Chris Bache, Ph.D. (he, him) 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 represent 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. Chris pushed his psychedelic practice beyond therapeutic healing and spiritual awakening to explore the deep structure of the universe itself. He worked for 20 years in therapeutically structured high-dose LSD sessions, and another 20 years digesting his experiences and extracting their core cosmological insights. Chris’ 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. 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. He has written four books: Lifecycles – a study of reincarnation; Dark Night, Early Dawn – psychedelic philosophy and collective consciousness; The Living Classroom – collective fields of consciousness in teaching; and LSD and the Mind of the Universe – his 20-year journey with LSD. Chris has been a spiritual seeker all his life. Chris looks forward to serving the Haden community in any way he can. He lives in Weaverville, NC, with his wife Christina Hardy, a professional astrologer and past-life therapist.
