Welcome to ICRL

Mission

ICRL is an international, interdisciplinary, and intergenerational community of scholars who have been associated with the Princeton Engineering Anomalies Research (PEAR) program over its thirty-year history.  The goal of our organization is to strengthen the spiritual substance of science by integrating the subjective and objective dimensions of human experience into an expanded Science of the Subjective.  This mission is pursued via three primary initiatives in research, education, and applications, each focused on the exploration and representation of the role of consciousness in physical reality.

History

ICRL was initiated in 1990 by the founders of the PEAR laboratory at Princeton University. In its early years it functioned as a small informal consortium of colleagues from several countries and diverse professional backgrounds who met regularly to explore their shared interests in consciousness-related phenomena. In 1996 ICRL was formally incorporated in the state of New Jersey as a 501(c)(3) not-for-profit public foundation, under the direction of a distinguished Board of Trustees.  Since then the organization has gradually expanded to include a broader network of some 75 members, most of whom have been associated with the PEAR laboratory as interns or research collaborators.  This community now represents some 20 different countries and a comparable number of academic and professional backgrounds.

Activities

Most ICRL activities are collaborations among its various members, guided by individual and collective interests that are consistent with the organization’s scholarly philosophy and purpose.  These are pursued on a volunteer basis, with ICRL providing supervision and modest financial support, as appropriate.  They fall into three general categories — basic research, educational outreach, and pragmatic applications — although there is often considerable overlap among these.  More detailed descriptions of our active and anticipated projects are presented on the relevant Activities pages of this website, but the following brief synopsis will provide some indication of the range of our current interests:

a) Basic Research

• Experiments in anomalous human/machine interactions and remote perception;
• Theoretical models that dialogue effectively with the empirical data;
• Acoustical properties of ancient ceremonial sites and contemporary environments;
• Cognitive archaeology and sacred landscapes;
• Biophoton emission and its relationship to intercellular communication;
• Anomalous earthlight phenomena;
• The evolution of conceptualizations of consciousness;
• Eastern and Western traditions and practices relating to the role of consciousness in mind/body health;
• Human/animal communications.

• Mentoring of younger members by more experienced colleagues;
• Creating, producing, and distributiing salient publications and educational DVDs;
• Facilitating one-on-one contacts, local or regional gatherings, more extended group convocations, and electronic discussions;
• Providing links to pertinent informational resources;
• Maintaining a private mailing list for periodic announcements of ICRL activities and publications;  
• Developing web-based educational materials;
• Establishing an array of discussion forums for  mailing list members;  
• Facilitating opportunities for collaborative research,

• Encouragement of commercial enterprises to develop marketable technical equipment and supporting analytical software;
• Implementation of  projects incorporating the interface of art and science;
• Health-related applications of REG technologies.