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Throughout history, the deceased have comforted, warned, and advised dreamers. While these interactions range from the profound to the simple, they seem to be fairly common. Lucid dreaming (when you are aware during the dream that you are dreaming) offers a unique opportunity to interact consciously with deceased dream figures. 

Some people report that they process grief, trauma, or unfinished business in their lucid dreams. Others say that these encounters gave them a new perspective or a sense of closure. Some people even received information that they did not know that was later verified in waking reality.

Join lucid dreaming expert and author, Robert Waggoner, as he shares some of the scientific research on death and dreams. Plus, he will show you how you can use lucid dreaming to heal grief and gain insight. 

Lucid Dreams and the Deceased: Healing Grief and Gaining Insights
Friday September 16th
11:00am – 12:00pm PDT

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SPEAKER

Robert Waggoner is the past President of the International Association for the Study of Dreams (IASD). For the past twenty years, he has been the co-editor of the online magazine, The Lucid Dreaming Experience, the only ongoing publication devoted specifically to lucid dreaming. A lucid dreamer since 1975, he has logged more than 1,000 lucid dreams.

Lucid dreaming offers science a revolutionary psychological tool to experiment and investigate the deeper aspects of the dream state, consciousness and the mind. In 1975, Robert taught himself a simple technique to become consciously aware in dreams. Since that time, lucid dreaming has been proven by the pioneering research of Dr. Keith Hearne, University of Hull, and Dr. Stephen LaBerge at Stanford.

Robert’s first book, Lucid Dreaming: Gateway to the Inner Self, shows how lucid dreamers can explore the subconscious and its knowing. With fascinating lucid dream examples, thought-provoking questions and exciting techniques, it has been hailed “a classic” by experienced lucid dreamers. His latest book, Lucid Dreaming, Plain and Simple: Tips and Techniques for Insight, Creativity and Personal Growth, written in collaboration with Carolina McCready, was called the “perfect book for beginners” by easy-lucid-dreaming.com.

Robert frequently speaks on lucid dreaming at national and international dream conferences, workshops and college classrooms, including Sonoma State University, Iowa State University, The University of Washington, The University of Michigan-Ann Arbor, Evergreen State College, and internationally at Tel Aviv University and Hebrew University, in Jerusalem, Israel.

Robert has been interviewed by CNN, CBS News and ABC News (KABC – Los Angeles) about the practice of lucid dreaming. His comments have appeared in media as diverse as DETAILS, The Huffington Post, Pittsburgh Post Gazette, Popular Science and Brides magazine. During 2009-2010, he had a regular Iowa Public Radio show, discussing dreams and lucid dreams.

The Lucid Dreaming Experience

The Lucid Dreaming Experience (LDE) is an independently published quarterly e-zine dedicated to educating and inspiring lucid dreamers everywhere. The magazine seeks to educate, inform and inspire lucid dreamers by exploring lucid dream techniques, sharing lucid dreams and discussing the potentials of lucid dreaming.

Through the lucid dream experiences of our readers, you will learn a lot about lucid dreaming — new challenges to try, techniques to prolong lucidity, ideas about the boundaries of lucid dreaming and more. Many of our readers find that reading about lucid dreams in the LDE (particularly at night before going to sleep) increases their likelihood of having lucid dreams!

Lucid Dreaming Plain and Simple

Based on many decades of personal experience and some of the latest scientific research, Lucid Dreaming Plain and Simple, seeks to introduce the beginner to the science and practice of lucid dreaming. Robert Waggoner, author of the acclaimed book, Lucid Dreaming: Gateway to the Inner Self, has teamed up with a talented teacher and lucid dreamer based in London, Caroline McCready, to help you learn important lucid dreaming techniques to induce, maintain and explore this special state. Along the way, you will be treated to numerous examples of lucid dreams, and the various ‘lessons in lucidity’ that emerge from the authors’ decades of experience and observant eye.

Lucid dreaming offers you access to an inner platform to call forth creativity, promote healing, seek insight and personal transformation. In clear and thoughtful language, Lucid Dreaming Plain and Simple shows you what you need to know in order to benefit from this extraordinary state. Moreover, you will learn how experienced lucid dreamers use this to accelerate spiritual growth, heal from past traumas and clear out mental debris which keeps you from your full potential.

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What is true wisdom and how is it different from intelligence?  What is the source of wisdom and how can we cultivate it using noetic practices?  And why does it matter in our personal, professional, and collective life experience?

