A global shift must involve the employment of all our abilities, including our innate capacity to function mentally beyond the constraints of the physical body and the present moment. We will focus on our ability for future knowing, learning how premonitions operate and exploring the implications for future knowing in concert with global change.

Larry Dossey, MD is a former physician of internal medicine, cofounder of the Dallas Diagnostic Association, and former chief of staff of Medical City Dallas Hospital. He lectures widely in the United States and abroad about the role of consciousness and spirituality in health. He has published numerous articles and books. His forthcoming book, The Power of Premonitions, will be published in 2009 by Dutton/Penguin.

Global Chant is a growing network of chanting circles whose mission is to use chanting as a vehicle for global transformation and healing. Global Chant circles are open to wisdom from all traditions without being linked to any one teaching or ideology. Members of Global Chant will lead us in chants from the collection, which includes more than 100 from various spiritual traditions. The words will be projected onto a screen so everyone can join in.