Marilyn Schlitz, Ph.D.

Ph.D.

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 (born August 7, 1957) is a research scientist, medical anthropologist, and writer on the subjects of consciousness

Consciousness

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, healing

Healing

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, and consciousness-based healthcare

Consciousness-based healthcare

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. She is the current President

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 and CEO of the Institute of Noetic Sciences, Senior Scientist at the Research Institute of California Pacific Medical Center

California Pacific Medical Center

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, and co-founder of the Integral Health Network, Inc. and Heallio.com—Your Healthy Living Network.

Marilyn grew up in Detroit, Michigan

Detroit, Michigan

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 and received a Bachelor of Philosophy

Philosophy

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 Degree from Montieth College, Wayne State University

Wayne State University

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. She also gained a Master's Degree in Social and Behavioral Sciences at the University of Texas at San Antonio

University of Texas at San Antonio

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, and received her Ph.D. in anthropology

Anthropology

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 from the University of Texas at Austin

University of Texas at Austin

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. From very early on in her career she was interested in remote viewing

Remote viewing

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and similar ESP-themes.
She has earned two post doctoral fellow

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ships: one from the Cognitive Sciences Laboratory at Science Applications International Corporation

Science Applications International Corporation

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 and one in Psychology

Psychology

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 at Stanford University

Stanford University

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.

Dr. Schlitz has published numerous articles on consciousness studies in both scholarly and popular journals, has lectured at institutions including the United Nations

United Nations

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, the Smithsonian Institution

Smithsonian Institution

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, and the Explorers Club, and has taught at Trinity University

Trinity University (Texas)

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, Stanford University

Stanford University

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, and Harvard Medical Centers. She is co-editor of Consciousness and Healing: Integral Approaches to Mind Body Medicine (Churchill Livingston/Elsevier

Elsevier

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, 2005) and co-author of Living Deeply: The Art and Science of Transformation in Everyday Life (New Harbinger/Noetic, 2008). She now calls herself Marilyn Mandala Schlitz.

External links

• marilynschlitz.com
• Institute of Noetic Sciences
• Living Deeply: The Art and Science of Transformation in Everyday Life
• Marilyn Schlitz articles & MP3 audio provided by Shift in Action, sponsored by the Institute of Noetic Sciences