We are excited to be holding our next Consciousness Dialogues Retreat Thursday, September 11 through Monday, September 15th at the Pari Center in Tuscany, Italy.  Nestled on a hilltop surrounded by olive groves, vineyards and the heavily wooded countryside of the Maremma region of Tuscany, Pari is part of a village that has remained in a remarkable state of preservation, with a surrounding landscape that is home to wild boar, deer, pheasant and numerous species of plants, animals and birds.

During a Consciousness Dialogues retreat, participants become part of a ‘We’ that engages in a wide range of group experiences, such focused meditation, out-of-body experiences, dance, improv, group art creation, and (of course) variations of PEAR (Princeton Engineering Anomalies Research) Laboratory experiments like remote viewing and affecting Random Event Generators.  Each session is followed by a group dialogue where that experience is explored in a more intellectually-centered discussion.

Feedback from past participants includes comments such as “diverse collection of open-minded, beautiful souls”… “it felt like a true exploration”… “[I loved] the balance between experiencing and dialogue”…” It was hard to go back to the ‘I’ space that is normal life after leaving that lovely ‘WE’ space we created”.

We aim to have groups that are as diverse as possible: every age range, widely varied backgrounds, and varied philosophical perspectives. Prior experience is not at all required, and many past participants noted that not been steep in these kinds of circles was actually a benefit for them in getting the most out of the retreat.

The $1,350 registration fee covers all retreat activities, lodging, and food.  If you are attending with a partner and would like to share a room, please select the $2,200 option which will register both participants in a single transaction.

If your plans change between now and September, that’s not a problem. You will receive a full refund if cancel prior to September 1st. For cancellations between September 1-6th, we can provide a partial refund of 50%. After September 6th we cannot offer a refund as we will have already paid the expenses for your participation (and these retreats are priced at cost, so there is no profit buffer from which we can draw).

Note that we are dedicated to ensuring that this experience is open to youth and others who may be financially disadvantaged. If you are in that situation, we may be able to identify a patron to help offset your registration costs.  Also, for those who placed a downpayment during last year’s preregistration window, you will have a different registration fee.  If either of these conditions apply to you, please contact ICRL directly to reserve your place.

Lastly, when you are ready to check out, please consider making a tax-deductible donation to support ICRL.  These donations will be used to provide assistance to youth as described before.  Note that you will also have the option to support the Zeffy platform, which is not part of ICRL.  Because the registration fee is not insignificant, the default Zeffy donation is rather high.  Know that you can adjust the Zeffy donation to $0 (or whatever you like) by simply selecting ‘Other’.