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Transformative
Learning Workshops
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Expand
your mind, open your heart, and activate your full
potential.
January
29-31, 2010 – Speaking the Soul: The Transformative
Power of Words with Kim Rosen
March 5-7, 2010 – Live
from Your Strengths: A Journey Toward Increased Engagement
and Meaning in Life Lauren
Vanett, MA
March 19-21, 2010 – Green
in Spirit: Healing through Permaculture
and Biosynamic Gardening with Brenda Sanders
April 16-18, 2010 – Cells and the Sacred: Discovering the Cell as Messenger for the Marriage of Science and Spirituality with
Sondra Barrett, PhD
April 16-18, 2010 – The Essence of Meditation: Returning to Ease with
Peter Russell, MA
April
23-25, 2010 – Learning Telekinesis—Your
Gateway to Mind Over Matter with Natalia
Shareyko, MD, PhD, of the Institute for Biosensory
Psychology
in Saint Petersberg, Russia
May
21-23, 2010 – The
Six Life-paths of the Human Soul and the Imprints of Conception with
Ralph Metzner, part of the six-part Alchemical Divination Series
May 29-31, 2010 – Shakti Awakening with
Dr. David Frawley, Dr. Dennis Harness, and Shambhavi
Chopra
June 23-25, 2010 – Primordial Chi Gung with
Donald and Cheryl Lynne Rubbo
Register
online, email workshops@noetic.org,
or call 707-779-8224.
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The
Retreat Center at the Institute of Noetic Sciences
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Located on 200 acres
of beautiful rolling hills just 25 miles north of the
Golden Gate Bridge, we offer meeting facilities, cuisine,
and accommodations for up to 120 people. Our clients
offer educational programs, workshops, and retreats,
with a broad focus on health, personal growth, and transformation.
We
also welcome weekend workshops and retreats for small
groups (less than 25). Many programs are
open to the public.
For
more information and an Events Schedule: www.noetic.org/retreat.cfm
events@noetic.org
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IONS
Retreat Center Events
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Donald
Hotson – Dirac's Equation and the Sea of
Negative Energy
December 10, 2009
A Friendly Favors Event
IONS
Holiday Open House
December 13, 2009
Jamie
Janover – The United Field Theory of Scientist
Nassim Haramein
December 15, 2009
A Friendly Favors Event
Speaking
the Soul: The Transformative Power of Words
with Kim Rosen, MFA
January 29–31, 2010
New
Equations – 'The Physical Expression of the Soul'
Training Program
February 7–17, 2010
Ken
Jenkins – The Enneagram of Personality
March 9, 2010
A
Friendly Favors Event
Green
in Spirit: Healing through Permaculture and Biodynamic Gardening
with Brenda Sanders, PhD
March 19–21, 2010
The
Psychology of the Chakras: A Journey into Core Awakening
with Anodea Judith
March
29–April
4, 2010
Two
Week Intensive in Advanced Shamanic Healing
April 11–22, 2010
The
Six Life-Paths of the Human Soul and the Imprints of Conception
with Ralph Metzner, PhD
May 21-23, 2010
Nine
Gates Youth Mystery School
July 2-7, 2010
Foundation
for Shamanic Studies (Journeywork) – Three-Year Program in Advanced Initiations
in Shamanism and Shamanic Healing
October 17–22, 2010
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Special Events
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Change and Transformation: Participating in the Emergence of New Worldviews
January 7, 2010
San Francisco, California
with Marilyn Mandala Schlitz
Living
Deeply: The Art and Science of Transformation
January 8-10, 2010
Big Sur, California
with Cassandra Vieten
What better way to set your intention for the new year than to dive into investigating
the transformative process through learning and discussion, deep experiential
play, and meaningful connection with others, all supported by the beauty of the
world-renowned Esalen Institute on the majestic coastline of Big Sur.
