Dr. Edgar Mitchell, PhD

Dr. Edgar Mitchell, who walked on the moon with the Apollo 14 mission in 1971, became "engulfed by a profound sense of universal connectedness" during his extraordinary experience. This inspired him to found the Institute of Noetic Sciences, which researches the nature of consciousness as it relates to cosmology and causality. Recently, the Institute of Noetic Sciences is mentioned several times in the new book by Dan Brown, The Lost Symbol, whose female protagonist is described as a "noetic...See more

Dr. Edgar Mitchell, who walked on the moon with the Apollo 14 mission in 1971, became "engulfed by a profound sense of universal connectedness" during his extraordinary experience. This inspired him to found the Institute of Noetic Sciences, which researches the nature of consciousness as it relates to cosmology and causality. Recently, the Institute of Noetic Sciences is mentioned several times in the new book by Dan Brown, The Lost Symbol, whose female protagonist is described as a "noetic scientist." Dr. Mitchell has devoted the last 35 years to studying human consciousness and psychic and paranormal phenomena in the search for a common ground between science and spirit. See less