https://chrisbache.com Chris Bache Mon, 03 May 2021 22:53:40 +0000 https://chrisbache.com en https://chrisbache.com/HOME Wed, 20 Jan 2021 03:58:39 +0000 Chris Bache https://chrisbache.com/HOME LSD AND THE MIND OF THE UNIVERSE <img width="720" height="1021" width_o="720" height_o="1021" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/a116fa86c9fed6ec12184045d77bce7b516a58f88689f1b52334e0fb78cf92ac/LSD-BOOK.png" data-mid="95748726" border="0" data-scale="46" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/720/i/a116fa86c9fed6ec12184045d77bce7b516a58f88689f1b52334e0fb78cf92ac/LSD-BOOK.png" /> “There is no way to soften the fact that the story I’m going to share with you here is a radical story that challenges many of our culture’s deepest convictions about reality.” -C.B. .header_img, .project_footer, .nav_container, .project_bottom, .pagination, .site_header, .navigation { display: none; } https://chrisbache.com/BOOKS-1 Mon, 04 Jan 2021 09:30:32 +0000 Chris Bache https://chrisbache.com/BOOKS-1 <img width="512" height="515" width_o="512" height_o="515" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/4abb44cf7ec17345e4780a1dd64c38b012bf94975a577f91bf69982f6a344429/imgbin_sacred-geometry-png.png" data-mid="107303181" border="0" data-scale="46" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/512/i/4abb44cf7ec17345e4780a1dd64c38b012bf94975a577f91bf69982f6a344429/imgbin_sacred-geometry-png.png" /> <img width="720" height="1021" width_o="720" height_o="1021" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/a116fa86c9fed6ec12184045d77bce7b516a58f88689f1b52334e0fb78cf92ac/LSD-BOOK.png" data-mid="94113166" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/720/i/a116fa86c9fed6ec12184045d77bce7b516a58f88689f1b52334e0fb78cf92ac/LSD-BOOK.png" /> <img width="720" height="1015" width_o="720" height_o="1015" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/3a6c170a42934d74d67d01baf1ef09756f9c933496af5e0768c7935ee0bfa9f2/thelivingclassroom.png" data-mid="94112693" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/720/i/3a6c170a42934d74d67d01baf1ef09756f9c933496af5e0768c7935ee0bfa9f2/thelivingclassroom.png" /> <img width="720" height="1023" width_o="720" height_o="1023" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/69192441bc71e039f92ff389caaf79de4bd44dadf3216b2ca7c9d45a7db1b73d/darknightearlydawn.png" data-mid="94112701" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/720/i/69192441bc71e039f92ff389caaf79de4bd44dadf3216b2ca7c9d45a7db1b73d/darknightearlydawn.png" /> <img width="720" height="1012" width_o="720" height_o="1012" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/2b6855ef26fcf4ca4ff31b686466847cd976c0f3c3ede40299c7c7144577f2fc/lifecyclesbook.png" data-mid="94112968" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/720/i/2b6855ef26fcf4ca4ff31b686466847cd976c0f3c3ede40299c7c7144577f2fc/lifecyclesbook.png" /> https://chrisbache.com/LSD-BOOK Wed, 06 Jan 2021 05:54:48 +0000 Chris Bache https://chrisbache.com/LSD-BOOK <img width="720" height="1021" width_o="720" height_o="1021" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/a116fa86c9fed6ec12184045d77bce7b516a58f88689f1b52334e0fb78cf92ac/LSD-BOOK.png" data-mid="95160725" border="0" data-scale="48" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/720/i/a116fa86c9fed6ec12184045d77bce7b516a58f88689f1b52334e0fb78cf92ac/LSD-BOOK.png" /> PURCHASE BOOK <img width="512" height="515" width_o="512" height_o="515" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/4abb44cf7ec17345e4780a1dd64c38b012bf94975a577f91bf69982f6a344429/imgbin_sacred-geometry-png.png" data-mid="107308916" border="0" data-scale="17" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/512/i/4abb44cf7ec17345e4780a1dd64c38b012bf94975a577f91bf69982f6a344429/imgbin_sacred-geometry-png.png" /> In 1979, Chris Bache began a life-changing journey. Drawing on his training as a philosopher of religion, Bache set out to explore his consciousness as systematically as possible with the help of LSD. Following protocols established by Stanislav Grof, he conducted 73 therapeutically structured, high-dose LSD sessions over 20 years.Journey alongside professor Bache as describes the stages of his journey and the spiral of death and rebirth that took him into an ever-deepening communion with universe. He shares his experience of the Creative Intelligence that both embraced and crushed him in a series of initiations that became the philosophical adventure of a lifetime. He describes the incalculable value of embracing the pain and suffering he encountered on this journey and the challenges he faced integrating his experiences into his