Spirituality in Action: Bringing Transpersonal Psychology to a World in Crisis
February 12-14, 2010
Atherton, California
presented by the Institute of Transpersonal Psychology and the Association for Transpersonal Psychology
Presentations, papers, workshops, panels and speakers will highlight engaged transpersonal approaches to psychotherapy, health, healing trauma, social relationships and global consciousness. Keynote presenters will include Charles Tart, Fred Luskin, Jenny Wade, Olga Louchakova, Ed Bruce Bynum, Marilyn Mandala Schlitz, Dean Radin, and Donald Rothberg.
The
Emerging New Story: Cosmos and Consciousness
February 20, 2010
Chabot Space and Science Center
Oakland, California
Join Marilyn Mandala Schlitz, Edgar Mitchell,
Brian Swimme, and Siddha Master Sri Dattatreya Siva
Baba
as we explore ancient cosmology, map the cosmos, and give tribute to Edgar's
80th year.
Community Group
Gathering in France
May 12-16, 2010
Champtocé-sur-Loire, France
For further information contact the coordinator, John
Ogden (607-756-4580). This event is co-sponsored by the Institute of Noetic
Sciences.
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Science |
|  Psychedelic
Medicine
Dr. Albert Hoffman,
the Swiss chemist who synthesized LSD
in 1943 and was a steady advocate for its therapeutic
and healing properties, may yet have his beliefs confirmed,
though he won’t be around to enjoy it (he died last
April at the age of 102). The chemical compound lysergic
acid diethylamide, which he synthesized from a fungus
that grows on rye, is experiencing a renaissance in
research interest after decades of stigmatization from
the medical and scientific communities.
As reported in
the online edition of The McGill Tribune ("The
Psychotherapy Movement: Acid’s Long Trip Back to Clinical
Research"), the U.S. Food and Drug Administration
(FDA) recently approved research using LSD-assisted
psychotherapy
for end-of-life anxiety in terminally ill patients.
Last May the first legal dose of LSD in nearly 40 years
was administered by Swiss doctor Peter Glasser in a
study funded by MAPS—the Multidisciplinary
Association for Psychedelic Research—which has
been supporting psychedelic and medical marijuana research
since 1986. Other studies underway include one at Harvard's
McLean Hospital on the use of psychedelics to treat
cluster headaches and funded by ClusterBusters,
and research into the affects of LSD on the brain being
carried out at the University of California, San Francisco
(UCSF), and the California Pacific Medical Center.
Clearing the way
for such research remains formidable, though, as reported
by the San Francisco Chronicle in "LSD’s
Long, Strange Trip Back into the Lab." It
still isn't easy to get an LSD study off the ground,” the
article states. “Researchers must get permission from
the FDA and the Drug Enforcement Administration plus
state regulators, and they need approval from the institution
they work for. Then they have to get approval for the
source of the actual drug—in the case of UCSF, researchers
are using LSD that was manufactured years ago in Switzerland.” Further,
only one in 100 applicants meets the conditions established
by the UCSF research team. However circuitous the route,
such efforts are bound to yield new insights into the
deep inner workings of human consciousness and its
potential for transformation.
Other Resources
"Psychedelic
Science in the Twenty-First
Century" – an
April 2010 conference for physicians, medical and therapeutic
professionals, and the general public,
sponsored by MAPS.
The
Cottonwood Research Foundation – founded by
medical doctor, author, and psychedelic researcher Rick Strassman.
The
Beckley Foundation – England’s
most prominent research institution focusing on the
science of drug use.
Books Higher
Wisdom: Eminent Elders Explore the Continuing Impact
of Psychedelics – edited by Roger Walsh
and Charles Grob, published in 2005, and based on
a joint IONS–Fetzer Institute study documenting the
oral history of these pioneering scientists. (See
also related article, "Higher
Wisdom," at noetic.org.)
