

Then, the surprising therapeutic effects of psychedelics is discovered, next to a myriad of transcendental planes of being, accessible to pure consciousness. Moving towards a more empirical analysis, the enigma of intelligence is discussed, arising in decentralized systems and even in inanimate structures. The notion of spirituality is creeping back into science. The nature of consciousness, as has been suggested by ancient Eastern and shamanic traditions, is necessarily universal and primal. In attempts to bridge the chasm between the objective and subjective, scientists and philosophers have opened up to the unspeakable.

This gives rise to the very first formal description of consciousness. By extending the information-theoretic paradigm, the informational nature of consciousness is uncovered. Finally, the human mind faces its own nature.
