Soul, Cosmos, and Consciousness
Soul, Cosmos, and Consciousness
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"Soul, Cosmos, and Consciousness" is a “soul feed” to feed your soul, offering timely and illuminating content, including articles, podcasts, events, online courses, and in-person retreats. It delves into consciousness, emerging sciences, mystical traditions, neurospirituality, and soul-centered psychologies, integrating transformative insights from Jungian, Transpersonal, Archetypal, and Depth perspectives. Engaging with ancient wisdom, cosmic mysteries, and evolving consciousness, this series invites deep reflection and self-discovery at the heart of what it means to be human on a spiritual journey. Co-hosted by Dr. Bonnie Bright and Dr. Christophe Morin
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The podcast explores themes of consciousness, neurospirituality, mystical traditions, and depth psychology, featuring episodes like 'The Science and Soul of Awareness' that delve into the intersection of neuroscience and spirituality. It focuses on personal transformation, integrating insights from Jungian, Transpersonal, Archetypal, and Depth perspectives alongside ancient wisdom and cosmic mysteries.
“Soul, Cosmos, and Consciousness” is a “soul feed” to feed your soul, offering timely and illuminating content, including articles, podcasts, events, online courses, and in-person retreats.
It delves into consciousness, emerging sciences, mystical traditions, neurospirituality, and soul-centered psychologies, integrating transformative insights from Jungian, Transpersonal, Archetypal, and Depth perspectives.
Engaging with ancient wisdom, cosmic mysteries, and evolving consciousness, this series invites deep reflection and self-discovery at the heart of what it means to be human on a spiritual journey. Co-hosted by depth psychologist and soul-centered coach, Dr. Bonnie Bright, and neuroscientist and consciousness researcher, Dr. Christophe Morin.
What if consciousness is not produced by the brain—but is woven into the fabric of reality itself? Theoretical physicist and complexity scientist Dr. James Glattfelder joins neuroscientist Dr. Christophe Morin and depth psychologist Dr. Bonnie Bright to explore consciousness, idealism, psychedelics, synchronicity, complexity, meaning, and the possibility that the cosmos itself is conscious.
James examines the limits of physicalism—the assumption that matter is the fundamental basis of reality—and explains why this worldview is not a proven scientific fact, but a metaphysical position. Drawing on quantum physics, complexity science, philosophy, and consciousness research, he explores idealism as a compelling alternative: the possibility that consciousness is primary and that the physical world emerges within it.
The conversation also turns toward direct experience. James reflects on meditation, breathwork, psychedelics, mystical states, and his own encounters with ayahuasca, describing how non-ordinary states can reveal dimensions of reality that intellectual inquiry alone may not reach.
Together, they explore synchronicity, psi phenomena, Jung's understanding of soul and meaning, panpsychism, the universe's apparent ”will to complexity,” and the possibility of a new scientific spirituality—one capable of bringing rigor and mystery back into relationship.
This is a conversation about re-enchanting science, recovering meaning, and finding a metaphysical foundation that can help us understand both ourselves and the living cosmos.
About James B. Glattfelder
James B. Glattfelder is a complexity scientist, author, and former quant with a background in theoretical physics. His work explores the foundations of reality, the nature of consciousness, and the emergence of meaning through the lens of metaphysical idealism. He is the author of Information–Consciousness–Reality (2019) and The Sapient Cosmos (2025).
Find more at SoulCosmosConsciousness.com or on James' site at https://jth.ch
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CHAPTERS
0:00 Opening: Consciousness, Enchanted Science & Self-Healing
0:41 Welcome to Soul, Cosmos and Consciousness
1:19 Physics, Philosophy & Science’s Blind Spot Around Consciousness
4:23 Mystical Experiences & Non-Ordinary States of Consciousness
14:07 Psychedelics, Ayahuasca & What Lies “Behind the Veil”
23:57 Psychedelics, the Ego & Becoming More Open
30:44 Felt Experience, Intuition & the Blueprint of Consciousness
33:21 Suffering, Purpose & the Universe’s “Will to Complexity”
40:19 Jung, Soul, Collective Awakening & Cultural Transformation
42:32 A Crisis of Thinking & the Evolution of Consciousness
48:21 The Sapient Cosmos: Finding Meaning Amid Collapse
50:11 Happiness, Metaphysics & How We Choose to Live
52:40 Self-Love, Self-Compassion & Healing the World
53:56 Where to Find James Glattfelder
Soul, Cosmos, and Consciousness is a Soul Feed exploring consciousness, emerging sciences, mystical traditions, neurospirituality, and Soul-Centered psychology through podcasts, articles, webinars, courses, events, and retreats on the Big Island of Hawaii. Join us at the crossroads of ancient wisdom, emerging knowledge, cosmic mystery, and the deeper dimensions of being.
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