Entheologues:
Conversations with Leading Psychedelic Thinkers,
Explorers and Researchers – edited by Martin
W. Ball (July 2009 / Kyandara Publishing)
The
Psychedelic Journey of Marlene Dobkin de Rios: 45
Years with Shamans, Ayahuasqueros, and Ethnobotanists by
Marlene Dobkin de Rios (September 2009 / Inner Traditions)
Birth
of a Psychedelic Culture: Conversations about Leary,
the Harvard Experiments, Millbrook and the Sixties by
Ram Dass and Ralph Metzner, with Gary Bravo (November
2009 / Synergetic Press)
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Media Spotlight
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Our twelve-week teleseminar series on
"The
Noetic Science behind The Lost Symbol" features
prerecorded sessions with leading noetic
scientists from
our
rich library of interviews, teleseminar programs, and presentations
at the 2009 IONS Conference. Each prerecorded session is followed
by a live, guided discussion, creating a space to share your insights,
thoughts, and feelings about the powers and potentials of noetic
science.
We
invite you to become a monthly member of IONS and participate
in this new series. If you sign up now, you can listen to past
sessions and join in for all the teleseminars
still to come.
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Wednesday, December 2 at 5pm PST -
"Living with Chaos" with Matthew
Fox, PhD and Ralph Abraham, PhD
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Wednesday, December 9 at 5pm PST -
"Science, Consciousness, and God" with Peter
Russell
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Wednesday, December 16 at 5pm PST
- "The ESP Enigma: Understanding Psychic
Phenomena" with Diane Powell,
MD
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IONS
in Spanish!
Long-time
IONS member, international Spanish network representative,
and Buenos Aires group coordinator Ana Lía
Alvarez has started a new Spanish-language website/blog
focusing on IONS and the field of noetic science.
Titled "Spreading Noetic Science," the site
has several articles from the Institute translated
into Spanish, including the study guide for the
movie What the Bleep!?, as well as links and a
section for comments and dialogue. One million
copies of
the Spanish-language edition of The Lost Symbol were released on November 24. Ana Lía has her own
co-authored book coming out soon called Las
Claves del Simbolo Perdido: La masoneria y su misticismo
esoterico. La ciencia noetica y el poder de la
mente (The Keys to the Lost Symbol: Freemasons
and their esoteric symbolism. Noetic Science and
the power of the mind).
Film
Highlights
 Quantum
Communication – This enthusiastic blend
of science and speculation on the nature of
consciousness explores quantum physics and
the laws of attraction.
The same film team explored the notion of an
intelligent universe in their 2008 release, The
Voice.
 Intelligent
Life: Change Your Mind, Change Your World – In
the spirit of the hit indie move The
Story of Stuff comes Intelligent Life.
Best Feature winner at the 2009 Artivists
Film Festival,
this beautiful, awareness-raising film uses a
series of music-video vignettes to examine the
phenomenon of unintended consequences in a modern,
interconnected world...and what can be done about
them.
The Real
Story
The current feature release, The
Men Who Stare at Goats, is a satirical poke
at psi research carried out by the U.S. military,
but the facts are much more
compelling. Retired Major Paul H. Smith, for
example, spent
seven
years in the program as an Army remote viewer.
Learn more about his story in this press
release
and video
interview.
Former Army Chief Warrant Officer Joseph Joe McMoneagle is another psi veteran
who has much to say in a revealing article about the movie, the original book,
and the actual program in "Psychic
Showdown."
Darwin
Film
Finds U.S. Distributor
The new film about Darwin,
Creation,
featuring Paul Bettany and Jennifer Connelly,
had trouble finding a U.S. distributor
but is now scheduled for a limited U.S. release by Newmarket
Films
on January 22, 2010. Here is a recent review
of the film by the Los Angeles Times.
Festival
Announcement
Tickets are now on sale for the
Wild
and Scenic Environmental Film Festival,
scheduled for January 15–17, 2010, in Nevada
City, CA. It’s the largest
environmental film festival in the U.S., featuring 135 films, 35 premiers,
and 85 speakers.
New
Books
 Buddha’s
Brain: The Practical Neuroscience of Happiness,
Love, and Wisdom by Rick Hanson and Richard
Mendius. Weaves the latest neuroscience with
Buddhist insights on the nature of the mind to provide tools for cultivating
well-being.
