Forty Years of Consciousness Research

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Charles Tart, Ph.D. has long been one of the world’s leading researchers on consciousness. In 1969, he edited a groundbreaking book titled, Altered States of Consciousness. That book had a large impact, making it legitimate for many others to conduct their own research into such areas as mutual dreaming, lucid dreaming, out-of-the-body experiences, meditation, psychedelic experiences , and other such phenomena that long had been off the beaten path. For most of his career, Dr. Tart was professor of psychology at the University of California at Davis, where he now holds the title of Professor Emeritus. Since leaving UC Davis, he has joined the faculty of the Institute of Transpersonal Psychology in Palo Alto, California. His list of publications and presentations runs into hundreds. I’m very excited to bring you this interview. One of his most recent books is Mind Science: Meditation Training for Practical People. Another current project is an online journal titled, TASTE which is devoted to transcendent experiences that scientists have reported. Lover of podcasting that I am, we close with Geoff Smith’s anthem to podcasting, “Not On The Radio.” Geoff has become quite a star in the podcast music firmament.