How to Think Impossibly with Jeffrey Kripal - June 28 – July 1, 2024 at Pari, Italy

How to Think Impossibly:
A mind-bending invitation to experience the impossible as fundamentally human
June 28 – July 1, 2024
Speakers: Jeffrey J. Kripal
Curated and Chaired by: Àlex Gómez-Marín
Location: Pari, Italy

Event: The event starts on Friday June 28 at 16:00 with a welcome dinner and ends on Monday July 1 after lunch.

From precognitive dreams and telepathic visions to near-death experiences, UFO encounters, and beyond, so-called impossible phenomena are not supposed to happen. But they do happen—all the time. Jeffrey J. Kripal asserts that the impossible is a function not of reality, but of our everchanging assumptions about what is real.

How to Think Impossibly invites us to think about these fantastic (yet commonplace) experiences as an essential part of being human, expressive of a deeply shared reality that is neither mental nor material but gives rise to both.

Thinking with specific individuals and their extraordinary experiences in vulnerable, open, and often humorous ways, Kripal interweaves humanistic and scientific inquiry to develop an awareness that the fantastic is real, the supernatural is super natural, and the impossible is possible.

Participating in an event at the Pari Center means living for a week in a medieval village, mingling with the tiny local population, eating local dishes and drinking local wines, appreciating the beauty of the surrounding countryside, and participating in a very gentle way of life far from the frenzy of work and city living. David Peat compared Pari to an alchemical vessel—a place where transformation can come about—as well as an opportunity to pause for a moment and re-assess one’s life. It’s a unique opportunity open to everyone.

[craigkeller]

I think the joy is not in “figuring “ it out but in the search. The observation. Thank you both!

[psyfiles]

Such an interesting conversation, I like this idea. Going to explore the book

[chrisray]

These have been organized, codified, catalogued and delivered recently into this world.
Easy to find and often found by those who recognize truth.

Clean hands and clear conscience, not "plant catalysts", are all that is required.

[cuddywifter]

To paraphrase Wolfgang Pauli, we must come to terms with the irrational in nature