Chris M. Bache
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Chris Bache, Ph.D., has spent his life moving between the worlds of academia and psychedelic exploration. Trained as a philosopher of religion at Brown University, he became convinced early in his career that psychedelics represented a revolution in philosophy. By giving us systematic access to dimensions of consciousness beyond space-time reality, these sacraments are triggering a turning point in western thought and driving the emergence of a new academic discipline – psychedelic philosophy.
Between 1979 and 1999, Chris did 73 therapeutically structured high-dose LSD sessions followed by another 20 years digesting his experiences before publishing LSD and the Mind of the Universe. Chris pushed his psychedelic practice beyond therapeutic healing and spiritual awakening to explore the deep structure of the universe itself. His journey moved him regularly beyond linear time into Deep Time, beyond personal transformation into the arc of humanity’s collective transformation, giving him prophetic visions of an emerging global crisis and the imminent birth of a radically transformed Future Human.
Chris is professor emeritus in the department of Philosophy and Religious Studies at Youngstown State University in Ohio where he taught for 33 years. He is also adjunct faculty at the California Institute of Integral Studies, Emeritus Fellow at the Institute of Noetic Sciences, and on the Advisory Council of Grof Legacy Training. An award-winning teacher and international speaker, he has written four books: "Lifecycles" - a study of reincarnation in light of contemporary consciousness research; "Dark Night, Early Dawn" - a pioneering work in psychedelic philosophy; "The Living Classroom," an exploration of collective fields of consciousness in teaching; and "LSD and the Mind of the Universe," the story of his 20-year journey with LSD. He lives in Weaverville, NC, with his wife Christina Hardy, a professional astrologer and past-life therapist.
My visionary experience tells me that we are on the cusp of a profound cultural and spiritual transformation that will change us at the deepest levels of our collective being.