Cultivating Noetic Wisdom for Personal and Collective Good
Friday, June 24, 2022
11:00 am – 12:15 pm (PST)

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Host

Claire Lachance serves as the CEO of the Institute of Noetic Sciences, leading a team of world-renowned scientists and experiential program professionals in Northern California. Prior to joining IONS in 2016, Claire was the founder and president of Inspiration Quest, Inc. where she led the delivery of comprehensive management consulting services to hundreds of nonprofit organizations, foundations, public agencies, and social entrepreneurs. Earlier in her career, Claire held executive positions at Pacific Bell and MetLife. She earned an MBA from Harvard Business School and a BA magna cum laude in Economics from Tufts University.

Panelists

Helen L. Stewart, Ph.D., has served as teaching faculty, academic administrator, and consultant to many individuals and companies in the United States and abroad. She is an author, arbitrator/mediator, community organizer, interpreter in French for the US Department of State, a rural sociologist for the United Nations Development Program in West Africa, public speaker in the U.S., Europe, the Caribbean, and South America, and radio personality in Santa Fe, New Mexico. In 2013 Helen published a book on business applications of intuition entitled Seven Seconds or Less: From Gut Feeling to Bottom Line in Challenging Areas of Business through Balboa Press. That book is based on her intuitive work with individual and corporate clients. She has been a member of IONS and of the Scientific and Medical Network since the 1990s, and also studied and taught various aspects of metaphysics online and in-person for several decades. She is currently working on a book of essays entitled Grits and Granola, including a section she is labeling the “Great American Fears.”

Prasad Kaipa, Ph.D., holds a doctorate in physics from the University of Utah, where his team built an international research laboratory. The co-author of “From Smart to Wise”, Prasad focuses on “igniting the genius within” as well as pursuing “personal mastery” to help others find their next significant step. He integrates business approaches with brain research and spirituality/wisdom models to advise and coach C-level executives at Fortune 500 companies. He is an educator/consultant in the areas of leadership, change management, innovation, and management team development for companies like AT&T, Cisco, HP, Ford, Maersk, and Pepsi. He has been an adviser to the Business FAC of Fetzer Institute. Prasad has offered executive education programs at INSEAD, London Business School, Marshall School of Business, Tuck School of Business, and IIM Bangalore. He is a Clinical Professor and founding Executive Director of the Center for Leadership, Innovation, and Change (CLIC) at the Indian School of Business (ISB).

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While scientists study and uncover many fascinating phenomena, no one is more of an expert on your noetic experiences than You! An amazing field of research called “Heuristic Inquiry” (pronounced hyu-RIS-tik – from the Greek “heuriskein” meaning “to discover”) pertains to the process of gaining knowledge through self-reflection, self-discovery, and self-transformation.

Living the Noetic Sciences:
Explore How You Relate to Interconnected Reality
Friday, June 17, 2022
11:00 am – 12:15 pm (PST)

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As individuals, we can use some of the fundamental approaches of heuristic inquiry to explore how we relate to the noetic world. It can be a very personal and collective journey of discovery that incorporates felt senses, perception, intuitive, and introspective exploration. These experiences help us to deepen our relationship with our noetic self and tap into information and energy that supports us in decision making, guidance, knowing beyond just the rational, and living with a more expanded understanding of ourselves and the world.

Join us on June 17th to dive into some exciting practices exploring your noetic self!

PRESENTER

Nina Fry-Kizler, MA, is Senior Designer of Experiential Programs at IONS. She has worked for years with the Science team at IONS and continues to be a liaison between the Experience and Science departments, infusing cutting-edge research into our experiential programs. As a former professor at John F. Kennedy University in the Holistic Health Education Masters Program for a decade, Nina taught classes on the psychology and physiology of stress, the challenges of change/transformation, energy models of healing, and mind-body medicine. She was trained in the Mind-Body Medicine Professional Training program at the Center for Mind-Body Medicine and as a Birth Doula through Doulas of North America.

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The IONS Science team is coming together! In this special webinar, each of the IONS scientists will be sharing the latest on one of their research projects. Focusing on the paradigm-changing consciousness research that IONS is known for, you’ll hear from our experts in physics, clinical research, neuroscience, EEG, computer science and engineering, and molecular biology.

A Noetic Science Sampler:
Exploring Groundbreaking Research
Friday, June 10, 2022
11:00 am – 12:30pm (PST)

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Join us to explore groundbreaking current research, directions for future endeavors, and the potential this work has to evolve the materialist paradigm to reflect the true nature of consciousness and reality.