everyday life. At the center of his narrative are the visions he was given of humanity’s evolutionary journey and the turning point it has come to as it strains to give birth to the Future Human. Pushing the boundaries of theory and practice, the author shows how psychedelic experience can take you beyond self-transformation into collective transformation, beyond the present into the future, and beyond spacetime into the Divine Luminosity that lies outside cyclic existence. ︎ “Once or twice in a century a book appears that has the explosive force of a supernova, breaking through the limitations of religion, science, and culture. This is such a book—a gripping account of an utterly unique and extraordinary hero’s journey that opens our minds and hearts to a new vision of our universe and ourselves. A deeply moving template of our evolutionary journey.” &nbsp; - Anne Baring Ph.D., author of The Dream of the Cosmos “This is one of the most insightful and significant books I have ever read.” - Ervin Laszlo, Founder of the Club of BudapestA stunning and uplifting vision of the cosmos and humanity. This revelatory and transformative text is a genuine treasure; to read it is to open a portal into the vast and mysterious beauty of life.” - G. William Barnard, Ph.D., professor of Religious Studies at Southern Methodist University “Chris Bache has traveled into largely uncharted realms to explore the further reaches of psychedelic experience and brought back hard-won insights into our world and our moment in history. His memoir will be a guidebook for generations to come. This is a gem of a book.” - Duane Elgin, author of The Living Universe “Chris Bache is an intrepid psychonaut whose 20-year odyssey has yielded an extraordinary harvest of luminous insights into the deeper structure of reality and the underlying dynamics of human existence. Prepare to be amazed, energized, purged, shattered, illuminated and reborn by penetrating to the heart of this stunning revelation for our times.” - David Lorimer, program director, Scientific and Medical Network “This book is an extraordinarily rich journey and professor Bache’s cosmic insights represent a rare but profound gift to humanity. Highly recommended!” - Eben Alexander, M.D., neurosurgeon, author of Proof of Heaven “Chris Bache demonstrated tremendous courage to embark on the 73 high-dose LSD sessions that form the core of this book. The insights and lessons he brought back for us are profoundly relevant as we seek to answer fundamental questions of the meaning and purpose of our own lives. LSD and the Mind of the Universe: Diamonds from Heaven is a diamond from Chris!” &nbsp; - Rick Doblin, Ph.D., founder and executive director of MAPS “Every now and then a genuine pioneer arises in our midst. With modest yet profound intelligence, Chris Bache takes us with him on his courageous journey into the depth of Universe as a field of reality that transcends all our beliefs and consciousness. With him we experience the intense suffering and ecstasy of universal reality.” - Barbara Marx Hubbard, author of Emergence and Conscious Evolution“This most remarkable book fuses the critical reasoning of philosophy of religion and the epiphanies of the mind that come from direct gnostic access to some of the deepest structures of the universe. That these impossible epiphanies were made possible by a most remarkable scientific discovery which is now criminalized, LSD, only adds to the power of Chris’s remarkable revelation of who and what we really are.” - Jeffrey J. Kripal, J. Newton Rayzor Chair in Philosophy and Religious Thought at Rice University “Words can barely begin to describe the power and the importance of this book. In a half century of psychedelics-related reading and investigation, I have never encountered anyone who has delved so thoroughly into the nature and mind of creation as Chris Bache did. If you open yourself to the paradigm-shattering wisdom of this remarkable book, you will be changed. Essential reading for a species at the crossroads.” - Stephen Gray, Founder of the Spirit Plant Medicine conference“We have extensive historical, cross-cultural, and experimental evidence that psychedelics can have significant therapeutic and religious benefits. Now we have a new kind of data: the careful reflections by an eminent philosopher and theologian of his own intensive and systematic psychedelic explorations into the farther reaches of human experience.” - Roger N. Walsh, M.D., Ph.D., professor at University of California Irvine “Chris Bache’s controlled LSD experiences have been meticulously logged, analyzed and synthesized in this extraordinary