To my knowledge, the first-ever psychological study of what I call "wakefulness"—a higher-functioning expansive state of being—was conducted by Canadian psychiatrist Richard M. Bucke and published as ...

In his short, zesty new book The Flip: Epiphanies of Mind and the Future of Knowledge, Rice University's Jeffrey J. Kripal calls for a revolution in academic culture, and with it, in the general ...

Consciousness may arise from the body and time perception, not just the brain, according to new scientific research.

Today, millions of Americans say they practice some form of yoga and/or meditation. It’s become a health fad. Yet the goal of these practices seems unknown or elusive to many practitioners — ...