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SUMMARY:Warp Drives\, Black Holes\, and Wormholes
DESCRIPTION:Event registration\n\n\n\nClick on the Going button below to register for this event; enter your full name and email address and then press Submit RSVP. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nDonate to the Pari Center\n\n\n\nWe could not exist without the generosity of our supporters\, sponsors and friends. Donate even a small amount\, to help support us financially and enable us to continue our work. \n\n\n\nBy clicking on the Donate button\, you will be taken to the payment screen.
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SUMMARY:Matter\, Mind and Multiverse
DESCRIPTION:Matter\, Mind and Multiverse: Incorporating Mind into Physics \n\n\n\nPari\, Italy – May 15-18\, 2026 \n\n\n\nSpeakers: Bernard Carr with Jonathan Allday \n\n\n\nThe event will start on Friday May 15 at 16:00 and end on Monday May 18 after lunch. \n\n\n\nPrice: 825.00 euros\, which includes: \n\n\n\n\nprogrammed activities and materials;\n\n\n\na 3-night stay in private accommodation;\n\n\n\nbreakfast\, lunch and dinner at the local restaurant featuring locally sourced produce and traditional dishes;\n\n\n\nwater\, wine\, and coffee are provided with lunch and dinner.\n\n\n\n\nPlease read the Terms and Conditions. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nPhysics has built a hugely impressive picture of the world. We have a broad understanding of structure from the microverse within the atom to the universe of galaxies and clusters. The evolutionary history of the cosmos is also well mapped\, right back to the earliest moments of the Big Bang. \n\n\n\nThere is\, however\, one conspicuous absence from this grand design—us. Much of the success of physics\, and science in general\, has come from deliberately excluding the subjective. The physicist’s universe is a rather arid lunar landscape devoid of the colour that comes with consciousness\, mind and spirit. \n\n\n\nMost physicists believe that this is fine. It’s not their job to deal with messy and unreliable emotions\, qualia and subjective experience. Some go even further and say all our personal life is an illusion. \n\n\n\nMeanwhile\, a significant number of people have experiences that are mystical\, anomalous\, synchronistic and personally transformative. The plural of anecdote is data: these events are happening\, and they contain important clues to the nature of reality. \n\n\n\nIt is time to seriously discuss how physics might be extended to accommodate consciousness\, mind and spirit. \n\n\n\nIn this series of conversations and workshops with Professor Bernard Carr and Dr. Jonathan Allday\, we will explore the bounds of current physics from M-theory in the microscopic domain to the multiverse in the macroscopic domain\, probe the nature of space and time\, push into the esoteric worlds of cosmology and black holes\, and ask whether some  final theory which amalgamates relativity and quantum mechanics can accommodate consciousness and associated anomalous phenomena.  We speculate that physics will need to take a broader view of reality if it is ever going to complete its mission. \n\n\n\nProfessor Carr has been at the forefront of this movement for most of his career. With a well-respected research profile in cosmology\, black holes and the anthropic principle\, he is well-placed to speak with authority on the nature of current physics. Bernard has also had a long-standing interest in Buddhism\, psychical research and spiritual experience. He’s been President of the Society for Psychical Research and is currently President of the Scientific and Medical Network. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nParticipating in an event at the Pari Center is more than joining a program\, it is entering an experience unlike any other. This is no ordinary conference in a city hotel\, nor a retreat hidden within a bustling resort. Instead\, it is an invitation to step into an unspoilt medieval village in the Tuscan hills\, where time slows and life unfolds at a rhythm that allows you to think\, feel\, and reconnect. \n\n\n\nAt the Pari Center\, learning becomes a way of being. David Peat often described Pari as an alchemical vessel—a transformative space designed for reflection\, renewal\, and personal growth. It is a rare and welcoming environment for anyone seeking something deeper. \n\n\n\nYou will share traditional Tuscan meals and conversation with presenters and fellow participants\, taste local wines\, mingle with the village’s tiny community\, and take in the beauty of the surrounding countryside. All of this unfolds within a gentle way of life\, far removed from the hurry of work and the noise of city living. \n\n\n\nThe Pari Center gathers world-renowned thinkers\, scholars\, and innovators from diverse disciplines and traditions. Our mission is to explore the mysteries woven into everyday life: the subtle\, essential questions that shape who we are and who we are becoming. Through rigorous inquiry\, creative dialogue and participatory activities\, we aim to illuminate the origins\, nature\, and possibilities of human experience. \n\n\n\nWe invite you to discover why so many visitors regard the Pari Center not only as a place of learning\, but as a place of personal transformation. