Prof. Carr and Sadhguru explore a range of topics, including science, spirituality, time and space, multiverses, and consciousness in an…