PRESENTERS

	Helané Wahbeh, ND, MCR, is the Director of Research at the Institute of Noetic Sciences and an adjunct assistant professor in the Department of Neurology at Oregon Health & Science University. Dr. Wahbeh is clinically trained as a naturopathic physician and research trained with a Master of Clinical Research and two post-doctoral research fellowships. She has published on and spoken internationally about her studies on complementary and alternative medicine, mind-body medicine, extended human capacities, stress, posttraumatic stress disorder and their relationships to physiology, health, and healing. Dr. Wahbeh is especially known for her research around — and noetic approach to — channeling.
	Arnaud Delorme, PhD, is a CNRS principal investigator in Toulouse, France, a faculty member at the University of California, San Diego, and a Scientist at the Institute of Noetic Sciences. He is a long-time Zen meditator and has taught in India on the neural correlates of conscious experience in a Master’s degree program for the Birla Institute of Technology. He is the author of some 160+ peer-reviewed publications and is best known for developing the EEG software that is now the most used in EEG research worldwide.
	Dean Radin, MS, PhD, is Chief Scientist at the Institute of Noetic Sciences and Associated Distinguished Professor at the California Institute of Integral Studies. Before joining the research staff at IONS in 2001, he held appointments at AT&T Bell Labs, Princeton University, University of Edinburgh, and SRI International. Dr. Radin is author or coauthor of hundreds of technical articles, some 125 peer-reviewed journal articles, four dozen book chapters, and four best-selling, popular books. He has given over 600 invited presentations and interviews for government, military, business, scientific, and other groups around the world.
	Garret Yount, PhD, is a Scientist at the Institute of Noetic Sciences. Dr. Yount’s primary interest is bridging molecular neurobiology with aspects of consciousness and the nonmaterial mind. He began his formal studies in consciousness research with a small grant from the Institute of Noetic Sciences in 1995, which allowed him to work with biofield practitioners and spiritual healers in the laboratory. Dr. Yount was among the first scientists to be awarded a Research Project Grant (R01) from the National Institutes of Health to study energy healing. He has spoken nationally and co-authored peer-reviewed papers on the topic of establishing rigorous guidelines for research into biofields and micro-psychokinesis.

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IONS prides itself on pushing the edges of frontier science of consciousness. This includes topics that many would consider taboo such as telepathy, remote viewing, psychokinesis, mediumship, and trance channeling. This Friday’s ConnectIONS Live delves into the fringe of the fringe of taboo topics: Physical Mediumship.

Physical Mediumship Research: Beyond the Taboo
Friday, June 3rd
11am-12:15pm PDT

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Physical mediumship refers to special type of mediumship that results in apparent physical manifestations such as lights, full or partial materializations, dematerialization, and direct voice phenomena. Historically, physical mediumship received great attention from parapsychology researchers in the late 1800’s and early 1900’s, but minimal rigorous research occurred in the last 50 years.

Thanks to the generous support of the Marco Project Endowment Fund, IONS hosted a workgroup on physical mediumship with experts from around the world. The group discussed the state of the science and developed a research program to revitalize this often sidelined research topic. Join IONS Director of Research, Dr. Helané Wahbeh, and her two panelists, Debra Lynn Katz and Ramsés D’León, as they discuss physical mediumship, the results of the workgroup, and their vision for the future of physical mediumship research.

HOST

Helané Wahbeh, ND, MCR, is the Director of Research at the Institute of Noetic Sciences and an adjunct assistant professor in the Department of Neurology at Oregon Health & Science University. She completed her undergraduate degree at University of California Berkeley in Anthropology and Pre-Medicine. She obtained her clinical doctorate at the National University of Natural Medicine. She obtained her Master of Clinical Research from Oregon Health & Science University where she has been on faculty in the department of neurology since 2006. She also completed two post-doctoral research fellowships.

PANELISTS

Debra Lynne Katz has a Ph.D. in Psychology and holds a Masters’s Degree in Social Work. She has been deeply involved in conducting formal experimental research in remote viewing. She is currently the President of the International Remote Viewing Association and co-director of the IRVA research unit, International School of Clairvoyance (www.debrakatz.com), and a member of several parapsychological organizations as well. She has authored books, including Associative Remote Viewing: The Art & Science of Predicting Outcomes for sports, financials, elections, and the lottery” (2021); “The Complete Clairvoyant; A Trilogy” (2020); “You Are Psychic: The Art of Clairvoyant Reading and Healing” (2004); “Extraordinary Psychic: Proven Techniques to Master Your Natural Abilities” (2009); and “Freeing the Genie Within” (2009). Debra is an accomplished remote viewer and clairvoyant practitioner herself (with mental mediumship being an important aspect but not the main focus to date) and an eternal student of the intuitive and healing arts. She’s a former Federal Probation Officer, legal victims advocate, and TV show host.

