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Mike Clelland’s 2015 book, The Messengers, was met with high praise. In it he explores the mysterious connection between owls, synchronicities and UFO abduction. It was his firsthand experiences with these elusive events that have been the foundation for his research. This book is also a personal memoir, and a journey of self discovery.His website hiddenexperience.blogspot.com explores these events, and their connection to the alien contact phenomenon. It also features extended audio interviews with visionaries and experts examining the complexities of the overall UFO experience. Mike is also considered an expert in the skills of ultralight backpacking, and is the author and illustrator of a series of instructional books on advanced outdoor techniques. After 25 years living in the Rockies, he now lives in the Adirondacks.

Rosalyn W. Berne earned a PhD degree in the field of Religious Studies, with an emphasis in bioethics. She holds an appointment as Associate Professor in the Department of Engineering and Society at the University of Virginia's School of Engineering and Applied Sciences where she teaches engineering ethics. As a scholar she has explored the intersecting realms of emerging technologies, science, fiction and myth, and the links between the human and non-human worlds. She has two academic books, numerous conference papers and journal articles, and Waiting in the SIlence, (a science fiction novel) published under her name. She has also authored two award-winning books in the body-mind-spirit genre: When the Horses Whisper (2013) and a Nautilus Book Award Silver Winner, Waking to Beauty (2016).

Sky Nelson-Isaacs is a physics educator, speaker, author, and musician. He has a masters degree in physics from San Francisco State University, with a thesis in String Theory, and a BS in physics from UC Berkeley. Nelson-Isaacs has dedicated his life to finding his own sense of purpose, beginning as a student of the Yogic master Sri Swami Satchidananda when he was less than five years old.His writing on topics like flow comes from integrating this experience into his life. He brings together the connection between synchronicity, physics, and real life using research and original ideas. As an active researcher in quantum foundations, his research is supported through grant funding from a private foundation. An educator with nine years of classroom experience, with experience in industry as a software engineer, Nelson-Isaacs is also a multi-instrumentalist and professional performer of award-winning original musical compositions.He has written Living in Flow: The Science of Synchronicity and How Your Choices Sh

Ritu Kaushal is the author of the memoir The Empath’s Journey, which TEDx speaker Andy Mort calls “a fascinating insight into the life of a highly sensitive person and emotional empath.” Ritu was recently awarded the silver medal at the prestigious Rex awards, given by the United Nations & the International Confederation of NGOs in India, and awarded to people creating social impact through their work. Ritu writes about highly sensitive creatives on her website Walking Through Transitions. Her work has been featured on Sensitive Evolution, Tiny Buddha, and Elephant Journal, amongst others. Ritu also works as a writing coach for sensitive, intuitive writers. Connect with Ritu on Twitter, Facebook, or Instagram. Visit: https://www.walkingthroughtransitions.com/

Sharon Hewitt Rawlette has a PhD in philosophy from New York University and writes for both scholarly and popular audiences on the subject of coincidences. She is the author of the Psychology Today blog Mysteries of Consciousness, the 2019 book The Source and Significance of Coincidences: A Hard Look at the Astonishing Evidence, and a forthcoming memoir on the role of coincidence in navigating love and loss—in France. The Supreme Victory of the Heart will be available May 2020.

Saskia von Diest completed her PhD in agricultural plant pathology in 2014, and is currently a postdoctoral research fellow at Stellenbosch University in South Africa and Coventry University in the UK. Over the last 6 years she has pioneered research in ‘Ecofluency’ - intuitive, embodied communication with the rest of nature. She has researched ecofluency as a means toward practical, holistic decision making in food growing and in personal development. Her work has been presented and published globally, and her passion is sharing what she’s learned in talks and workshops.

