Conscientiology is the science that studies the consciousness (also known popularly as intelligent principle, soul, spirit, ego, amongst others), taking into account all of its attributes, phenomena, serial lives, and manifestations both inside and outside of the physical body.

The science of conscientiology was proposed in 1986 by Waldo Vieira, MD, a renowned Brazilian consciousness researcher. Vieira officially presented conscientiology to the general public and scientific community as a new science in his treatise Projectiology: a Panorama of the Experiences of the Consciousness outside the Human Body.

Theory

Another conscientiology principle is that the consciousness is multi-existential. Based on the fact that the consciousness is not the physical body, it has existed before physical birth and will continue to exist after physical death. In fact, it alternates in a serial fashion between periods in the physical and the extraphysical dimensions, accumulating thus experiences, which allow it to evolve as a consciousness.

The Consciential Paradigm

Conventional sciences approach the consciousness as being a by-product of the physical brain and are limited to materialistic methodologies to conduct its research. From a multidimensional standpoint, this materialistic approach adopted by mainstream science is inadequate for the study of consciousness, since it does not address one of its fundamental principles - that the true nature of the consciousness extends far beyond the boundaries of the physical realm.

New scientific methodologies and techniques are required to enable the study of the consciousness. It is not possible to study the consciousness through the use of classic methodologies or devices. This is because no matter how sophisticated they may be, physical instruments can, at best, measure physiological alterations, which are merely indirect consequences of the actions of the consciousness being observed.

The basis of the consciential paradigm is that the consciousness itself is the most effective tool to study the consciousness. This inevitably leads to participative research, where the researcher serves as his or her own research subject, while the daily circumstances, both inside and outside the body, serve as his or her laboratory.

External links

International Academy of Consciousness

International Institute of Projectiology and Conscientiology

Associação Internacional do Centro de Altos Estudos da Conscienciologia (in Portuguese)

Associação Internacional para a Evolução da Consciência (in Portuguese)