Les Lancaster, PhD is a Founding Director of the Alef Trust, and specialises in consciousness research and kabbalistic psychology. He is Emeritus Professor of Transpersonal Psychology at Liverpool John Moores University (LJMU); Associated Distinguished Professor of Integral and Transpersonal Psychology at the California Institute of Integral Studies; and Honorary Research Fellow in the Centre for Jewish Studies at Manchester University. Les has previously been Chair of the Transpersonal Psychology Section of the British Psychological Society, and President of the International Transpersonal Association.