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nBernard Carr is Emeritus Professor of Mathematics and Astronomy at Queen Mary University of London. His professional area of research is cosmology and astrophysics and includes such topics as the early universe\, dark matter\, black holes and the anthropic principle. For his PhD he studied the first second of the Universe\, working under the supervision of Stephen Hawking at the Institute of Astronomy in Cambridge and the California Institute of Technology. He was elected to a Fellowship at Trinity College\, Cambridge\, in 1975 and moved to Queen Mary College in 1985. He has also held Visiting Professorships at Kyoto University\, Tokyo University\, the Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory and the Canadian Institute for Theoretical Astrophysics.  \n\n\n\nHe is the author of nearly three hundred scientific papers and the books Universe or Multiverse? and Quantum Black Holes.  \n\n\n\nBeyond his professional field\, he is interested in the role of consciousness in physics and in an expanded paradigm which accommodates mind. He also has a long-standing interest in the relationship between science and religion. He was President of the Society for Psychical Research in 2000-2004 and is currently President of the Scientific and Medical Network. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nJonathan Allday is a retired teacher with 30+ years’ experience teaching physics working in a range of boarding and day schools in the UK. He was a head of department\, head of faculty and an academic Deputy Head. His last post had the gloriously pompous title ‘Director of Digital Strategy\,’ although this did not make the IT work any better for him. \n\n\n\nAfter attending the Liverpool Blue Coat School\, he took his first degree in Natural Sciences at Cambridge\, then in 1989 a PhD in experimental particle physics at Liverpool University. During that time\, he found one of David Peat’s books in the University Bookstore. Discovering that David was also a Liverpudlian fostered Jonathan’s ambition to write about physics. \n\n\n\nShortly after his PhD\, Jonathan started work on his first book Quarks Leptons and the Big Bang\, now published by Taylor & Francis and available in its third edition. It has been in print for over 25 years. \n\n\n\nSince then\, he has also written Apollo in Perspective\, Quantum Reality (now in its second edition)\, Space-time\, and Introduction to Entropy: The Way of the World\, written with an old school friend\, Professor Simon Hands. In addition\, Jonathan is co-authoring a successful textbook (Advanced Physics) and a volume in the Oxford Encyclopaedia for Young Scientists. Most recently\, Jonathan contributed to the updated edition of the Looking-Glass Universe by F. David Peat and John Briggs. \n\n\n\nIn various other projects\, Jonathan has produced articles and teaching materials on the philosophy of science and the interface between science and religion. He has contributed to Physics Review magazine and has been an editor of Physics Education. \n\n\n\nDuring COVID\, Jonathan started researching what the Pari Center was up to and made his first trip to Italy for the ‘Enchanted Universe’ conference in 2022. Since then\, he has adopted Pari as a spiritual home. \n\n\n\nHis physical home is with his wife Carolyn in Worcestershire. They have three grown boys\, one of whom actually did a degree in physics at Bristol University\, (not a bad strike rate…) and is now a software engineer. The others read psychology and philosophy and fell to the dark side and became accountants. \n\n\n\nAll of them can do sport\, which Jonathan can’t but his wife could (very well). \n\n\n\nIn January 2026\, Jonathan became Director of the Pari Center.
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SUMMARY:Paths to Knowing Consciousness and Reality: From the Indigenous to the Academic
DESCRIPTION:Thanks to the generous funding from a European foundation\, we now have the opportunity to offer three full scholarships\, preferably to young minds\, for this event. For more information: \n\n\n\n\nScholarship Programme\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSCIENCE OF CONSCIOUSNESS SERIES \n\n\n\nPaths to Knowing Consciousness and Reality: From the Indigenous to the Academic \n\n\n\nMay 20–27\, 2026 \n\n\n\nSpeakers: Jonathan Allday\, Vicente Arraez\, Vasileios Basios\, Apela Colorado\, Alvaro Doethiro Tukano\, Ruro Caituiro Monge\, Aimee Morgana (virtually)\, Robin Rice\, Francisco Rivarola.Curated and Chaired by: Jeff Dunne \n\n\n\nLocation: Pari\, Italy \n\n\n\nTicket Prices: \n\n\n\nPrivate AccommodationPrice: 2175.00 euros \n\n\n\nShared Accommodation – Private Room with shared bathroomPrice: 1875.00 euros \n\n\n\nwhich includes: \n\n\n\n\na 7-night stay;\n\n\n\nbreakfast\, lunch and dinner at the local restaurant featuring locally sourced produce and traditional dishes;\n\n\n\nwater\, wine\, and coffee are provided with lunch and dinner;\n\n\n\nprogrammed lectures\, activities and materials\n\n\n\n\nThere is a limited amount of accommodation in Pari and you will be placed on a first-come\, first-served basis. We will also be using accommodation just outside of the village—within 3 kilometres. If you are housed outside Pari\, a shuttle to and from the village will be provided. \n\n\n\nEvent: The event starts with on Wedensday May 20 at 17:00 and ends after lunch on Wednesday May 27. \n\n\n\nDownload information\, terms and conditions for this course. