Marilyn Schlitz - Embracing the Mystery

Did you ever have the feeling that you were being stared at, only to turn around and find that someone actually was staring at you? Such an occurrence may seem inconsequential, but to Dr. Marilyn Schlitz, it is a perfect example of the mystery behind consciousness and the mind.

In this wide-ranging conversation Dr. Schlitz, Director of Research at the Institute of Noetic Sciences and Senior Scientist at the Complementary Medicine Research Institute at the California Pacific Medical Center, provides a broad overview of the ways we communicate and interact with each other through the organ of mind and with the pure energy of thought. Drawing on her extensive scientific research and personal experience, she touches on many diverse phenomena, ranging from the use of biorhythmic entrainment in indigenous cultures to her research into the power of mental intention to affect physical objects. From beginning to end, Schlitz takes us on a fascinating journey into the vast, mysterious, and famously controversial terrain called psi.

Psi: n. Parapsychological phenomena or abilites considered as a group

BIO

Marilyn Schlitz is the Vice President for Research and Education at the Institute of Noetic Sciences and Senior Scientist at the Research Institute at the California Pacific Medical Center. Trained in medical anthropology and psi research, Schlitz has published over two-hundred articles on cross-cultural healing, consciousness studies, distant healing, and creativity. She has conducted research at Stanford University, the Institute for Parapsychology, and the Mind Science Foundation. She has taught at Trinity, Stanford, and Harvard universities, and has lectured widely, including giving talks at the United Nations and the Smithsonian Institute. She serves on the Editorial Board of Alternative Therapies, is the leader of Esalen's Center for Theory and Research Working Group on Distant Healing Intentionality, and is on the Scientific Program Committee for the Consciousness Center at the University of Arizona, Tucson.

Schlitz completed a Bachelor of Philosophy Degree from Montieth College, Wayne State University, a Masters of Arts in Social and Behavioral studies from the University of Texas, San Antonio, a Ph.D. in Social Anthropology from the University of Texas, Austin, a post doctoral fellowship in the Cognitive Sciences Laboratory, Science Applications International Corporation, and a post doctoral fellowship in Psychology, Stanford University.