Diogo Valadas Ponte, was born in Barcelos, Portugal. He is a Clinical Psychologist since 2007. Neuropsychologist since 2011. Has a Master’s Degree of Consciousness and Transpersonal Psychology from Liverpool’s John Moore University in 2009 and is completing a Master’s Degree in Organizational Management.His professional core is to manage the Portuguese National Stroke Association, where he is the General Director but his academic and personal daemon is in Religion and Spirituality. With profound devotion to Jungian studies and on the history of the religious ideas, he has worked with Lothar Shafer, a quantum chemist and Distinguished Professor of Chemistry at the University of Arkansas since 2005, publishing several papers including “Quantum reality and ethos: A thought experiment regarding the foundation of ethics in cosmic order” in Zygon - Journal of Religion and Science, and “Carl Gustav Jung, Quantum Physics and the Spiritual Mind: A Mystical Vision of the Twenty-First Century”, in Journal of Behavioral

Dr. Larry Dossey is an internal medicine physician, former Chief of Staff of Medical City Dallas Hospital, and former co-chairman of the Panel on Mind/Body Interventions, National Center for Complementary and Alternative Mediciine, National Institutes of Health. He is executive editor of the peer-previewed journal Explore: The Journal of Science and Healing. He is the author of thirteen books on the role of consciousness and spirituality in health, which have been translated into languages around the world. His most recent book is ONE MIND: How Our Individual Mind Is Part of a Greater Consciousness and Why It Matters. He lectures around the world.

John Ironmonger is a British novelist who lives in the North West of England. He grew up in Kenya, and trained as a zoologist, earning a PhD in animal ecology from the University of Liverpool. His novel ‘Coincidence’ explores the issues around unexplainable events. John Ironmonger is married to Sue, and has two grown up children and three grandchildren. He is still writing.

Matthew Zylstra is an integral ecologist with over 15 years of international experience in research, education and facilitation of collaborative social-ecological change processes. Matthew has co-founded several conservation-oriented organizations, and currently serves as a founding director for the Organisation for Noetic Ecology aimed at “re-imagining the human~nature relationship”. Matthew is a research and education associate with the Sea Change Project and lead instructor for Wildlands Studies, and since 2009 has led academic field study programs across Australia, New Zealand and South Africa. Matthew completed transdisciplinary PhD research (2014) through Stellenbosch University which explored how meaningful experience and nature connectedness supports transformative education for sustainability. He has published several scientific articles and peer-reviewed chapters, presented at numerous conferences and authored the creative iBook “Cave & The Contemplator”.Matthew also holds a Master’s in Environm

Wendy is a cognitive scientist based at Kingston University, London. Her main area of research is the role of serendipity in creativity and problem solving from both an experimental and a philosophical perspective. Her recent publications have explored mathematical and insight problem-solving, collaborative creativity, and serendipity. She is also a section editor for the Palgrave Encyclopaedia of the Possible and Secretary of the Serendipity Society.

Rupert Sheldrake, PhD is a biologist and author of more than 90 technical papers and nine books, including Ways to Go Beyond , And Why They Work, and the co-author of six books. He studied at Cambridge and Harvard Universities. As a Fellow of Clare College, Cambridge, he was Director of Studies in Cell Biology, and was also a Research Fellow of the Royal Society. He worked in Hyderabad, India, as Principal Plant Physiologist at the International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT), and also lived for two years in the Benedictine ashram of Fr Bede Griffiths on the bank of the river Cauvery in Tamil Nadu. From 2005-2010, he was Director of the Perrott-Warrick Project for the study of unexplained human and animal abilities, funded from Trinity College, Cambridge. He is currently a Fellow of the Institute of Noetic Sciences in Petaluma, California and of Schumacher College in Dartington, Devon. He lives in London and is married to Jill Purce, with whom he has two sons. His web site is www

ALESSANDRA MELAS graduated in Philosophy at the University of Bologna. She received her PhD with a dissertation in causal realism in Quantum Mechanics at the University of Sassari. She was a visiting researcher at the Philosophy Department of Rutgers University, and she worked as a postdoctoral fellow at the Department of History, Human Sciences and Education of the University of Sassari, where she was also adjunct professor of Logic and Philosophy of Science.She currently collaborates with the University of Sassari, where she carries out research concerning the Metaphysics of Science and the Philosophy of Science, dealing mainly with causality, causal models and chance. She also teaches History and Philosophy at the High School.

