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Reseña de la charla ¿Los sistemas de conocimiento indígenas son clave para comprender la naturaleza de la conciencia?

La ponencia fue realizada por la Dra. Natasha Tassell-Matamua (Nueva Zelanda) durante la conferencia internacional Beyond the Brain (Más allá del Cerebro) el 04 de noviembre de 2022.

Dreams as journeys to depths within us – Amalia Carli

By Amalia Carli In the following pages I want to share some notes on a short presentation I did at Paul’s SMN wine bar in June where I discussed some thoughts about dreams, particularly with views from Carl Gustav Jung, James Hillman as well as from work by Dr. ...

Why a ‘genius’ scientist thinks our consciousness originates at the quantum level

Do our minds have quantum structures that give rise to consciousness? Sir Roger Penrose, one of the world’s most famous scientists, believes this and can explain how he thinks it works. By PAUL RATNER 15 January, 2018 Human consciousness is one of the grand...

Complementing reductionism: Goethean science. Part 2

Part 2: Life’s unique principles By AliciaLandman-Reiner   Abstract Life sciences today approach nature through a reductionist lens. A broadened methodology, known as Goethean science, complements that one-sided perspective. Building on the elements of the...

Complementing Reductionism: Goethean Science. Part 1

Part 1: Qualities and wholeness By AliciaLandman-Reiner Abstract While integrative practices in health care have grown over the past half-century, life sciences still view nature almost entirely through a reductionist lens. Contemporary research is described that...

A big lesson from the ‘Oumuamua alienware controversy

  A big lesson from the ‘Oumuamua alienware controversy Scientists should be cautious when expressing an opinion based on little more than speculation. MARCELO GLEISER 05 May, 2021 Artist’s impression of ʻOumuamua Credit: European Southern Observatory/M....

The Scientific World-Picture of To-Day.

THE SCIENTIFIC WORLD-PICTURE OF TO-DAY BY GENERAL THE RT. HON. J. C. SMUTS, P.O., C.H., F.R.S. PRESIDENT OF THE BRITISH ASSOCIATION FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF SCIENCE. THE PRESIDENTIAL ADDRESS. After what I said at the opening this afternoon it is unnecessary for me to...

Consciousness, Cognition and Behavior

Mukhopadhyay AK*   ABSTRACT The readers and authors of the journal are all neuroscientists. The purpose of such review in this journal is to make them familiar with an emerging worldview that the brain is not the source of consciousness and cognitive faculty...

The neurobiology of resilience – Professor David Peters

Neuroscience makes possible a new understanding of human nature. The practice of medicine is particularly stressful, and neuroscience helps explain why this is the case. When work is demanding and recovery poor, persistent stress begins to distort our view of...

Recognising the Matrix of Consciousness – Stephan Schwartz

Source: Schwartz, S. A. (2020). What would the world be like if the matrix of consciousness were recognized. The Journal of Science and Healing, 16(2), 81-84. In almost all discussions of the future that I see, hear, or read, the central theme is the coming crisis of...

Understanding C.G. Jung’s Little Red Book – Part 1

As Roger Woolger observes below, the appearance of Jung’s Red Book is not only a landmark in the history of psychology, but also in Western Culture. The book is exquisitely produced in a large format and contains beautiful calligraphy and symbolic paintings by Jung...

The Holographic Soul – Part 2

The modern focus on topics such as the power of now, cosmic ordering, quantum mysticism and cosmic consciousness has led many people towards a spiritual view that places the emphasis on the idea that we are all One. But what of the persuasive evidence that we are also...

The Holographic Soul – Part 1

The modern focus on topics such as the power of now, cosmic ordering, quantum mysticism and cosmic consciousness has led many people towards a spiritual view that places the emphasis on the idea that we are all One. But what of the persuasive evidence that we are also...

Late Thoughts; After 90 years

Editor’s Note:  Member Professor Erland Lagerroth celebrated his 90th birthday this year. As you will see from the autobiography and article below, he has been a prolific and pioneering author in Swedish. He was prominent enough to attract the attention of Swedish...

Jewels Made From Diamonds or Plastic?

Whenever we have been furnished with tar baby ostensibly stuffed with jewels, and warned that it will be dishonourable and irreverent to disembowel it and test the jewels, we keep our sacrilegious hands off it. We submit, not reluctantly, but rather gladly, for we are...

It’s Happening Now The new psycho-spiritual paradigm

The Spirituality and Psychiatry Special Interest Group of the Royal College of Psychiatrists was founded just over 10 years ago by a number of Network Members, and now has over 2,000 members. Interestingly, this makes it the largest SIG within the College. Larry...

Manifesto for a Post-Materialist Science

We are a group of internationally known scientists, from a variety of scientific fields (biology, neuroscience, psychology, medicine, psychiatry), who participated in an international summit on post-materialist science, spirituality and society.  The summit was...

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