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A Politics for Survival

“We need a new politics – the politics of existence on this planet… I think the next three days could be important for you, for your life and for humanity.” These grim words land hard on the 150-odd participants of the first Laszlo Institute online Symposium.  Laszlo...

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...

Dr. Jane Goodall Wins 2021 Templeton Prize

Dr. Jane Goodall Wins 2021 Templeton Prize We wanted you to be the first to know the exciting news: Dr. Jane Goodall, legendary scientist, conservationist, and activist, has just won the 2021 Templeton Prize. Dr. Goodall is known worldwide for her groundbreaking...

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...

Dr Larry Culliford – A Pandemic of Possibilities

Coronavirus Lockdown: An Opportunity to Flourish We are all growing wiser by the day. It is quite something to realise that the well-being of others counts for more than one’s own health and safety, even to the point of dying; but that is exactly what COVID-19...

Spiritual Depression by Steve Taylor 2020

Spiritual Depression By Steve Taylor  When depression is caused by losing touch with our spiritual sensibility. Some people have a simplistic belief that depression is caused by a chemical imbalance in the brain. It is usually ascribed to a low level of a...

Scientism: When science becomes a religion by Steve Taylor

Last year, I was invited to take part in a debate at a popular science festival. (My debate was entitled “Is War Inevitable?” and was notable for the fact that we all agreed that no, war is not inevitable since it has not always existed.) I love how...

New Study Shows Energy Healing Modality May Affect Gene Expression

IONS scientist Dr. Garret Yount, along with collaborator Dr. Dawson Church, is doing a series of exciting experiments on the effects of Emotion Freedom Techniques (EFT) on biochemistry and gene expression. EFT is a noninvasive technique that uses elements of cognitive...
Imaginal Inspirations with David Lorimer – Elisabet Sahtouris

Imaginal Inspirations with David Lorimer – Elisabet Sahtouris

Elisabet Sahtouris is an internationally known evolution biologist, futurist, professor and author. Her latest book Gaia’s Dance: The Story of Earth & Us explores the earth not as a machine, but as a living being. She tells the story of its evolution over billions...

Transcending the Brain

Transcending the Brain

At least some cases of physical damage are associated with enriched consciousness or cognitive skill Despite significant advances in neuroscience, consciousness remains a vexing mystery. Because the qualities of experience seem to be irreducible to physical...

Shared Death Research Project

Shared Death Research Project

By Paul Kieniewicz What follows is a letter from Raymond Moody describing an opportunity to contribute to a research project on shared death experiences. Please consider contributing.  What is a Shared Death Experience(SDE)?  Raymond Moody writes:In these experiences,...

Where Airy Voices Lead

Where Airy Voices Lead

Book review by David Lorimer True to its subtitle of ‘a short history of immortality’, this is a remarkable, erudite and even-handed treatment of the theme by an emeritus professor of archaeology and museology. The book is divided into four parts: bodily resurrection...

What were Network Members reading in 1975?

What were Network Members reading in 1975?

Back in 1975 I ran a bookshop called “The Gateway” in Ojai, California: Books for Mind Body and Spirit. Meanwhile on this side of the Atlantic the Scientific and Medical Network was taking shape. In those days, the Network was a group of scientists and doctors brought...

Entangled Life – Merlin Sheldrake

Entangled Life – Merlin Sheldrake

Merlin Sheldrake Entangled Life How Fungi Make Our Worlds, Change Our Minds & Shape Our Futures. Buy This Book Book Briefing by David Lorimer In Adventures of Ideas, the originator of process philosophy, Alfred North Whitehead,writes that ‘no science can be more...

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