Kiana Fitzgerald is a music journalist, cultural critic, and DJ. Her work has appeared in Rolling Stone, NPR, The Fader, Complex, Bitch Media, Vibe Magazine, Brooklyn Magazine, and other digital and print publications. She currently freelances from her brownstone in Brooklyn, New York. A native Texan, Kiana attended Texas State University, where she received a bachelor's in print journalism in 2011, and a master's in new media in 2013. Aside from writing and DJing, she’s also worked as a researcher, social media strategist, podcast producer, office receptionist, and web developer. She was diagnosed as bipolar I in 2016 after a manic episode, and has since been searching for answers about the spiritual elements that have revealed themselves through the disorder.

Christine Clawley received her MA from the Depth-oriented college, Pacifica Graduate Institute in 2015 and became a licensed professional counselor in Colorado in 2018. She is currently a clinician in private practice and at community mental health center in Alamosa, California. She has worked in a variety of settings including inpatient, outpatient, hospitals, prisons, and in-home and have treated clients suffering from depression, anxiety, PTSD, bipolar, and other trauma-related disorders.

Dr. Frank Pasciuti is a licensed clinical psychologist and certified hypnotherapist. He received his Ph.D. from Michigan State University and maintains a part time private practice in Charlottesville, Virginia. Over his 40 years of conducting psychotherapy, Dr Pasciuti developed a sub-specialty of clinically working with clientele who have undergone exceptional experiences, like NDEs, psychic phenomena, or paranormal anomalies. These clinical experiences led to his new book Crysalis Crisis: How life’s ordeals can lead to personal and spiritual transformation.These particular clients seek his help to determine if they are suffering from psychopathology, or if not, to find explanations that will help them understand their experiences. Many of his clients also reveal synchronistic events that occur in their life, and want to explore any personal significance they may hold.In his own attempt to understand synchronistic coincidences, Dr Pasciuti undertook research where he examined clinical conditions that may giv

Frankie Fihn is a renowned international speaker, entrepreneur, and Master of the Mystical Arts. He has been featured in magazines, radio shows, and podcasts.As a real life Jedi and shaman, he is highly intuitive and sensitive to energy vibration and knows how to use Spirit, Sound, and Plants as Medicine.He helps people to find their life purpose using sacred plants and to release fears, frustration,and self-sabotage to bring more color, vibrance, and meaningful connections in their lives.

Scott Taylor, EdD is currently President/Executive Director of The Monroe Institute in VA. TMI is a leading institute in the exploration of consciousness. Monroe was founded by Bob Monroe, a pioneer in out-of-body experiences and consciousness research.Dr. Taylor has been a trainer for the Institute since 1985 and was named Ex. Dir. in March of this year. He first came to TMI as a result of having had a shared near-death experience. Most recently, Dr. Taylor was small business management faculty at South Central College in Minnesota. He retired after 20 years and numerous teaching awards. Prior to his academic career, Dr. Taylor was president of Brett’s Department Stores based out of Mankato, MN. Brett’s had 17 stores in two states.

Audrey Irvine received her Ph.D from the University of Virginia in psychology. She wasresearch psychologist there in Behavioral Medicineand then a Neurofeedback therapist. She has a life-long interest in extraordinary human abilities. (e.g. common psi abilities, out of body experiences, remote viewing, manifestation, control over nature) She wrote Infinite Possibility: Frameworks for Understanding Extraordinary Human Abilitiesa cross-cultural exploration of extraordinary abilities examining the types of abilities found worldwide, both common and unique. She described who can attain the extraordinary, the states of consciousness needed, and the effect of world view on making them happen.

Dr Marcus T Anthony is an author, educator and futurist who currently lives and works in Zhuhai, southern China. He has fifteen years of experience in the China region and has worked in Education for twenty-five years, teaching and researching in Australia, New Zealand, mainland China, Hong Kong and Taiwan. He has held positions at The University of Melbourne, Beijing No. 2 Foreign Language Institute, the International School of Beijing, and the University of Wales in Sichuan. Anthony is currently Associate Professor of Futures Studies at the Beijing Institute of Technology (Zhuhai) and the coordinator of the Global Talent 2050 platform.