An Open-Ended Conversation with Chris Bache

Summary

In this episode, Dr. Chris Bache discusses his transformative journey with high-dose LSD sessions and their impact on understanding human consciousness and reincarnation. He explores themes of collective psyche, the evolution of compassion, and the connections among all living beings. Bache emphasizes the idea of shared spiritual destiny as part of a larger cosmic unfolding.

Key takeaways

• 1Chris Bache: Professor emeritus and author, known for his explorations of consciousness and reincarnation.
• 2LSD research influenced by Stan Grof and Ian Stevenson, significant figures in psychedelic therapy.
• 3The concept of a collective psyche, highlighting humanity's interconnected suffering and karma.
• 4The idea that individual experiences contribute to a shared spiritual journey, termed 'the diamond soul'.
• 5Bache's investigations into archetypes that extend beyond human forms to cosmic structures.

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Transcript excerpt

New Thinking Allowed is presented by the California Institute for Human Science, a fully accredited university offering distant learning graduate degrees that focus on mind, body, and spirit. The topics that we cover here. We are particularly excited to announce new degrees emphasizing parapsychology and the paranormal. Visit their website at cihs.edu. Book 4 in the new Thinking Allowed Dialogue Series is Charles T. Tartt, 70 Years of Exploring, Consciousness and Parapsychology. Now available on Amazon. Thinking Allowed. Conversations on the Leading Edge of Knowledge and Discovery with Psychologist Jeffrey Mishlove. Hello and welcome. I'm Jeffrey Mishlove. Today is a special day. I'm here in Albuquerque with a live guest in my little studio. I'm with Chris Baish. He has been interviewed several times on New Thinking Allowed previously. Chris is an emeritus professor from Akron State University in Ohio. He is the author of several books including Life Cycles, a book about reincarnation, Dark Night, Early Dawn, The Living Classroom, and LSD and the Mind of the Universe. Welcome, Chris. Thank you, Jeff. It's a pleasure to be here with you. It's a real pleasure to be here with you in person, in the flesh, after having watched so many videos with you and having been on the live stream with you as well. I thought today would be an opportunity for our viewers, many of whom will have watched these interviews because they were quite popular, to get to know you personally. I know, for example, you've talked about your life a little bit. At one time, you were considering joining the Catholic priesthood. Yeah. Yeah, I was in the seminary for four years, three years in high school and one year in college. ...

Excerpt from New Thinking Allowed, Nov 25, 2025. Rights remain with the original creators. Hear the full episode at the source.