book, which greatly extends our known entheogenic cartography. A must read for all those interested in psychedelics, psychology, and the furthest reaches of subjective experience.” - David Luke, Ph.D., coauthor of DMT Dialogues “A fascinating and inspiring work by an intrepid explorer. A rare glimpse into realms of consciousness and the transformation such journeys can bring, including a revelatory vision of an enlightened human future.” - Peter Russell, author of The Global Brain PURCHASE BOOK ︎ BACK TO BOOKS ︎︎︎ https://chrisbache.com/THE-LIVING-CLASSROOM Mon, 03 May 2021 22:33:52 +0000 Chris Bache https://chrisbache.com/THE-LIVING-CLASSROOM <img width="720" height="1015" width_o="720" height_o="1015" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/3a6c170a42934d74d67d01baf1ef09756f9c933496af5e0768c7935ee0bfa9f2/thelivingclassroom.png" data-mid="107304954" border="0" data-scale="48" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/720/i/3a6c170a42934d74d67d01baf1ef09756f9c933496af5e0768c7935ee0bfa9f2/thelivingclassroom.png" /> PURCHASE BOOK<img width="512" height="515" width_o="512" height_o="515" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/4abb44cf7ec17345e4780a1dd64c38b012bf94975a577f91bf69982f6a344429/imgbin_sacred-geometry-png.png" data-mid="107309062" border="0" data-scale="17" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/512/i/4abb44cf7ec17345e4780a1dd64c38b012bf94975a577f91bf69982f6a344429/imgbin_sacred-geometry-png.png" /> Combining scientific research with personal accounts collected from his thirty years of teaching, The Living Classroom examines the subtle influences that radiate invisibly around teachers as they work, revealing the natural connective tissue of consciousness. While these synchronistic connections are often overlooked by traditional academics, Bache demonstrates that they occur too frequently and are too pointed to be dismissed as mere coincidences.Drawing upon Rupert Sheldrake’s theory of morphic fields, Bache proposes that well-taught courses generate learning fields around them, forms of collective consciousness that can trigger new insights and startling personal transformations in our students. Going beyond theory, The Living Classroom is filled with moving student stories and practical strategies for teachers who want to take their teaching to a higher level. ︎ “Chris Bache has created a pioneering contribution to our understanding of how to work with collective fields and deeper knowing, not only in the educational classroom but in the classroom of life. This seminal work is an inspiration to all of us who see collaborative dialogue as a powerful path for accessing the collective wisdom that is so needed in today's challenging times.” - Juanita Brown, Founder of The World Café “The Living Classroom answers a critical need for grounded examples of how collective intelligence functions in practical settings. Chris Bache’s beautiful stories and incisive reflections will not only inspire teachers but help us all to recover our collective birthright as human beings.” - Peter Senge, Director of Society for Organizational Learning and author of The Fifth Discipline “Chris Bache has written a pathbreaking book about collective consciousness in the classroom. This thoughtful and delightful read is at the forefront of education for the 21st century.” - Alfonso Montuori, Department of Transformative Inquiry, California Institute of Integral Studies “This may be the shortest endorsement on record – just one word, repeated twice: True, true.” - Ervin Laszlo, Founder of the Club of Budapest, author of The Connectivity Hypothesis PURCHASE BOOK︎BACK TO BOOKS ︎︎︎ https://chrisbache.com/DARK-NIGHT-EARLY-DAWN Mon, 03 May 2021 22:43:50 +0000 Chris Bache https://chrisbache.com/DARK-NIGHT-EARLY-DAWN <img width="720" height="1023" width_o="720" height_o="1023" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/69192441bc71e039f92ff389caaf79de4bd44dadf3216b2ca7c9d45a7db1b73d/darknightearlydawn.png" data-mid="107307496" border="0" data-scale="48" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/720/i/69192441bc71e039f92ff389caaf79de4bd44dadf3216b2ca7c9d45a7db1b73d/darknightearlydawn.png" /> PURCHASE BOOK<img width="512" height="515" width_o="512" height_o="515" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/4abb44cf7ec17345e4780a1dd64c38b012bf94975a577f91bf69982f6a344429/imgbin_sacred-geometry-png.png" data-mid="107309093" border="0" data-scale="17" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/512/i/4abb44cf7ec17345e4780a1dd64c38b012bf94975a577f91bf69982f6a344429/imgbin_sacred-geometry-png.png" /> Combining philosophical