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Astronaut and founder of the Institute of Noetic Sciences, Edgar Mitchell, discusses the nature of consciousness and its place in the cosmic scheme of things past, present, and future.

Ervin Laszlo, Nobel Prize nominee and Club of Budapest founder, brings his grand-scale “theory of everything” to bear on the plight of humanity here and now.

Dr. Peter Fenwick, neuropsychiatrist at London University, provides an eye-opening look at some of the unexplored and unexplained mysteries of human consciousness.

Robert Godwin, author of the metaphysical thriller One Cosmos Under God speaks with Elizabeth Debold and Andrew Cohen about the evolution of consciousness, culture, and the cosmos.

WIE’s Carter Phipps speaks with evolutionary Christian theologian John Haught about his sharp critiques of the “New Atheism”—a highly-publicized attempt to debunk religious faith led by Richard Dawkins, Daniel Dennett, Christopher Hitchens, and Sam Harris.

Best known for his studies in the development of consciousness in children, Pearce suggests that the culmination of three billion years of evolution lies untapped within our neural structures.

Fred Alan Wolf studies the relationship of quantum physics to consciousness. He appeared in the popular film, What the Bleep Do We Know!? and is the author of The Yoga of Time Travel and other books.

WIE Unbound presents Mind, Matter, and Time, a three-day conference on consciousness sponsored by WIE and the Omega Institute in Rhinebeck, NY. The conference presented the work and ideas of WIE's managing editor Craig Hamilton, Masaru Emoto, Joseph Chilton Pearce, and Fred Alan Wolf.

Physicist Joel Primack and his wife, philosopher Nancy Abrams, speak with WIE’s Andrew Cohen and Elizabeth Debold about how a new scientifically-based cosmology is providing new meaning to humanity’s unique role in the evolving universe.

Science writer Amir Aczel explores the remarkable scientific career of evolutionary mystic Pierre Teilhard de Chardin.

Steven Vedro speaks to WIE’s Carter Phipps about his recent book, Digital Dharma: A User’s Guide to Expanding Consciousness in the Infosphere, and discusses the unique role that technology plays in the evolution of consciousness.

A live dialogue between WIE readers and editors Carter Phipps and Joel Pitney about the highly publicized religion vs science debate highlighted in their recent article, “Atheists with Attitude.”

British philosopher and theologian Keith Ward speaks to EnlightenNext’s Carter Phipps about his new book, which explores the fundamental roots of the controversial relationship between science and religion.

Professor Frank Poletti describes the vision behind the Esalen Center for Theory and Research, a mystical think tank that is redefining evolution and spirituality and transcending the outdated polarity between science and God.

Author and media activist Duane Elgin explains why he thinks the cosmology of the future will see the universe not as a mechanical conglomeration of matter but as a living, evolving entity.

EnlightenNext’s Jeff Carreira explores pioneering Austrian mystic Rudolf Steiner’s powerful and subtle science of spiritual evolution with philosopher John Walker.

Robert Richardson, biographer of Ralph Waldo Emerson and William James, explores the insights and contemporary relevance of these two revolutionary nineteenth-century thinkers.

What will it be like to coexist alongside intelligent robots? Find out in this fascinating discussion with ethicist and futuristic theologian Anne Foerst about the moral, social, and philosophical implications of creating artificial human life.

WIE's Tom Huston speaks with Pulitzer Prize–winning journalist and author Deborah Blum about Ghost Hunters, her historical narrative about the life and times of nineteenth-century psychologist-philosopher William James and his search for proof of life after death.

WIE’s Elizabeth Debold speaks with investigative reporter Lynne McTaggart about the much publicized and mysterious power of thought and intention—what it can accomplish, how it’s been proved, and why you should know about it.

In part one of this special two-part release, pioneering British biologist Rupert Sheldrake and WIE founder Andrew Cohen engage in a free-spirited dialogue about the nature and evolution of consciousness, exploring the habits or structures that shape our culture and demand our attention if we want to consciously create an enlightened future.

In Part Two of this special two-part video, pioneering British biologist Rupert Sheldrake and WIE founder Andrew Cohen continue their free-spirited investigation into the nature and evolution of consciousness, exploring the phenomenon of interiority, the pursuit of higher potentials, and the urgent need to change our individual and collective habits to ensure an enlightened future.

In his conversation with WIE editor Tom Huston, biophysicist Deno Kazanis proposes that spiritual insights into the nature of subtle realms of existence may provide a key for unlocking the mysteries of dark matter.

Peter Russell, intrepid consciousness explorer and author of From Science to God, blends physics, psychology, and philosophy in his search for a new worldview.

Mary Evelyn Tucker, Earth Charter advocate and world religions professor, discusses the powerful potential relationship between religion and ecology.

Masaru Emoto demonstrates in beautiful photographs that prayer and thoughts alter crystalline formations of frozen water. His work was featured in the movie, What the Bleep Do We Know!?

Vice President for Research and Education at the Institute of Noetic Sciences Dr. Marilyn Schlitz tells tales from the lab guaranteed to amaze believers and skeptics alike...

Former psi researcher turned skeptic-with-an-open-mind asks the question, “What IF the entirety of our experience were reducible to chemical processes in the brain?”

Christian theologian and philosopher Dr. Nancey Murphy speaks with WIE's Craig Hamilton about the demise of the soul, the existence of God, and the evolving relationship between science and religion.

Merging science and spirituality in a docudrama blend What the #$*! Do We Know?! is taking moviegoers on a wild tour of the surprising interconnections between psychology, biology, physics . . . and God.

This Internet entrepreneur and philanthropist has a dazzling vision of a 2050 society and some bold ideas to get us there.

Brain Swimme in a discourse on the work and vision of Christian mystic, paleontologist, and pioneer of evolutionary spirituality Pierre Teilhard de Chardin.

A review of The Physics of Immortality, Frank J. Tipler's reductionist prophecy of an eternity far stranger than paradise.

Can scientific inquiry lead us to the same transcendent knowledge that the world's spiritual traditions speak of? Includes interviews with Huston Smith and Rupert Sheldrake, as well as articles by E. F. Schumacher and Fritjof Capra.

What's wrong with this picture? An excerpt from an interview with one of the new paradigm's foremost pioneers.

This physicist explains how his mystical realization that consciousness is the ground of being helped him to solve the troubling paradoxes of quantum mechanics.

“In Descartes's fall, we sinned all.” A world-famous religious scholar and spiritual practitioner critiques science's overreach of its rightful grasp.

David Bohm, renowned theoretical physicist and close associate of the great spiritual visionary J. Krishnamurti, is remembered by his friend, colleague, and biographer David Peat.

Why do two equally passionate critics of the scientific-materialist worldview differ so fundamentally on the capacity of the “new science” to answer humanity's most important questions?

Fritjof Capra's engaging account of his meeting with Schumacher in 1977, excerpted from his book Uncommon Wisdom, illustrates how two critics of the classical scientific worldview—both of them ardent proponents of a new vision for humankind—can differ so fundamentally about exactly how to move ahead.

A controversial biologist explores the consciousness of the universe and dissects the materialist creed.

A poignant excerpt from A Guide for the Perplexed, E. F. Schumacher's compelling reckoning with the loss of meaning and value in the wake of the scientific revolution.