Ramsés D’León is a researcher and educator in the field of Parapsychology. His principal interests are in the area are psychokinesis and physiological anticipation. He is also engaged in reaching the field to students and researchers in other disciplines. He is certified by the Parapsychology Foundation in “Parapsychology and Anomalistic Psychology: Research and Education.” He is the Office Manager and Mexico’s International Liaison of the Parapsychological Association and organizes is Psi Agora, at its monthly member’s only event. He is also the recipient of the Parapsychological Foundation “Lisette Coly Award” and was featured as “Next Generation” researcher in the Mindfield Bulletin.

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Join Dr. Michael Sapiro, for a special ConnectIONS live on May 27th as he shares his experiential presentation on ketamine-assisted therapy. In times when isolation and feeling separated are at an all-time high, we need experiences that elicit profound growth through noetic experiences, and target healing and transformation of body, mind, spirit, community, and planet. Ketamine-assisted therapy provides us with a safe and highly effective modality for increasing wellbeing, and for the relief of treatment-resistant depression, chronic pain, anxiety disorders, post-traumatic stress disorder, and a variety of other mental and physical disorders. During the Ketamine experience, people report deep states of relaxation and heightened awareness, mindfulness and self-acceptance, antidepressant effects, out-of-body and dissociative experiences, a nondual sense of Beingness, and increased insights about who we are spiritually. The Ketamine experience is a noetic one, in that the material of the psyche is revealed, the spirit world opened, and the nondual field of awakened awareness contains it all.

Mainstreaming Mysticism: Ketamine-Assisted Therapy and Noetic Experiences
Friday May 27th
11am-12:15pm PDT

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In this experiential presentation, Dr. Sapiro bridges science, psychology, and spirituality as he explores and explains how Ketamine can be used as a tool to bring mysticism to the public, and into the medical and healing fields. Ketamine therapy works on three levels: physiological, psychological, and spiritual and you will have a chance to participate in a meditation that brings all three domains into focus. For Dr. Sapiro, this is our nature and our work: to know we are that which is beyond time and space, the formless loving Source from which all arises and returns, is the ultimate lesson of this medicine. He believes we are both the Mystery itself and the conditions that arise within it; that we are both the Universe, and a very unique, personalized expression of the Universe learning about Itself while living through us.

SPEAKER

Michael Sapiro, PsyD, is a clinical psychologist, psychedelic-assisted therapist, transformational coach, writer, meditation teacher and researcher, and former Buddhist monk. He is MAPS trained, is on faculty at Esalen Institute, is a Fellow at the Institute of Noetic Sciences, and is core faculty in the Psychedelic’s Today Vital psychedelic certification program. He recently completed a study on time travel, hope, and love with Dr. Julia Mossbridge of The Institute for Love and Time. Dr. Sapiro teaches nationally on the art and science of transformation, expanded human capabilities, and futuremaking. He is the integrative psychologist at the Boise Ketamine Clinic where he offers Ketamine Assisted Psychotherapy (individual KAP and group KAT) sessions, and is an integrative coach and consultant with VETS Solutions, Seal Future Foundation, and Sabot Foundation, helping former Navy Seals and other special operations team members recover from combat exposure with psychedelic-assisted therapy. He also works therapeutically with first responders (police, SWAT, and Fire). He hosted a syndicated radio program on expanded human potential called Radio Awakened out of KRBX now found on Soundcloud. His work is dedicated to personal awakening for the sake of collective and planetary transformation. He can be found at michaelsapiro.com.

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Join author, professor, and IONS Emeritus Fellow, Christopher M. Bache, for a special ConnectIONS live on May 20th as he shares about his latest book, LSD and the Mind of the Universe. In this book, Christopher tells the story of his 20-year journey with LSD – 73 high dose sessions conducted between 1979-1999 following Stanislav Grof’s protocol. Trained as a philosopher of religion, this journey became the philosophical adventure of his lifetime. He spent years digesting his experiences, pondering their implications, and trying to integrate the truths he was shown. Now that psychedelics are returning to legitimate scientific and academic discourse, Christopher is sharing his experiment in doing psychedelic philosophy – the methodology used, the dimensions of consciousness that opened, the challenge of achieving sustained communion with these dimensions, and the visions he was given of an impending global crisis and the birth of the Future Human.