reflection with deep self-exploration, this book delves into the ancient mystery of death and rebirth, emphasizing collective transformation rather than individual transformation. Drawing upon his twenty years of experience working with psychedelic states, Bache argues that when the deep psyche is hyper-stimulated using Stanislav Grof's powerful therapeutic protocols, the healing that results sometimes extends beyond the individual to the collective unconscious of humanity itself. Bache believes that the global systems crisis we are entering will trigger a dark night of our collective soul and an equally profound collective rebirth. By incorporating Sheldrake’s morphic field theory, Peter Russell’s global brain theory, Ken Ring’s near-death episode research, and chaos theory, he outlines some of the mechanisms through which such a transformation might take place with unexpected speed. ︎ “Dark Night, Early Dawn is the most important book I have read in recent years. Bache has articulated, with superb clarity, rigor, and depth of insight, a radically expanded perspective on the deeper nature of individual human experience. With moving honesty and a rare lack of inflation, Bache has brought forth a conception of the human psyche that intimately reconnects the personal ordeals and awakenings of the individual to the larger collective suffering and spiritual transformation of the entire human species, at this most crucial of historical thresholds. This is a book to read soon and to integrate carefully.” - Richard Tarnas, author of The Passion of the Western Mind and Cosmos and Psyche “This is a very important contribution to transpersonal psychology; I know very few books that represent such a unique balance of critical thinking and deep personal experience. The author’s extensive knowledge of philosophical, religious, and psychological literature makes it possible for him to provide solid grounding for the profound insights from his nonordinary states of consciousness. Christopher Bache is one of the most creative and imaginative thinkers in the transpersonal field.” - Stanislav Grof, author of The Way of the Psychonaut “This is truly a landmark book in consciousness studies that is five star reading. Its strength is to combine scholarship in the further reaches of consciousness studies with the most profound experiential insights into the underlying nature of the universe that I have read anywhere.” - David Lorimer, Program Director, Scientific and Medical Network “I find Dark Night, Early Dawn to be the most powerful book I have ever read.” - Myron Stolaroff, author of The Secret Chief Revealed PURCHASE BOOK︎BACK TO BOOKS ︎︎︎ https://chrisbache.com/LIFECYCLES Mon, 03 May 2021 22:53:40 +0000 Chris Bache https://chrisbache.com/LIFECYCLES <img width="720" height="1012" width_o="720" height_o="1012" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/2b6855ef26fcf4ca4ff31b686466847cd976c0f3c3ede40299c7c7144577f2fc/lifecyclesbook.png" data-mid="107309382" border="0" data-scale="48" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/720/i/2b6855ef26fcf4ca4ff31b686466847cd976c0f3c3ede40299c7c7144577f2fc/lifecyclesbook.png" /> PURCHASE BOOK<img width="512" height="515" width_o="512" height_o="515" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/4abb44cf7ec17345e4780a1dd64c38b012bf94975a577f91bf69982f6a344429/imgbin_sacred-geometry-png.png" data-mid="107309200" border="0" data-scale="17" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/512/i/4abb44cf7ec17345e4780a1dd64c38b012bf94975a577f91bf69982f6a344429/imgbin_sacred-geometry-png.png" /> Few questions are more important than whether we live on Earth only once or many times, for if reincarnation is true, it dramatically expands our understanding of who we are and what the purpose of life might be. Unique in scope, Lifecycles combines the best scientific studies of reincarnation with a wide-ranging discussion of the implications of this evidence. It begins with a synthesis of recent findings in consciousness research and past-life therapies, drawing from scholars such as Ian Stevenson and therapists like Joel Whitton, Helen Wambach, and Stanislav Grof. After surveying the compelling evidence for rebirth, Lifecycles explores the cycles of life that connect us to each other and reveal the living intelligence of our unfolding universe. Is reincarnation compatible with Christianity? The author answers, “Surprisingly, yes.” ︎ “The most intelligent and broad ranging discussion of reincarnation I have encountered. Bache helps us see that any genuine encounter with our past lives is part of the soul’s quest to know our divine origins