Foreword by Daniel Siegel; Preface by Jack Kornfield.
 Why
We Cooperate by Michael Tomasello. The codirector of the Max
Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology
shares his theories on how—and why—human
cooperation evolved.
 Inner
Presence: Consciousness as a Biological Phenomenon by Antti
Revonsuo.
This probing theory criticizes much consciousness research
while declaring that consciousness does not exist
outside the physical
brain.
 Cosmic
Conversations: Dialogues on the Nature of the
Universe and the
Search for Reality by Stephan Martin. A wide-ranging
series of interviews
with notable thinkers – including IONS’ Dean Radin—that explores
who we are and where we might be going.
 Occult
America: The Secret History of How Mysticism
Shaped Our
Nation by Mitch Horowitz. An eye-opening and
well-researched account of the evolution
and continuing influence of this country’s “alternative” spiritual
culture.
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In
the News |
The Benefits of Altruism, Therapy
A recent article in the New
York Times, "In
a Month of Giving, a Healthy Reward," summarizes
some of the evidence that altruism is an antidote to
stress and that self-centeredness can lead to health
problems. A new UK study reported in Cambridge-based Health
Economics, Policy and Law suggests that psychotherapy
is far more effective in relieving psychological
distress than money. Go here to
read the press release.
Evidence
for Reincarnation
You may have missed the book (Soul
Survivor), but the facts of the story
of 11-year-old James Leininger, captured in this
5-minute video featured
on Fox8 News in Cincinnati, give fresh plausibility
to the notion that something might be happening
on the other side of mortal life.
Integrative Medicine
Report
Earlier this year, the Institute
of Medicine and
The Bravewell Collaborative
co-convened
a summit that explored the current science and practice
of integrative medicine. A free downloadable summary
of that summit, "Integrative
Medicine and the Health of the Public,"
is now available.
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Member
Spotlight |
| Frank
Salak
Longtime IONS member
Frank Salak, born in 1913 in Chicago, passed away in
May at the age 95, gifted IONS with a bequest
from his estate. Frank, a decorated WWII veteran, auditor-investigator
by profession, and dedicated ballroom dancer, was baptized
a Catholic and ultimately found peace of mind in the
Buddhist conception of meditation, mindfulness, tolerance,
compassion, and prayer. IONS is privileged to include
Frank as a member of our Visionary Circle. We
honor his legacy and are deeply grateful for his support
of our work.
If you have designated
IONS in your estate plan, we invite you to let us know
so we may welcome you as a member of the Visionary
Circle and express our gratitude to you. Contact Kathleen
Erickson-Freeman, Donor Relations, for more information:
707.779.8232 / kfreeman@noetic.org.
To learn more about
IONS’ Circle membership, contact Deborah Breitbach
at 707.779.8216 / dbreitbach@noetic.org.
Important Tax Information
on Charitable Distributions from IRAs
If you are 70½ or
older, you can again transfer up to $100,000 directly
from your IRA to public nonprofit organizations like
IONS without triggering a federal income tax. Your
2009 IRA charitable rollover could be $1,000, $5,000,
or any amount up to $100,000.
There are several
reasons to consider an IRA gift:
- Your non-IRA income
is large enough that you don’t mind reducing
the size of your IRA to avoid receiving taxable IRA income in
the future.
- You like the convenience
of making tax-free transfers to IONS and other
charities through writing a single letter to your IRA custodian.
- You no longer itemize
your taxes and would like the equivalent of an
itemized deduction through a tax-free IRA transfer.
For
further information on gifting IONS from an IRA, click
here or contact
Kathleen Erickson-Freeman at 707.779.8232
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of Noetic Sciences is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit research
and
educational organization located in Northern California
that conducts and sponsors leading-edge research into
the potentials and powers of consciousness—including
perceptions, beliefs, attention, intention, and intuition.
The Institute explores phenomena that do not necessarily
fit conventional scientific models, while maintaining
a commitment to scientific rigor.
We depend on and
gratefully accept your financial
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