LSD and the Mind of the Universe
Friday May 20th
11am-12:30pm PDT

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SPEAKER

Christopher M. Bache, Ph.D. is professor emeritus in the department of Philosophy and Religious Studies at Youngstown State University where he taught for 33 years. He is also adjunct faculty at the California Institute of Integral Studies, Emeritus Fellow at the Institute of Noetic Sciences, and on the Advisory Council of Grof Legacy Training. Chris’ passion has been the study of the philosophical implications of nonordinary states of consciousness, particularly psychedelic states. An award winning teacher and international speaker, Chris has written four books: Lifecycles – a study of reincarnation in light of contemporary consciousness research; Dark Night, Early Dawn – a pioneering work in psychedelic philosophy and collective consciousness; The Living Classroom, an exploration of collective fields of consciousness in teaching; and LSD and the Mind of the Universe, the story of his 20 year journey with LSD.

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Spiritual emergence experiences occur throughout the life span, triggered by sudden losses, spiritual practices, as well as spontaneous anomalous experiences. Major losses include questioning or loss of faith, illness, grief and facing death. Anomalous spiritual experiences, such as mystical, near death, and psychedelic experiences challenge our understanding of the world and can be confusing and frightening. The self can become disorganized and overwhelmed by an infusion of spiritual energies or new realms of experience. While such challenges can produce a period of distress and imbalance, once recognized and approached as potentially transformative, many people can integrate such episodes in ways that promote their growth and development. Fostering integration of spiritual emergence experiences rather than trying to “reduce symptoms” can enable them to become Spiritually Transformative Experiences.

Recognizing and Integrating Spiritual Emergence
Friday April 29th
11am-12:15pm PDT

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SPEAKER

David Lukoff, PhD is an Emeritus Professor of Psychology at Sofia University in Palo Alto, CA and a licensed psychologist in California whose work focuses on spiritual issues and mental health. He is author of 80 articles and chapters and is co-author of the DSM-IV and DSM-5 category Religious or Spiritual Problem, and he recently founded the Spiritual Competency Academy to provide training for mental health professionals in spiritual competency, loss, grief, death, recovery, and spiritual crises.

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The current global circumstances we are all experiencing have bought into focus the undeniable shift that is happening on our planet and in our consciousness. 

Where are we going, and how can we move forward? Our ancient wisdom keepers have the answers that can guide us to clarity and healing.

Traditional Andean Medicine Man Puma Quispe Singona is a member of the Elders Council in Chinchero, Peru. As a recognised holder of ancient wisdom, he plays an active role in world affairs by sitting on several international and indigenous councils, including the World Wisdom Council. Through this work, Puma ensures the contribution of indigenous wisdom toward strengthening the vision of global harmony and healing. Trained by his grandfather, Don Maximo, from the age of 6, Puma has a love of sharing this deep wisdom and has been described as “magical, compassionate and wise beyond his years”.

In this free talk, streamed live from the Andean Mountains in Peru, Puma will talk about his role as a holder of his ancient lineage and wisdom. Through simple ritual and visualizations, he will teach you how to recognise energy that serves you, and how to take it abundantly from Pachamama (Mother Earth) and from the Cosmos. Puma will highlight different types of energy, as well as how to beneficially access those highest frequencies in and around us.

Healing Ourselves and our Planet: Wisdom from a Traditional Andean Medicine Man
Friday, May 13, 2022
11:00 AM – 12:15 PM (Pacific)

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We are delighted to be collaborating with The College of Psychic Studies in London, on this talk featuring one of the College’s prestigious presenters, Andean shaman Puma Quipse. The College of Psychic Studies is also holding a ‘Masterclass’ with Puma following this talk and IONS members will receive a special discount.

You can find a link to Puma’s Masterclass here. When booking please use the discount code: IONS, to receive your discount

SPEAKER

Fredy “Puma” Quispe Singona was born in 1980 in Chinchero a small Village in Cusco. He was trained by his grandfather, Don Maximo, in the mastery of Andean ceremonies and rituals since he was a very young boy. As a spiritual leader both in his own community of Chinchero, international gatherings and spiritual journeys he has a passion for the teachings of his people, and a profound respect for the global awakening Human Consciousness. He has attended and facilitated numerous international gatherings of spiritual leaders and young leaders with YES (Youth for Environmental Sanity).

For more information visit www.collegeofpsychicstudies.co.uk

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