Focus: Explore consciousness and intelligence in connection with SETI research. The SETI Institute is accepting proposals for the Cosmic Consciousness Literary Residency for 2026/2027. Submit your ...

The SETI Institute announced the short list for its new Cosmic Consciousness residency, part of the SETI Artist-in-Residence (AIR) program. In May 2024, the program invited writers and poets to submit ...

Bucke’s interest in cosmic consciousness was partly inspired by the poet Walt Whitman—initially by his poetry and then by his personal encounters with Whitman. Bucke not only included Whitman in his ...

Consciousness is the ultimate question of existence. Nothing is more essential than our experience. Yet we have no consensus, and perhaps no clue, about what it actually is. The trouble, in part, is ...