and higher purpose on earth.” - Roger Woolger, Ph.D., author of Other Lives, Other Selves "Lifecycles has set a model of elegance in thinking about the area of past lives and clarity in presenting conceptualizations. He becomes the eloquent spokesman of regression therapy as it is today – or as it will be tomorrow." - Winafred Lucas, Ph.D., author of Regression Therapy “A goldmine of information on the subject and a highly creative synthesis of traditional concepts and observations from contemporary consciousness research." - Stanislav Grof, M.D., author of The Psychology of the Future “Unique in scope, Lifecycles combines the best of scientific testimonies on reincarnation with philosophically sound yet accessible arguments about its implications.” - West Coast Review of Books “As readable as it is academically impressive.&nbsp; Highly recommended." - Journal of Religion and Psychical Research PURCHASE BOOK︎BACK TO BOOKS ︎︎︎ https://chrisbache.com/ARTICLES-1 Wed, 06 Jan 2021 09:20:20 +0000 Chris Bache https://chrisbache.com/ARTICLES-1 ARTICLES <img width="512" height="512" width_o="512" height_o="512" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/9f0c96914d150a3bcb289b0028cf1c2d6cf311c77449db166c2cce0fbcafe2e8/imgbin_circle-point-sacred-geometry-symmetry-png.png" data-mid="97860737" border="0" data-scale="46" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/512/i/9f0c96914d150a3bcb289b0028cf1c2d6cf311c77449db166c2cce0fbcafe2e8/imgbin_circle-point-sacred-geometry-symmetry-png.png" /> ︎PSYCHEDELICS︎ ︎THE LIVING CLASSROOM︎ https://chrisbache.com/PSYCHEDELICS Thu, 14 Jan 2021 07:38:24 +0000 Chris Bache https://chrisbache.com/PSYCHEDELICS PSYCHEDELICS <img width="512" height="512" width_o="512" height_o="512" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/9f0c96914d150a3bcb289b0028cf1c2d6cf311c77449db166c2cce0fbcafe2e8/imgbin_circle-point-sacred-geometry-symmetry-png.png" data-mid="107312629" border="0" data-scale="46" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/512/i/9f0c96914d150a3bcb289b0028cf1c2d6cf311c77449db166c2cce0fbcafe2e8/imgbin_circle-point-sacred-geometry-symmetry-png.png" /> 2021 The Challenges of Integrating an Extreme Psychedelic Journey 2020 A Postscript to LSD and the Mind of the Universe&nbsp; 2020 Are Deep Psychedelic Experiences Trustable 2020 A response to Goeff Ward’s review of LSD and the Mind of the Universe 2016 Existence and the Intelligence of the Cosmos 2014 Reflections on the Mystery of Death and Rebirth in LSD Psychotherapy 2015 Death and Rebirth in LSD Therapy 2006 Reincarnation and the Akashic Field 2004 Sacred Medicine - Conintuing the Dialogue 2003 Is the Sacred Medicine Path a Legitimate Spiritual Path? 2000 The Epistemic Warrant of Psychedelic Experience 2001 On the Emergence of Perinatal Symptoms in Buddhist Meditation 1996 Expanding Grof's Concept of the Perinatal 1994 A Perinatal Interpretation of Near-Death Experiences 1991 Mysticism and Psychedelics - The Case of the Dark Night 1985 A Reappraisal Of Teresa Of Avila's Supposed Hysteria BACK TO ARTICLES︎︎︎ https://chrisbache.com/TLC Wed, 13 Jan 2021 08:38:27 +0000 Chris Bache https://chrisbache.com/TLC THE LIVING CLASSROOM <img width="512" height="512" width_o="512" height_o="512" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/9f0c96914d150a3bcb289b0028cf1c2d6cf311c77449db166c2cce0fbcafe2e8/imgbin_circle-point-sacred-geometry-symmetry-png.png" data-mid="107312668" border="0" data-scale="46" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/512/i/9f0c96914d150a3bcb289b0028cf1c2d6cf311c77449db166c2cce0fbcafe2e8/imgbin_circle-point-sacred-geometry-symmetry-png.png" /> 2012 Teaching in the New Paradigm 2011 The Collective Dynamics of Contemplative Practice 2009 Spiritual Resonance in the Classroom BACK TO ARTICLES ︎︎︎ https://chrisbache.com/TALKS-1 Wed, 06 Jan 2021 09:26:19 +0000 Chris Bache https://chrisbache.com/TALKS-1 TALKS <img width="1181" height="1153" width_o="1181" height_o="1153" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/5830e579cbaf17cd8e4e5b6748f423a81443ba023397e3dac231c42dff2f3c91/imgbin_sacred-geometry-symmetry-art-mandala-png.png" data-mid="97861254" border="0" data-scale="46" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/5830e579cbaf17cd8e4e5b6748f423a81443ba023397e3dac231c42dff2f3c91/imgbin_sacred-geometry-symmetry-art-mandala-png.png" /> 2017 Diamonds from Heaven: A 20 year psychedelic journey 2019 Mapping the Transcendent: The Science of Psychedelic Experience 2017 Diamonds from Heaven: Interview by Iain McNay 2015 Exploring the Boundaries of Death and Rebirth in LSD Psychotherapy 2018 The Scientific Evidence for Reincarnation