Techniques of Discovery Conference
1 Season
. 11 Episodes
TV-PG
Techniques of Discovery Conference: can science and spirit unite to map reality? Visionary thinkers reveal radical insights into expanded human awareness.
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Ram Dass: Changes in Perception – Shifting the Perspective of Our Awareness
Techniques of Discovery Conference brings together pioneering thinkers to challenge conventional boundaries of consciousness, reality, and human potential before a live audience at the Cathedral of St. John the Divine. What happens when world-renowned theoretical physicists, Harvard psychiatrists, and spiritual visionaries unite to question orthodox assumptions about the mind and cosmos?
Recorded live at an extraordinary consciousness research conference in New York City, this investigative docuseries captures historic dialogues between leading luminaries of science, philosophy, and transpersonal psychology. Rather than dismissing anomalous phenomena or metaphysical questions as fringe curiosities, these landmark lectures and panel discussions build rigorous bridges between ancient wisdom traditions and cutting-edge scientific paradigms. Throughout these expansive presentations, featured speakers articulate practical techniques of discovery that integrate quantum mechanics, holotropic states of awareness, universal archetypes, and direct spiritual experience to help viewers reconsider the nature of human reality.
The archive unfolds through landmark presentations and candid roundtable exchanges:
Explorations in Science, Myth, and Human Perception
- Bridging Quantum Physics and Non-Local Mind: Dr. Michio Kaku explores hyperspace geometry and theoretical quests to read the mind of God, while physicist Russell Targ presents groundbreaking laboratory research examining remote viewing and the spiritual implications of psychic abilities.
- Transpersonal Psychiatry and Anomalous Encounters: Harvard psychiatrist Dr. John Mack investigates the profound psychological and ecological transformations reported by alien encounter experiencers, while Dr. Stanislav Grof shares clinical lessons from modern consciousness research and non-ordinary healing states.
- Cultural Transformation, Ancient Archetypes, and Wisdom: Social theorist Riane Eisler outlines her partnership model to transcend dominator hierarchies, philosopher Huston Smith examines the third eye as an organ of wisdom, and author Robert Anton Wilson introduces neuro-linguistic tools to dismantle cognitive conditioning.
Each installment in this esoteric knowledge conference provides illuminating methods of personal discovery designed to broaden how you perceive awareness, consciousness, and personal sovereignty. By examining the frontiers of expanded consciousness research alongside legendary pioneers such as Ram Dass, Ralph Metzner, and Gregg Braden, the series invites viewers to re-evaluate the deep relationship between human perception and universal order. These spiritual investigation presentations document a pivotal moment where empirical inquiry and mystical insight converge.
Explore the complete Techniques of Discovery Conference series to engage with foundational perspectives that continue to inspire contemporary metaphysical thought and scientific exploration.
Techniques of Discovery Conference - Season 1 Episodes
S1 E1 - Ram Dass: Changes in Perception – Shifting the Perspective of Our Awareness
1 hr 30 mins TV-PGS1 E2 - Robert Anton Wilson: The Universe Contains a Maybe
56 mins TV-PGS1 E3 - Ralph Metzner: Visionary Experiences and Divination
1 hr 22 mins TV-PGS1 E4 - Michio Kaku: Hyperspace and “Reading the Mind of God”
1 hr 4 mins TV-PGS1 E5 - Huston Smith: The Third Eye as an Organ of Wisdom
1 hr 13 mins TV-PGS1 E6 - Russell Targ: The Scientific and Spiritual Implications of Psychic Abilities
1 hr 20 mins TV-PGS1 E7 - Stanislav Grof: Psychology of the Future: Lessons from Modern Consciousness Research
1 hr 14 mins TV-PGS1 E8 - John Mack: Towards a Science of the Sacred
57 mins TV-PGS1 E9 - Riane Eisler: Partnership Spirituality: Reimagining and Reconfiguring Reality
55 mins TV-PGS1 E10 - Panel: Ancients, Axioms and Archetypes – Part 1
55 mins TV-PGS1 E11 - Panel: Ancients, Axioms and Archetypes – Part 2
56 mins TV-PG