Thresholds of Consciousness: Mind, Mysticism & Culture

Karma, rebirth, and Buddhist cosmology | Roger R. Jackson, PhD

Karma and rebirth are central to the Buddhist worldview. In this conversation, I sit down with Roger R. Jackson, PhD, Professor Emeritus of Asian Studies and Religion at

Why nothing excludes anything in Tiantai Buddhism | Brook Ziporyn, PhD

Brook Ziporyn, PhD, is the Mircea Eliade Professor of Chinese Religion, Philosophy, and Comparative Thought at the University of Chicago and a scholar of Chinese religion

A Catholic priest on dark retreat, light, and the mystery between traditions | Fr. Francis Tiso

Father Francis Tiso is a Catholic priest who has spent more than three decades studying and practicing within Tibetan Buddhism. His book Rainbow Body and Resurrection exa

Nightmares and the Language of Dreams | Leslie Ellis, PhD

Dr. Leslie Ellis, author of A Clinician's Guide to Dream Therapy, on why dreams and nightmares carry more wisdom than we give them credit for, and how embodied dreamwork

Why Your Dreams May Already Know the Future | Eric Wargo, PhD

Eric Wargo, PhD joins me to talk about precognitive dreams, time loops, and the case for retrocausation: the idea that the future may be shaping the present in ways we've

Dr. Stanley Krippner | A Chaotic Life: Memoirs of a Pioneering Humanistic Psychologist

I interview Dr. Stanley Krippner, consciousness researcher and humanistic psychologist. Stan discusses his memoir "A Chaotic Life," with me, where he describes how small

Stephan A. Schwartz | Non-Local Consciousness & Social Change

In this podcast consciousness researcher and author Stephen A. Schwartz discusses his work with remote-viewing (non-local consciousness) and how this research can contrib

Introduction to Thresholds of Consciousness

Welcome to *Thresholds of Consciousness* — a conversation series exploring psychology, dreams, healing, spirituality, creativity, transformation, and the deeper dimension