Rupert Sheldrake

Alfred Rupert Sheldrake is an English author, public speaker, and researcher in the field of parapsychology.

--http://www.theguardian.com/science/2012/feb/05/rupert-sheldrake-interview-science-delusion
 * "I had some exposure to psychedelics, and that opened me up to the idea that consciousness was much richer than anything my physiology lecturers had ever described. Then I came across transcendental meditation, which seemed to give some access to that without drugs."