Collective Karma and Reincarnation with Chris Bache

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Oct 17, 2025

Chris Bache, a philosopher and expert on reincarnation and collective consciousness, dives deep into the idea of humanity as a single evolving organism. He discusses how psychedelics can reveal levels of interconnectedness and shapes our understanding of karma. Bache shares insights on how personal transformation resonates through collective consciousness, the positive virtues that emerge from collective trauma, and the significance of reincarnation in creating hope and clarity in our lives. He emphasizes a balance between inner work and social action for holistic growth.

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INSIGHT

Reincarnation As Species-Level Process

Chris Bache saw reincarnation not just as personal continuation but also as a species-level process shaping collective evolution.
Psychedelic experiences revealed collective memory matrices of unresolved suffering that influence our shared psyche.

INSIGHT

Oneness Leads To Compassion And Wisdom

Experiences of oneness dissolve the boundary between self and other and naturally generate compassion and wisdom.
Oneness is multi-staged; deeper immersion demands higher energetic integration and careful assimilation.

ANECDOTE

Psychedelic Practice Changed His Classroom

Chris Bache noticed his private psychedelic practice affected his students' minds and classroom atmosphere without him speaking about it.
This observation led him to write The Living Classroom about collective influence of individual transformation.

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Collective Karma and Reincarnation with Chris Bache

Chris Bache, PhD, is professor emeritus in the department of Philosophy and Religious Studies at Youngstown State University in Ohio where he taught for 33 years. He is also adjunct faculty at the California Institute of Integral Studies, Emeritus Fellow at the Institute of Noetic Sciences, and on the Advisory Council of Grof Legacy Training. Chris is the author of Lifecycles: Reincarnation and the Web of Life; Dark Night, Early Dawn; The Living Classroom: Teaching and Collective Consciousness; and LSD and the Mind of the Universe: Diamonds from Heaven. His website is chrisbache.com.

From his personal experiences with psychedelics, Chris Bache illuminates how individual karma and reincarnation contribute to the evolution of collective consciousness. Despite suffering and this critical time of evolutionary transformation as a species, he suggests that humanity is a single organism evolving toward a better future human.

00:00:00 Introduction
00:10:02 Reincarnation evidence
00:16:24 Degrees of oneness
00:26:09 Reincarnation beliefs
00:48:15 Where reincarnation is taking us
01:01:53 Collective trauma and positive virtues
01:11:14 Collective near-death experience
01:20:18 Cosmic genius
01:25:46 Practices for transformation
01:32:29 Spiritual evolution of humanity
01:37:52 Humanity as a single organism
01:40:40 Conclusion

New Thinking Allowed CoHost, Emmy Vadnais, OTR/L, is an intuitive healer and health coach based in St. Paul, Minnesota. She is the author of Intuitive Development: How to Trust Your Inner Knowing for Guidance With Relationships, Health, and Spirituality. Her website is https://emmyvadnais.com

(Recorded on August 27, 2025)

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