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| Psychologies - East and West Seminar: March 1975 
THE PSYCHOLOGY OF CONSCIOUSNESS> A Special Weekend Symposium
Presented by
"A man, having looted a city, was carrying one of the spoils, an exquisite woven rug. 'Who will give me a hundred pieces of silver for this rug?' he cried. After the sale, a second man asked why he had sold the rug so cheaply. 'Is there any number higher than a hundred?'" Contemporary society has been in a position similar to the rug seller. We have radically underestimated man's potential for self-mastery, self-control, experience and communication with others. But a new science of human consciousness is developing - a new synthesis of the perspective of esoteric traditions with the theory and technology of contemporary science. Subjects like the mystic experience, or altered states of consciousness are no longer taboo; indeed, they can be studied within the mainstream of modern psychology, within perception, cognition and personality theory. We are able to understand that a second mode of consciousness is open to us; a more intuitive, holistic mode which is the speciality of one of the cerebral hemispheres. The "mysterious" exercises and procedures of the esoteric traditions can be viewed in part, as a means of stimulating this "other side" of the brain. The symposium will provide an integrated, coherent approach to these areas, presenting speakers who are principals in this new science of consciousness. COORDINATOR ROBERT E. ORNSTEIN, Ph.D., is an Associate Clinical Professor of Medical Psychology at the University of California Medical Center, San Francisco and does research at the Langley Porter Neuropsychiatric Institute. His current research interests include the psychology of meditation, biofeedback and the conscious functions of the two hemispheres of the brain. He is author of The Psychology of Consciousness and the editor of The Nature of Human Consciousness. THE FACULTY DAVID SHAPIRO, Ph.D., is Professor of Medical Psychology in the Department of Psychiatry, UCLA School of Medicine. He is author of numerous research papers on biofeedback and the psychophysiology of stress, and is an editor of the forthcoming book Consciousness and Self-Regulation: Advances in Research. DAVID GALIN, M.D., is an Assistant Professor in Residence, Department of Psychiatry, Langley Porter Neuropsychiatric Institute, and teaches at the University of California, San Francisco. His major interests concern the relationship of brain states to consciousness and he has written several research papers on the modes of consciousness associated with the functioning of the two hemispheres of the brain. CHARLES T. TART, Ph.D., is an Associate Professor of Psychology, University of California, Davis. He is a regular research contributor to a wide variety of fields including hypnosis, sleep and dreams, drug effects on consciousness, and the scientific study of paranormal phenomena. He is author of On Being Stoned: A Psychological Study of Marijuana Intoxication and editor of Altered States of Consciousness and the forthcoming book, Spiritual Psychologies. THE PROGRAM FRIDAY, MARCH 7th, 7:00-10:00 P.M. The Psychology of Consciousness: An Introduction
SATURDAY, MARCH 8th, MORNING SESSION: 9:30-12:30 Biofeedback And The Voluntary Control Of Internal States
AFTERNOON SESSION: 2:00-5:00 The Traditional Esoteric Psychologies
SUNDAY, MARCH 9th, MORNING SESSION: 9:30-12:30 Two Modes Of Consciousness: The Left And Right Hemispheres
AFTERNOON SESSION: 2:00-5:00 The Paranormal: A Scientific View
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