Chris Bache, PhD, is professor emeritus in the department of Philosophy and Religious Studies at Youngstown State University where he taught for 33 years. He is also an adjunct professor at the California Institute of Integral Studies, an Emeritus Fellow at the Institute of Noetic Sciences, and is on the Advisory Board of Grof Legacy Training.

Chris’ work explores the philosophical implications of non-ordinary states of consciousness, especially psychedelic states. An award-winning teacher and international speaker, Chris has written four books: Lifecycles, a study of reincarnation in light of contemporary consciousness research... Dark Night, Early Dawn, a pioneering work in psychedelic philosophy and collective consciousness... The Living Classroom, an exploration of collective fields of consciousness in teaching... and LSD and the Mind of the Universe, the story of his 20-year journey with LSD.