Inpresence 0263: Remembering Charles T. Tart

Sep 8, 2025

Join a heartfelt tribute to a groundbreaking psychologist and parapsychologist who transformed the understanding of consciousness. Dive into the fascinating realms of altered states, remote viewing, and the afterlife. Personal stories illuminate his mentoring legacy and the impact of his research. Explore the Archives of Scientists’ Transcendental Experiences, a safe space for scientists to share their profound encounters. Discover how his work continues to inspire the exploration of human potential and psychic phenomena.

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ANECDOTE

Longtime Mentor And Friend

Jeffrey Mishlove recounts a decades-long personal and professional relationship with Charles Tart that included mentorship during graduate school.
Mishlove credits Tart with standing by him during a campaign to revoke his dissertation and supporting his media projects thereafter.

INSIGHT

Improving ESP With Electromagnetic Shielding

Tart reduced electromagnetic noise in ESP tests by using a Faraday cage and found subjects performed better.
This showed controlling physical experiment conditions can improve replicability in parapsychology.

INSIGHT

Framing Altered States For Science

Tart's anthology Altered States of Consciousness introduced a broad taxonomy of altered states including drugs, meditation, and biofeedback.
The book framed altered states as legitimate subjects for systematic scientific and psychological study.

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Inpresence 0263: Remembering Charles T. Tart

Jeffrey Mishlove honors Charles T. Tart, reflecting on decades of friendship and mentorship. From altered states and remote viewing to consciousness and the afterlife, he explores how Tart’s pioneering work continues to inspire the study of human potential and psychic phenomena.

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T A S T E
The Archives of Scientists’ Transcendental Experiences
Is an online journal devoted to transcendent experiences that scientists have reported. It lets scientists express these experiences in a psychologically and professionally safe space.

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New Thinking Allowed host, Jeffrey Mishlove, PhD, is author of The Roots of Consciousness, Psi Development Systems, and The PK Man. Between 1986 and 2002 he hosted and co-produced the original Thinking Allowed public television series. He is the recipient of the only doctoral diploma in “parapsychology” ever awarded by an accredited university (University of California, Berkeley, 1980). He is also the Grand Prize winner of the 2021 Bigelow Institute essay competition regarding the best evidence for survival of human consciousness after permanent bodily death. He currently serves as Co-Director of Parapsychology Education at the California Institute for Human Science.

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