Saturday 26th April 2025 Workshop - ‘Mind’ the Gap: Journeying Non-Locally through Theories of Mind Beyond the Brain

In this Saturday's workshop, we will explore theories of non-local consciousness. That being concepts and evidence supporting the idea that the mind, our awareness, can extend beyond the body to retrieve information or influence the environment. This could include remote viewing, knowing who is calling before you answer the telephone, feeling when someone else is staring at you from behind, and much more. Our speakers for the day will provide captivating examples and present what theories may apply.

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This will be a physical meeting, also available as a Zoom event (same prices), and both SPR members & non-members are most welcome.  Members are urged to publicise this event in their own locality and through social media.  Please pay online through the SPR website. You may also telephone the SPR office to pay with a credit/debit card - +44 (0)20 7937 8984. Advance booking is the only way to join this meeting. This meeting will be followed at 5:15 p.m. by the SPR AGM 2025.

IMPORTANT: For Zoom attendees: once you have paid for your booking via the website or office, you will receive an email confirmation of payment from the SPR secretary. This will contain a Zoom link to complete your registration. Only when you complete the registration will you receive another email containing a link to join the meeting at the advertised time.

Prof. Callum E. Cooper, PhD

Cal Cooper is co-director of parapsychology education at the California Institute for Human Science (USA), where he holds a professorship for parapsychology and public understanding of human science. He is based at the University of Northampton (UK) as an associate professor of psychology, where he also leads the 3^rd year undergraduate module in parapsychology. He received PhDs from the University of Northampton and Manchester Metropolitan University. Some of his professional positions include Council Member of the SPR, Chair of the SPR Survival Research Committee and SPR Conference Programme Chair. He is a Professional Member of the Parapsychological Association, and a Fellow of the British Psychological Society. He has produced over 100 papers, articles, chapters, and authored/edited 5 books.

Dr Mike Daw, PhD

Michael Daw is based at the University of Northampton. His research focuses on the relationship between vegetarianism and fasting, and spirituality and psi. In 2024, with co-author Prof. Chris Roe, he won first prize in the Institute of Noetic Sciences’ essay competition reviewing theories of non-local consciousness and is currently working on a popular science book on this topic. He is a member of the Emergent Phenomenology Research Consortium and the Vegan Society Researcher Network. He has pursued careers in university management, software engineering, and mathematics teaching. He has been active in the environmental movement for over 30 years and lives in West Yorkshire.

Dr Michael Nahm, PhD

Michael Nahm is a biologist and research associate at the Institute for Frontier Areas of Psychology and Mental Health (IGPP) in Freiburg, Germany. His fields of research include unusual phenomena near death, hauntings and poltergeists, the history and theories of parapsychology, open questions of (evolutionary) biology, and philosophical implications of psi phenomena. In 2024, he was awarded the second prize in the essay contest of the Linda G. O’Bryant Noetic Sciences Research Prize regarding a review and comparative analysis of theories of non-local consciousness and psi phenomena.

Dr Cameron Alldredge, PhD

Cameron Alldredge is a licensed psychologist and associate research scientist in the Mind-Body Medicine Research Laboratory at Baylor University in Waco, T. He teaches psychology classes at both an undergraduate and graduate level and runs a private practice that focuses on utilizing non-ordinary states of consciousness.

Dr Rupert Sheldrake, PhD

Rupert Sheldrake is a biologist and author of more than 100 papers in peer reviewed journals and 9 books including: The Science Delusion, The Sense of Being Stared At, Dogs That Know When Their Owners Are Coming Home, and Ways to Go Beyond and Why They Work.  He was a Fellow of Clare College Cambridge and from 2005 to 2010 was the Perrott Warrick Senior Researcher, funded from Trinity College Cambridge.  He is currently a Fellow of the Institute of Noetic Science, in California, and the Temenos Academy in London.  His website is www.sheldrake.org.

Prof. Bernard Carr, PhD

Bernard Carr is Emeritus Professor of Mathematics and Astronomy at Queen Mary University of London. For his PhD he studied the first second of the universe with Stephen Hawking at Cambridge University and Caltech. He then held Research Fellowships at Trinity College, Cambridge and the Institute of Astronomy before moving to Queen Mary in 1985. His professional area of research is cosmology and astrophysics and includes such topics as the early universe, black holes, dark matter and the anthropic principle. He is the author of around 300 papers and the books Universe or Multiverse? and Quantum Black Holes. He regards consciousness as a fundamental rather than incidental feature of the Universe and is developing a new physical paradigm, which accommodates normal, paranormal and transpersonal experiences. He is a Vice-President and former President of the SPR.