Neil J. Carman

Neil Carman has a life-long love for nature and metaphysics, receiving botany degrees from the University of Iowa and a PhD in phytochemistry from the University of Texas at Austin, and also teaching biology and the science of consciousness. Environmental interests inspired his more than thirty-year career in Texas, currently with the Sierra Club. Neil serves as a resource for citizens in industrial communities and has received awards for his service. He has spent over forty years investigating consciousness through meditation. He is a native of Iowa City, Iowa, and lives in Austin, Texas, with his wife, Elizabeth.