In April, 2010, a new Board of Directors was elected for the Bay Area Consciousness Network. Currently, the sole program of BACN is the RAHM Metaphysical Exploration Group. Please go to the RAHM Website for more information. These old BACN pages are being preserved for archival purposes only.

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Bay Area Consciousness Directory

This is primarily a listing of groups that host speakers or perform research. If you know of a group you feel should be listed, please let us know. For additional listings of consciousness related groups and activities, check out magazines such as Common Ground or Open Exchange.

Acronym	Full Name	Activities	Meet Times	Meeting Location	Contact
AHIMSA	AHIMSA	speakers, yearly conference	sporadic	Inst. of World Relig. 2304 McKinley St. Berkeley	Nik Warren 510-527-2935 nikwarren@ msn.com
AMT	Avatar Metaphysical Toastmasters	public speaking on metaphysical topics	1st and 3rd Thursdays 6:15pm	3290 Adeline St. Berkeley	namaste@avatar.freetoasthost.info
AN	Awareness Network	speakers,  networking	Thursdays at 8:30am	San Jose	Rayna Lumbard 408-264-1768 rlumbard@ innersuccess.com
BACN	Bay Area  Consciousness Network	networking,  sporadic speakers	none	Berkeley	cgc@ ocf.berkeley.edu
BI	Bhaktivedanta Institute	research, education publications	none	2334 Stuart St. Berkeley	Greg Anderson 510-841-7618 biberkeley@ bvinst.edu
BGCF	Bruno Groening Circle of Friends	healing meditations, discussion	third Monday at 7:30	530 Lake Park Ave, Oakland	Alex McKleroy 510 262-9135 doomack@aol.com
CIIS	California Institute of Integral Studies	degree programs, classes, speakers	sporadic	1453 Mission St. San Francisco	Lifelong Learning 415-575-6175 lifelonglearning@ ciis.edu
EW	East West Bookshop	frequent speakers	evenings	Mountain View	650-988-9800
FMBR	Foundation for  Mind-Being Research	speakers and research	sporadic	ITP 1069 East Meadow Cir. Palo Alto	Bill Gough 650-941-7462 WGough@ igc.apc.org
IONS	Institute of  Noetic Sciences	lecture series, research and publications	monthly lecture	Presidio Alliance Bldg. 563, SF Presidio	707-779-8234
ITP	Institute of Transpersonal Psychology	research and networking	no regular  meetings	Palo Alto	650-493-4430
JFK	JFK University	degree programs,  classes	sporadic	12 Altarinda Rd. Orinda	Program Info 925-258-2211 proginfo@ jfku.edu
MUFON	Mutual UFO Network	research, group meetings	third Sunday every other month (except July)	Divine Church of Science off Hicks Blvd. San Jose	Ruben Uriarte 510-247-1968
OPI	Office of Paranormal Investigations	research	no meetings	POBox 875 Orinda, CA 94563-0875	Loyd Auerbach 415-249-9275 esper@ california.com
OPUS	Organization for  Paranormal Understanding and Support	advocacy, support	monthly support  group meetings	Los Gatos	June Steiner 408-395-9202 JuniMoon7@ aol.com
RAHM	Resources for Awakening Hearts and Minds	lectures	3rd or 4th Sunday, 6:30 - 9:30pm	Novato Oaks Hotel 215 Alameda del Prado Novato	Steve Glanz (650) 349-2651 sglanz@rcn.com
SFTS	San Francisco Tesla Society	speakers on new science	second Sunday 1:00 pm	San Francisco	George Gaboury 415-626-2501 gabyland@ infinex.com
SUN	Spiritual Unfoldment  Network	transformational workshops	sporadic	Berkeley	Judith Tripp (415) 552-4546 info@ spiritunfold.com
TSSF	Theosophy Society SF Lodge	meetings	Fridays, 8pm	SF	415-771-8777 sftslodge@earthlink.net
TSG	Theosophy Study Group	meetings	2nd and 4th Sundays 1:30 to 3pm	34 Village Lane Daly City, CA	650-997-0144
UCS	University of Creation Spirituality	classes and lectures	sporadic	Oakland	510-835-0655