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Dr. Sharon G. Mijares
Core Faculty, California Institute for Human Science
Movies and App Series Reflect Changing Consciousness
Abstract: Carl Jung and Joseph Campbell validated the presence of a Collective Unconscious including shared motifs amongst all cultures. Stories are changing as reflected in movies and several new series shared on various applications. Many reflect other realities, multiverses, other dimensions, and intergalactic communications. This presentation will provide examples and discussion.
Bio: Dr. Sharon G. Mijares is a psychologist and core faculty member of the California Institute for Human Science. She is a professor at National University and the University of Massachusetts Global. She authored and co-authored seven books focused on psychological and spiritual development, including The revelation of the breath: A tribute to its wisdom, power, and beauty, published in 2009. Her 2013 edited book, A Force Such As the World Has Never Known: Women Creating Change, brings women together from many cultures, and many areas of work. Her 7th book, The Power of the Feminine: Facing Shadow/Evoking Light, co-authored with an Egyptian Sufi leader, a Tibetan feminist, an environmentalist from Ghana, and a U.S. professor. Sharon has presented workshops in Costa Rica, Ecuador, Egypt, India, Mexico, Scotland, Uganda, United States and Venezuela. She is a mother, grandmother, and great-grandmother living in Silver City, NM.
From the 2022 Annual Society for Consciousness Studies conference. SCS conferences reflects the values and goals of The Society for Consciousness Studies, a professional scholarly organization that honors work of quality from all authentic scholarly traditions, including philosophical, psychological, sociological, and other scientific understandings of consciousness. Within this broad framework the society explores potential advances beyond the classical and postmodern knowledge paradigms that have dominated science and scholarship during the past century. You can learn more at: https://consc.org.
Dr. Sharon G. Mijares
Core Faculty, California Institute for Human Science
Movies and App Series Reflect Changing Consciousness
Abstract: Carl Jung and Joseph Campbell validated the presence of a Collective Unconscious including shared motifs amongst all cultures. Stories are changing as reflected in movies and several new series shared on various applications. Many reflect other realities, multiverses, other dimensions, and intergalactic communications. This presentation will provide examples and discussion.
Bio: Dr. Sharon G. Mijares is a psychologist and core faculty member of the California Institute for Human Science. She is a professor at National University and the University of Massachusetts Global. She authored and co-authored seven books focused on psychological and spiritual development, including The revelation of the breath: A tribute to its wisdom, power, and beauty, published in 2009. Her 2013 edited book, A Force Such As the World Has Never Known: Women Creating Change, brings women together from many cultures, and many areas of work. Her 7th book, The Power of the Feminine: Facing Shadow/Evoking Light, co-authored with an Egyptian Sufi leader, a Tibetan feminist, an environmentalist from Ghana, and a U.S. professor. Sharon has presented workshops in Costa Rica, Ecuador, Egypt, India, Mexico, Scotland, Uganda, United States and Venezuela. She is a mother, grandmother, and great-grandmother living in Silver City, NM.
From the 2022 Annual Society for Consciousness Studies conference. SCS conferences reflects the values and goals of The Society for Consciousness Studies, a professional scholarly organization that honors work of quality from all authentic scholarly traditions, including philosophical, psychological, sociological, and other scientific understandings of consciousness. Within this broad framework the society explores potential advances beyond the classical and postmodern knowledge paradigms that have dominated science and scholarship during the past century. You can learn more at: https://consc.org.






![Neurotheology and the Exploration of Consciousness: Latest Findings | Dr. Andrew Newberg | SCS2021
Dr. Andrew Newberg
Neuroscientist and Professor at Thomas Jefferson University
Society for Consciousness Studies 2021 Conference Presentation Title:
Neurotheology and the Exploration of Consciousness: Latest Findings
Abstract: This presentation will consider the relationship between the brain and religious and spiritual experiences, a field sometimes referred to as neurotheology. Since many religious and spiritual experiences are associated with altered states of consciousness, we will explore this overall relationship with the latest findings from brain scan studies, psychedelics, and other studies.
Bio: Andrew Newberg is an American neuroscientist who is a Professor in the Department of Integrative Medicine and Nutritional Sciences and the Director of Research at the Marcus Institute of Integrative Health at Thomas Jefferson University Hospital,[1] previously an Adjunct Professor of Religious Studies and a Lecturer in Psychology in the Biological Basis of Behavior Program at the University of Pennsylvania.[2]
He has been a prominent researcher in the field of nuclear medical brain imaging and neurotheology. In particular, his research has focused on the development of neurotransmitter tracers for the evaluation of religiosity as well as neurological and psychiatric disorders including clinical depression, head injury, Alzheimer’s disease, and Parkinson’s disease.
His 2010 book Principles of Neurotheology gives a basic understanding on the research done so far on neurotheology. Neurotheology and the Exploration of Consciousness: Latest Findings | Dr. Andrew Newberg | SCS2021](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/Ud4ucJblI-M/mqdefault.jpg)



