Consciousness and the Biosphere
In association with the Institute of Ecotechnics and the October Gallery
Afternoon talks – 3pm to 6pm
John Allen – Biosphere, Ethnosphere and Emergent Evolution
Inventor of the Biosphere 2 project, the visionary polymath will speak and discuss the relationships between the Earth’s biosphere, technosphere and ethnosphere (cultures), and imagines what humans could become if we are willing to consciously participate in our own evolution.
Ralph Metzner – Expansion of Consciousness in the Individual and Society
Author of many books, practicing psychotherapist and Professor Emeritus at the California Institute of Integral Studies. Involved in consciousness research for over 50 years, including psychedelics, yoga, meditation, and shamanism, he is co-founder and president of the Green Earth Foundation, a non-profit educational organization devoted to healing and harmonizing the relationship between humans and the Earth.
Amanda Feilding – Frontiers of the Mind: Exploring Human Capabilities
Scientific director and founder of the Beckley Foundation
Amanda Feilding, has had a life-long interest in consciousness and its altered states, and is dedicated to furthering the understanding of this still elusive subject. In the early 1960s she studied mysticism and comparative religions at Oxford with Professor R.C. Zaehner, and has been engaged in the independent study of psychology and neurophysiology ever since. In 1998 she set up the Beckley Foundation and, in collaboration with leading scientist around the world , she initiates and carries out pioneering research into altered states of consciousness. Thereby opening up the doors of research into this vital, but taboo, topic.
Bernard Carr – Cosmos, Creation and the Culmination of Consciousness
Professor of Mathematics and Astronomy at Queen Mary
Bernard Carr’s research includes the early universe, black holes, dark matter and the anthropic principle. He is the author of more than two hundred scientific papers and editor of “Universe or Multiverse?”. His interests include psychical research and the relationship between physics and consciousness. He is a former President of the Society for Psychical Research and currently Chairman of the Scientific and Medical Network.
The afternoon will be chaired by: David Luke, Senior Lecturer in Psychology, University of Greenwich, London, and Director of Ecology, Cosmos and Consciousness Lectures Series.
Evening Programme
7-8pm – Dinner
8:30pm – 8:45pm – John “Dolphin” Allen – Reading from his Liberated Space novel from Haight-Ashbury scene in 1967 when Bobby Kennedy was shot, accompanied by a slide show.
8:45pm – 9:00pm – Ralph Metzner Reading from “Web of Life” poetry with video accompaniment.
9:00pm – 11:30pm – EarthDance, Hosted by DJ Jon “Om” Petit – Funky Psychedelic Audio Experimentalist with releases on Dragonfly/Aquatec/Twisted & Nano Records has DJ’d all over the world at legendary parties like Skylab, Return To The Source, Samothraki (Greece), Universo Parrallello (Brazil) and many more!
Puchase tickets online at the following link:
http://frontiersofthefuture.eventbrite.com/
Full Programme* £50.00
Afternoon Colloquium* £30.00
Dinner and Fusion Salon £25.00 (£22.50 conc.)
Fusion Salon £10.00 (£7.50 conc.)
*50% reduced admissions on full programme or afternoon colloquium for full-time students, including undergraduate, masters & PhD students, sponsored by SMN
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