Nautis Project

Science Gives Me Hope

Did you know that you can stop light? This concept has been around since Einstein’s days when he proposed that at absolute zero all motion stops and all matter blurs (this was based on previous work by Satyendra Nath Bose). It was only a matter of time before a few scientists actually figured out how [...]

Glorious Accident Interview: Rupert Sheldrake

“Through no fault of our own, and by dint of no cosmic plan or conscious purpose, we have become, by the power of a glorious evolutionary accident called intelligence, the stewards of life’s continuity on earth. We did not ask for this role, but we cannot abjure it. We may not be suited to such [...]

The Realm of Gods and Ghosts

When I first saw Cosmos as a kid nothing fascinated me more than Sagan’s explanation of 4 dimensions. He used the concept of a tesseract to help illustrate hyper dimensionality. The concept is absolutely riveting - the idea that there exists space around us that is unknowable because our cognitive apparatus is not up to [...]

The Extended Mind: Recent Experimental Evidence

In September of 1999 Sheldrake was a part of annual seminar series called, Dialog on Leadership. This particular year was sponsored by Microsoft. There is an interview here and a video of the lecture here.

The Evolutionary Mind

In June of 1998 Rupert invited me to the University of California, Santa Cruz to attend The Evolutionary Mind Trialogue with Terence McKenna and Ralph Abraham. It was a fascinating discussion. There is a video of the 1st session (1hr 03mins) available here.

Jung on the Pedagogy of Myth

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Jung on Freud

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Flying Over the Cuckoo’s Nest

I’ve been asked a few times what my experience was like in the psych hospital. Well, luckily it was so bizarre that I actually wrote down some of the highlights. 2/28 So far today I have met an Elvis impersonator, 2 guys that threatened the President and got locked up by the Secret Service, a gang [...]

Pink Moon

Rock Stars & Angels

Every so often the mundane and superficial conspire and give birth to something pretty cool. If you know me at all, you know that I could take or leave TV. However, this summer on Tuesdays and Wednesdays I found myself glued to CBS to tune into Rockstar INXS. I’m a child of the eighties and [...]