Scientists & Researchers

Charles Tart

1969

UC Davis psychologist and a founder of transpersonal psychology; his 1969 anthology Altered States of Consciousness helped make the scientific study of non-ordinary consciousness respectable. A longtime parapsychology researcher who coined the phrase "consensus trance."

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Connections (2)

confirmedParapsychological Association

past president and senior figure

Source: Parapsychological Association records

confirmedInstitute of Noetic Sciences

allied transpersonal / consciousness researchers

Source: consciousness-research histories

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