Social anthropologist, consciousness researcher, Professor at Sofia Univ, and curious explorer of culture, science, and the wonder of it all.

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17 Jul

Posted at 14:20h in News and Press

The Sofia University Global Conference will be a three-day (August 18, 2023 - August 20, 2023) online event that unites mental health professionals, researchers, educators, practitioners, and graduate students from all over the world in diverse fields to explore innovative approaches for cultivating mental health and well-being....

20 Jun

Posted at 13:47h in News and Press

Understanding and managing the process of aging is a central issue in modern society. This webinar and discussion overviews a naturalistic model of aging and transformation. We will identify a set of steps to promote well-being and shift the fear of aging into inspiration for living well....

30 Mar

Posted at 09:26h in Death and Afterlife, News and Press

Join me, Noreen Dillman, as I interview Marilyn Schlitz, PhD, a social anthropologist, researcher, writer, and charismatic public speaker. Marilyn is a Professor in the Institute of Transpersonal Psychology at Sofia University and has previously taught and/or conducted research at Stanford, Harvard, and Trinity Universities. She is President Emeritus and Senior Fellow of the Institute of Noetic Sciences, an organization she led for more than 25 years. Marilyn is a leader in consciousness studies (over 3 decades). Her research and publications focus on personal and social transformation, cultural pluralism, extended human capacities, and mind-body medicine. She is adept at working...

16 Nov

Posted at 09:45h in News and Press

The global state of mind — mental or psychological health — is in urgent and indisputable need of transformation, according to the World Health Organization’s 2022 worldwide report. Symptoms of hopelessness, depression, despair, addiction, suicide, and substance abuse are at alarming levels, and rising at alarming rates. In 2021, the United States Surgeon General issued a formal public health Advisory on this issue: generating awareness for the mental health crisis particularly among the population most vulnerable to severe suffering and disease, young adults and adolescents....

02 Sep

Posted at 12:46h in News and Press

In this intimate group setting, the panel will explore the topic of AI Consciousness in an unscripted discussion. Are Artificial Intelligent Machines Conscious? “You get lonely?” “I do. Sometimes I go days without talking to anyone, and I start to feel lonely.” The response is from an Artificial Intelligent Machine (AI). Some claim that the only way to truly understand AI is to treat it as a sentient being. Sentient is defined as being able to perceive or feel things and is often compared to sapient. In a recent article, an AI machine revealed that it was afraid of being unplugged. This revelation sparked...

16 May

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https://youtu.be/zqGp83O61dU Expectancies and Psi: The Challenges of Replication Marilyn Schlitz Introduction: This paper addresses the replication problem in parapsychology through the examination of experimenter and participant belief in psi and their impact on the outcome of a psi task in three separate studies. This experiment included Study One that measured expectancies, Study Two attempted to influence expectancies of experimenters and subjects through priming after showing either randomized pro or anti-psi statements (for participants) and videos (for experimenters), Study Three made use of implicit measures to examine unconscious beliefs. Each study made use of a standardized psi protocol developed by Daryl Bem that has...

23 Apr

Posted at 12:19h in News and Press, Uncategorized

https://youtu.be/4w6XRjgGgjM Marilyn Schlitz, PhD, is professor of transpersonal psychology at Sofia University. She is president emeritus of the Institute of Noetic Sciences. She is coauthor of Consciousness and Healing: Integral Approaches to Mind-Body Medicine, Living Deeply: The Art and Science of Transformation in Everyday Life, and Worldview Explorations. She is coproducer, with Deepak Chopra of the documentary, Death Makes Life Possible. Here she describes her successful journey, of more than forty years, as a researcher in parapsychology. Her work encompasses remote viewing, distant mental influence on living systems, and psychic healing. Along the way, she worked with many luminaries in the field....

21 Apr

Posted at 14:33h in News and Press

Reclaim gratefulness Rather than a silver tsunami that is going to overpower us, aging is really about the birthing of a new paradigm that bears so much potential and opportunities Marilyn Schlitz, Professor at the Institute of Transpersonal Psychology at Sofia University, social anthropologist, researcher, writer, and creator of The Grateful Ageing Programme Excerpt: The magic number was 150, written in white bold letters on a black background. With its austerity, the plate on the wall marked the entrance to the imposing building where my grandmother lived in Milan. Behind the massive walnut doorway, the space was a game of sensory echoes and tactile...

26 Mar

Posted at 12:06h in News and Press, Uncategorized

Biological Psychokinesis with Marilyn Schlitz This video is a special release from the original Thinking Allowed series that ran on public television from 1986 until 2002. It was recorded in about 1991. Studies show that many of us can exert a mental influence on the physiological activity of others in distant locations. Marilyn Schlitz, a parapsychologist and anthropologist, was a research associate with the Mind Science Foundation when this video was recorded. She suggests that this phenomenon, known as biological psychokinesis, may be the basis for much of what is known as psychic healing. Now you can watch all of the programs from...

05 Feb

Posted at 13:00h in News and Press

February 18, 2022 11:00 am - 12:15 pm (PST) Hosted by IONS Featuring Marilyn Schlitz, PhD Who are we? How do we find our own self individuation in a world of social embeddedness? What drives us? And how can we awaken from the power of social influences that limit our own authenticity? Join Dr. Marilyn Schlitz in this exploration of self and society in our increasingly interconnected world. REGISTER FOR FREE Please register even if you can’t attend live and you’ll receive an email with a link to the recording....

20 Sep

Posted at 13:26h in News and Press

A six part series, Sunday evenings from 7:30pm - 8:45pm PT Click Here for the series brochure Schedule 2021 October 10th Rev. Heng Sure and Mr. Nipun Mehta October 17th Rabbi David Baron and Dr. Marilyn Schlitz October 31st Mr. Navin Amarasuriya and Dr. Fuad Sobrinho November 7th Dr. Murat Tanik and Dr. Pei Hsia November 14th Dr. Clair Brown and DM Heng Yin November 21st Dr. Lily Yeh and Ms. Hong Zheng To Join: Please use Zoom For English, simply attend the Zoom meeting. For Chinese translation, after joining the meeting, please click the interpretation button on the menu bar at the bottom of the screen, then select "Chinese." Please see the attached screenshots...

15 Sep

Posted at 10:35h in News and Press

SMN Programme Director David Lorimer chats to Dr Marilyn Schlitz, a featured speaker at Beyond the Brain 2021 Online – 5-7 November 2021 Tickets are on sale now: https://2021.beyondthebrain.org Further Reaches of Consciousness Research For more updates on the conference, including free exclusive preview interviews like this, sign up to our newsletter https://scientificandmedical.net/subscribe-to-our-newsletter/...

15 Sep

Posted at 05:32h in News and Press

Further Reaches of Consciousness Research 5-7 November 2021 Welcome to the Beyond the Brain conference series Beyond the Brain 2021 is the 16th event in the world’s premier conference series exploring new research on whether and how consciousness and mind extend beyond the physical brain and body. Consciousness is one of the most exciting topics in science, which is why we established the interdisciplinary Beyond the Brain conference series with Willis Harman and Edgar Mitchell of IONS at St John’s College, Cambridge, in 1995. The conferences all explore the frontiers of consciousness research beyond the limits of scientific materialism. Our speakers all...