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAbout the Event \n\n\n\nThe exploration of consciousness\, as a direct goal or as reflected in our desire to understand the natural universe\, is central to every culture throughout history. In this event we consider how this quest has been pursued through both modern western intellectualism and the older indigenous paths of experiential knowing\, and ultimately ask whether such approaches can be complementary. \n\n\n\nHumanity’s recent evolution has seen an increase in anxiety of epidemic proportions\, and a prevailing assessment is that it is strongly correlated with our growing sense of disconnection—disconnection with others\, of course\, but also disconnection from the world\, and even from ourselves at the individual level. It is quite possible that the relatively recent resurgence of interest in understanding the nature of ourselves and our connection to the universe is in response to these pressures; whether at a conscious or subconscious level\, we sense that this growing sense of isolation is at the core of our dis-ease manifesting at spiritual and emotional levels\, and ultimately manifesting as literal disease in the physical. \n\n\n\nWe say resurgence because understanding the nature of self in relation to the world has been an enduring priority throughout most of human history\, only diminished—particularly in western societies—over the last few hundred years. Modern science is now seeking these answers by exploring our prevailing models of reality (such as quantum mechanics) through the language of mathematics\, but we must recognize that this intellectual path is only one approach\, and quite nascent. For many thousands of years\, indigenous cultures have been approaching these same questions\, but along an experiential path\, i.e. understanding our connection to the world (and each other) by focusing on the experience of those connections. \n\n\n\nWhat is consciousness? What is reality? How are they connected? In this conference\, we will not provide an answer to such questions; instead\, we will provide many answers. But that is not our goal. These answers\, offered from the diverse perspectives of a diverse set of presenters\, are the candles with which we will examine the methods that produce such answers. \n\n\n\nDuring the seven days of May 20-27th—as nature transitions from awakening into full function… as the Gemini Threshold encourages increase cognition and the urge to converse and explain… as Indigenous cultures offer first harvest blessings and elders speak the season into the people—we will come together to explore the potential for integrating intellectual articulation with experiential knowing. A group of eight speakers will share insights on topics such as: \n\n\n\n\nThe history of western science’s approach to understanding the universe\, and where the scientific world stands today;\n\n\n\nHow the process of connecting with nature has been developed over thousands of years of living with nature\, and where it stands today;\n\n\n\nThe evolution of ancient energetic traditions such as Qigong and Shamanism into modern practices;\n\n\n\nAlternate experiences of reality—or even alternate realities—that can be experienced through dreaming and other ways of experiencing; and ultimately…\n\n\n\nHow we can leverage all of this into a set of coherent practices and worldviews.\n\n\n\n\nBut more than an opportunity to listen\, this conference is an opportunity to engage. Participants will be more than individuals; they will be part of the conference community. Supported with tools\, conversations\, and a safe\, welcoming environment\, they will be challenged to make their own connections\, find their own answers\, and then (if they so choose) to contribute their insights as part of something bigger. \n\n\n\nPlease be part of the science\, the magic\, the experience. \n\n\n\nParticipating in an event at the Pari Center is more than joining a program\, it is entering an experience unlike any other. This is no ordinary conference in a city hotel\, nor a retreat hidden within a bustling resort. Instead\, it is an invitation to step into an unspoilt medieval village in the Tuscan hills\, where time slows and life unfolds at a rhythm that allows you to think\, feel\, and reconnect. \n\n\n\nAt the Pari Center\, learning becomes a way of being. David Peat often described Pari as an alchemical vessel—a transformative space designed for reflection\, renewal\, and personal growth. It is a rare and welcoming environment for anyone seeking something deeper. \n\n\n\nYou will share traditional Tuscan meals and conversation with presenters and fellow participants\, taste local wines\, mingle with the village’s tiny community\, and take in the beauty of the surrounding countryside. All of this unfolds within a gentle way of life\, far removed from the hurry of work and the noise of city living. \n\n\n\nThe Pari Center gathers world-renowned thinkers\, scholars\, and innovators from diverse disciplines and traditions. Our mission is to explore the mysteries woven into everyday life: the subtle\, essential questions that shape who we are and who we are becoming. Through rigorous inquiry\, creative dialogue and participatory activities\, we aim to illuminate the origins\, nature\, and possibilities of human experience. \n\n\n\nWe invite you to discover why so many visitors regard the Pari Center not only as a place of learning\, but as a place of personal transformation. \n\n\n\nPlease contact Eleanor if you would like more information about this event at: eleanor@paricenter.com \n\n\n\n\nInformation\n\n\n\nTerms and conditions (PDF) \n\n\n\nAdditional Information about the Pari Center (PDF)
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