Anne Baring MA is a member of the Association of Jungian Analysts, London and the author, with Jules Cashford, of The Myth of the Goddess: Evolution of an Image, a children's book, The Birds Who Flew Beyond Timeand, with Andrew Harvey, The Mystic Vision. She is passionately interested in the way consciousness seems to be guiding its own expansion towards a greater understanding of itself through the human psyche.
	Barbara Brennan, MS is a teacher, healer, therapist, author and scientist who has devoted more than 20 years to research and exploration of the Human Energy Field. She holds a Masters degree in Atmospheric Physics from the University of Wisconsin and worked as a research scientist at NASA. Skilled in Bioenergetic and Core Energetic therapy, she is a graduate of the Institute of Core Energetics in Ney York city. She is Director of the Barbara Brennan School of Healing in New York, where she has developed a four-year certification program in healing science. Her first book Hands of Light: A Guide to Healing Through the Human Energy Fieldhas sold more than 750,000 copies worldwide. She has recently published her second book, Light Emerging: The Journey of Personal Healing.
	Dr. Peter Fenwick, MB, BChir, FRCPsych, DPM is Chairman of the Council of the Scientific and Medical Network. He is Senior Lecturer at the Institute of Psychiatry in London, Consultant Neurophysiologist at the Radcliffe Infirmary in Oxford, and Honorary Consultant in Neurophysiology to Broadmoor Special Hospital. He lectures widely all over the world on brain disorders and has made many appearances on radio and television.
	Professor David Fontana, BA, MEd, PhD, CPsychol is currently Distinguished Visiting Fellow at the University of Wales, Cardiff, and holds professorships at the universities of Alagarve and of Minho in Portugal. He is the author of numerous research publications and of 20 which have been translated into 22 languages. For many years he has studied the relationship between Western and Eastern psychological systems, together with methods for deepening and expanding consciousness, and has written widely on dreams, meditation and psycho-spirituality. Among his recent books are The Secret Power of Dreams, The Lotus in the City, and Know Who You Are: Be What You Want. He is a Chartered Psychologist, a Chartered Counselling Psychologist, and a Fellow of the British Psychological Society.
	Thomas J. Hurley, BS, MS has been with the Institute of Noetic Sciences since 1981 and presently serves as Director of Education. In this capacity, he directs education and outreach projects on societal transformation, emerging paradigms in businesses and organisations, peace-building for the 21st century, and multicultural dialogue. He is also responsible for planning educational events, co-ordinating a network of more than 300 local community groups, and creating educational tools and materials. Tom has been a member of the Board of Directors of the Institute of Noetic Sciences since 1993 and has served as an independent consultant on a variety of forecasting and planning projects for both corporate clients and non-profit organisations.
	Dr. Kim Jobst, MA, DM, MRCP is Senior Registrar in Medicine and Homoeopathy and Honorary University Research Fellow, Glasgow University Department of Medicine and Therapeutics. He was previously Clinical Director of the Oxford Project to Investigate Memory and Ageing (OPTIMA) and Bristol-Myers Squibb Clinical Research Fellow, Oxford University. He is Editor in Chief of the Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine: Research on Paradigm, Practice and Policyand a member of the Prince of Wales' working group on integrated medicine. His research interests include science and healing, particularly in relation to dementia and the interface of alternative and complementary medicines with orthodox science and medicine. He is training as a Jungian analytical psychologist. His main interest is the healing of the whole person and the symbolic nature of the therapeutic encounter.
	Professor Ervin Laszlo DSc, PhD is the author and editor of 57 books and over 300 papers and articles. He is Chairman of the European Academy for Evolutionary Studies, Rector of the Forum for Advanced Evolutionary Studies and President of the Club of Budapest. He is Editor of World Futures: The Journal of General Evolution, General Editor of Global Policy: Studies on the 21st Century and is an adviser to the Director-General of UNESCO.
	Dr. Jean-Marc Mantel, MD is a psychiatrist, founder and president of the International Association of Spiritual Psychiatry and of the Israeli Association of Spiritual Medicine and Psychiatry. He is the author of numerous articles on spiritual psychology, and leads lectures and workshops on spiritual understanding of yoga, meditation, and non-dualistic approaches to self-knowledge.
	Dr. Andrew Powell, MA, MRCP, FRCPsych is a psychiatrist and consultant psychotherapist in the health service in Oxford. He has trained in individual analytical therapy, group analysis and psychodrama. He is an Associate of the College of Healing, reflecting his interest for a number of years in the spiritual aspect of consciousness. He is currently a council member of the Scientific and Medical Network.
	Professor Kenneth Ring, PhD is Professor Emeritus of Psychology in the University of Connecticut. He is the Founding Editor of the Journal of Near-Death Studies and a past President of the International Association for Near-Death Studies. He is the author of Life at Death: A Scientific Investigation of Near-Death Experience, Heading Toward Omega: In Search of the Meaning of the Near-Death Experienceand The Omega Project: Near-Death Experiences, UFO Encounters and Mind at Large.
	Dr. Anthony Stevens is a Jungian Analyst, psychiatrist and author of many books, including Archetype: A Natural History of the Self, The Roots of War, On Jung, The Two Million Year Old Self, Private Myths: Dreams and Dreaming,and with John Price, Evolutionary Psychiatry: A New Beginning.His most recent book, The Lyre of Orpheus: The Symbols of Humankind, An Explanatory Thesauruswill be published in early 1998.
	Dr. Roger Woolger, MA, MPhil, PhD is a Jungian analyst, past-life therapist and lecturer on cultural psychology. He holds degrees from Oxford and London Universities and the C.G. Jung Institute in Zurich. He has taught Jungian psychology, mythology and religious psychology at various universities and is a pioneer in transpersonal psychology. His highly acclaimed Other Lives, Other Selvesis generally considered the definitive work on past-life therapy and has been translated into six languages. He is also author, with Jennifer Barker, of The Goddess Within.
	Gillian Wright is an international lecturer in the field of Metaphysics and Director of Global Vision Network (GVN) Ltd, a multimedia company started in London. GVN seeks to awaken people's global awareness - though TV, film, documentaries and the Internet - by highlighting the positive initiatives that are being created in domains such as politics, science, the environment and education. She is also Director of United Pathways Foundation, a Co-Director of the Health Partnership and Co-Vice President of The Club of Budapest International, a body of recognised leaders in the arts, politics, science and spiritual education, who are dedicated to the creation of a better future through insight and imagination.