Philosopher and author Christian de Quincey, Ph.D., is an international speaker on consciousness, spirituality, and philosophy of mind at conferences and workshops in the United States and Europe. He is a professor of Philosophy and Consciousness Studies at John F. Kennedy University, where he teaches a variety of courses on consciousness and the mind-body relation. He is also adjunct faculty at the Union Institute & University, and the Arthur Young Professor of Philosophy at the University of Philosophical Research. He also serves as Managing Editor on IONS Review, a 35,000-membership magazine from the Institute of Noetic Sciences.

Dr. de Quincey is the author of the award-winning book Radical Nature: Rediscovering the Soul of Matter, a best-selling e-book novel, Deep Spirit, exploring the evolution of consciousness, and with Willis Harman, co-author of The Scientific Exploration of Consciousness. His work on consciousness has appeared in both popular and academic journals, including Journal of Consciousness Studies, Journal of Transpersonal Psychology, Cerebrum, ReVision, Network, IONS Review, Connections, Advances in Mind-Body Medicine, and Somatics. Before moving into academia, he was a professional journalist for national newspapers including The Irish Times, the London Sunday Times, and the science journal Nature.

He can be contacted at cdeq@noetic.org, and samples of his work on consciousness and cosmology are available on his website www.deepspirit.com.    The Institute of Noetic Sciences, 101 San Antonio Road, Petaluma, CA 94952.