Allan Leslie Combs (“Leslie”) was Professor of Consciousness Studies at the California Institute of Integral Studies, where he was director of the Center for Consciousness Studies. He is author of over 250 publications, including The Radiance of Being, best-book award-winner of the Scientific and Medical Network; Consciousness Explained Better: An Integral Understanding of Consciousness; with Mark Holland, Synchronicity: In the Eyes of Science, Myth, and the Trickster; and with Ervin Laszlo, Thomas Berry: Dreamer of the Earth.
Professor Combs was the founder and President emeritus of the Society for Consciousness Studies, that recently bestowed him with a lifetime achievement award. He is also the founder of the Four-Rivers Institute in Ecuador.
Leslie died in 2025.