Protagonists

Christof Koch, Ph.D.

President and Chief Scientist
Allen Institute for Brain Science, Seattle

“My own personal goal, before I die, is to understand how consciousness fits into the universe.“

Matthieu Ricard, Ph.D.

Tibetan-Buddhist Monk
Shechen Monastery, Nepal

“We speak of a horizon that cannot be reached – it‘s the idea of studying consciousness from the outside. Now from the inside, there's no such problem…“

Monica Gagliano, Ph.D.

Professor for Plant Behaviour & Cognition
University of Sydney

„We see the world as separate from us and we see things, not beings…“

Josefa Kirvin Kulix

Mayan Healer and Therapist
Chiapas, Mexico

„Of course, plants communicate…The energy I have seen is like a thread of a spider’s web.“

Roland R. Griffiths, Ph.D.

Director, Center for Psychedelic and Consciousness Research
Johns-Hopkins-University, Baltimore

„Meditation is the tried and true course for understanding the nature of mind and psilocybin is the crash course.“

Richard Boothby, Ph.D.

Professor for Philosophy
Loyola-University, Maryland

“It's not the drug. The drug helps you to open the door. But the drug isn't what's outside the door. The question is how much of reality you can take?“

Special Guest

Mingyur Rinpoche
Tibetan Buddhist Teacher